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Issue no 57, April 5, 1999

 

• 5701. Mujahedin visa fraud ring. Exclusive: court documents filed in Los Angeles expose a massive alien smuggling ring and a document forgery shop apparently run by the opposition Mujahedin-e Khalq. Computer records seized at the MEK's document shop showed they had brought in 22,000 Iranians since 1983. 1094 words
• 5702 Primakov seen driving Russian cooperation with Iran. Former CIA director Jim Woolsey tells Congress the Russian Premier is the number-one bad guy in Russia. Plus our exclusive update on the stalled Iran missile sanctions bill.. 658 words
• 5703 IDEX show held despite rising tensions. Iran displays an unmanned aerial vehicle that unnerves the GCC, which holds war games with the US. 833 words
• 5704 French firm allegedly shipped C-802 engine parts. Declassified U.S. intelligence reports document French deliveries to China and Iran. 395 words
• 5705 Iranian attempt to buy uranium foiled. A mysterious Iranian middleman offers more than $200 million to buy HEU in Lebanon. 299 words
• 5706 Why Khatami canceled France. And it wasn't the wine....783 words
• 5707 Rafsanjani daughter cancels U.S. trip. Hard-liners crack down across the board on overseas trips that might win praise for reformers. 337 words
• 5708 Anti-sanctions push in wake of Lockerbie handover. With Libya sanctions gone, is Iran next? USA-Engage hopes so. 351 words
• 5709 Israeli report on trade with Iran. An Israeli businessman claims to be selling Israeli goods to Iran. 118 words
• 5710 Khamene'i rattled by reports of rift. The Supreme Leader calls for unity and on Iran's youth - a sure sign of trouble to come. 313 words
• 5711 Judiciary Chief warns Khatami. Hard-liners and reformers clashed repeatedly over the New Year break. 662 words

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