Officials Should Clarify Emami's Case
June 26, 1999 - 0:0
TEHRAN -- The death of Saeed Emami, the mastermind behind the infiltration of the Information Ministry, is still a hot issue in the country's press, which calls for removing the ambiguities that exist in this regard. Emami committed suicide by drinking a depilatory solution while taking a bath in one of Tehran's prisons last week. Speaking to the TEHRAN TIMES on the issue, Majlis Deputy from Rasht Ahmad Ramezanpour Nargesi underlined that Emami's case is a national issue.
He added, "Emami's suicide should not have taken place, but now that it has, the officials in charge of watching over Emami have to give clear explanations." However, Ramezanpour noted, "The officials are not giving explicit and clear details of the different aspects of Emami's case may be because such details will harm national security." The MP went on to say that the officials usually do not keep the people in the dark about anything, "but the reason why they are doing so in this case may be that the foreigners will exploit the issue." Another MP Mohammad-Bagher Zakeri told the TEHRAN TIMES that the government should deal with rumors promptly.
"If no action is taken immediately in this regard, such rumors may harm national interests," the MP from Qouchan, Khorasan Province, noted. Referring to Emami's case, he said that "the officials should take swift action to remove the ambiguities surrounding the issue." Editor-in-Chief of the Khordad daily Ali Hekmat, touching on the same issue in an interview with the TEHRAN TIMES, said that it is important to identify Emami's links and connections in the country.
A member of the Salaam Editorial Board Karim Arqandehpour told the TEHRAN TIMES that it has not been officially confirmed that Imami had contacts with the U.S. Jewish Agency. "The case of Imami is not factional and if this case becomes factional it will ruin the case," he explained. Arqandehpour went on to say that Imami's case is a national case and factional issues should not intervene in the issue.
"If factional skirmishes arouse as a result of this case then this will be to the detriment of the country," he concluded.
He added, "Emami's suicide should not have taken place, but now that it has, the officials in charge of watching over Emami have to give clear explanations." However, Ramezanpour noted, "The officials are not giving explicit and clear details of the different aspects of Emami's case may be because such details will harm national security." The MP went on to say that the officials usually do not keep the people in the dark about anything, "but the reason why they are doing so in this case may be that the foreigners will exploit the issue." Another MP Mohammad-Bagher Zakeri told the TEHRAN TIMES that the government should deal with rumors promptly.
"If no action is taken immediately in this regard, such rumors may harm national interests," the MP from Qouchan, Khorasan Province, noted. Referring to Emami's case, he said that "the officials should take swift action to remove the ambiguities surrounding the issue." Editor-in-Chief of the Khordad daily Ali Hekmat, touching on the same issue in an interview with the TEHRAN TIMES, said that it is important to identify Emami's links and connections in the country.
A member of the Salaam Editorial Board Karim Arqandehpour told the TEHRAN TIMES that it has not been officially confirmed that Imami had contacts with the U.S. Jewish Agency. "The case of Imami is not factional and if this case becomes factional it will ruin the case," he explained. Arqandehpour went on to say that Imami's case is a national case and factional issues should not intervene in the issue.
"If factional skirmishes arouse as a result of this case then this will be to the detriment of the country," he concluded.