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IRAN: ONE MILLION DOLLAR 'GIFT' FOR JOURNALISTS
Tehran, 13 Dec. (AKI) - The Iranian minister for culture and Islamic
guidance, Mohammad Hossein Safar Harandi, has announced that by March,
the
government will give the Iranian Professional Journalist Association
one
million dollars to be distributed "as they see fit among the
journalists".
The 'gift' was announced just one week after a C-130 military plane
crashed
into a ten-storey building killing killed 108 people including dozens
of
journalists who were on board the flight.
The offer of money also comes after the union called for an independent
investigation into the accident.
"This decision is not linked to the recent tragic events, and there are
no
obstacles of any kind, either bureaucratic or political, to prevent the
government from going ahead with this initiative," said Safar Harandi.
The minister said that the list of the beneficiaries of these million
dollars has been drafted by Iranian Professional Journalist
Association, and
he added that "the government will not make any modifications to that
list."
(Rah/Aki)
Dec-13-05 13:19
ABC radio news, says that starting next week, all trains, planes, subway and ferry, will have the same team on them as the one which shot the passenger on the plane last week.
Some with Jackets that show who they are, others undercover.
Is it time to start thinking we are under attack?