51.   Iranian newspapers praised President Mohammed Khatami Thursday for proposing contacts with Americans, but said the United States also must make efforts to mend ties.

52.   Iranian newspapers, journalists and intellectuals have been under siege by government hard-liners for their support of reformist President Mohammad Khatami.

53.   Iranian newspapers have said a visit is imminent, but no date has been announced.

54.   Iranian newspapers reported that the boarding occurred on Sunday.

55.   Iranian newspapers, he said, have reported officials were weighing making an overture to the Taliban.

56.   Israel was angered by a Straw commentary, published Monday in an Iranian newspaper, concerning the causes of terrorism.

57.   Iran and Bahrain have agreed to send back ambassadors who were recalled after a diplomatic row last year, an Iranian newspaper reported Saturday.

58.   Iran was considering the request, Mohajerani told the hardline Iranian newspaper, Jomhuri Islami, in France, where he is on a private visit.

59.   Iran was considering the request, Mohajerani told the hard-line Iranian newspaper, Jomhuri Islami, in France, where he is on a private visit.

60.   Iranian newspaper say his assassin was disguised as a street sweeper.