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Brief On Iran
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State of women in Iran discussed in Council of Europe's group meeting |
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Saturday, 15 April 2006 |
BOI – The plight of women under the misogynist rule in Iran was discussed in a meeting with the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men at the Council of Europe on Tuesday, April 11.
Speaking to a delegation from the committee, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, explained about mullahs' discriminatory practices against women and gross violations of their rights which are being institutionalized by the religious dictatorship in Iran. Mrs. Rajavi also highlighted the role of women in the leadership of the Iranian Resistance and their achievements.
President-elect of the Iranian Resistance told the meeting about the activities of the movement inside Iran and plans for democratic change in that country.
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Iran Rebuffs UN Atomic Chief, Refuses to Halt Nuclear Drive |
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Saturday, 15 April 2006 |
Deutsche Welle - Iran's hard-line regime on Thursday dismissed appeals from UN's atomic watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei to freeze its controversial nuclear program and calm suspicions it is seeking the bomb.
Speaking after talks with the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani brushed off the UN Security Council's demand for a halt in uranium enrichment by the end of the month as not very important.
"We are cooperating in a constructive manner... and Mr. ElBaradei is here and the inspectors and cameras are here, so such a proposal is not very important to solve the problem," Larijani told reporters.
Hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also vowed there was "no room for defeat and retreat."
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Iran: Council of Europe's Liberal Group hosts Maryam Rajavi in Strasbourg |
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Saturday, 15 April 2006 |
BOI - Welcomed by a large number of members of the Council of Europe from different countries and various parliamentary groups, Mrs Maryam Rajavi president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran arrived at the Council's headquarters in Strasbourg at noon April 10, 2006.
Lord Russell-Johnston, the honorary President of the Liberal Group and former President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Dr. Rudi Vis, MP, from labor party, David Marshall, MP, from Labor party, Mme Rosmarie ZAPFL-HELBLING, First Vice-Chairperson: Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men, Mr. Allen Meale, Labor MP, Mr Goran Lindblad from the Swedish Moderat party and Jean-Pol Henry Chairperson of national delegation; Standing Committee chief representative of Belgium in Council of Europe were among those who welcomed Mrs. Rajavi.
Accompanied by Lord Russell-Johnston, Mrs. Rajavi attended the meeting by the Liberal Group of the Council of Europe. In his opening remarks as the Chair of the meeting, Lord Russell-Johnston described Mrs. Rajavi as the leader of a democratic movement in Iran who had paid a heavy price for the freedom of her country and expressed his pleasure to call on her to address the meeting.
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US will push for asset freeze, sanctions on Iran |
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Saturday, 15 April 2006 |
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By Sue Pleming
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will push its allies next week to consider targeted sanctions on Iran that include a freeze on assets and visa restrictions, the State Department said on Friday.
Political directors from the main powers involved in trying to rein in Iran's nuclear programs are due to meet in Moscow on Tuesday to discuss what action to take after Tehran announced this week it had become a nuclear power by enriching uranium.
The senior officials from France, Germany, Britain, the United States, Russia and China will look at "real actions" the United Nations can take to get Iran to change its behavior, said State Department spokesman Sean McCormack.
The options under a Chapter 7 resolution under the U.N. charter could include a freeze on assets and travel restrictions on some members of the Iranian government, said McCormack.
"These are all levers at the disposal of the international community," McCormack told reporters.
While pushing for sanctions, U.S. officials said they would not look at imposing restrictions on the oil and gas sectors, pointing out the intention was not to create further hardship for the Iranian people. more |
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Maryam Rajavi attends European Council Parliamentary Assembly session in Strasbourg |
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Friday, 14 April 2006 |
BOI - Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, attended the plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on Tuesday.
Speakers at the session, included Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel the current holder of EU Presidency, Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, Romanian Prime Minister Calin Constantin Anton Popescu - Tariceanu and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso discussed relations between European Union and Council of Europe.
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Maryam Rajavi addresses Euro Council's Socialist Group meeting |
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Friday, 14 April 2006 |
BOI - Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, was invited to a meeting by the Socialist Group of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on Wednesday, April 12.
Mr. Lluís Maria de Puig, chairman of the Socialist Group opened the meeting by welcoming Mrs. Rajavi and offered the floor to her.
Mrs. Rajavi thanked the socialist group and its Chair for the opportunity given to the Iranian Resistance to be heard in its group meeting and then drew the attention of the members to the threats posed by Iranain regime and said: "By resuming uranium enrichment using 164 centrifuges in cascade, the mullahs’ regime openly defied the call by the UN Security Council’s Presidential Statement to halt all its enrichment activities.” She then reiterated, “this, once again, proved that hesitation will only embolden the mullahs in their nuclear ambitions.”
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Iran President Again Lashes Out at Israel |
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Friday, 14 April 2006 |
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Iran President President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Says Israel 'Heading Toward Annihilation'
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ABC News Intenational - TEHRAN, Iran Apr 14, 2006 (AP)— The president of Iran again lashed out at Israel on Friday and said it was "heading toward annihilation," just days after Tehran raised fears about its nuclear activities by saying it successfully enriched uranium for the first time.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Israel a "permanent threat" to the Middle East that will "soon" be liberated. He also appeared to again question whether the Holocaust really happened.
