1.   The Iranian authorities countered that they had repeatedly asked the Turkish government to present evidence for such claims.

2.   And increasingly Iranian authorities have begun to grapple with this problem in the open.

3.   But many came to revel in the limited license that the Iranian authorities have given musicians to climb out of the Tehran underground and onto a Kish stage.

4.   Far from appearing concerned about possible economic retaliation, the Iranian authorities declared it was they who would have nothing further to do with the Europeans.

5.   For Iranian authorities he was simply a deserter.

6.   In the absence of diplomatic relations, it is probably safer traveling with a tour operator known to Iranian authorities.

7.   In the last few years the Iranian authorities have softened their hard-line stance on pop music.

8.   Iranian authorities have been working to counter popular despair.

9.   Iranian authorities have tried at different times in recent years to control the impact of the demand by the new generation of school-age women for higher education.

10.   Rushdie does still travel with security guards, since his death sentence has not been revoked by Iranian authorities, despite repeated appeals from the international community.