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EDITORIAL: BUSH ON IRAN VOA 26 Dec 2002 -- The United States is committed to supporting the people of Iran in their quest for freedom, prosperity, honest and effective government, due process, and the rule of law
IRAN/NUCLEAR VOA 25 Dec 2002 -- Political analysts in the Arab world are reacting with concern to Iran's plans to complete construction of a nuclear power plant.
IRAN / PLANE CRASH VOA 24 Dec 2002 -- Emergency workers in Iran are sifting through the wreckage of an airplane that crashed into the side of a mountain Monday night killing all 46 people on board
IRAN / NUCLEAR VOA 24 Dec 2002 -- Iran's President Mohammad Khatami says his country is intent on developing nuclear energy for peaceful purposes -- despite criticism from the United States. The Iranian leader made his comment in Pakistan, where he is holding official talks on bilateral and regional security issues
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 47 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 23 December 2002 -- PRESIDENT BUSH SPEAKS ON RADIO FARDA / POLLING-INSTITUTE TRIAL GOES BEHIND CLOSED DOORS... / ...AS INTERPOL HELP IS SOUGHT / ISFAHAN OPINION POLL FINDS LITTLE SUPPORT FOR REVOLUTION, SYSTEM / COURT DENIES RECEIPT OF AGHAJARI'S APPEAL / IRANIAN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL QUITS / HRW MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IRAN-EU DIALOGUE / JUDICIARY OFFICIAL DESCRIBES HUMAN RIGHTS INTERACTION... / ...AS TEHRAN, EU TALK HUMAN RIGHTS... / ...AND FOREIGN OFFICIALS VISIT WITH POLITICAL PRISONER / EU PRESIDENCY LINKS TRADE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS / LEGISLATURE APPROVES TORTURE BAN... / ...AND AGAIN APPROVES 'POLITICAL-CRIMES' BILL / SUPREME LEADER, PRESIDENT, DISCUSS SATELLITES AND INTERNET... / ...AS LEGISLATURE RATIFIES PORTIONS OF BILL ON SATELLITE RECEIVERS / KHATAMI OPTIMISTIC THAT HE'LL HAVE MORE POWER... / ...BUT PARLIAMENTARIAN NOTES FLAWS IN BILL / GUARDIANS COUNCIL DOWNPLAYS CONCERN ABOUT REJECTION OF LEGISLATION / KHATAMI INTRODUCES BUDGET... / ...AND DEFENSE MINISTER COMPLAINS ABOUT IT / CREATION OF A 'WOMEN'S PARTY' IN IRAN UNDER WAY / IRAN TO EMPLOY MORE POLICEWOMEN / IRAN CONFRONTS SPREAD OF PROSTITUTION / SAVAK CONTINUES ITS DOMESTIC SECURITY ACTIVITIES / KERMAN STUDENTS ARRESTED / BEAN BASHER BUSTED AGAIN / TEHRAN PROTESTS NUCLEAR ACCUSATIONS / ARMY COMMANDER DENIES IRAN HAS MILITARY NUCLEAR AMBITIONS / KHATAMI REJECTS NUCLEAR ALLEGATIONS... / ...AS MOSCOW SAYS IRANIANS ARE INCAPABLE... / ...AND IAEA CHIEF'S VISIT SCHEDULED / MOHTASHAMI-PUR DESCRIBES IRANIAN PLAN FOR PALESTINE / AL-AQSA MARTYRS BRIGADE SAYS IT GETS NO AID FROM IRAN / TEHRAN ACQUIRES NORTH KOREAN GUNBOATS / KUWAITI MILITARY PERSONNEL VISIT IRAN / IRAN ABSENT AT LONDON OPPOSITION MEETINGS / SHAMKHANI COMMENTS ON KURDS' VISIT TO TEHRAN / RAFSANJANI COMMENTS ON FUTURE WAR IN IRAQ / LEGISLATURE REVIEWS IRAQ DEVELOPMENTS / IRANIAN TRADE SHOW IN BAGHDAD / AL-HAKIM REPEATS OPPOSITION TO U.S. MILITARY ACTION / TEHRAN CLAIMS ISRAELIS ACTIVE IN AFGHANISTAN / KHATAMI TO DISCUSS AFGHANISTAN DURING PAKISTAN VISIT / KABUL DELIGHTED WITH TEHRAN'S CLOSURE OF AFGHAN HIZBULLAH OFFICE / AFGHAN NEIGHBORS TO SIGN NONINTERFERENCE PLEDGE / TWO PAKISTANIS DETAINED FOR ESPIONAGE / REPORT: WOMEN IN WESTERN AFGHANISTAN SUFFERING / KARZAI MOVES AGAINST WARLORDS / NATO TO ASSIST ISAF / KARZAI WANTS VIKING ARMY / FOREIGNERS, AFGHANS WOUNDED IN KABUL ATTACKS / HIZB-I ISLAMI SEES NO NEED FOR FOREIGN TROOPS... / ...AND WANTS TO JOIN GOVERNMENT DESPITE TERRORISM ACCUSATIONS / AFGHAN DONORS CONFERENCE PLEDGES $1.24 BILLION / NEW RADIO TRANSMITTERS IN PARWAN AND GHOWR PROVINCES / REGIONAL COUNTERNARCOTICS EFFORTS ACCELERATE / PIPELINE DRAFT AGREEMENT TO BE SIGNED THIS WEEK / RUSSIA TO DECIDE ON IRAN-ARMENIA PIPELINE? / IRAN, TATARSTAN SIGN COOPERATION MEMORANDUM
IRAN POLITICS VOA 23 Dec 2002 -- A senior hard-line Iranian cleric has warned members of the country's reformist government against proposing legislation that would give more power to the country's reformist president
Bush Says Iranian Leaders Must Respect Will of Their People Washington File 20 Dec 2002-- President Bush expressed U.S. solidarity with the people of Iran and their continuing quest for a more free society and accountable government in a radio broadcast to the Iranian people on the Farsi-language Radio Farda.
