Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)


2001 Iran Special Weapons News



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    December

  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 48 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 31 December 2001 -- 'THE LAST EASY DAY WAS YESTERDAY.' / OFFICIAL SAYS PRESS LAW SUPPORTS FREEDOM / BODY SNATCHERS IN QOM / IRAN NOT COMMITTED TO 'BAY OF GOATS.'
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 47 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 17 December 2001 -- TEHRAN WELCOMES AFGHAN ACCORDS AND INTERIM CHIEF / TEHRAN UNENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT FOREIGN TROOPS / ...BUT KEEN ON AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION / AFGHAN PIPELINE ROUTE WORRIES IRAN / WILL TALIBAN COLLAPSE AFFECT IRAN'S WAR ON DRUGS? / LONDON IRKS TEHRAN / ANNUAL ANTI-ISRAEL EVENT WELL-ATTENDED
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 46 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 3 December 2001 -- NEW GENERATION TO LEAD AFGHANISTAN? / HUNT FOR BIN LADEN CONTINUES / AFGHAN WOMEN IN PEACE TALKS / ACTIVE IRANIAN WOMEN WANT MORE / GULISTAN GETS NEW REPRESENTATIVES / CULTURAL CONCERNS DOMINATE BASIJ WEEK / IRAN RECEIVES MEDIA RECOGNITION / MORE AIRPORTS THAN AIRPLANES

    November

  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 45 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 26 November 2001 -- PEACE TALKS IN GERMANY VERSUS FACTS IN AFGHANISTAN / STRAW SEEKS IRANIAN AND PAKISTANI SUPPORT / CALLS FOR WITHDRAWAL OF FOREIGN TROOPS / ACCUSATIONS FLY ON BIN LADEN WHEREABOUTS / AFGHAN TV ON AIR WITH IRANIAN HELP / IRANIAN DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE IN AFGHANISTAN RISING / U.S. ACCUSES IRAN OF BIOLOGICAL WARFARE ACTIVITIES / GULISTAN GRUMBLING GROWS
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 44 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 19 November 2001 -- TEHRAN HAILS THE FALL OF KABUL / TEHRAN SAYS ITS BORDERS ARE SAFE / IRAN-PAKISTAN TALKS WILL HAVE REGIONAL IMPACT / AFGHAN AIRWAVES COME ALIVE / IRANIAN RADIO TURNS UP THE VOLUME / UNCENSORED FOREIGN BROADCASTS UNWELCOME / MAHDAVIYAT DEATH SENTENCE CONFIRMED / POLITICAL PARTIES GET RENEWED ATTENTION / MILITARY SERVICE EXEMPTIONS ELIMINATED / FOREIGN INFLUENCE CAUSES HIZBALLAH DIVISIONS
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 43 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 12 November 2001 -- 6+2 MEETING COULD BE DECISIVE / CONTRADICTORY AFGHAN POLICY NOT UNPRECEDENTED FOR IRAN / MORE FOREIGNERS DIE IN AFGHANISTAN / TEHRAN CALLS FOR RAMADAN CEASE-FIRE / REV GUARDS TAKE A STAND / MILITARY EXERCISES IN ISFAHAN AND SHIRAZ / CONTROVERSY OVER GULISTAN BY-ELECTION / TEHRAN MAYOR NARROWLY AVOIDS IMPEACHMENT / STATE GETS INTERNET CONNECTION MONOPOLY / FARMERS' CONTRIBUTION NOTED
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 42 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 5 November 2001 -- MORE AFGHAN COMBATANTS ENTER THE FRAY... / ...AS DO PAKISTANIS... / ...AND PEACE INITIATIVES / TEHRAN LOOKS AT A FUTURE IRAQ / TEHRAN LIMITS MEDIA ACCESS / JUDICIARY ASSUMES MORE RESPONSIBILITY / IRAN BUYS RUSSIAN HELICOPTERS / IRAN MAY NOT BUY FOREIGN GRAIN / FARMERS NEED HELP

