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...young Ilyich's allowance. He fell in love with a Cuban woman, with whom he had a daughter. He lost touch with them, yet often referred to the woman as his "greatest love." In 1970 he was expelled for "anti-Soviet agitation" after throwing an inkpot at the Iranian embassy. By some accounts, this was a cover for his recruitment by the KGB. True or not, Carlos used his university days to form close friendships with Third World radicals...
Experts in the Middle East suggest that only Iran -- in addition to Israel -- is believed to be actively pursuing nuclear weapons. In spite of its severe problems of debt and unemployment, the Iranian government has not reduced its spending on arms programs. "Iran wants to be the most powerful military presence in the gulf," says Mourad El-Desouky, a military expert at Al Ahram Strategic Studies Center in Cairo. "It wants nuclear weapons for deterrence and to intimidate its neighbors." He believes that the Iranians have the money to go shopping for plutonium and weapons-grade uranium from Russia...
...June 4. By the consensus of literary critics, Nasrin, an outspoken feminist and atheist, is no Salman Rushdie. Her rather slapdash stories have gained notice mainly as screeds against the ill treatment of women. What she shares with the author of The Satanic Verses, a novel that earned an Iranian death warrant against Rushdie 5 1/2 years ago, is the misfortune of becoming a lightning rod for the passions of Islamic zealots. Five days before her surprise appearance in court to face charges of making inflammatory statements, a crowd of 100,000 demonstrators gathered outside the Parliament building in Dhaka...
...Argentine judge has issued international arrest warrants for four former Iranian diplomats in Argentina, saying they "may have played a part" in the July 18 bombing that killed 95 people at a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. An Iranian defector apparently fingered the four, whose whereabouts were unknown today. In an angry riposte, the Iranian government said it "categorically rejects these baseless and discourteous allegations." Argentina is homing in on the diplomats instead of cutting all ties with Iran, a move Buenos Aires feared would bring reprisals...
Everyone knows World Cup matches have been sweltering -- everyone, that is, except Iranian TV viewers, who are shown pictures of crowds bundled up in wool overcoats, mittens and boots. Censors did not dare show scantily dressed fans in America for fear of corrupting Islamic morals...