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 46 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 16 December 2002 -- TEACHERS DEMONSTRATE IN TEHRAN / STUDENTS FRUSTRATED WITH PRESIDENT / CRACKDOWN ON 'MEN IN PLAINCLOTHES.' / MERCY OF COURT SOUGHT IN POLLING-INSTITUTE TRIAL / AGHAJARI FILES LAWSUIT / PARLIAMENTARIAN BACKS SUBSIDIES FOR PARTIES / KHATAMI COMPARES AMERICA WITH TALIBAN / TEHRAN COMPLAINS ABOUT U.S. FINGERPRINTING... / ...AND RETALIATES / IRANIAN PILGRIMS DETAINED IN IRAQ / IRAQI OPPOSITION MEETS IN TEHRAN / TEHRAN REVIEWS IRAQI OPPOSITION MEETINGS... / ...AND FUTURE CONFLICT / TEHRAN DISAPPROVES OF QATAR-U.S. DEFENSE AGREEMENT / FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS SYRIA, LEBANON... / ...DENIES THAT IRAN WILL HELP U.S. AGAINST IRAQ... / ...AND PRAISES 'RESISTANCE.' / TEHRAN AND BEIRUT DENY HIZBALLAH/AL-QAEDA RELATIONS / TEHRAN DENIES HIDDEN NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES / IRAN'S PARLIAMENT SPEAKER VISITS CHINA / IRAN TO EXPORT ELECTRICITY TO AZERBAIJAN AND ARMENIA / IRAN-ARMENIA GAS DISCUSSIONS CONCLUDE / RUSSIAN OFFICIAL CLAIMS IRAN READY FOR CASPIAN TALKS / IRAN-EU TRADE TALKS COMMENCE / IRAN PURSUES ARMORED SELF-SUFFICIENCY
POWELL-RUSSIA-IRAN VOA 16 Dec 2002-- Secretary of State Colin Powell expressed renewed concern Monday about Russian nuclear cooperation with Iran. The Bush administration believes Iran is aggressively pursuing a nuclear weapons capability
RUSSIA / IRAN / NUCLEAR VOA 16 Dec 2002-- Russia says it will press ahead with the construction of a nuclear power plant in Iran despite growing U-S concerns about Iran's nuclear facilities
Daily Press Briefing State Department 13 Dec 2002 -- Distinction between Iran, Iraq and North Korea on Nuclear Programs and other Weapons of Mass Destruction / United States’ Strong Non-Proliferation Policy / Development of Nuclear Weapons/Natanz Facility / International Atomic Energy Agency Verification of Programs / Assistance in Providing Information on Iranian Nuclear Program
State Department Says Iran Seeking To Develop Nuclear Weapons Washington File 13 Dec 2002-- State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher called upon Iran to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to inspect new nuclear facilities that could be used to produce nuclear weapons.
U-S-Iran-Nuclear VOA 13 Dec 2002 -- The United States renewed charges Friday that Iran, despite denials, has an active nuclear weapons program. U-S officials say their contention is supported by new satellite pictures of two suspect sites in central Iran
US / IRAN-NUCLEAR VOA 13 Dec 2002 -- The United States renewed charges Friday that Iran, despite its continued denials, has an active nuclear weapons program. U-S officials say their contention is supported by new satellite pictures of two suspect sites in central Iran
CRISIS IN IRAN? VOA 13 Dec 2002-- Thousands of students are demanding an end to the authoritarian rule of Iran's Islamic clerical regime. Is Iran's theocratic regime facing a systemic crisis?
IAEA / IRAN VOA 13 Dec 2002-- The International Atomic Energy Agency says it is aware of new Iranian nuclear facilities that U-S officials say could be used to develop nuclear weapons, and already has plans to visit the sites
TANTER-IRAN VOA 11 Dec 2002-- David Borgida talks with Professor Raymond Tanter, Visiting Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Tanter was also a scholar-in-residence at the Middle East Institute in Washington in 2001. He researched U.S. policy options regarding Iran at both research organizations.
