فريدون زرنگار، مصاحبه با احمد بشيري (تهران)
Summary of Today's BroadcastRFE/RL Persian ServiceSaturday, October 26, 2002 - Reforming the Islamic penal code - Spanish press criticize Khatami visit - Contaminated meat - Moratorium on selling air rights to high rise builders - New reform movement Islamic Penal Code Reform Bill * The Majles approved the urgency of the proposed bill to reform the Islamic penal code. Signed by 85 reformist MPs, the bill seeks to eliminate the provision for killing people deemed to be apostates. Tabriz MP Akbar Alami, a member of the Majles national security and foreign relations committee, said the law in its present form promotes arbitrary killing and unconstitutionally denies due process to alleged apostates. Tehran lawyer Ahmad Bashiri tells RFE/RL that anyone can kill an alleged "apostate." The intelligence ministry officials accused in the 1998 serial killings of political dissidents used the apostate clause. He adds that if the killer's judgment is proven wrong, the Islamic penal code says the murder can only be prosecuted as involuntary manslaughter. (Fereydoun Zarnegar) Khatami's Visit to Spain Angers Spanish Press * In advance of President Mohammad Khatami's trip to Spain, the Spanish press is calling his trip an insult for his refusal to attend state functions alongside female Spanish officials. (Ahmad Ra'fat, Rome) Judiciary Frees Three Jews Convicted for Spying for Israel * Three of the eight Jews convicted in Shiraz for spying for Israel were released yesterday in Tehran. (Alireza Taheri) Importers of Contaminated Meat Confess * The judiciary's special court in charge of food related crimes said those charged with conspiring to import and distribute, in unrefrigerated trucks, contaminated or spoiled meat from Persian Gulf Arab countries to Iran confessed to their crimes. Tehran-based nutrition expert Hasan Akbarnia tells RFE/RL that no government official was charged. He adds that some of the meat has found its way to producers of processed meat products. (Shireen Famili) City Planning Council Approves High Rise Moratorium * Tehran's high council for city planning approved Tehran mayor's moratorium on selling air rights to high-rise builders. Alameh Tabatabai University economics professor Jamshid Pazhohandeh tells RFE/RL that the practice led to over crowding of some choice uptown neighborhoods, but did not improve the housing shortage for low income families. (Mahmonir Rahimi) Former MP Cites New Reform Movement In Paris, former MP Qasem Sholeh-Saadi describes a new political movement in Iran, the Third Force, which says Khatami's reforms are at a dead end. (Jean Khakzad, Paris) Hamedan University Disciplinary Council Summons 12 Students * Twelve Hamedan University students, who protested against the higher education ministry's plan to admit more students to already crowded universities, were summoned to the student disciplinary council on charges of insulting officials and disturbing public order. (Said Peyvandi, Paris) RFE/RL Roundtable: Possible US Attack Against Iraq * Widener University economic professor Hamid Zangeneh, Rutgers University planning and development professor Houshang Amir-Ahmadi and Stockholm-based leftist commentator Amir Mobini, debate the impact on Iran of a possible US attack on Iraq. (Amir-Mosaddegh Katouzian) ARTS AND IDEAS Daily Internet Report * Iranian companies representing Internet domain registration companies keep the usernames and passwords of the domains they sell in order to overcharge the domain buyers. (Behnam Nateghi, New York) Daily medical advice (Dr. Mansur Moslehi, Los Angeles) Bahman Forsi's Speech in Cologne * In a speech in Cologne, London-based writer Bahman Forsi said exiled Iranian writers and artists produce more work than any other exiled nation and criticized writers and artists in Iran for their relative inaction. (Shahram Mirian, Cologne) Daily Book Review * RFE/RL's Tehran-based book critic Kamran Fani reviews "Legend and Epic in Thought of George Dumezil" translated from French by Jalal Sattari. Daily Science Report * Dr. Karl Stetter of Regensburg University, Germany, who discovered the smallest living organism on earth, tells RFE/RL that the study