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Trial begins in case of thirl
Iranian Jews accused of spyi
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SHIRAZ, Iran (AP) — An espionage trial of 13 Jews that
threatens to cool U.S.-Iranian relations adjourned quickly af
ter it began Thursday, with defense attorneys saying they need
more time. A senior judicial official said later that four of the
13 had confessed.
Concern over the trial brought Western diplomats, foreign
journalists and a human rights activ ist to the courthouse in Shi
raz, 550 miles south of the capital of Tehran. Both the United
States and Israel say charges that the Jews spied for the two
countries are baseless.
The Revolutionary Court trial is closed to the public in
cluding relatives and the media — for national security rea
sons, authorities say. The judge leads the investigation and
hands down the sentence and verdict.
Shortly after the 90-minute court session was adjourned un
til May 1, provincial judiciary chief Hossein AH Amiri told re
porters that four of the defendants had confessed to espionage
and that Judge Sadeq Nourani had ruled the confessions ad
missible. I le did not say when the confessions, which were re
portedly in the Iranian media last fall, were made.
Defense lawyer Esmail Naseri said the alleged confessions
were “irrelevant” and inadmissible because they had not been
made in the presence of defense counsel. Nothing about the
purported confessions came up in court Thursday, he said.
Iran’s state-run television, meanwhile, said Thursday night
that “four Jewish suspects confessed to espionage in court to
day.’’ The contradiction could not be immediately explained.
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the way the trial
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verdict could
slow the thaw
between the
United States
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been under way
since President
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postponed could be a positive step.
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Amnesty International have either condemned the.
culled for a fair trial. ,
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CALI, Colombia (AP) - Police dis
mantled what they called Colombia’s
leading heroin-trafficking ring Wednes
day, making 49 arrests in pre-dawn raids
in four cities backed by U.S. drug agents.
Dubbed “Operation Millennium II,”
the sweep coincided with a Washington
visit by President Andres Pastrana to lob
by U.S. lawmakers for approval of a S1.7
billion aid package for lighting narcotics
in this turbulent Andean nation.
Some 1,500 police officers took part
in Wednesday’s operation, which na
tional police director Gen. Rosso Jose
Serrano said demonstrates Colombia’s
“unbreakable will to keep fighting drug
traffickers.”
With the U.S. Drug Enforcement
Administration attache in Colombia
seated at his side, Gen. Serrano pa
raded most of the suspects, including
four women, before reporters in this
western city.
The arrests show that “the mafiosos
can’t hide.” said the DEA official, Leo
Arreguin.
Arreguin said there were no plans to
seek extradition for any of the suspects,
including the purported ringleader, Nico
las Urquijo Gaviria, a cousin of the late
cocaine lord Pablo Escobar Gaviria.
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added of the stocky and slightly balding
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President and Mrs. Ray M. Bowen '58
and
Vice President for Student Affairs Malon Southerland '65
invite you and your family
to drop by their campus homes
from 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
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Light refreshments will be served at both homes.