IRAN /STUDENTS VOA 10 Dec 2002 -- Members of a hard-line Iranian militia are reported to tried to attack a gathering of 400 students at a university in Tehran Tuesday. The incident appears to be the latest example of attempts by hard-liners to crush demonstrations against the Islamic regime
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 45 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 9 December 2002 -- TEHRAN COMMENTS ON RADIO FARDA / IRANIAN RADIO LISTENERS SURVEYED / PARLIAMENTARIANS DISCUSS AMENDING SATELLITE LAW / JOURNALISTS NEED FREEDOM, RESPECT / SUPREME LEADER CRITICAL OF U.S. IN EID AL-FITR SERMON / KHATAMI CRITICAL OF U.S. 'EXTREMISTS'... / ...AS OTHER OFFICIALS DISCUSS IRAN-U.S. COMMON INTERESTS / AFGHANS ACCUSED OF INGRATITUDE / IRANIAN EMBASSY IN KABUL FACES TERRORIST THREAT / IRAN COMMEMORATES 'NAVY DAY.' / IRANIAN STATE SEEKS QUIET 'STUDENT DAY'... / ...BUT STUDENTS HAVE OTHER IDEAS / POLLING-INSTITUTE TRIAL BEGINS / PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE POLLING CASE / AGHAJARI AND HIS LAWYER UNHAPPY / ...BUT THEY DON'T NEED SALMAN RUSHDIE'S HELP / KHATAMI CRITICAL OF COURTS / NEW COURT TO BE ESTABLISHED... / ...AND PUBLIC PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE TO BE RESTORED / MOIN SAVED FROM INTERPELLATION / EIGHT MINISTERS TO FACE QUESTIONING / LEGISLATORS CALL FOR BIGGER FARMING BUDGET / TEHRAN CONSIDERS PETROL RATIONING / MORE IRANIAN WOMEN BURNING THEMSELVES / UN REPORTS ON IRANIAN POPULATION / UN REPORTS ON IRANIAN POPULATION
IRAN / PROTESTS VOA 09 Dec 2002 -- An estimated 150 Iranian hardliners attacked and broke up a large student gathering Monday at a university in Tehran as students called for the release of political prisoners. The violence erupted following a student's criticism of the Islamic revolution
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 44 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 2 December 2002 -- IRAN MAY BE FUNDING AL-AQSA MARTYRS BRIGADE / IRAN COMMEMORATES 'QODS DAY'... / ...AND 'SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.' / 'QODS DAY' RALLIES IN OTHER COUNTRIES / LEGISLATORS STRESS SUPPORT FOR PALESTINE / AL-QAEDA HELPERS ARRESTED IN PAKISTAN / POLLING INSTITUTE TRIALS TO BEGIN / AGHAJARI'S LAWYER FILES APPEAL / CAMPUS REFERENDUM AS 'STUDENT DAY' APPROACHES / PARLIAMENT CONSIDERS NEW LEGISLATION / CONVICTED IRANIAN WRITER DESCRIBES HIS PERSECUTION... / ...KURDISTAN PROVINCE PRESS FACES LIMITATIONS... / ...AND NEW MONTHLY GETS LICENSE / NATURAL-GAS TRANSACTIONS WITH TURKEY, GREECE, AND ARMENIA / IRAN, PAKISTAN REACH DIESEL DEAL AMIDST COMPLAINTS ABOUT PETROL SMUGGLING / IRAN TRIES TO BUY RESTRICTED U.S. PRODUCTS... / ...AND SELLS ARMS OVERSEAS, TOO / IRAN-BASED IRAQI OPPOSITION AT LOGGERHEADS OVER COOPERATION WITH U.S. / TEHRAN DENIES OFFER TO HELP AMERICAN AVIATORS / LEBANESE HIZBALLAH BACKS IRAN ON IRAQ / RFE/RL PERSIAN SERVICE GOES OFF THE AIR / SATELLITE DISH CONFISCATION RESUMES IN TEHRAN
November
IRAN / DEMOS VOA 29 Nov 2002 -- Tens-of-thousands of Iranian hard-liners rallied in Tehran Friday to mark the country's annual Jerusalem Day -- a day set aside to protest Israel's control of Jerusalem
US / IRAN PROTESTS VOA 27 Nov 2002 -- The United States is expressing concern about the arrest of four Iranian student activists who had helped organize pro-reform demonstrations in Tehran. The Iranian government this week banned further protests, which have been staged in support of a reformist scholar who is facing a death sentence
IRAN DISSIDENTS VOA 26 Nov 2002 -- At least four student leaders have been arrested in Tehran the day after Iran's government ordered a halt to all student protests. Also on Tuesday, Iran's chief prosecutor said the death sentence against a history teacher, which triggered the protests, will stand unless the teacher agrees to appeal his case. The political tension comes as reformist Iranian President Mohammad Khatami is trying to curb the influence of conservatives who control the judiciary, and many other aspects of life in Iran
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 43 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 25 November 2002 -- IRAN TENSE AS 'QODS DAY' APPROACHES / JAZAYERI VERDICT TOUCHES ON EXTENT OF CORRUPTION... / ...BUT THERE IS SKEPTICISM ABOUT TRIALS' EFFECTIVENESS / CHANTING GANG AT AIRPORT ATTACKS PARLIAMENTARIAN / DEBATE OVER COUNTERNARCOTICS STRATEGY... / ...AND A DISPUTE OVER THE CAUSE OF HIV/AIDS / CONFUSION OVER DISRUPTION OF AFGHAN RIVER FLOW / NORWEGIANS AND IRANIANS EXCHANGE HOSPITALITY / IRAN PURCHASES DANISH ARMS / TEHRAN'S TAKE ON NATO EXPANSION / AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES HINDER QUALITY, COMPETITIVENESS / AGRICULTURAL SECTOR USES EQUIPMENT, CREATES JOBS / SAFFRON CULTIVATION INCREASES BUT EXPORTS DROP / ANOTHER STEP IN IRAN-PAKISTAN-INDIA GAS PIPELINE / ECONOMIC FREEDOM IN IRAN IMPROVES
IRAN / PROTESTS VOA 25 Nov 2002 -- Iran's judiciary says it will review the case of a prominent academic who has been condemned to die for blasphemy. A senior government official has also announced an outright ban on student protests
IRAN/PROTESTS VOA 24 Nov 2002 -- Thousands of hard-line Iranian militiamen rallied Sunday in Tehran, protesting against the United States, Israel and the increasing voice of pro-reform students in the country
