- Reuters: Iran
rejects outside probe into dissident killings
- AFP: Several
arrested for murders of dissidents: official
December 31, 1998
- AFP: Military
court to probe murders of dissidents
December 30, 1998
- Kar: Fadaiyan
(majority) blames Khamenei for murders
December 29, 1998
- IRNA: Writers
association to be formed, daily
December 24, 1998
- Financial Times: A
nation destabilised by political murders
- Reuters: Iranian
paper warns British Airways over Rushdie
December 22, 1998
- AP: Iran
forms panel to probe killings
- IHRWG: Human rights
call (PDF format) on killings
- IRNA - Mourning
ceremony held for two writers
- IRNA - Rezaie:
Zionists, MKO responsible for killings
- IRNA - 22 more
publications to join press family
December 21, 1998
- Reuters: World
press group award for Iran's Sarkuhi
- AFP: Shadowy
group claims murder of writers
- Economist: Murder
- most foul
December 20, 1998
- BBC: (RealAudio) Iran
& Human Rights:
Participants:Hossain Baqerzadeh, Elaheh Hicks, Abdolkarim Lahiji
- IRNA - Ansar
hizbollah condemn mysterious killings
December 18, 1998
- BBC: Iran
meets EU amid concern over killings
- IRNA- Kashani:
Murders "the work of MKO"
December 17, 1998
- BBC: Ardabili
criticises Islamic regime
- IRNA: Moin: ignorance roots of recent
killings
- IRNA: Funeral
for Pouyandeh
- IRNA: Security
official: Recent murders, "enemies plot"
December 16, 1998
- HRW: Iranian
Writer Escapes Possible Murder Attempt
- The Times: Killings
spark protest against Iran hardliners
- The Times: Editorial:
Murder in Iran
- ORWI: Leftist
group wants U.N. action
- Jomhuri Eslami: Editorial:
West waging psychological war
- Jomhuri Eslami: Judiciary
spokesman: Arrests made
- Jomhuri Eslami: Funeral
service for Mokhtari
- Jomhuri Eslami: Rafsanjani:
Support security services
- Reuters: Reformers
say killings could spark crackdown
- IRNA: Radical
student leader blames MKO, CIA
- IRNA: Judiciary
chief: murders originate from abroad
- IRNA: Nateq-Nuri: Murders outsiders' plot. Part (1)
(2)
- IRNA: Majlis
member: Killings premeditated
December 15, 1998
- Hamshahri: Who's
trying to weaken the government?
- Hamshahri: Murders
aimed at undermining council elections
- Hamshahri: Khatami:
Be vigilant against violence
- Hamshahri: Followers
of Imam's statement
- Hamshahri: Leader
orders murder investigation)
- Hamshahri: Press independence under threat. Part (1)
(2)
- AFP: EU in guarded
comment over deaths of writers
- BBC: Thousands
attend writer's funeral
- BBC audio: Shock
and fear in Iran
- Reuters: MKO
says death squad killed writers
- IRNA: Murder
of Iranian journalists shocks France
- Reuters: Secularist
Iranians bury murdered writer
- BBC: Mokhtari
buried
- USIS: U.S.
state department statement on killings
- IRNA: Funeral
service held for slain writer
- IRNA: Rafsanjani condemns killings. Part (1)(2)
- IRNA: Murders
have historical precendence, paper
- AP: Iran closes
activist newspaper
- CNN: Iran
arrests suspects in dissident killings
- The Independent: Intelligentsia
shaken by murders
- Jomhuri Eslami: Verdict
against "Zan" and "Bazar" papers
- Jomhuri Eslami: It's
the work of enemies - editorial
- Jomhuri Eslami: Khamanei:
murder against national security
- Jomhuri Eslami: Judiciary
chief says it's a plot
- Jomhuri Eslami: President's
office statement on killings
- Jomhuri Eslami: Asgarowladi
on mysterious killings
December 14, 1998
- The Times: Fifth
Iran dissident is found murdered
- AP: Two other
activists missing; first arrests made
- UPI: U.S.
