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Brief On Iran
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Police in Tehran ordered to arrest women in 'un-Islamic' dress |
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Saturday, 22 April 2006 |
Robert Tait in Tehran
- Taxi drivers responsible for clothes of passengers
- Purge allied with effort to cut viewing of western TV
The Guardian - Iran's Islamic authorities are preparing a crackdown on women flouting the stringent dress code in the clearest sign yet of social and political repression under President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
From today police in Tehran will be under orders to arrest women failing to conform to the regime's definition of Islamic morals by wearing loose-fitting hijab, or headscarves, tight jackets and shortened trousers exposing skin.
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EU rejects idea of Iran enrichment "pause" - diplomats |
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Thursday, 20 April 2006 |
By Louis Charbonneau
BERLIN (Reuters) - European diplomats on Thursday dismissed as unacceptable a suggestion that Iran take a brief "technical pause" from its nuclear enrichment activities in an attempt to revive collapsed negotiations with the EU.
Several diplomats told Reuters that Mohamed ElBaradei, the director-general of the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), discussed this idea with Iranian officials during a visit to Tehran last week and hoped it could revive collapsed negotiations with the "EU3" -- France, Britain and Germany.
But European Union diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity, said it was unacceptable and reiterated that Iran had to reinstate a full and sustained suspension of all uranium enrichment activity in order for talks to resume.
"A full suspension is the only way to resolve this and the Iranians have given no indication they are willing to do that," a senior EU diplomat told Reuters on condition of anonymity.
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Some EU Parliamentarians Seek Tougher Stance Against Iran |
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Thursday, 20 April 2006 |
By Gabriele Parussini
Bloomberg - Thirteen members of the European Parliament, including a vice-president, said Europe needs to toughen its stance on Iran and support a regime change in that country.
We in the European Parliament fully support the option of giving a democratic chance to the Iranian people,'' Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca, first vice President of the EU Parliament, said at a meeting today with leaders of Iran's exiled opposition in Auvers-Sur-Oise, west of Paris. ``It's time for the EU to change its policy toward the regime. Iran has crossed the red line.''
Vidal-Quadras Roca led a delegation of European MPs at a meeting with Maryam Rajavi, head of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, or NCRI, an umbrella organization of resistance movements against the regime in the country.
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Iranian group seeks British suicide bombers |
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Wednesday, 19 April 2006 |
Robert Tait in Tehran and Ewen MacAskill
The Guardian - Relations between the west and the hardline Iranian regime are set to worsen after a Tehran-based group claimed yesterday it was trying to recruit Iranians and other Muslims in Britain to carry out suicide bombings against Israel.
The Committee for the Commemoration of Martyrs of the Global Islamic Campaign, which claims to be independent but has the backing of the regime, said it is targeting potential recruits in Britain because of the relative ease with which UK passport-holders can enter Israel.
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Moscow urges Iran to halt nuclear work |
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Wednesday, 19 April 2006 |
International Herald Tribune (AP) - Moscow - Russia's foreign minister urged Iran on Wednesday to halt all uranium enrichment, saying the international community is demanding "urgent and constructive steps" from Tehran to ease concerns about its nuclear program, news agencies reported.
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Chirac due in Egypt, says Iran with atomic weapons is "unacceptable" |
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Wednesday, 19 April 2006 |
Agence France Presse - French President Jacques Chirac, due here Wednesday on a two-day visit, told Egyptian daily Al-Ahram that it was "unacceptable" for Iran to have nuclear weapons, and called for "necessary gestures" from Israel and the Palestinians for "real negotiations" to resume.
The Iranian nuclear problem and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will be high on the agenda when Chirac meets Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday.
The Iranian leaders "must understand that, for the international community, the prospect of a militarily nuclearized Iran is unacceptable," Chirac said in an interview.
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Iran police crack down on unIslamic women's dress |
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Wednesday, 19 April 2006 |
By Parisa Hafezi
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian police said on Tuesday they would launch a crackdown on "social corruption" such as women flouting Islamic dress codes, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
"In accordance with the law, the police will confront those who appear in public in an indecent and inappropriate way," Fars quoted Tehran police chief Morteza Talaei as saying. "Police will seize women with tight coats and cropped trousers."
Enforcement of strict moral codes governing women's dress, Western music and mingling of the sexes became more lax after President Mohammad Khatami's election in 1997 on a platform of social and political reform.
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Iran Leader Says Enemies Will Be Met With `Latest Technology' |
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Tuesday, 18 April 2006 |
Bloomberg - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who last week announced Iran's enrichment of uranium, said his country's forces will use ``the latest technology'' against enemies and ``cut off the hand of any aggressor.''
Ahmadinejad's hardened rhetoric on Army Day follows a week of increasing tension over the Islamic Republic's nuclear plans, his anti-Israel comments and a vow to ``have a dialogue from a position of power.'' Envoys from the United Nations Security Council's permanent members, and Germany, meet in Moscow today to discuss the dispute. Crude oil rose to a record $70.88 a barrel in New York on concern the issue will lead to military conflict.