U-S / IRAN / PROTESTS VOA 19 Nov 2002 -- The United States, Tuesday, renewed its concern over the death sentence against reformist Iranian university professor Hashem Aghajari. It urged authorities in Tehran to "start listening" to the Iranian students and others who have been protesting against the sentence
IRAN / DEMOS VOA 19 Nov 2002 -- Hardliners in Iran held counter-demonstrations for the second consecutive day (Tuesday), against pro-reform students who have been protesting for more than a week. At issue is a death sentence handed down against a history teacher accused of blasphemy
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 42 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 18 November 2002 -- JUDICIARY PLAYS INTO KHATAMI'S HANDS / FACTIONALIZATION OF FRIDAY PRAYERS EVALUATED / KHATAMI DISCUSSES WOMEN'S ACHIEVEMENTS... / ...BUT WOMEN SEEM UNIMPRESSED / SOME SIGNIFICANT FIRSTS FOR IRANIAN WOMEN
IRAN / PROTESTS VOA 18 Nov 2002 -- Tehran, thousands of reform-minded students clashed with a few hundred Islamic conservatives Monday, as protests over a professor sentenced to death for blasphemy turned violent
IRAN/ PROTESTS VOA 18 Nov 2002 -- Thousands of reform-minded Iranian students clashed with hard-liners Monday over a death sentence imposed for blasphemy on a university professor. After 10 days of protests in Tehran, fighting broke out for the first time Monday
IRAN/DEATH SENTENCE VOA 17 Nov 2002 -- Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ordered the country's hard-line judiciary to review the death sentence of a prominent pro-reform academic, who was found guilty of blasphemy
IRAN / DEMOS VOA 13 Nov 2002-- An Iranian reformist and close ally of President Mohammad Khatami says he will not appeal his death sentence even though the president says the sentence should never have been issued
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 41 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 11 November 2002 -- DEATH SENTENCE FOR THE MIRO / STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST AGHAJARI SENTENCE... / ...AND TWO PARLIAMENTARIANS RESIGN / WHAT FUTURE FOR ABDULLAH NURI? / HEALTH MINISTER SUMMONED FOR CONFIDENCE VOTE / PARLIAMENT POSTPONES PLAN TO DIVIDE KHORASAN PROVINCE / KHATAMI'S LEGISLATION CLEARS ANOTHER HURDLE / PROFESSORS WANT OUT / TEACHERS COMPLAIN OF INATTENTION / IRAN TRIES TO REVERSE ITS BRAIN DRAIN / IRAN'S WATER CRISIS PERSISTS / KURDISH LEADER DISSIMULATES ABOUT TRIP TO IRAN / IRANIAN INTERIOR MINISTER VISITS ITALY / ITALIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS VISIT IRAN / ITALIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS VISIT IRAN / TEHRAN AND MANAMA PURSUE ECONOMIC LINKS
ISRAEL-IRAN VOA 05 Nov 2002-- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says when the international community finishes dealing with Iraq, it should turn its attention to Iran. Mr. Sharon made the comments in an interview with the Times newspaper of London
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 40 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 4 November 2002 -- KHATAMI'S LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS GAIN INITIAL APPROVAL / CENTRALIZATION OF PENAL SYSTEM TO RESOLVE SHORTCOMINGS / IMPRISONED IRANIAN JEWS GET FURLOUGHS AND EARLY RELEASE / STUDENT PRISONERS MAY BE RELEASED SOON / TEHRAN ONLY WILLING TO TALK ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS / SWISS MAKE DEALS IN TEHRAN / IRAN-EU TRADE TALKS POSTPONED / IRANIAN OFFICIALS SIGN BUSINESS AGREEMENTS IN SPAIN / IRANIAN AND WESTERN NAVIES COOPERATE IN PERSIAN GULF / DUELING DEFENSE CHIEFS / TEHRAN TO MARK OPPOSITION TO 'GLOBAL ARROGANCE.' / FECKLESS FUNDAMENTALIST FULMINATES IN VAIN / QUESTIONS RAISED ABOUT IRAN-U.S. TRADE / TEHRAN DENIES PURCHASING AMERICAN RICE / OFFICIALS DISCUSS IRANIAN SEAFOOD EXPORTS / WATER FROM AFGHANISTAN REACHES IRAN / TEHRAN'S TAKE ON THE MOSCOW HOSTAGE CRISIS / HARD-LINE MEDIA BLAME CONSPIRACY FOR MOSCOW SIEGE / KYIV AND TEHRAN MAKE DEAL AT AIR SHOW / NORWAY'S STATOIL VIOLATES ILSA
October
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 39 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 28 October 2002 -- AFGHAN OPIUM CROP FULFILLS IRANIAN EXPECTATIONS / AFGHAN VISITORS TO IRAN DISCUSS DRUG CONTROL / SUPREME LEADER ESPOUSES 'RELIGIOUS DEMOCRACY.' / COMPROMISE ON KHATAMI'S PURSUIT OF MORE POWER / REFORMIST DELEGATION GETS MONTAZERI'S SUPPORT / KHATAMI EXAGGERATES ECONOMIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS / EDITOR RECEIVES COURT SUMMONS... / ...AS OLD PUBLICATION REAPPEARS / SPANIARDS COMPROMISE ON KHATAMI VISIT / MIXED SIGNALS ON POSSIBLE IRAQ ATTACK / IRANIANS TO SUE AMERICAN POLITICIANS / ALGERIAN MILITARY OFFICIAL IN TEHRAN / RUSSIANS AND IRANIANS DISCUSS NUCLEAR TIES / MINISTER OF INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY TALKS TO TERRORISTS / IRANIAN MISSILE TEST FLOPS / IRAN-EU TRADE TALKS PLANNED FOR LATE OCTOBER / EU OPENS ENERGY CENTER IN TEHRAN / EU BACKS OFF ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEMANDS
U.S. "Deeply Concerned" about Russian Assistance to Iran Washington File 23 Oct 2002-- The United States is "deeply concerned that Russian entities continue to provide important assistance to Iran's weapons of mass destruction and missile delivery programs," the State Department said October 23.