of bacteria that live under the harshest conditions will deepen our understanding of possible life on other planets. (Fatemeh Aman, Washington) Song: Na-Rafiq (Un-Friend) * RFE/RL's Frankfurt-based music critic Mahmud Khoshnam plays Na-Rafiq, performed by 1970s' popular singer Dariush. Shadi (Joy) * Los Angeles DJ Afshin Gorgin spins the latest Persian pop tunes. Mediterranean Magazine (Ahmad Ra'fat, Rome) WORLD * 50,000 demonstrate in Washington against possible war with Iraq. (Homayoun Majd, Washington) * Russian troops storm Moscow theater, free hostages. (Mani Kasravi, Moscow) * US asks UN Security Council to vote on Iraq resolution. (Alireza Taheri) * French foreign minister says France will submit its own draft resolution on Iraq, if the US draft does not get enough votes. (Jean Khakzad, Paris) * US warns of possible terrorist attack on domestic transportation systems. (Homayoun Majd, Washington) * UN adds Indonesia's Jama'at Eslamieh to the list of international terrorist groups linked with al-Qaeda. (Shireen Famili) * Putin's leadership gets tested in the aftermath of Moscow theater siege by rebel Chechens, writes Michael Wines in the New York Times. (Fariba Mavedat, London) * Washington Post and Guardian on the Washington sniper. (Fariba Mavedat, London) * Cairo international film festival ends. (Farideh Rahbar, Cairo) * Richard Harris dies. (Alireza Taheri)
مجلس شوراي اسلامي، يك فوريتي طرح اصلاح قانون مجازات اسلامي كه از سوي 85 نماينده مجلس براي جلوگيري از مجازات خودسرانه افراد ارائه شده است را تصويب كرد. اكبر اعلمي، نماينده تبريز و عضو كميسيون امنيت ملي و سياست خارجي مجلس گفت: قانون كنوني افراد را به قتل و كشتار و خودسري ترغيب مي كند و ناقض اصول قوانين اساسي است. دكتر احمد بشيري، حقوقدان در تهران، در مصاحبه با راديو آزادي مي گويد: ايراد اصلي اينست كه اگر فردي مهدور الدم شناخته شود، مجازاتش اعدام است. اين موضوع در ماجراي قتل هاي زنجيره اي هم مطرح شد و بعضي از متهمان ادعا كردند كه قربانيان قتل هاي زنجيره اي به تشخيص آنها مهدور الدم بودند. بر اساس يك تبصره قانون مجازات اسلامي، اگر هم تشخيص داده شود كه اين داوري اشتباه بوده، قتل غير عمد به شمار مي آيد. به اين صورت هيچكس امنيت جاني ندارد.
Summary of Today's BroadcastRFE/RL Persian ServiceSaturday, October 26, 2002 - Reforming the Islamic penal code - Spanish press criticize Khatami visit - Contaminated meat - Moratorium on selling air rights to high rise builders - New reform movement Islamic Penal Code Reform Bill * The Majles approved the urgency of the proposed bill to reform the Islamic penal code. Signed by 85 reformist MPs, the bill seeks to eliminate the provision for killing people deemed to be apostates. Tabriz MP Akbar Alami, a member of the Majles national security and foreign relations committee, said the law in its present form promotes arbitrary killing and unconstitutionally denies due process to alleged apostates. Tehran lawyer Ahmad Bashiri tells RFE/RL that anyone can kill an alleged "apostate." The intelligence ministry officials accused in the 1998 serial killings of political dissidents used the apostate clause. He adds that if the killer's judgment is proven wrong, the Islamic penal code says the murder can only be prosecuted as involuntary manslaughter. (Fereydoun Zarnegar) Khatami's Visit to Spain Angers Spanish Press * In advance of President Mohammad Khatami's trip to Spain, the Spanish press is calling his trip an insult for his refusal to attend state functions alongside female Spanish officials. (Ahmad Ra'fat, Rome) Judiciary Frees Three Jews Convicted for Spying for Israel * Three of the eight Jews convicted in Shiraz for spying for Israel were released yesterday in Tehran. (Alireza Taheri) Importers of Contaminated Meat Confess * The judiciary's special court in charge of food related crimes said those charged with conspiring to import and distribute, in unrefrigerated trucks, contaminated or spoiled meat from Persian Gulf Arab countries to Iran confessed to their crimes. Tehran-based nutrition expert Hasan Akbarnia tells RFE/RL that no government official was charged. He adds that some of the meat has found its way to producers of processed meat products. (Shireen Famili) City Planning Council Approves High Rise Moratorium * Tehran's high council for city