    October

  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 41 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 29 October 2001 -- OVERALL AFGHAN OPIUM OUTPUT REDUCED SHARPLY / MORE NEWS OF SECRET CONTACTS -- AND A PUBLIC ONE / IRANIANS SPEAK THE 'LANGUAGE OF THE UNHEARD / SUPREME LEADER DELAYS TRIP TO ISFAHAN / PRESS REPRESSION REDUCES IRANIANS' FREEDOM / KHATAMI WARNS OF LACK OF JOBS / KHATAMI CAUTIONS JUDICIARY CHIEF / UNHAPPINESS WITH INTERIOR MINISTER GAINS MOMENTUM / SATELLITE TELEVISION BAN UNLIKELY TO END / MILITARY STRESSES IDEOLOGY AND PRODUCTION / CORRECTION
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 40 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 22 October 2001 -- RANGERS LEAD THE WAY / TEHRAN-WASHINGTON: EVERYBODY WANTS SOMETHING / TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN / REZAI BACKPEDALS ON HELPING U.S / THE HUNT FOR IMAD / MORE ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATIONS IN IRAN / SOUTH-WEST ASIA CONFRONTED WITH DISEASE OUTBREAK / KHATAMI APPOINTS A FEMALE ADVISER / WTO REJECTION NOT COMPLETELY REGRETTED
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 39 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 15 October 2001 -- TEHRAN DENIES HOSTING SEVEN 'MOST WANTED TERRORISTS.' / OIC CONDEMNS TERRORISM BUT DOES NOT SAY WHAT IT IS / HEKMATYAR PURSUES ICONOCLASTIC INTERESTS / CLERICS CONDEMN U.S. AND ATTACKS ON AFGHANISTAN / ANTIWAR RALLIES AND DEMONSTRATIONS IN IRAN / BUSHEHR COMPLETION MAY BE DELAYED IF WAR SPREADS / GUARDIANS COUNCIL TRANSPARENCY DISCUSSED / ETHNICITY AFFECTS PARLIAMENT / IRAN'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD CRITICIZED / WARNING OF UNEMPLOYMENT 'CRISIS' MAY BE PREMATURE
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 38 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 28 October 2001 -- IRAN REACTS QUICKLY AND CRITICALLY TO THE ATTACKS / TEHRAN'S STANCE ON TERRORISM GAINS SUPPORT / EASTERN NEIGHBORS COMMENT ON IRANIAN STANCE / RUSSIAN ARMS DEAL BELIES TENSIONS / HUMANITARIAN CRISIS CREATES ODD PARTNERSHIPS / SEALING THE BORDER ELECTRONICALLY UNLIKELY / OPIUM THE BIGGEST THREAT... / ...BUT COCAINE SEIZURES MORE WORRISOME / HOUSING REVISITED
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 37 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 1 October 2001 -- IRAN WILL NOT ASSIST 'AMERICA AND ITS ALLIES / DEFINING TERRORISM HINDERS INTERNATIONAL APPROACH / AFGHAN OPIUM CULTIVATION COULD RESUME / IRAN'S REFUGEE BURDEN INCREASING / IRANIAN ECONOMY FEELS IMPACT OF U.S. EVENTS / SIGNIFICANT NEW APPOINTMENTS / HOUSING OFFICIALS FACE HIGH DEMAND /