IRAN / KHATAMI VOA 21 Oct 2002-- Iranian President Mohammad Khatami could be heading for a showdown with his conservative opponents over proposed legislation that would give him greater control of, among other things, Iran's hard-line judiciary
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 38 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 21 October 2002 -- KHATAMI'S SPANISH VISIT OFF TO A BAD START / KHATAMI'S FLYING VISIT TO KYIV / KHATAMI AT ECONOMIC COOPERATION ORGANIZATION MEETING / KHATAMI MEETS WITH AZERBAIJANI COUNTERPART / TEHRAN-ISLAMABAD RELATIONS EXPANDING / KARZAI LOVES HIS WESTERN NEIGHBOR / IRANIAN MILITARY PRACTICES ELECTRONIC AND SPECIAL WARFARE... / ...AND DEVELOPS ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT... / ...AND REPAIRS AIRCRAFT / PARLIAMENTARIAN DECRIES CANINE MISTREATMENT / PARLIAMENTARIANS AFTER HEALTH MINISTER / IRANIAN POLLSTER JAILED / TEHRAN DISCOUNTS GAS TO TURKEY / IRAN PROPOSES REGIONAL ENERGY MARKET AT GAS CONFERENCE
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 37 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 14 October 2002 -- AN EXPLANATION OF STUDENT FACTIONALISM / KURDISH ACTIVIST EXECUTED IN URUMIYEH / AMERICAN EVANGELIST UPSETS IRANIANS AND MUSLIM WORLD / IRAN HOLDS ANTI-U.S. RALLIES... / ...THAT DON'T HAVE COMPLETE SUPPORT / IRANIAN PARLIAMENT LOOKS INTO FROZEN ASSETS / IRANIAN LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS COULD HAVE LASTING IMPACT / IRANIAN TERROR TIES DISPUTED
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 36 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 7 October 2002 -- ARE STUDENTS ACTIVE OR APATHETIC? / GILAN PROVINCE RECEIVES KHATAMI / POLL ON U.S. RELATIONS CAUSES CONTROVERSY / U.K. AND U.S. CRITICIZE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN IRAN / YEREVAN'S 'COMPLEMENTARY' APPROACH ANGERS TEHRAN / IRAN AND KUWAIT SIGN MEMORANDUM ON MILITARY COOPERATION / IRANIAN DELEGATION VISITS YEMEN... / ...ALGERIA... / ... AND SUDAN / KHARRAZI ALMOST DISCUSSES TERRORISM / CZECH TROOPS GOING TO AFGHANISTAN / U.S.-AFGHANISTAN RADIO AGREEMENT SIGNED IN WASHINGTON
September
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 35 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 30 September 2002 -- KHATAMI'S NEW LAWS MAY REQUIRE KHAMENEI'S BACKING / DEFENSE OFFICIALS DISCUSS MISSILE PROGRAMS / A FOREIGN SUPPLY SOURCE COULD DRY UP / BAGHDAD GETS LITTLE SYMPATHY FROM TEHRAN / TEHRAN-PUK DIFFICULTIES ARISE / TEHRAN AND ANKARA SHARE CONCERN ABOUT KURDS / IMAGERY REVEALS ALLEGED AL-QAEDA CAMP IN IRAN / MASHHAD RADIO: AFGHANS DISSATISFIED WITH U.S. SECURITY MEASURES
PENTAGON/IRAN VOA 26 Sept 2002-- U-S intelligence sources have detected what they say is a terrorist training camp in eastern Iran that has been used by some al-Qaida fighters
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 34 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 23 September 2002 -- MULLAH KREKAR IS AN UNWELCOME GUEST / TEHRAN URGES BAGHDAD TO COMPLY WITH UN DEMANDS / TEHRAN-BAGHDAD WAR OF WORDS / CHANGING OF THE GUARD IN ISFAHAN / IRANIAN OFFICIALS DISPUTE EXTENT OF FOREIGN DEBT... / ...BUT AGREE ON JOBLESSNESS PROBLEM / IRANIAN WHEAT IMPORTS TO END BY 2005 / COMMONWEALTH LIVESTOCK IN IRAN / PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN TO GET ELECTRICITY FROM IRAN / IRANIANS CONCERNED ABOUT AFGHAN RIVER / KARZAI DISCUSSES MAIN NEIGHBORS WITH RADIO FREE AFGHANISTAN / FOREIGN MINISTER ABDULLAH SPEAKS AT RFE/RL
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 33 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 16 September 2002 -- TEHRAN REMEMBERS 11 SEPTEMBER / KHATAMI VISITS SAUDI ARABIA / KHATAMI CONDEMNS VIOLENCE IN AFGHANISTAN / HEKMATYAR STILL A FACTOR IN AFGHAN AFFAIRS / IRANIAN DENIALS ON AL-QAEDA LACK CREDIBILITY / TEHRAN-ISLAMABAD COOPERATION AGAINST AL-QAEDA / JEWISH PARLIAMENTARIAN CALLS FOR PARDONS / PRESS CLOSURES HAMPER OVERSIGHT OF GOVERNMENT / IRANIAN BROADCASTING INTENSIFYING ARABIC PRESENCE... / ...AND IRAN MAY GET FOREIGN SATELLITE PROGRAMS / IRANIAN SATELLITE PROJECTS PROGRESSING / TURKEY-IRAN GAS DISPUTE RESUMES
IRAN/U-S VOA 08 Sept 2002-- Iran's foreign minister indicated Sunday that Iran wants to discuss better relations with the United States but is waiting for the U-S to make the first move
August
U-S-Iran-Terror VOA 28 Aug 2002 -- The Bush administration has reiterated a warning to Iran not to offer safe-haven to al-Qaida members. This follows a U-S newspaper report denied by Iran that two key figures in the terrorist network are being sheltered in eastern Iran along with a number of other members of the group.