planning approved Tehran mayor's moratorium on selling air rights to high-rise builders. Alameh Tabatabai University economics professor Jamshid Pazhohandeh tells RFE/RL that the practice led to over crowding of some choice uptown neighborhoods, but did not improve the housing shortage for low income families. (Mahmonir Rahimi) Former MP Cites New Reform Movement In Paris, former MP Qasem Sholeh-Saadi describes a new political movement in Iran, the Third Force, which says Khatami's reforms are at a dead end. (Jean Khakzad, Paris) Hamedan University Disciplinary Council Summons 12 Students * Twelve Hamedan University students, who protested against the higher education ministry's plan to admit more students to already crowded universities, were summoned to the student disciplinary council on charges of insulting officials and disturbing public order. (Said Peyvandi, Paris) RFE/RL Roundtable: Possible US Attack Against Iraq * Widener University economic professor Hamid Zangeneh, Rutgers University planning and development professor Houshang Amir-Ahmadi and Stockholm-based leftist commentator Amir Mobini, debate the impact on Iran of a possible US attack on Iraq. (Amir-Mosaddegh Katouzian) ARTS AND IDEAS Daily Internet Report * Iranian companies representing Internet domain registration companies keep the usernames and passwords of the domains they sell in order to overcharge the domain buyers. (Behnam Nateghi, New York) Daily medical advice (Dr. Mansur Moslehi, Los Angeles) Bahman Forsi's Speech in Cologne * In a speech in Cologne, London-based writer Bahman Forsi said exiled Iranian writers and artists produce more work than any other exiled nation and criticized writers and artists in Iran for their relative inaction. (Shahram Mirian, Cologne) Daily Book Review * RFE/RL's Tehran-based book critic Kamran Fani reviews "Legend and Epic in Thought of George Dumezil" translated from French by Jalal Sattari. Daily Science Report * Dr. Karl Stetter of Regensburg University, Germany, who discovered the smallest living organism on earth, tells RFE/RL that the study of bacteria that live under the harshest conditions will deepen our understanding of possible life on other planets. (Fatemeh Aman, Washington) Song: Na-Rafiq (Un-Friend) * RFE/RL's Frankfurt-based music critic Mahmud Khoshnam plays Na-Rafiq, performed by 1970s' popular singer Dariush. Shadi (Joy) * Los Angeles DJ Afshin Gorgin spins the latest Persian pop tunes. Mediterranean Magazine (Ahmad Ra'fat, Rome) WORLD * 50,000 demonstrate in Washington against possible war with Iraq. (Homayoun Majd, Washington) * Russian troops storm Moscow theater, free hostages. (Mani Kasravi, Moscow) * US asks UN Security Council to vote on Iraq resolution. (Alireza Taheri) * French foreign minister says France will submit its own draft resolution on Iraq, if the US draft does not get enough votes. (Jean Khakzad, Paris) * US warns of possible terrorist attack on domestic transportation systems. (Homayoun Majd, Washington) * UN adds Indonesia's Jama'at Eslamieh to the list of international terrorist groups linked with al-Qaeda. (Shireen Famili) * Putin's leadership gets tested in the aftermath of Moscow theater siege by rebel Chechens, writes Michael Wines in the New York Times. (Fariba Mavedat, London) * Washington Post and Guardian on the Washington sniper. (Fariba Mavedat, London) * Cairo international film festival ends. (Farideh Rahbar, Cairo) * Richard Harris dies. (Alireza Taheri)
مجلس شوراي اسلامي، يك فوريتي طرح اصلاح قانون مجازات اسلامي كه از سوي 85 نماينده مجلس براي جلوگيري از مجازات خودسرانه افراد ارائه شده است را تصويب كرد. اكبر اعلمي، نماينده تبريز و عضو كميسيون امنيت ملي و سياست خارجي مجلس گفت: قانون كنوني افراد را به قتل و كشتار و خودسري ترغيب مي كند و ناقض اصول قوانين اساسي است. دكتر احمد بشيري، حقوقدان در تهران، در مصاحبه با راديو آزادي مي گويد: ايراد اصلي اينست كه اگر فردي مهدور الدم شناخته شود، مجازاتش اعدام است. اين موضوع در ماجراي قتل هاي زنجيره اي هم مطرح شد و بعضي از متهمان ادعا كردند كه قربانيان قتل هاي زنجيره اي به تشخيص آنها مهدور الدم بودند. بر اساس يك تبصره قانون مجازات اسلامي، اگر هم تشخيص داده شود كه اين داوري اشتباه بوده، قتل غير عمد به شمار مي آيد. به اين صورت هيچكس امنيت جاني ندارد.
