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	Iran Focus-British Parliament debates Iran policy - Part 1 - Special Wire - News
		Internally, Iran is in a mess; it is in an economic and political mess.
		Iran's relations with her neighbours, the confrontational situation with Israel and international unease about Iran's nuclear ambitions are all causes of significant concern.
		Iran does have legitimate security concerns and, while it is not legitimate for it to develop nuclear weapons in response, it has a right to expect those concerns to be taken seriously.
	www.iranfocus.com /modules/news/article.php?storyid=5717 (9928 words)

	Iran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		According to Iran's Constitution, the Supreme Leader of Iran is responsible for the delineation and supervision of "the general policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran." In the absence of a single leader, a council of religious leaders is appointed.
		Iran is considered to be one of the fifteen states that comprise the so-called "Cradle of Humanity".
		Iran's population size increased dramatically during the latter half of the 20th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Iran (2998 words)

	Read about Iran at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Iran and learn about Iran here! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Iran's makeup has several intricately connected governing bodies, some of which are democratically elected and some of which operate by co-opting people based on their religious expertise.
		Iran's Constitution (http://www.salamiran.org/IranInfo/State/Constitution/), the Supreme Leader of Iran is responsible for the delineation and supervision of "the general policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran." In the absence of a single leader, a council of religious leaders is appointed.
		Iran's population size increased dramatically in the latter part of the 20th century.
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Iran (2085 words)

	Iran -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		According to, the (additional info and facts about Supreme Leader of Iran) Supreme Leader of Iran is responsible for the delineation and supervision of "the general policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran." In the absence of a single leader, a council of religious leaders is appointed.
		Iran is considered to be one of the fifteen states that comprise the so-called " (additional info and facts about Cradle of Humanity) Cradle of Humanity".
		Iran is (An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum) OPEC's second largest oil producer and holds 10% of the world's proven oil reserves.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/i/ir/iran.htm (3038 words)

	iranian.com: Elham Gheytanchi, Women in Iran's 7th parliament
		Parliament, or Majlis, in post-revolutionary Iran has been, for the most part, a conservative force with an exception of the sixth Majlis which formed three years after Khatami's election in 1997.
		The sixth Majlis (2000-2004) reflected the vote of 84% of the voting population and was comprised of reformists (dovom khordadis).
		Once elected to Parliament, the female MPs segregated their lunch space from men and reverted back to traditional gender segregation in the parliament, a symbolic gesture showing their commitment to the ultra religious faction in the government.
	www.iranian.com /Gheytanchi/2004/November/Women (1068 words)

	Encyclopedia article on Iran [EncycloZine] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Iran (Persian: ایران) is a Middle Eastern country located in southwestern Asia that until 1935 was referred to in the West as Persia.
		Iran borders Pakistan (909km of border) and Afghanistan (936km) to the east, Turkmenistan (1000km) to the northeast, the Caspian Sea to the north, Azerbaijan (500km) and Armenia (35km) to the northwest, Turkey (500km) and Iraq (1458km) to the west, and finally the waters of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman to the south.
		According to Iran's Constitution (http://www.salamiran.org/IranInfo/State/Constitution/), the Supreme Leader of Iran is responsible for the delineation and supervision of "the general policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran." In the absence of a single leader, a council of religious leaders is appointed.
	encyclozine.com /Iran (2431 words)

	Iran parliament rejects fuel rationing - Business - Middle East Times
		TEHRAN -- Iran's parliament Wednesday abandoned plans to ration fuel and instead increased the budget for the import of petrol and allocated $1 billion toward improving the public transport system.
		The parliament had Tuesday given tentative approval for the spending of an extra $2.2 billion on petrol imports, slashing by more than one-third the $3.5 billion requested by the government, and mooted the rationing of fuel effective December 22.
		Iran's refineries with a capacity of 42 million liters of petrol a day cannot cover the lavish national consumption of more than 70 million liters daily.
	www.metimes.com /storyview.php?StoryID=20061101-071420-6121r (402 words)

	Does Iran's Parliament Have Any Clout? By Brendan I. Koerner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Several members of the Iranian parliament are openly condemning the arrests of hundreds of student protestors, who've been demonstrating against clerical rule.
		The parliament is not a Soviet-style rubber stamp for the clerics, but rather a chamber that originates, debates, and passes the nation's laws.
		His chief rival, speaker of the parliament Ali Akbar Nateq-Nouri, enjoyed the support of the country's religious leaders, as well as the mainstream press; Khatami, a relative unknown who'd headed Iran's National Library, was scarcely considered a dark horse.
	www.slate.com /id/2084947 (525 words)

	Women's Gains at Risk in Iran's New Parliament
		Immediately after the opening of the parliament four years ago, female legislators formed an active women's caucus, which pushed through the appointment of Shahrbanou Amani, a female legislator for the northwest city Orumieh, as the secretary of the parliament.
		In the last parliament, three female legislators dared to appear on the floor of the parliament without wearing the fl chador--the full top-to-bottom cover--a mandatory, yet unwritten, requirement for women in any high position within the government.
		Mortazi-Langhroudi says that the new largely conservative parliament will have to adjust to advances within Iranian society where many wives are breadwinners and have managed to negotiate certain equities with their husbands.
	www.onlinewomeninpolitics.org /archives/04_0608_iran_wip.htm (1320 words)