White House Warns Iran Against Harboring Al Qaeda Washington File 28 Aug 2002 -- The White House August 28 warned Iran against harboring terrorists, after the Washington Post reported that Tehran had given safe haven to two deputies of Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network. "What we have stated most recently, I think it was Secretary (of Defense Donald) Rumsfeld, that there are some al Qaeda in Iran and, if there are, we expect every government not to harbor terrorists in their country and not to provide them with safe haven," White House spokesman Scott McClellan told reporters. "And that's what we call on the Iranian government to do as well"
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 32 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 26 Aug 2002 -- UNELECTED BODIES BLOCK MORE LEGISLATION / ...AND GUARDIANS COUNCIL CRITICS SOUND OFF / RELIGIOUS, ETHNIC DISCRIMINATION THREATEN IRANIAN UNITY / EVERY FATHER'S SON / IRAN ACCUSES U.S. OF ENCOURAGING IRAQI GAS USE / LEBANESE CONSIDER RELATIONSHIP WITH IRAN / CZECH INTELLIGENCE DESCRIBES IRANIAN TARGETING / IRAN AND KUWAIT SIGN SECURITY AGREEMENT / VISITING BAHRAIN MONARCH DISCUSSES IRAQ, REGIONAL SECURITY... / ...BUT MONEY TALKS, TOO / RADIO FREE AFGHANISTAN INTERVIEWS GENERAL FAHIM / AFGHAN COMMANDER EXPLAINS MASS GRAVES
U.S. Says Iran Should Not Offer Safe Haven for Terrorists Washington File 28 Aug 2002 -- "Department of State spokesman Richard Boucher said August 28 that Iran should not offer safe haven for terrorists. (...) Boucher made clear that the U.S. is willing to cooperate with Iran when it is in the national interest to do so, but he also emphasized that no nation, including Iran, should shelter terrorists."
Mullahs’ Top Secret Nuclear Sites and Weapons of Mass Destruction Projects Iran Liberation: News Bulletin of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran 19 Aug 2002 -- The representative office of the National Council of Resistance of Iran in Washington, D.C., revealed on Wednesday, August 14, two top-secret nuclear sites in Iran and the clerical regime’s new nuclear, biological and chemical weapons projects at a press conference in Washington, D.C. (..) On the surface, the Iranian regime’s main nuclear activities are focused on Bushehr’s nuclear power plant, but in reality many secret nuclear programs are at work without the knowledge of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). One of these top secret projects is Natanz’s nuclear facility. Natanz is about 100 miles north of Isfahan. The other one is Arak’s atomic facilities. Arak is a city in central Iran, 150 miles south of Tehran. These two projects have been kept secret until now. [PDF 413 Kb]
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 31 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 19 Aug 2002-- AL-QAEDA ACCUSATIONS WON'T GO AWAY / KHATAMI VISITS KABUL... / ...REJECTS CHARGES OF DESTABILIZING AFGHANISTAN... / ...AND SPEAKS WITH HERAT GOVERNOR ISMAIL KHAN / 'ALL AFGHAN REFUGEES MUST LEAVE IRAN'... / ...AND IRAQIS NOT WELCOME, EITHER / AFGHAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS IMPROVING / AN TELEVISION GETS FOREIGN HELP / GUARDIANS COUNCIL DEFENDERS SPEAK OUT / UNEMPLOYMENT AND INFLATION TOP IRANIANS' CONCERNS / TEHRAN TRYING TO INFLUENCE KURDISH DISPUTE / CORRECTION
STRUGGLE IN IRAN VOA 14 Aug 2002-- Iran is cooperating in the war on terrorism by handing over al-Qaida fighters to Saudi Arabia and the United States. At the same time, it is accused of continuing to aid terrorist groups opposed to Israel. This divided policy reflects deep divisions in Iranian politics between reformers and conservative clerics
AFGHANISTAN / IRAN VOA 13 Aug 2002-- Iranian President Mohammad Khatami says the United States has adopted a belligerent foreign policy since the terrorist attacks last September on American soil. Mr. Khatami made his remarks during a visit to neighboring Afghanistan Tuesday
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 30 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 12 August 2002 -- BAHRAIN RULER TO VISIT IRAN 'SOON.' / OMANI VISITOR DISCUSSES IRAQ AND OTHER STUFF / SAUDIS TOE IRANIAN LINE ON IRAQ / YEMENI VISITOR DISCUSSES IRAQ AND KHATAMI VISIT / IRANIANS WEIGH IN ON RELATIONS WITH U.S... / ...AS WASHINGTON CHANGES IRAN POLICY... / ...AND TOP IRANIAN OFFICIALS ISSUE WARNINGS / THE HAZARDS OF IRANIAN JOURNALISM / HARD-LINERS FEAR EXPLOITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY CRITICISM / IRAN RANKS 98TH ON UN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SCALE / BY-ELECTIONS FOR ASSEMBLY OF EXPERTS AND PARLIAMENT / KHATAMI TO VISIT AFGHANISTAN NEXT WEEK... / ...AND WILL DISCUSS MURDERED JOURNALIST, OFFICIALS / TEHRAN DENIES HARBORING AL-QAEDA / GERMANS ACTIVE ON AFGHAN AIRWAVES... / ...AS IS THE UNITED STATES / PAKISTANI TRIBESMEN TURN OVER AL-QAEDA COLLABORATOR