"Like it or not, the Zionist regime is heading toward annihilation," Ahmadinejad said at the opening of a conference in support of the Palestinians. "The Zionist regime is a rotten, dried tree that will be eliminated by one storm." more |
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Friday, 14 April 2006 |
The need for the UN to contain Iran becomes even more compelling
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The Times - Iran’s provocative boast that it has successfully enriched uranium has been received with almost universal condemnation. In language that is strikingly, and deliberately, similar, America, Britain, France and Russia yesterday spoke of a “step in the wrong direction”, and called on Iran to respect its obligations and stop its nuclear activities. The message from these four permanent Security Council members will be delivered in person in Tehran today by Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). And underlining the seriousness of the Iranian breach, Condoleezza Rice yesterday urged the United Nations to take “serious steps” to deal with the threat.
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Iran: More executions and further suppressive measures |
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Friday, 14 April 2006 |
BOI – An unnamed man was reported today to have been hanged in public in Qazvin Province, north western Iran.
The state-run media enumerated a variety of charges for the man and the regime's appointed judge was quoted as describing him as a clear example of an element spreading corruption on earth who deserved to be executed.
The religious dictatorship has stepped up repression in recent months as it is becoming increasingly isolated internationally and internally.
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Rajavi condemns Iran’s extensive meddling in Iraq |
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Friday, 14 April 2006 |
Leader of the Iranian opposition in exile says making concessions to Iran’s mullahs is not way to avoid war.
Middle East Online - PARIS - Maryam Rajavi, leader of the Iranian opposition in exile was in Strasburg, France, on April 10 for a formal visit to the Council of Europe on an invitation by the Liberal Party Group at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
The President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), addressed the meeting in French, on the current Iranian situation and the nuclear crises between Iran and the UN Security Council.
“Today, I have come to say that the international community is not required to choose between the nuclear-armed mullahs or a war,” Rajavi said, adding: “There is a third option: Democratic change by the Iranian people and their organized resistance. Making concessions to the mullahs is not the way to avoid war. It would increase the possibility of a war. It is necessary to react quickly. We do not have much time.”
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Britain says Iran nuclear milestone 'deeply unhelpful' |
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Wednesday, 12 April 2006 |
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Agence France Presse - Britain said Wednesday that Iran's claim of success in enriching uranium was "deeply unhelpful" and warned that the United Nations could respond with "diplomatic measures". "I am seriously concerned," said Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, reacting to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's announcement the day before which upped the stakes in Tehran's nuclear showdown with the West. "It is contrary to repeated requests by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) board, and now by the Security Council, that Iran resume full and sustained suspension of all enrichment and reprocessing activities, including research and development," he said in a statement. more |
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Iran Could Produce Nuclear Bomb in 16 Days, U.S. Says |
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Wednesday, 12 April 2006 |
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Bloomberg - Iran, defying United Nations Security Council demands to halt its nuclear program, may be capable of making a nuclear bomb within 16 days, a U.S. State Department official said. Iran will move to ``industrial scale'' uranium enrichment involving 54,000 centrifuges at its Natanz plant, the Associated Press quoted deputy nuclear chief Mohammad Saeedi as telling state-run television today. ``Using those 50,000 centrifuges they could produce enough highly enriched uranium for a nuclear weapon in 16 days,'' Stephen Rademaker, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation, told reporters today in Moscow. more |
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World criticism mounts over Iran |
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Wednesday, 12 April 2006 |
By Parisa Hafezi
Reuters - Russia and Europe joined the United States on Wednesday in condemning Iran's assertion that it had enriched uranium in defiance of a U.N. demand, but Moscow said force could not resolve the dispute.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared on Tuesday that Iran had enriched uranium for the first time and would now press ahead with industrial-scale enrichment.
His triumphant announcement keeps the Islamic Republic on a collision course with the United Nations and with Western countries convinced that Iran is seeking nuclear weapons, not just fuel for power stations as it insists...
Exiled Iranian opposition leader Maryam Rajavi said the West had been too soft on Iran's nuclear ambitions.
"The policy of complaisance followed for years by the Western countries has permitted this country to get so close to a nuclear weapon," she told reporters in Strasbourg.
Information provided in 2002 by Rajavi's National Council of Resistance of Iran, which wants to oust Iran's clerical rulers, forced Tehran to lift the veil on its nuclear program.
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Russian call for halt to atomic work was rejected by Iran |
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Wednesday, 12 April 2006 |
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BOI - Iran said its nuclear program could not be stopped on Wednesday, rejecting a Russian call that it end its uranium enrichment work. "Iran's nuclear activities are like a waterfall which has begun to flow. It cannot be stopped," a senior Iranian official quoted by Reuters on condition of anonymity when asked about Russia's demand. |
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Rumsfeld Won't Speculate on Iran Plans |
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Wednesday, 12 April 2006 |
By LOLITA C. BALDOR (Associated Press)
Forbes - Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld said Tuesday he would not engage in "fantasy land" speculation about a possible U.S. attack on Iran, though he said the Bush administration is concerned about Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
Rumsfeld declined to comment on Iran's claim that it has has successfully enriched uranium for the first time.
"I'd rather wait and see what our experts say about it," the defense secretary told reporters shortly after the announcement from Tehran.
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