    September

  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 36 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 24 September 2001 -- IRANIAN OFFICIALS FALL IN LINE / AFGHAN WAR WITHOUT IRAN ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE / IRAN'S PAST CATCHING UP WITH IT / IRANIAN MILITARY READIES ITSELF / A PEOPLE AND ITS GOVERNMENT / SACRED DEFENSE WEEK -- TWENTY-ONE YEARS AGO TODAY / 'IT SEEMS BANNING PAPERS IS THE GENERAL RULE...' / IRANIAN PURCHASES ROMANIAN PUBLICATION
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 35 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 17 September 2001 -- TRIANGULATED RESPONSES / IRANIAN PEOPLE OFFER SYMPATHIES... / ...AS DOES TEHRAN / FRIDAY PRAYER LEADER CONDEMNS TERRORISM AND U.S / IRANIAN MEDIA LOOKS AT THE U.S / FINGER-POINTING BEGINS / AMMAN WELCOMES ADVICE BUT NOT ACTION / MASOOD ASSASSINATION FELT IN TEHRAN / TEHRAN BRACES FOR WAR / WOMEN'S WEEK AND COOPERATIVES WEEK COINCIDE / HIZBULLAH INTERNAL POLITICS REVEALED
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 34 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 10 September 2001 -- RUSSIANS ANTICIPATE SHAMKHANI ARMS PURCHASES / ... AND NUCLEAR COOPERATION ROLLS ON / SABZEVAR DEPUTY CALLS FOR RELEASE OF THE INNOCENT / ASSEMBLY OF EXPERTS MEETING AN EXERCISE IN OBSCURITY / BEATING FOR BEAN BASHERS / REFUGEES AND TEHRAN ARE DESPERATE / IRANIANS AND AFGHANS TRADE ACCUSATIONS ON WATER USE / TEHRAN AND TALIBAN CLOSE ON SOME ISSUES / TALIBAN VERSUS THE WORLD / TEHRAN'S REGIONAL ACTIVIST ON THE MOVE /
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 33 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 3 September 2001 -- A TEHRAN-MOSCOW-BEIJING AXIS AGAINST THE WEST / TEHRAN, BEIJING MARK 30 YEARS OF RELATIONS / ANKARA KNOWS HOW TO DEAL WITH TEHRAN / IRANIAN INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES IN AZERBAIJAN / BAKU COMPLAINS ABOUT IRANIAN BROADCASTS... / ...AS DOES MARAQEH / GOVERNMENT WEEK CELEBRATED WITH PAY INCREASES / KHORASAN SPLIT LEADS TO RIOTS / KHATAMI CALLS FOR APOLITICAL FRIDAY PRAYERS / FLOGGING ADVOCATE SLAPPED ON THE WRIST / BEAN BASHER TRIED / JUSTICE IS FAST IN QOM / INSUFFICIENT GOVERNMENT HELP FOR RAISIN EXPORTS / CORRECTION