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 29 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 5 August 2002 -- STUDENTS TURN TO DISSIDENT CLERICS / ELITE DISPUTE RESURFACES / UNACCOUNTABLE STATE AGENCIES INCREASE POWERS / COURT BAN ON POLITICAL MOVEMENT CRITICIZED / TEHRAN OBJECTS TO RUSSIA'S CASPIAN MANEUVERS / MILITARY TRADE WITH IRAN CAN BE RISKY / TEHRAN PLEASED WITH U.S. FAILURE TO HINDER ITS NUKE PURSUITS / IRAN BRACES FOR MILITARY STRIKES / 'WITNESS C' CALLED IN ARGENTINE BOMBING INVESTIGATION / TEHRAN REITERATES OPPOSITION TO IRAQ ATTACK / UNENTHUSIASTIC SCIRI INVITED TO WASHINGTON / ANOTHER ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT IN KABUL? / RFE/RL, VOA COMBINE FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN
IRAN/DISSIDENTS VOA 04 Aug 2002-- The reformist majority in Iran's parliament Sunday condemned the continuing crackdown on dissidents and the recent banning of a liberal opposition group and the jailing of some of its members
RUSSIA/IRAN VOA 03 Aug 2002-- Russian officials are indicating they may be prepared to rethink plans to build more nuclear reactors in Iran
IRANIANS' CALL FOR FREEDOM VOA 02 Aug 2002-- Just weeks after students were beaten for staging demonstrations for democracy in Iran, the Freedom Movement opposition party was banned and its thirty-three leaders ordered to prison. Established in 1961, the party opposes Islamic clerical rule and seeks democratic change. These latest developments highlight the deepening antagonism between the people and radical Islamic rulers of Iran.
Senior U.S. Official Spells out Dual-Track U.S. Policy Toward Iran Washington File 02 Aug 2002-- The Bush administration pursues a dual-track policy of opposing Iran's destructive and unacceptable behavior while laying out a positive vision of partnership and support for the Iranian people who are pressing for greater freedom and democracy, Zalmay Khalilzad said in Washington August 2.
U-S / RUSSIA / IRAN REACTORS VOA 01 Aug 2002-- A senior official in the Bush administration says the United States is very concerned about Russia's nuclear cooperation with Iran
July
IRAN / RUSSIA / NUCLEAR VOA 30 Jul 2002-- U-S officials are briefing Congress about their concerns over Russia's decision to build up to six nuclear reactors in Iran over the next decade. The United States fears Iran would use the Russian technology to build nuclear weapons. This is a point expected to be underscored by top Bush administration officials who are in Moscow this week
U-S-RUSSIA-IRAN VOA 30 Jul 2002-- The Bush administration said Tuesday it finds Russia's plans to build more nuclear power reactors in Iran "disturbing." A high-level U-S delegation is taking up the issue this week with senior officials in Moscow
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 28 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 29 July 2002 -- JAILED JOURNALIST GIVES TELEVISED CONFESSION / PROVINCIAL JOURNALISTS APPEAR IN COURT... / ...AS DOES A PARLIAMENTARIAN-JOURNALIST / LATEST NEWSPAPER BANS CRITICIZED / DEPUTIES QUESTION REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS' POLITICAL COMMENTS / REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS ARE IRAN'S PRAETORIANS / TEHRAN DENIES INVOLVEMENT IN ARGENTINE BOMBING AND BRIBERY / DEMONSTRATIONS OVER DIVISION OF KHORASAN PROVINCE / POLICE VOWS CONTRADICTED BY ARRESTS AND FLOGGINGS / OFFICIALS AND EXPERTS CRITICIZE COUNTERNARCOTICS EFFORTS / KABUL CALLS FOR COUNTERNARCOTICS AID / HUMANITARIAN GROUPS CRITICAL OF REFUGEE REPATRIATIONS / KHATAMI CONGRATULATES SADDAM / WAR GAMES MARK BATTLE WITH IRAQ-BACKED OPPOSITION
IRAN/OPPOSITION VOA 27 Jul 2002-- A hard-line Iranian court has sentenced members of the opposition Iran Freedom Movement, the I-F-M, to jail (Saturday) and ordered some to pay up to six-thousand dollars in fines
Text: Senate Resolution Says U.S. Should Seek Genuine Democracy in Iran Washington File 26 Jul 2002-- The United States should not legitimize the current regime in Tehran, but should rather follow a policy that seeks a genuine democratic government in Iran, according to a Senate resolution.
