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- Russia has pledged to strengthen ties with Iran and has increased
cooperation with Teheran in the areas of nuclear and ballistic missile development. (The
New York Times, 4/12/97, 8/22/97)
- Former white supremacist Larry Wayne Harris, 46, of Lancaster, Ohio, will not
spend time in jail despite pleading guilty to illegally obtaining three vials of lethal bubonic
plague germs. Harris was placed on 18 months probation and must perform 200 hours of
community service. (The Columbus Dispatch, 4/23/97)
- The French oil firm Total signed a $2 billion contract with Iran to
develop the South Pars gas field along with Russia's Gazprom and Malaysia's
Petronas. Britain's Pell Frischman Group and Canada's Bow Valley Energy Ltd.
entered into a deal with Iran to develop its offshore Balal oil field while Germany's
Westdeutsche Landesbank plans to finance an Iranian company headed by the son of former
President Hashemi Rafsanjani to develop the country's offshore Soroush oil field (Journal
of Commerce, 5/15/97, The New York Times, 9/29/97)
- China sold to Iran cruise missiles that enhance Iran's ability to disrupt
Persian Gulf shipping and challenge U.S. forces there and Beijing has committed to helping
build a nuclear power plant in central Iran. (The Washington Post, 5/31/97,
Reuters, 9/15/97)
- Italy called for renewing full relations with Iran and sent a trade
delegation to Teheran with promises of $3 billion in credits. (Journal of Commerce,
7/18/97)
- Despite a U.S. travel ban on Libya, Rep. Earl F. Hilliard (D-AL) visited Libya in
August 1997. (The Washington Post, 9/18/97)
- The Arab League defied U.N. sanctions against Libya by permitting
airplanes carrying "the political leadership and official Libyan delegations
participating in regional and international meetings" to land on their territory and
to permit other religious and humanitarian flights. (The New York Times, 9/22/97)
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