    August

  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 32 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 27 August 2001 -- PARLIAMENT APPROVES KHATAMI'S CABINET / IRANIAN DEMOCRACY IMPRESSES UN / SERIAL MURDERS -- THE COVER-UP CONTINUES / MAHDAVIYAT MEMBERS APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCES / MASHHAD CAN BE A TOUGH VENUE / QOM GETS SERIOUS / OFFICIALS, MEDIA DEFEND BASIJ / RUSSIAN, DOMESTIC FIRMS MEET AIRCRAFT REQUIREMENTS / STEEL: EXPORTS, IMPORTS, AND UNDER-INVESTMENT / UN AND TEHRAN DIFFER ON POPULATION STATISTICS
  • IRAN/POLITICS VOA 24 Aug 2001-- Iran's parliament or Majlis (pron: MAHJ-leess) as it is called -- has approved President Mohammad Khatami's Cabinet, giving him an early vote of confidence for his second term. But President Khatami will still face resistance to his reform efforts from conservative factions outside the parliament
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 31 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 20 August 2001 -- TEHRAN REACTS TO U.S. COURT JUDGEMENTS / PARLIAMENT BEGINS DELIBERATIONS ON NEW CABINET / TEHRAN SAYS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DOWN... / ...UNEMPLOYMENT LEADS TO IRAQIS' REPATRIATION / PUBLIC REVULSION WITH FLOGGINGS AND HANGINGS / PARLIAMENT CRITICIZES PRISON CONDITIONS / IRAN POPULAR WITH TOURISTS
  • ON THE LINE: IS IRANIAN REFORM FINISHED VOA 17 Aug 2001-- Iran's president, Mohammad Khatami, won a second term as president in an election closely regulated by Iran's religious authorities. Mr. Khatami won by an even greater margin than in 1997. Mr. Khatami had limited success in his first term, describing it as a "tunnel of crisis." Hard-line Muslim clerics in control of the judiciary, military, and the media blocked most of his and the parliament's efforts to liberalize Iran's fundamentalist Islamic regime. At his inauguration, President Khatami promised to push forward with reforms, but many doubt his chances for further success.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 30 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 13 August 2001 -- KHATAMI INAUGURATION EXPOSES REFORMISTS' WEAKNESSES / INAUGURAL 'GIFTS' FROM THE JUDICIARY / PETROLEUM MINISTRY ADMITS THAT ILSA HURTS / 'ANTI-ZIONIST' RALLIES ACROSS IRAN / TEHRAN UNHAPPY WITH U.S. COUNTER-NARCOTICS AID / IRAN PART OF AFGHAN SANCTIONS PLAN / CASPIAN DISCUSSIONS IN MOSCOW AND ASHGABAT / IRANIAN DELEGATION VISITS U.A.E / IRGC STAGES NAVAL EXERCISES IN PERSIAN GULF
  • IRAN / PRESIDENT VOA 08 Aug 2001-- Iranian president Mohammad Khatami has been sworn in for a second four-year term, but not before a political fight held up his inauguration for three days
  • IRAN / POLITICS VOA 08 Aug 2001-- After much behind-the-scenes political maneuvering, Iran's moderate president has been sworn in for a second term
  • IRAN / POLITICS VOA 07 Aug 2001-- A dispute has been settled between Iran's conservatives and reformers for control of the nation's powerful Guardian Council -- a powerful non-elected body that approves laws passed by parliament
  • IRAN / POLITICS VOA 07 Aug 2001-- Iran's supreme leader has endorsed a proposed compromise to resolve a constitutional dispute between the parliament and judiciary
  • IRAN / POL VOA 06 Aug 2001-- The supreme leader of Iran has called on the country's main arbitration body the Expediency Council -- to resolve a dispute between the parliament and the judiciary. The dispute has a forced a delay in the swearing in of Mohamad Khatami for a second term as president
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 29 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 6 August 2001 -- IRANIAN BIOTECHNOLOGY GETS FOREIGN ASSISTANCE / TEHRAN MAINTAINS PRESSURE ON BAKU / KHATAMI'S SECOND TERM ENDORSED... / ...BUT HE IS NOT SWORN IN / A CAPTAIN WITHOUT A CREW / OFFICIAL INVOLVEMENT IN SMUGGLING ALLEGED / TEHRAN FOCUSES ON ARMORED WARFARE
  • IRAN/PRESIDENT VOA 05 Aug 2001-- The official swearing-in of Iranian President Mohammad Khatami to a second four-year term of office has been postponed
  • IRAN / PRESIDENT VOA 03 Aug 2001-- Iranian President Mohammed Khatami will be sworn in Sunday (8/5) for a second four-year term in office. The moderate cleric won a landslide victory in national elections in June
  • IRAN / KHATAMI VOA 02 Aug 2001-- Iran's supreme spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has formally confirmed President Mohammed Khatami for a second four-year term of office. The ceremony (Thursday) was part of the process that began with national elections in June and will culminate on Sunday, when President Khatami is officially sworn in before the Iranian parliament

