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U.S. says Iran,  Iraq, N. Korea, Libya, Syria and Sudan  has germ war program.

GENEVA, Nov. 19 -- The United States identified Iran and five other countries Monday as states that are developing germ warfare programs but refused to say whether any may have assisted Osama bin Laden in his quest for biological weapons. John R. Bolton, undersecretary of state for arms control, said the United States was "not prepared to comment whether rogue states may have assisted" bin Laden in the plan.

Sacked workers block road in southwestern ArabistanProvince

Nov 15, 2001 Protest by 1,500 workers of sugar cane plant in Karun Agro-Industrial Company against redundancy" published by Iranian newspaper Jomhuri-ye Eslami web site on 15 November
Following a decision by the management at sugar cane plant of Karun's Agro-Industrial Company to lay- off 1,500 temporary workers of this huge complex in the suburbs of Shushtar [in southwestern Arabistan Province], the dismissed workers began to express their dissatisfaction in a protest wave.

Iran  helped terrorist to escape!

The Milliyet
November 13, 2001-Two major Hizbullah figures wanted by the police have fled from Turkey using the passports sent by Iran - When Hizbullah leader Huseyin Velioglu was killed during a police raid, Isa Altsoy succeeded him.
Although he topped the list of fugitives sought by the police, he managed to escape from Turkey because he had a passport issued by the Republic of Iran identifying him as one Muhammad Javad. He took along Velioglu's son Abdullah who also carried an Iranian passport.

Two hanged in public in Iran
TEHRAN, Nov 11 (AFP) - Two young men, convicted of sexual crimes, were publicly hanged in the central holy city of Qom, the conservative Resalaat daily reported Sunday.
It said 26-year-old Hossein Talkhabi and 19-year-old Abolfazl Dehqan were lashed 150 times each before being