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Issue no 59, June 7, 1999

 

• 5901 Tehran uses PKK to split Iraqi opposition. Exclusive: Iran has stepped up its support for the PKK, and now hosts an estimated 6,000 to0 10,000 PKK fighters. Iraqi opposition groups say Iran is using the PKK to attack their positions inside Iraq. 1508 words
• 5902 Turkey accuses Iran of subversion. Leaked Turkish intelligence reports detail new PKK camps inside Iran and Iranian arms supplies. 764 words
• 5903 Khatami meets Hezbollah leaders. Iran's "moderate" President calls Hezbollah a "humanitarian" movement. 176 words
• 5904 Iran planning new missile test. Exclusive: U.S. intelligence has spotted a new missile on the launch pad with disturbing new capabilities. 591 words
• 5905 Telecommunications seminar. Where all the foreign "researchers" come. 217 words
• 5906 New sanctions bill targets space subsidies. The House is now contemplating country-wide sanctions, aimed at shutting down Russian tech transfers to Iran. 761 words
• 5907 Indyk on Iran The U.S. is disappointed with Iran's "sterile response" to U.S. offer of dialogue. 367 words
• 5908 Progress in investment law reform? Once again, the government attempts to attract foreign investors, over the protests of the Council of Guardians. 214 words
• 5909 BP mulls new investment. Margins, not sanctions, are the main deterrent to foreign investment. 149 words
• 5910 Protestors show fear is gone. A wave of protests at Iranian universities has caught the regime off guard. 758 words
• 5911 Press crackdown. Hard-liners are seeking to close down pro-Khatami papers. 671 words
• 5912 Khatami appeals to hard-liners. Khatami seeks to reassure the clergy, but has unleashed powerful forces he can no longer control. 405 words
• 5913 Larijani's secret talks. Guess what he wanted in London? Help from the BBC. 164 words

   

   

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