    July

  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 28 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 30 July 2001 -- GUNBOAT DIPLOMACY ON THE CASPIAN / IRAN-U.A.E. DISPUTE MOVING TOWARD RESOLUTION? / FATE OF POWS IN IRAQ QUESTIONED / OFFICIALS, MEDIA, ENCOURAGE ANTI-AFGHAN VIOLENCE / PRESS REFLECTS POOR HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION / SPECULATION ON CABINET AS INAUGURATION APPROACHES / SUNNIS WANT THEIR RIGHTS, AS WELL AS CABINET SEATS / MILITARY EXPO IN TEHRAN
  • U-S / IRAN / LIBYA VOA 26 Jul 2001-- The U-S House of Representatives has voted overwhelmingly (409-6) to extend for another five years a law that calls for penalties against foreign companies that invest in Iran and Libya
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 27 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 23 July 2001 -- POPULAR ANGER AND THE SEARCH FOR A HERO... / ...AS REGIME MOVES AGAINST ONE / TEHRAN SEEKS INTERNATIONAL AID / AGRICULTURAL SHORTFALLS BLAMED ON DROUGHT / ELECTRICAL EXPORTS CONTINUE, AS DO BLACKOUTS / NEW GUARDIANS COUNCIL MEMBERS TAPPED / EUROPE BUYS IRANIAN SEAFOOD
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 26 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 16 July 2001 -- HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF / ANOTHER SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE CRISIS / PERSONNEL CHANGES IN GUARDIANS COUNCIL / IRAN RANKS 90TH ON UN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SCALE / PRESSURE ON YOUTH PERSISTS / U.S.-IRAN: A TEMPORARY FREEZE
  • IRAN POLICY VOA 12 Jul 2001-- Iran's foreign minister, Kamal Kharrazi, recently discussed his nation's political system and how his government views international relations
  • Iran-U-S Relations VOA 10 Jul 2001-- Iran's Foreign Minister, Kamal Kharrazi, says better relations with the United States must be based on equality and mutual respect

    June

  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 25 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 29 June 2001 -- DRUG CONTROL CHIEF CRITICIZES OFFICIAL APPROACH / COMPETITION FOR CABINET POSITIONS / THE LADIES' MAN / NEW ANGLE ON PRESS REPRESSION / DISPUTES OVER DISSIDENT DEACON / ELECTRICITY GENERATION TO INCREASE / CONFUSION OVER INTERNET ACCESS / IRANIAN FUEL SMUGGLED ACROSS BORDERS / TEHRAN'S SILENCE ON CHECHNYA PAYS OFF / ANGER WITH SANCTIONS RENEWAL AND KHOBAR INDICTMENT / CORRECTIONS
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 24 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 25 June 2001 -- IRAN, BUT NO IRANIANS, NAMED IN KHOBAR INDICTMENT / SANCTIONS RENEWAL ADVANCES / GUARDIANS COUNCIL APPROVES ELECTION RESULT / SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR COUNTER-NARCOTICS DAY / ALCOHOL ABLATED / SWEET AND LOWDOWN / ANOTHER CRACKDOWN ON CORRUPTION / PISTACHIO GROWERS AND CAR IMPORTERS / NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN HIZBALLAH-TEHRAN DYNAMIC / WHERE DOES AMAL STAND?
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 23 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 18 June 2001 -- NUMBERS DON'T ADD UP / A REFERENDUM ON 'REFORM.' / BUSY ELECTIONS FOR STATE BROADCASTING / THE STREET WITHOUT JOY / MILITARY EXERCISES SEND MESSAGE TO IRAQ / NO WAR, NO PEACE / TRAINING AS IMPORTANT AS EQUIPMENT FOR INDEPENDENCE
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 22 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 11 June 2001 -- WHITE HOUSE BACKS ILSA RENEWAL / FOUR MORE YEARS OF WHAT? / AN ACTIVE ELECTION DAY / MORE VIOLENCE AS ELECTION APPROACHES / YOUTH SUPPORT ESSENTIAL FOR VICTORY / SIXTEEN PARLIAMENTARIANS ELECTED / ASSEMBLY OF EXPERTS GETS TWO NEW MEMBERS / IRANIAN INVOLVEMENT IN PHILIPPINES KIDNAPPING DENIED / THE OTHER BLACK GOLD / GOVERNMENT SEEKS TO SOLVE SHORTCOMINGS AT BAKERIES / PROBLEMS IN AGRICULTURE SECTOR
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 21 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 4 June 2001 -- KHATAMI WINS IN STRAW POLLS... / ...AND AMONG MINORITIES / INCIDENTS OF CAMPAIGN VIOLENCE / CANDIDATES BARELY DIFFER ON RELATIONS WITH U.S. / THE RELIGIOUS CONSTITUENCY VERSUS SECULARISM / WOMEN'S VOTE COULD BE DECISIVE / NEXT PRESIDENT MUST CREATE JOBS / THE RULES OF THE GAME / EGGS LEAD TO SUICIDE /