	Majlis of Iran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Majlis (مجلس), which means "parliament", was the lower house of the Iranian Legislature from 1906 to 1979, the upper house being the Senate.
		The first session in new building was held on November 16, 2004.
		History of Iran: Constitutional Revolution, a history of Majlis from 1906 to 1953
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Majlis_of_Iran (535 words)

	Iran News - European parliament condemns Iran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		LONDON, Oct 29 (IranMania) - The European Parliament expressed alarm Thursday at the deterioration in the area of human rights in Iran, in particular those relating to press freedom and the death penalty, AFP reported.
		"The situation in Iran with regard to the exercise of key civil rights and political freedom has deteriorated since the parliamentary elections of February this year despite commitments on the part of the government of Iran to promoting these universal values," according to a motion passed by the parliament.
		They said they were deeply worried by the sentence of death by stoning passed on a 13-year old girl, Zhila Izadi, pregnant by her 15-year-old brother, himself sentenced to 150 lashes.
	www.iranmania.com /News/ArticleView?ArchiveNews=Yes&NewsCode=26520&NewsKind=CurrentAffairs (473 words)

	Search Results for Iran - Encyclopædia Britannica
		Iran was deeply affected by the state of the union address by Pres.
		The Islamic Republic of Iran is in southwestern Asia on the Caspian and Arabian seas and the Persian Gulf.
		The Islamic Republic of Iran is situated in southwestern Asia on the Caspian and Arabian seas and the Persian Gulf.
	www.britannica.com /search?query=Iran&ct=&ticker (390 words)

	frontline: terror and tehran: chronology - u.s. iran relations, 1906-2002 \| PBS
		Iran was desperately running out of military supplies in its war with Iraq, and Congress had banned the sale of American arms to countries that it said sponsored terrorism, which included Iran.
		Since the funds from the arms sales to Iran were secretly, and illegally, funneled to the U.S.-backed Contras fighting to overthrow the Sandinista regime in Nicaragua, the episode became known as the "Iran-Contra affair." It would amount to the biggest crisis in Ronald Reagan's presidency.
		Iran flatly rejects the accusation that it was involved in the bombing.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/tehran/etc/cron.html (3507 words)

	USATODAY.com - Tense opening session for Iran's new parliament (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Islamic conservatives who won control of Iran's parliament clashed with reformists Thursday on the first day of its new session, heralding a tough year ahead for reformist President Mohammad Khatami.
		The parliament met for the first time since February elections that reformists had boycotted and voters largely spurned after the cleric-controlled Guardian Council disqualified thousands of reformist candidates from the ballot.
		It was a sign of how much the new parliament — in which conservatives hold about 180 of the 290 seats — differs from the previous one, dominated by reformists.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-05-27-iran_x.htm (476 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Middle East \| Iran reformists denounce judges
		A commission of the reformist-dominated parliament in Iran has called for a judicial investigation into the Tehran prosecutor's role in the case of Zahra Kazemi, a Canadian-Iranian journalist who died in July from a blow to the head after being arrested in June.
		Iran's largely reformist parliament is essentially accusing the judiciary of perverting the course of justice
		It's an extraordinary situation in which Iran's largely reformist parliament is essentially accusing the judiciary of perverting the course of justice in a case which has already gone to trial.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/3220173.stm (439 words)

	USATODAY.com - Iran's parliament passes bill urging uranium enrichment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian lawmakers instructed the government Sunday to develop a nuclear fuel cycle, which would include resuming the process of enriching uranium — a prospect that has drawn criticism from the United States and Europe because it could be used in developing atomic weapons.
		Iran suspended enrichment of uranium six months ago under international pressure led by the United States, which accuses Tehran of trying to make nuclear weapons.
		"The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran is required to pursue, within the framework of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, peaceful use of nuclear energy, including the cycle of nuclear fuel," said the legislation, adopted in a session broadcast live on state-run Tehran radio.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-05-15-iran-nuclear_x.htm (582 words)

	CNN.com - Iran's president asks parliament to back his reforms - May 27, 2000
		TEHRAN, Iran -- Iranian President Mohammad Khatami opened the nation's reformist-dominated parliament Saturday by asking legislators to use the majority gained in recent elections to back his liberal agenda.
		The convening of the 290-seat Majlis, Iran's parliament, came three months after reformist Khatami allies won about three-fourths of the seats in nationwide elections, taking the reins from lawmakers who want no dilution of Iran's Islam-guided laws.
		Indicating the new mood in the parliament, two of 11 women deputies defied threats and attended the inauguration dressed in manteaus, long jackets, with their hair covered by scarves instead of wearing the traditional chador.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/meast/05/27/iran.parliament.01 (845 words)

