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Eyes wide open and fixed on the future)

... Eyes wide open and fixed on the future) MEETING Salman Rushdie, 16 months after the Iranian government publicly dissociated itself from the fanva, you can still glimpse traces of the singular weirdness that has marked his life for the past 11 years. At ...

Published: Sunday 13 February 2000
Newspaper: Sunday Independent (Dublin)
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2213 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

A writer's flames of love

... no shape. It wasn't until 1998 that Robin Cook, then Britain's Foreign Secretary, was able to broker a deal with the Iranian government to remove the £1.2 million bounty from the author's head. This is the second time I have met Salman Rushdie. The last ...

Published: Sunday 02 September 2001
Newspaper: Sunday Independent (Dublin)
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2958 | Page: 32 | Tags: none

Iran, where football has become the perfect metaphor for change

... nation. To them, football has become the perfect metaphor for change. If Ireland beat them, you get the feeling that the Iranian government will be privately relieved. It's an awful pity they didn't beat Bahrain in October and qualify automatically. With their ...

Published: Sunday 11 November 2001
Newspaper: Sunday Independent (Dublin)
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 782 | Page: 34 | Tags: none

still stands after student protest

... Iran, that preceded a racism conference in Durban, South Africa. They say she responded slowly to discrimination by the Iranian government against Jewish groups and Israelis barred from attending the Tehran meeting, and that she did not act decisively enough ...

Published: Sunday 25 April 2004
Newspaper: Sunday Independent (Dublin)
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 359 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

M-Qaeda group claim suicide bomb

... writes Saber Baben in Baghdad. Araz Habib is being sought under an arrest warrant because he has relations with the Iranian government and works for the Iranian intelligence, the official said. Chalabi told reporters that the arrest warrant was shown ...

Published: Sunday 23 May 2004
Newspaper: Sunday Independent (Dublin)
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 451 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

RORY CARROLL: Freed after intervention of Iraq's deputy prime minister NEWS Thank you, Ahmed Chalabi The Deputy ..

... mover behind the release of the Irish journalist. His clout was strong enought for him to contacting Tehran and get the Iranian government to intervene on behalf of Carroll. Read Eoghan Harris, Page 22 44 1;1 ti _t z. A i ...

Published: Sunday 23 October 2005
Newspaper: Sunday Independent (Dublin)
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 86 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

RELIEF: Joe and Kathy Carroll after hearing the news of their son's release. Photo: Fran Veale

... connections with Iran. But what interests me is that this clout is strong enough for Chalabi to contact Tehran and get the Iranian government to intervene on behal fof an Irish journalist. Given Chalabi's central position in Shia politics, this tells us that ...

Published: Sunday 23 October 2005
Newspaper: Sunday Independent (Dublin)
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 421 | Page: 22 | Tags: none

Quick wit and cool heads under fir

... thick of things. The Carrolls were truly appreciative of the support they received. The Italian, British, French and Iranian governments assisted behind the scenes in securing Rory's release. Everyone's been just wonderful, says Kathy. The Department ...

Published: Sunday 23 October 2005
Newspaper: Sunday Independent (Dublin)
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 791 | Page: 22 | Tags: none

before? And not so long ago

... speak with some authority on this issue. In early 1996, House Speaker, Newt Gingrich called for the overthrow of the Iranian government and, with the CIA, put together an slBm package. The Iranian regime responded promptly with a s2om initiative and a ...

Published: Sunday 30 April 2006
Newspaper: Sunday Independent (Dublin)
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 261 | Page: 35 | Tags: none