    May

  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 20 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 28 May 2001 -- CANDIDATE REJECTIONS SPARK CONTROVERSY / MORE CANDIDATES FOR PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION / NO FEMALE CANDIDATES FOR ASSEMBLY OF EXPERTS / SECRET MAHDAVIYAT CONVICTIONS SUGGEST COVER-UP / FOREIGN RADIOS ACCUSED IN TELEVISED CONFESSION / CONNECTION CANCELLATIONS: CONTROL OR CASH? / CLOSURES AND CONVICTIONS / 'NOT A DROP TO DRINK.' / ELECTRICITY SHORTAGES LIKELY TO CONTINUE / AFGHAN OPIUM BAN WON'T BE FELT FOR A YEAR /
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 19 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 14 May 2001 -- TEHRAN DENIES INVOLVEMENT IN KHOBAR BOMBING / TOO MANY CANDIDATES? / GETTING OUT THE VOTE / ETHNICITY AN ELECTION ISSUE / SNARLING TRUMPETS BEGIN TO CHIDE / APPROACHING 50 PRESS OUTLET CLOSURES / WATER THAT'S NOT WASTED IS EXPORTED / MONSIEUR JAILED IN TEHRAN / EXTENSIVE VISITS BETWEEN TEHRAN AND SANAA
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 18 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 7 May 2001 -- SISYPHUS STILL TRYING / CONTROVERSY ABOUT PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION / KHAMENEI TOPS CPJ PRESS ENEMIES LIST / TEHRAN REJECTS TERRORISM LABEL / HIZBALLAH, PROUD OF TERRORIST LABEL, ENDORSES KHATAMI / CASTRO TO VISIT IRAN / RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN IRAN 'VERY POOR.' / PARLIAMENTARIANS NOTE SUNNIS' DIFFICULTIES