``The army must always be equipped and ready, and have mastered the latest technology, to respond to any aggression,'' Ahmadinejad said today during a military parade south of Tehran, according to state-run news agencies. ``In the face of enemies, it is like a meteorite. It will cut off the hand of any aggressor and leave the enemy covered in shame.''
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US to urge other world powers to act against Iran |
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Tuesday, 18 April 2006 |
Guy Faulconbridge
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The United States will press other major world powers on Tuesday to consider what it called targeted sanctions against Iran as an April 30 U.N. deadline loomed for Tehran over its nuclear programme.
World crude oil prices topped $70 a barrel on Monday, the highest level for nearly eight months, as Iran's pursuit of its nuclear programme heightened market fears Washington might take military action against the oil-producing Islamic Republic.
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Tuesday, 18 April 2006 |
By Jubin Afshar
Global Politician - The president of the Iranian regime called it "good news." The world, however, looked on with deep concern and condemned the latest provocation by Iran's theocracy in enriching uranium after 18 years of pursuing a covert nuclear program that many suspect is aimed at producing nuclear weapons capability. The Iranian regime seeks the nuclear capability to bolster its drive to dominate the Muslim world and threaten regional and world security from a position of power atop a new "Caliphate," (Islamic empire). This has been the dream of Khomeini's Islamic fundamentalists since their usurping of the Iranian revolution of 1979.
Regime ideologues have long pointed to Iran's rightful place as the leader of the Muslim world in imposing their narrow and regressive socio-political and economic model, diametrically opposed to democratic and human rights values.
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Maryam Rajavi- Iran: Ceremony to honor birth of prophet Mohammad in Auvers-sur-Oise |
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Tuesday, 18 April 2006 |
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BOI - To honor the birth of prophet Mohammad, dozens of political and social dignitaries, religious scholars and Moslim intellectuals residing in France attended a ceremony in Auvers-sur-Oise at the residence of Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President elect of the Iranian Resistance. Mrs. Rajavi greeted all Moslims on the joyous occasion and expressed her best wishes to Christians, particularly those in Iran for their holly day of Easter Sunday. Mrs. Rajavi said the message of prophet Mohammad was for peace and unity and added; Iran's fundamentalist rulers are the advocates of terror and misogyny not the followers of the profit of the Islam. Indeed his worst enemies.
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New York rally in support of democratic change in Iran |
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Sunday, 16 April 2006 |
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BOI – The New York Committee Against Ahmadinejad has called for a rally against the religious dictatorship in Iran on April 28. In its invitation it says "STOP AHMADINEJAD NOW!" and then adds: "Tehran's Nuclear threat can end with democratic change in Iran. There is no need for war or more talks with terrorist regime. UN Security Council must impose sanctions on Tehran's regime." The rally which is going to be held across from the UN is to call on the Security Council to: • Impose diplomatic sanctions
• Impose technological sanctions
• Impose oil sanctions
• Impose arms embargo For further details click here. |
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Iran's 'nuclear university' conceals research |
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Sunday, 16 April 2006 |
By Philip Sherwell in Washington
The Sunday Telegraph - Iranian scientists are secretly conducting crucial nuclear research and development, using university laboratories as cover to avoid international scrutiny, according to highly placed opposition supporters within the Islamic regime.
Teheran's Imam Hossein University, which is run on military brigade lines by Iran's Revolutionary Guards, is the main centre for experiments on nuclear weapon technology, the exiled National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) reported.
...Alireza Jafarzadeh, the NCRI official who revealed the existence of the clerics' clandestine nuclear programme to the world in 2002, told the Sunday Telegraph that the latest information came from the same sources within the regime's national security structure.
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Pope calls for solution to Iran nuclear crisis |
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Sunday, 16 April 2006 |
BOI - Pope Benedict has called for an "honourable solution" to the nuclear crisis with Iran in his first Easter message.
He made his appeal for world peace in his Easter "Urbi et Orbi" message to nearly 100,000 people St Peter's Square in Rome.
The Pope, who marks the first anniversary of his election on Wednesday, used his speech to draw attention to the problems facing the world, particularly in Africa, the Middle East and Latin America.
In a clear reference to Iran, he said: "Concerning the international crises linked to nuclear power, may an honourable solution be found for all parties, through serious and honest negotiations."
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Iran suicide bombers ‘ready to hit Britain’ |
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Sunday, 16 April 2006 |
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Marie Colvin, Michael Smith and Sarah Baxter
The Sunday Times - IRAN has formed battalions of suicide bombers to strike at British and American targets if the nation’s nuclear sites are attacked. According to Iranian officials, 40,000 trained suicide bombers are ready for action.
The main force, named the Special Unit of Martyr Seekers in the Revolutionary Guards, was first seen last month when members marched in a military parade, dressed in olive-green uniforms with explosive packs around their waists and detonators held high.
Dr Hassan Abbasi, head of the Centre for Doctrinal Strategic Studies in the Revolutionary Guards, said in a speech that 29 western targets had been identified: “We are ready to attack American and British sensitive points if they attack Iran’s nuclear facilities.” He added that some of them were “quite close” to the Iranian border in Iraq.
In a tape recording heard by The Sunday Times, Abbasi warned the would-be martyrs to “pay close attention to wily England” and vowed that “Britain’s demise is on our agenda”. more |
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