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Issue No. 52, November 2 1998

 

• 5201 Iran organizing U.S. networks. An Iran Brief exclusive: a former top Iranian intelligence officer describes a major new effort, under President Khatami's guidance, to penetrate the United States and lay the groundwork for future terrorist operations. 733 words
• 5202 VOA Producer's father murdered in Iran. Some believe it was political assassination. 238 words
• 5203 Rezai seeks to lure son home. Top general's son disappears. 281 words
• 5204 French monkey-business. What was former French Prime Minister negotiating with an Iranian government intermediary in Brussels? 125 words
• 5205 Japan hopes to reverse trade nightmare. An Iran Brief investigation: Japanese chemical companies come under a cloud of suspicion, as Tokyo encourages investors to return to Iran. Chemicals said to wind up in missile plants and chemical weapons facilities; diversion through third countries cited. 1639 words
• 5206 Japan's chemical exports to Iran. Graph accompanying 5205. 35 words
• 5207 Congress drops sanctions bill. The Clinton White House gets support from an unusual quarter in sidelining the Iran Missile Sanctions Act: Israel. 1041 words
• 5208 White House waives Flatow bill. As administration lawyers defend the Islamic Republic in a Washington, DC court, the White House vows to prevent lawyers of terrorist victim's family from seizing Iranian government assets in the U.S. 961 words
• 5209 Germans issue new black list. Bad Iranian end-users cited. 159 words
• 5210 Radio Free Iran begins broadcasts. But to what end? 142 words
• 5211 Russian missile transfers intensify, amid Duma defiance. Fresh intelligence sends U.S. negotiators back to Moscow. 561 words
• 5212 Iranian arms blocked in Kyrgyzstan. Iran's Afghan pipeline. 185 words
• 5213 Fedaii activist still jailed in France. French government acts on claim from Tehran, threatens political refugees. 650 words
• 5214 UN human rights report. Latest from Copithorne 96 words
• 5215 Foundation up Rushdie bounty. Who said the fatwa was history? 108 words
• 5216 Radicals versus reformers. The Iran Brief analyzes the latest elections, and proposes new terms for identifying Iranian government factions. 695 words

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