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TEHRAN - Interior Minister Abdolvahed Mussavi-Lari warned Friday of "new plots" against the government of Mohammad Khatami aimed at showing its economic policy was a failure.
Meanwhile Khatami himself was quoted as advising students to be on their guard against attempts to cause further unrest like the troubles last month in which three people were killed.
"Be on your guard against new plots which are aimed particularly at showing that the government cannot satisfy the economic demands of the population", Mussavi-Lari said at Friday prayers at Tehran University.
"Some people in Iran want to unleash new crises, spread insecurity and insinuate that the government cannot resolve (Iran’s) economic problems," he said.
"Some want to question the government’s ability to satisfy the growing economic needs of the people and thereby reduce the government’s room for maneuver," Mussavi-Lari charged, without naming names or giving other details.
Leading figures, especially among the powerful country’s vital issues such as economy…
Therefore, it is surprising that the
Honorable Interior Minister Musavi-Lari views the critical remarks about
the state economic policies as a new plot… Musavi-Lari should explain what
he means by a new plot.
Justifying Police Brutalities, State-Controlled Tehran Times, August 25
TEHRAN - Commander of Law Enforcement Forces Hedayatollah Lotfian said here on Wednesday that all operations to maintaining law and order should be well-calculated from the beginning to the end.
Addressing a ceremony, arranged to
introduce commander of Tehran's Law Enforcement Forces General Mohsen Ansari,
Lotfian said that ballyhoos should not lead to immunity of criminals or
harm the self-confidence of LEF personnel.
Iran Jews' Case Handed Over to Court for Trial, Reuters, August 28
TEHRAN - Iran's intelligence service has handed over the case of 13 Iranian Jews charged with spying for Israel to the judiciary for trial, a newspaper said on Saturday.
"The accused have already been handed over to the judiciary. These are 13 Jews and a few Moslems," said the English-language daily Tehran Times, quoting an official from Shiraz, a city in southern Iran where the suspects are to be tried.
Iranian authorities have not identified the suspects or the nature of the evidence against them.
Western governments and humanitarian groups have voiced concern over the fate of the 13 and both Israel and the United States have denied any connection with them.