    April

  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 17 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 30 April 2001 -- TEHRAN COMMEMORATES AMERICANS' DEATHS / TERRORIST GROUPS MEET IN TEHRAN / ANOTHER INTIFADAH CONFERENCE SCHEDULED / TEHRAN HOSTING YET ANOTHER CONFERENCE / EFFORTS TO EXPAND GEORGIA-IRAN RELATIONS / HAQQANI: THEOLOGY AND THOUGHT / A CONSERVATIVE THIRD CURRENT / PRESS DEVELOPMENTS DISCOURAGING / NO EARLY RELEASE OF JEWISH PRISONERS
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 16 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 23 April 2001 -- WASHINGTON NOTES TEHRAN'S REGIONAL ROLE / CENTCOM VIEWS IRANIAN INTENTIONS / NAVAL MANEUVERS IN SEA OF OMAN / IRAN MARKS ARMY DAY / TEHRAN HOSTING INTIFADAH CONFERENCE / VAJPAYEE VISIT YIELDS LOAN OFFER / UN HUMAN RIGHT COMMISSION CENSURES IRAN / ELECTION CLOCK TICKING
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 15 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 19 April 2001 -- A SNAIL CRAWLING ALONG A RAZOR: THE PRESS IN IRAN, 1997-2001 / HIGH EXPECTATIONS / SOME EXPECTATIONS MET... / ...OTHERS SHATTERED... / ...AS DETERIORATION CONTINUES / A DISTURBING NEW DEVELOPMENT / WHITHER IRAN'S PRESS?
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 14 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 9 April 2001 -- INDIAN PREMIER'S VISIT HAS BROAD IMPLICATIONS / CLOSING THE DOOR ON KHOBAR TOWERS / IRAQ INTRANSIGENT ON IRANIAN POWS / AL-HAKIM REVERSING COURSE ON DIALOG WITH WASHINGTON / IRAN-U.A.E. DISPUTE HIGHLIGHTED / HOW LONG WILL NEW REFORMIST PAPER SURVIVE? / ASSEMBLY OF EXPERTS ON ELECTION AND SECRET TOPICS / MEDICINE EXPORTED AS IMPORTS CLIMB / IRANIANS IN CUBA DISCUSS BIOTECH, PALESTINE / THE BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET /
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 13 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 2 April 2001 -- TAJZADEH STILL SUPERVISING ELECTIONS / FALLAHIAN IS RUNNING / LABOR-RELATED UNREST IN LAMERD / GOVERNMENT REDRAWS POVERTY LINE / IRAN-IRAQ UNDERSTANDING ON OPPOSITION / IRANIAN-BACKED IRAQIS REJECT U.S. SUPPORT / TEHRAN-BAGHDAD HOLD P.O.W. DISCUSSIONS / PAKISTANI NAVY VISITS BANDAR ABBAS / TEHRAN DENIES SUPPLYING ROCKETS TO HIZBALLAH / WHAT DID KHARRAZI TALK ABOUT?

    March

  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 12 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 26 March 2001 -- U.S.-IRAN: WHO IS LEADING THIS DELICATE DANCE? / U.S. NAVAL OFFICER PRAISES TEHRAN / STATE DEPARTMENT LAUDS IRAN'S WAR ON DRUGS / PERSIAN GULF STATES WORRIED ABOUT MISSILES, ISLANDS / TENSION RISES AS ELECTION NEARS / IRIB INCREASES PRESENCE
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 11 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 19 March 2001 -- TAJIKS IN TEHRAN... / TAJIKS IN TEHRAN... / SOLVING THE AFGHAN CRISIS / KHATAMI HAS BUMPY TRIP IN RUSSIA / TRADE WITH TATARSTAN EXPLORED / TEHRAN REVIEWS ITS NAVAL DOCTRINE
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 10 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 12 March 2001 -- FORTIETH PRESS CLOSURE / INTIMIDATION OF PARLIAMENTARIANS CONTINUES / INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY / JEWISH PRISONER RELEASED / FOOT-AND-MOUTH OUTBREAK IN SHAHRUD / IRAN ADMITS MORE REFUGEES / AFGHANS DESTROY OPIUM, IRAN GETS AID / REACTIONS TO TERRORIST ARRESTS / OFFICIALS COMMENT ON RELATIONS WITH U.S.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 9 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 5 March 2001 -- TEHRAN REJECTS U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT… / …AND BRITISH CRITICISM AS WELL / NOOSE TIGHTENS ON TERRORISTS / TEHRAN REJECTS ALLEGATIONS ABOUT KHOBAR TOWERS / IRANIANS ACTIVE IN HAJJ / IRANIAN WMD AND ACM DEVELOPMENTS CONTINUE / ...ALLEGEDLY CAUSING ISRAELI REACTION