	Parliament Approves Iran Air Partial Sale
		Iran's parliament on Monday approved long-debated plans to reduce government ownership in Iran Air by voting in favor of selling 49 percent of the state airline's assets.
		Iran Air, whose ageing fleet has been cited as a factor behind a faltering safety record, has some planes dating back to before the 1979 Islamic revolution.
		Reformists who lost control of parliament in May had tried to wrest control of the airline from government control but were thwarted by a hardline watchdog.
	news.airwise.com /stories/2004/08/1092683432.html (326 words)

	Iran Daily (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		TEHRAN, Oct. 8--The architect of Iran's Industrial Development Strategy said Friday some of the critics of the strategy are pursuing political goals, stressing that the main focus of the strategy is to develop the private sector.
		"Iran's industry is on the road to development some 40 years after industrialization efforts began," he said, adding that the country could have turned into an industrial country had it made optimum use of its high industrial potentials.
		Noting that Iran is a country with great economic capabilities, Thomas expressed hope that bilateral trade would increase further.
	www.iran-daily.com /1383/2108/html/economy.htm (2024 words)

	WorldNetDaily: iran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		After the defiant parliamentary vote, the Associated Press reported Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Hossein Mousavian, said a compromise could still be reached with European negotiators to avert the risk of U.N. sanctions.
		Iran, he points out, is allied with Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network, through Tehran's sponsored terrorist group, Hezbollah.
		Iran insists in its communication with the West that the uranium enrichment is only for the purpose of producing electricity.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=41229 (1002 words)

	JURIST - Paper Chase: Iran parliament approves draft law to keep out nuclear inspectors
		Details of the bill are being finalized by the parliament's Commission on National Security and Foreign Policy, said commission spokesman Kazem Jalali.
		On August 31, the IAEA confirmed [press release] that Iran had not taken steps to comply with the Security Council resolution, and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad [official profile, BBC profile] marked the deadline by expressing his country's defiance [JURIST report].
		Negotiations are scheduled [AP report] between European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana [official profile] and top Iran negotiator Ali Larijani [BBC profile] in Vienna on Wednesday, and the five UN Security Council members and Germany will meet on Thursday to discuss the results.
	www.jurist.law.pitt.edu /paperchase/2006/09/iran-parliament-approves-draft-law-to.php (298 words)

	CNN.com - World - Conservatives could stymie Iran's reformist parliament - February 22, 2000
		TEHRAN, Iran -- Despite reformers' commanding lead in parliamentary elections, members of the country's conservative Islamic leadership said Tuesday that major policy changes are unlikely to be enacted.
		The conservative-dominated parliament has so far thwarted his efforts, impeaching his interior minister and constantly summoning other officials to complain about how they were doing their jobs.
		U.S. officials have welcomed the parliamentary elections in Iran as a historic vote for greater openness and freedom, raising hopes of a rapprochement after more then 20 years of hostility.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/meast/02/22/iran.election.01 (797 words)

	Iran's Conservative Parliament Approves Airline Part-privatization
		Parliament also approved the flotation in its entirety of Iran Air Tours (IAT), an Iran Air subsidiary that handles around 30 percent of domestic flights.
		Shares in Iran Air will not be easy to sell, as the company is thought to have suffered losses of some 122 million dollars (100 million euros) from 2002 to 2003 and private investors are reluctant to invest in a company while the government retains majority control.
		Iran Air is also known to have a dilapidated fleet, as the airline has been hit by US-imposed sanctions that bar Iran from buying aircraft with more than 10 percent US components.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=24721 (388 words)

	Iran’s parliament backs nuclear work - Mideast/N. Africa - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s parliament voted on Sunday to oblige the government to develop a nuclear fuel cycle -- an action opposed by Washington, which fears the Islamic Republic is seeking to acquire atomic weapons.
		The motion, which obliges Iran “to take action to obtain peaceful nuclear technology, including provision of the fuel cycle for generating 20,000 megawatts of electricity,” was approved by 188 out of 205 lawmakers present.
		Iran sees the nuclear fuel cycle as an issue of national sovereignty, insisting it has every right to enrich the uranium ore it mines in its central deserts.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/7831998 (630 words)

	Iran: Guardians Council Seen As Having Free Hand To Quash Reforms - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The six others are jurists nominated by the head of Iran's judiciary -- who is himself appointed by the supreme leader -- and approved by parliament.
		Under Iran's Constitution, the Guardians Council is also assigned the role of checking the compatibility of legislation passed by parliament with Islamic laws and the constitution.
		Kar believes Iran's current legal structure and constitution prevents democracy from being achieved in Iran: "I think in the framework of the current constitution and in the framework of the current legal structure, democratic moves to fulfill popular demands -- as well as claims made by the reformists -- are essentially not attainable."
	www.rferl.org /featuresarticle/2004/01/e000e227-1359-4053-8d53-e670130a8638.html (1104 words)

	Asia Times - Asia's most trusted news source for the Middle East
		But Iran's ambassador to the IAEA in Vienna, Pirooz Hosseini, said that the draft resolution is the result of US "bullying".
		Kharrazi said Iran plans to resume its uranium-enrichment activities once its relations with the IAEA are normalized.
		Iran says its nuclear program is for civilian purposes only, but Washington accuses Tehran of pursuing a clandestine weapons program.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Middle_East/FC12Ak03.html (819 words)

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