claims pattern in killings
- AP: U.S. condemns
deaths of Iran writers
- Radio Free Europe: Ayatollah
Orders Arrest Of Killers
- AFP: leaders
vow to end deadly attacks
- AFP: President
vows to halt death wave
- AFP: Khamenei
orders arrest of killers
- Reuters: Iran
moderates demand action on killings
- Hamshahri: Latest
statements from various groups
- Hamshahri: New anti-press bill condemned. Part (1)
(2)
- Hamshahri: Guidance
ministry "will not retreat"
- Hamshahri - "Irresponsible"
articles on Jews in Yazd
- BBC: West
blamed for Iran murders
- IRNA: Khamenei condemns murders. Part (1)(2)
- IRNA: Khatami's
office aims to calm down anxiety
- IRNA: Zibakalam
ruling factions not responsible
- IRNA: Karrubi
urges judiciary to take quick action
- IRNA: Judiciary
chief calls for arrest of murderers
- IRNA: Rezaie
holds "Zionists" responsible
- IRNA: Asgarowladi:
murders have "roots abroad"
- New York Times: Dissent
and Death in Iran
- New York Times: Killings
turn hope to fear
- AP: Iranians
accuse exiles in slaying
- Los Angeles Times: Mystery
Killings Raise Fear
- The Independent: Death
squads target intellectuals
- The Guardian: Plotters
blamed for Iran murders
- IRNA: Mohajerani: Punish killers. Part (1)(2)(3)\
December 13, 1998
- IHRWG: Human
rights call (PDF format) on killings
- BBC: Iran
steps up murder probe
- AP: Iranian
papers press for freedom
- XINHUA: Khatami
"target of recent killings"
- AP: Pouyandeh
found dead
- Reuters: Mystery
murders shake Iran reformers
- AFP: Mounting
pressure to solve mystery murders
- AFP: 140 MPs
urge Khatami to investigate murders
- AFP: Writers
appeal to Khatami for safety
- Hamshahri: Writers
appeal to Khatami
- Reuters: Paper
suggests plot behind missing dissidents)
- Reuters: 3rd
intellectual (Pouyandeh) murdered
- Reuters: Opposition
condemns string of murders
- AFP: National
security body meets over murders
- Hamshahri: National
security meeting on murders
- Hamshahri: Guidance
Ministry on Mokhtari's murder
- IRNA: Journalists
denounce recent killings
- IRNA: MPs call
for investigation
- The Guardian: Poet
pays fatal price
December 12, 1998
- The Iranian: Writers'
letters to people & Khatami
- Washington Post: Terrorism
in Tehran
- Jomhuri Eslami: Mysterious
murders "conspiracy"
- AFP: Pouyendeh's
wife urges search
- Hamshahri: Pouyandeh
missing on HR anniversary
- AFP: Suspicious
murders provoke wave of concern
December 11, 1998
- Amnesty: Alarming
pattern of killings
- AFP: Bani
Sadr given extra French police protection
- The Times: 'Iran
hardliners' killing dissidents
December 10, 1998
- BBC: Third
dissident Iranian writer disappears
- Reuters: Dissident
Iran author missing -- relatives
December 9, 1998
- BBC: Body
of missing Iranian writer found
- HRW: Another
suspicious death
December 8, 1998
- OMCT: Concern
over fate of missing journalist
December 7, 1998
- Reuters: Sahabi's
Iran-e Farda banned for 1 year
- The Iranian: Soroush
on attacks against the press
December 3, 1998
- Reuters: Watchdog
says Davani disappeared
- Amnesty: Call
for investigations into killings
Nov 30, 1998
- Hamshahri: Majid
Sharif died of "heart failure"
Nov 26, 1998
- AFP: Sharif
dies in suspicious circumstances
- BBC - Dissident
clergyman writer released in Iran
* January
1999 news index
