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...Hazem Hashem and Shama Ali picked a crazy time to fall in love. After the 20-year-old mechanic tied the knot with his 18-year-old cousin, the newlyweds headed to Baghdad's Ishtar Hotel, where they were greeted by folk dancers swaying to the beat of trumpets and drums. Yet as the couple checked into the honeymoon suite, with its scenic views of the Tigris River, thoughts of war intruded on their...
...Hashem is an Iraqi army conscript. That makes it almost certain that he will be on the front lines if the U.S. leads an invasion of Iraq. "It's his duty to defend his country," remarks Ali, radiant in her white dress. She says it with a sigh of resignation that is frequently heard on the streets of Baghdad these days. If interviews conducted mostly in the presence of a government minder are an indication, most Iraqis feel that although Saddam Hussein agreed last week to new U.N. weapons inspections, war is coming nonetheless, either because their government will...
...some of the largest student protests since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. More than 5,000 students gathered at the Modaress Training University in Tehran, and demonstrations spread to the provincial cities of Tabriz, Isfahan, Urumiyeh and Hamedan. The protesters called for the state to overturn the death sentence of Hashem Aghajari, a lecturer who said Iranians should not blindly follow the words of clerics. Yesterday, when Iran’s leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered the judiciary to review Aghajari’s sentence, the students accomplished one of their goals. But they also called for a greater tolerance...
...comfort to the Russian provinces and died peacefully 12 years later. This Shamil is unlikely to be offered such a choice. - By Paul Quinn-Judge/Moscow IRAN Revolution returns Thousands of university students demonstrated in campuses across Iran, demanding political reform and the release of the jailed academic Hashem Aghajari. The history professor was sentenced to death this month for insulting the Prophet and questioning the clergy's interpretation of Islam. But the students believe Aghajari is really being punished for his outspoken views on reform. Iran's hard-line Islamic judiciary has frequently wielded its legal power to crack...
...some of the largest student protests since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. More than 5,000 students gathered at the Modaress Training University in Tehran, and demonstrations spread to the provincial cities of Tabriz, Isfahan, Urumiyeh and Hamedan. The protesters called for the state to overturn the death sentence of Hashem Aghajari, a lecturer who said Iranians should not blindly follow the words of clerics. Yesterday, when Iran’s leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered the judiciary to review Aghajari’s sentence, the students accomplished one of their goals. But they also called for a greater tolerance...