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Discusses the role of international powers at the United Nations-sponsored talks on the government of Afghanistan in Germany. Stakes of countries such as the United States, Russia, Iran, and Pakistan in the future of Afghanistan; Concern about the exports of drugs, refugees, and terrorism from the country; Developments in international relations, including between Pakistan and Iran.

Focuses on forecasts of rivalry between Iran and Israel for regional dominance, and conflict which may be faced by the United States, to support either Israel or U.S. interests in Iran.

Discusses the plans of the administration of United States President George W. Bush to build a national missile defense system to protect the U.S. from missiles fired by rogue nations. Decision of Russia to sell arms to Iran; Discussion of the Antiballistic Missile Treaty.

Discusses the efforts of Russia to reestablish military connections with Iran, and the concern of the United States.

Reports that Iran is allowing Iraqi petroleum to be transported across its land and waterways.

Discusses the potentially positive impact of a national love of soccer on the political relations between Iran and the United States.

Examines how the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s has influenced Iran's relationships with its Islamic neighbors and with western countries in the late 1990s. The revolutionary zeal and commitment Islam that the war fostered in Iran; The division in Iran between those who support the continuation of the jihad which Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini declared in 1979 and those who seek to open relations with the west; What the war showed many in Iran about Islam.

Discusses the increase in tensions among the world's Islamic nations. The clash between Iran and the Taliban government of Afghanistan; Meeting of Islamic foreign ministers at the United Nations, in an effort to defuse the crisis; Reasons for the tension, including differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims, and strategic differences.

Presents world news briefs as of September 16, 1998. International Monetary Fund officials to discuss the Russian financial crisis; Planned discussion of an election dispute in Cambodia; Food and medicine brought to the flooded Mexican state of Chiapas; Ordering of Iranian troops to the border of Afghanistan; More.

Focuses on the position Europe might take regarding charges of espionage leveled at Jews in Iran.

Looks at efforts by the European Union (EU) to restore its normal diplomatic relationship with Iran. The so-called Mykonos trial, in which a German court found that the murder of four Iranian dissidents in Berlin was ordered by high officials in Iranian government; Iran's response to the ruling; The hope that the election of President Mohammad Khatami in Iran brings to the EU; Stipulations that Iran has placed on the return of German diplomats.

Looks at the balance in Iran between its historical fundamentalist religion and the increasing presence of Western funds and attitudes. The impact that the Islamic Revolution of 1979 has had on acceptance of the West; Why the West is investing in Iran; The role that Iran could play in the recovery of oil in the Caspian Sea. INSET: An American in...Tehran? Tours trickle in..

Reports on the attempts by Iran to acquire nuclear capabilities. The declaration from President Hashemi Rafsanjani that Iran hated nuclear and chemical weapons; Questions about what will happen when Iran acquires nuclear capabilities; Why Iran may want nuclear weapons; Fears from the nations surrounding Iran should Iran acquire nuclear weapons; Factors which have slowed Iran's progress to nuclear weapons.

Reports that on April 29, 1997, the European Union (EU) and foreign minister will meet to decide whether to lift the suspension between Iran and Europe or take stronger punitive action in the case where 60 critics of the regime in Iran were murdered in Europe since Iran's 1979 revolution. Arguments made by the Europeans; Involvement of the United States in this; Detailed information on the hearings. INSET: Key witness calls for `active neutrality,' by G.R.C..

Reports on the sentences handed down by a German court on April 10, 1997 which accuse Iran's leaders of ordering the assassination of Iranian dissidents in Berlin in 1992. Possible impact of the sentences on relations between Europe and Iran; Information on other international instances of terrorism allegedly involving Iran; Reference to United States policy toward Iran.

Focuses on the trade agreement between Iran and Turkey, and the suspicion surrounding the agreement. Details on the trade agreement; Turkey's first Islamist prime minister Necmettin Erbakan's agreement with Israel; United States and North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies' opposition to the agreements.

Discusses efforts by the United States (U.S.) State Department to persuade the Bosnian government to fire its Deputy Minister of Defense, Hasan Cengic, due to his relations with Iran. Information on Cengic's authority in Bosnia; Relations between Bosnia and Iran; Impatience of the U.S.; Comments from some officials.

Focuses on Iran's drug control efforts along the Afghanistan border. Washington D.C.'s praise of their efforts; Physical description of the area; Details of the drug trade with Afghanistan; How the government is controlling the flow of drugs. INSET: Heroin still grips 1 million inside Iran.

Reports on relations between Iran and Iraq. Efforts towards rapprochement; Iran's release of 6,000 Iraqi prisoners of war; Effects of eight years of war; The United States presence in the Persian Gulf; Problems that remain in spite of progress; Comments on Iraqi President Saddam Hussein; Population and weapons comparisons; May, 1997 election of Iran's Mohamad Khatami.

Reports on the changing attitudes about Iran in the Middle East in the late 1990s. The Islamic Summit in 1997, held in Tehran; Reconciliation efforts between Iran and its neighbors; How the success of the Islamic Summit speaks to the failure of United States policy in the Middle East; How the actions of Israel's Binyamin Netanyahu have brought some unity to the Islamic nations; Iran's geopolitical importance after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Reports that an Iraqi humanitarian team visited erstwhile enemy Iran seeking medicines during the third week of June 1995. Focus on resumption of negotiations between the two nations.

Reports on the Iran's exploration of an alliance with Iraq to challenge the US policy of "dual containment" of the two countries. Views of some diplomats; Arrival of UN official, Rolf Ekeus in Baghdad on May 29, 1995 for talks on disarming Iraq under the 1991 gulf war cease-fire.

Informs about the decision by the Clinton administration to impose unilateral economic sanctions on Iran. Turkey's stance on the matter; Differences in priorities of US and Turkey over the Iran issue; Differences between Turkey and Iran.

Reports Russian Prime Minister Chernomyrdin's announcement on their plan to sell nuclear reactors to Iran. US Defense Secretary Perry's efforts to stop the deal.

Presents information on the Republican lawmakers view of President Bill Clinton's administration's approval of secret Iranian arms shipments of the Muslim-led Bosnian government. Comments from Representative James Moran of Virginia; Announcement made by House Speaker Newt Gingrich; Views of the Republicans on the Clinton administration decision.

Reports on the growth of Iran's influence in Iraq as a result of the United States neglect of its own peace initiatives. Reaction by the Kurds on the United States commitment to finding peace in the region; Scheduled start of a mediation efforts in northern Iraq; Background on United States involvement in Iraq.