    February

  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 8 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 26 February 2001 -- THE THINGS THAT MATTER IN THE ELECTIONS / THE MEDIA / THE ISSUES / ELECTION SUPERVISION / PARTY ACTIVITIES AND ENDORSEMENTS / THE CLERGY / THE CANDIDATES / A NOTE OF CAUTION ABOUT CONCLUSIONS / SHOWING CONTEMPT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS / TEHRAN CRITICIZES U.S.-U.K. STRIKES AGAINST IRAQ / TEHRAN-CAIRO RELATIONS 'STUMBLING?'
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 7 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 19 February 2001 -- CAMPAIGN STARTS EARLY IN PROVINCES / TAJZADEH'S POLITICAL TRIAL CONTINUES / EBRAHIMI SENTENCE CONFIRMED / KURDS' COMPLAINTS UNDERCUT UNITY CLAIMS / EASTERN INSECURITY / 'LURISTAN IS NOT BERLIN' / ALIEV LUKEWARM ON IRAN... / ...BUT NOT COLD YET / EGYPT-IRAN RELATIONS DEVELOPING / CORRECTION
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 6 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 12 February 2001 -- UNREST ON REVOLUTION'S ANNIVERSARY / PUPILS TO PASDARAN: REIN IN ROGUES / MILITARY ACHIEVEMENTS ON 'TEN-DAY DAWN.' / WOMEN IN IRANIAN ARMED FORCES / WOMEN'S POSITION IN IRAN SAID 'STABILIZED.' / PROCURING PERSONNEL PUNISHED / HOW IMMUNE ARE PARLIAMENTARIANS? / DEPUTIES SUMMONED BEFORE / CONVICTED JEWS' APPEALS REJECTED / IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 5 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 5 February 2001 -- 'TEN-DAY DAWN' -- NOT MUCH TO CELEBRATE / PRESS REPRESSION CONTINUES UNABATED / AGRICULTURAL INDEPENDENCE NONEXISTENT / GOVERNMENT ADDRESSING URBAN HOUSING CRISIS / VIRTUE AND VICE AT LOGGERHEADS / FOREIGN HELP NEEDED IN FIGHTING DRUGS / FIGHTING AMERICA ON THE CHEAP / TEHRAN WANTS MORE FOREIGN AIRCRAFT / POLL SHOWS STRONG SUPPORT FOR KHATAMI

    January

  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 4 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 29 January 2001 -- TAJZADEH TRIALS A THREE-PRONGED ATTACK / SERIAL MURDERERS SENTENCED / APPEALS OF CONVICTED JEWS DENIED / U.S. SANCTIONS MAY END SOON / KHARRAZI DUE IN MINSK / FOREIGN VISITS CONTINUE / KHATAMI MAY GO TO CAIRO / ALL NAVAL ACTIVITIES, BUT IRAN'S, CRITICIZED
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 3 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 22 January 2001 -- UNKNOWN PRISONS AND IRAN'S 'DIRTY WAR.' / ONE CASE, MANY TRIALS / NEW MONTAZERI WEBSITE / ZOROASTRIANS ADD THEIR COMPLAINTS / REFUGEE CRACKDOWN INTENSIFIES / THE WAR'S NOT OVER / GUARDIANS MAY NOT APPROVE BUDGET / UNEMPLOYMENT, INFLATION CREATE PROBLEMS
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 2 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 15 January 2001 -- AN EXCITING CONTEST DESPITE A NEAR CERTAIN RESULT / QUESTIONS ABOUT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION PERSIST / 'SHABNAMEH' IS PERSIAN FOR SAMIZDAT / IRIB CUTS JOBS AS IT INCREASES PROGRAMMING / UNEMPLOYMENT POLITICIZED BUT REAL / LAWS THREATEN AFGHAN REFUGEES / EXTREMIST GROUPS ACTIVE
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 1 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 8 January 2001 -- CONFESSIONS IN SERIAL MURDERS TRIAL / NEW SQUAD CALLED 'POLICE 110.' / CORRUPTION AND BIAS IN THE COURTS / MORE UNREST IN IRAN / MONTAZERI WEBSITE SHUT DOWN / 'SHEER LIE' ABOUT DEFENSE MINISTER / NAVAL EXERCISES HELD IN PERSIAN GULF, SEA OF OMAN / IRAN'S ARMS SUPPLIERS IN TROUBLE / ARE RUSSIAN ADVISERS COMING? / RUSSIA SHIPS PARTS TO BUSHEHR