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Issue No. 41 - Jan. 12,1998

• 4101 Montazeri throws down the gauntlet. An extraordinary attack against one of Iran's most senior Shiite Muslim clerics, totally ignored in the West, could lead to dramatic factional fighting and destabilize the regime. 1444 words
• 4102 Grand Ayatollah Rouhani denounces regime. A leading cleric inside Iran has condemned the regime's ruler, Ayatollah Khamene'i. 185 words
• 4103 More Shirazi followers arrested. President Khatami has been unable - or unwilling - to stop the arrest and torture of clerical opponents . 476 words
• 4104 Stoning continues in Iran. More deaths in October. 185 words
• 4105 FBI's Operation Suture. An Iran Brief exclusive: The FBI's 8-year long investigation into the People's Mujahedin organization of Iran, also known as the Mujahedin-e Khalq, led to arrests and plans to prosecute the group under the RICO statute. But it was shelved because of pressure from members of Congress who took money from the MEK. Now that the group has been officially designated an international terrorist organization, new FBI and Treasury Department investigations could be reopened. 1217 words
• 4106 Phantom endorsement list. The MEK claims that 224 members of Congress signed a letter to the President endorsing them. But so far, no one will produce the signatures, and Senate investigators smell a rat. 358 words
• 4107 Radio Free Iran to be launched. Surrogate broadcasting to begin in 1998
• 4108 Silicon Graphics computers in Iran. Unlicensed exports. 187 words
• 4109 Iran offers Caspian buy-backs. Hoping to attract foreign investment, NIOC promises more generous terms. 401 words
• 4110 Jannati welcomes Islamic leaders.. Blasting "global arrogance." 205 words
• 4111 Bandar Imam said to produce CW. Intelligence sources tell The Iran Brief of a secret chemical weapons plant originally built by the Japanese. 463 words
• 4112 Congress told 13 Russian companies helping Iranian missile project An investigation conducted by Iran Brief for the Reader's Digest lays out new details of the Iran's long-range missile programs. 1502 words
• 4113 Iran claims it building destroyers 147 words

   

   

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