18.09.2004, 22:11
Ayat Sistani demands PM release Hezbollah captives
By: Ismail Zabeeh
HOLY CITY OF NAJAF, Iraq: Iraq’s Al-Bayyanah newspaper reported that Ayatullah Sayyed Ali As-Sistani contacted on telephone with Iraqi Premier Ayad Alawi demanding him release of detained fighters and leaders of Hezbollah Movement in Iraq immediately and without hesitation.
Al-Bayyanah said this is the first time in the history of Marjaiyah (religious authority) that a contact with a governmental official takes place about a case of this kind.
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Holy Najaf Maraje conclave advises how to treat violence
By: Ismail Zabeeh
HOLY CITY OF NAJAF, Iraq: Amid escalating violence in Iraq, Marjaiyah Ad-Diniyah (Religious Authority) held a meeting in Holy Najaf to discuss elections calling the interim government to treat deteriorating security situation with wisdom.
The meeting was attended by Holy Najaf’s four Grand Maraje, namely Ayatullah Sayyed Muhammad Said Al-Hakim, Ayatullah Sayyed Ali As-Sistani, Ayatullah Hafiz Bashir An-Najafi, and Ayatullah Ishaq Fayaz with the participation of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution chairman Sayyed Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim.
Ayatullah Sistani urged for holding elections in time, expansion of public participation and treatment of demerits of laws of elections and parties.
He demanded interim Iraqi government to stop the bloodshed, treat the matters softly and with sagacity without resorting to the violence, take measures for release of detainees who were not proved guilty, immediate rehabilitation and construction of the cities that were harmed because of acts of violence and fighting, and compensate the victims financially.
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Djafariya News
Iran Supreme Leader issues edict banning nuclear weapons
By: Sheikh Muhammad Khurasani
TEHRAN, Iran: The Islamic republic of Iran's supreme leader and Wali Amr Al-Muslimeen, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has issued an edict banning the use of nuclear weapons, a step aimed at satisfying the West and European countries that Iran’s nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.
Foreign ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi announced this on the eve of meeting of International Atomic Energy Agency officials in Vienna on Monday to review Iran's nuclear program and revelations of South Korean program.
“If the Europeans and the international community want assurances that nuclear technology will be used for peaceful purposes, we are ready to give assurances within the framework of the additional protocol,” he said pledging that nobody in Iran was seeking the bomb.
Asefi asserted: “But if the issue is that we cannot master nuclear technology for peaceful purposes, that is out of the question because we have already reached that point.”
“We are ready to give assurances, because from the beginning we said using nuclear weapons is haram (forbidden). The supreme leader (Ayatullah Khamenei) has issued a fatwa on this. No group in this country is thinking of acquiring nuclear weapons,” he said.
No further details on Ayatullah Khamenei's purported diktat were immediately available.
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By: Ismail Zabeeh
HOLY CITY OF NAJAF, Iraq: Iraq’s Al-Bayyanah newspaper reported that Ayatullah Sayyed Ali As-Sistani contacted on telephone with Iraqi Premier Ayad Alawi demanding him release of detained fighters and leaders of Hezbollah Movement in Iraq immediately and without hesitation.
Al-Bayyanah said this is the first time in the history of Marjaiyah (religious authority) that a contact with a governmental official takes place about a case of this kind.
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Holy Najaf Maraje conclave advises how to treat violence
By: Ismail Zabeeh
HOLY CITY OF NAJAF, Iraq: Amid escalating violence in Iraq, Marjaiyah Ad-Diniyah (Religious Authority) held a meeting in Holy Najaf to discuss elections calling the interim government to treat deteriorating security situation with wisdom.
The meeting was attended by Holy Najaf’s four Grand Maraje, namely Ayatullah Sayyed Muhammad Said Al-Hakim, Ayatullah Sayyed Ali As-Sistani, Ayatullah Hafiz Bashir An-Najafi, and Ayatullah Ishaq Fayaz with the participation of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution chairman Sayyed Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim.
Ayatullah Sistani urged for holding elections in time, expansion of public participation and treatment of demerits of laws of elections and parties.
He demanded interim Iraqi government to stop the bloodshed, treat the matters softly and with sagacity without resorting to the violence, take measures for release of detainees who were not proved guilty, immediate rehabilitation and construction of the cities that were harmed because of acts of violence and fighting, and compensate the victims financially.
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Djafariya News
Iran Supreme Leader issues edict banning nuclear weapons
By: Sheikh Muhammad Khurasani
TEHRAN, Iran: The Islamic republic of Iran's supreme leader and Wali Amr Al-Muslimeen, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has issued an edict banning the use of nuclear weapons, a step aimed at satisfying the West and European countries that Iran’s nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.
Foreign ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi announced this on the eve of meeting of International Atomic Energy Agency officials in Vienna on Monday to review Iran's nuclear program and revelations of South Korean program.
“If the Europeans and the international community want assurances that nuclear technology will be used for peaceful purposes, we are ready to give assurances within the framework of the additional protocol,” he said pledging that nobody in Iran was seeking the bomb.
Asefi asserted: “But if the issue is that we cannot master nuclear technology for peaceful purposes, that is out of the question because we have already reached that point.”
“We are ready to give assurances, because from the beginning we said using nuclear weapons is haram (forbidden). The supreme leader (Ayatullah Khamenei) has issued a fatwa on this. No group in this country is thinking of acquiring nuclear weapons,” he said.
No further details on Ayatullah Khamenei's purported diktat were immediately available.
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