CONGRESS IRAN VOA 25 Jul 2002-- A group of U-S lawmakers is calling for a change in U-S policy toward Iran. They are urging the Bush administration to abandon efforts to work with the Iranian government, in favor of appealing directly to pro-democracy supporters among the Iranian people
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 27 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 23 July 2002 -- BUSH IDENTIFIES IRAN AS 'CAPTIVE NATION.' / IRANIAN GOVERNMENT STAGES ANTI-U.S. RALLIES / WHEN WILL RELATIONS WITH U.S. BE EXPEDIENT? / KHAMENEI AND KHATAMI SEE EYE-TO-EYE ON BUSH / TEHRAN SAYS NO SECRET MESSAGE FROM WHITE HOUSE / TEHRAN OPPOSES U.S. ATTACK ON IRAQ / IRAN-BACKED OPPOSITION IS PART OF ANTI-SADDAM PLAN... / ...BUT TEHRAN BACKS OPPOSITION TO THE OPPOSITION / BAGHDAD STILL HOLDS IRANIAN PRISONERS / TEHRAN DENIES QUSAY SADDAM HUSSEIN'S VISIT / IRANIANS COMMEMORATE ANTI-ISLAMIC HERO / LABOR UNREST IN TEHRAN / RUSSIAN EXPERTS VOICE CONCERN ABOUT IRAN / RUSSIAN OFFICIAL ADDRESSES IRAN'S CASPIAN CONCERNS / IRANIAN EUROBOND OVERSUBSCRIBED / KABUL GETS NEW MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS... / ...AS ASSASSINATION INVESTIGATION PROGRESSES
BUSH IRAN VOA 23 Jul 2002-- The White House Tuesday denied a published report that it is abandoning efforts to work with reformists in Iran
U-S / IRAN VOA 23 Jul 2002-- U-S policy towards Iran has been thrown into a state of confusion. One published report suggests that the Bush administration is taking a new, hard-line approach to the Tehran government. However, administration officials are saying something quite different at least in public
IRAN / U-S VOA 23 Jul 2002-- Iranian President Mohammad Khatami (PRONO: kha tah mee') says he fears the United States is steering the world toward war in its fight against terrorism. His remark follows U-S media reports that the Bush administration is scrapping a five-year effort to engage the moderate Muslim cleric
IRAN / POLITICS VOA 22 Jul 2002-- In Iran, pro-reform lawmakers are demanding the defense minister explain statements by the Revolutionary Guards, Iran's security forces, accusing the reformers of being pawns of the United States
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 26 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 15 July 2002 -- AMERICAN COLUMNIST BANNED FROM IRAN / PRAYER LEADER'S RESIGNATION HAS POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE / STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS IN MAJOR CITIES / WHITE HOUSE REACTS TO STUDENT UNREST / VIOLENCE IN KURDISH REGION / KURDISH TO BE TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS / IRAN GETS NEW COUNTER-NARCOTICS CHIEF... / ...AS IRANIANS COMPLAIN ABOUT AFGHAN ALLIES AND U.S. / FOREIGN HELP NEEDED FOR JOB-CREATING INTERNET PLAN... / ...AS GRASSROOTS INTERNET PROJECTS TAKE OFF
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 25 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 8 July 2002 -- AMERICAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF ARRIVES IN IRAN / AGHAJARI SUBPOENAED / CONCERN OVER STUDENT SENTIMENTS / CALLS FOR SHIA-SUNNI UNITY / HERAT AND IRAN STRENGTHEN TIES / AFGHAN VICE PRESIDENT ASSASSINATED / AFGHANISTAN GETS NEW WOMEN'S AFFAIRS MINISTER / KABUL BROADCASTING CHIEF WON'T GO / TALIBAN GONE BUT OPIUM BACK... / ...AND IRAN IS ON THE FRONT LINE /
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 24 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 1 July 2002 -- TEHRAN OPPOSES BUSH MIDDLE EAST PEACE PLAN / TEHRAN DENIES INVOLVEMENT WITH AL-QAEDA / U.S. GIVES IRAN EARTHQUAKE ASSISTANCE / U.S. GIVES IRAN EARTHQUAKE ASSISTANCE / IRANIAN OFFICIALS LEAVING U.S. / TWO IRAN-RELATED TERRORISM TRIALS IN U.S. / CONCERN ABOUT IRAN-RUSSIA NUKE COOPERATION... / ...AS RUSSIAN MILITARY LOGISTICS OFFICIAL VISITS IRAN / U.A.E. RAISES ISLANDS DISPUTE AT OIC SUMMIT / OIC FOREIGN MINISTERS WILL MEET IN TEHRAN / IRAN AND IRAQ DISCUSS PILGRIMS AND REFUGEES... / ...AS BAGHDAD SENDS MIXED SIGNALS / MORBID MOSQUES FAIL TO PROMOTE PIETY
June
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 23 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 24 June 2002 -- AFGHANISTAN'S NEW GOVERNMENT: INSIDERS AND OUTSIDERS / RADIO FREE AFGHANISTAN INTERVIEWS SHIA LEADERS... / ...AND OTHER AFGHAN MINORITIES EYE LOYA JIRGA / KARZAI THANKS IRAN / TEHRAN PLEASED WITH EU AGREEMENT / CROATIA CANCELS DEALS WITH IRAN / TURKS TOUR TEHRAN AND TABRIZ / BERLIN AND TEHRAN DISPUTE TRAVEL REGULATIONS... / ...AND HUMAN RIGHTS / WAR GAMES HELD NEAR SHIRAZ / TEHRAN TO EXPORT UAVS AND REPAIR TANKS / INTERNET ACCESS IN IRAN COULD IMPROVE /
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 22 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 17 June 2002 -- IRAN DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN'S LOYA JIRGA / TURKISH PRESIDENT TO VISIT TEHRAN / IRAN-UAE RELATIONS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP / PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD DENIES IRANIAN FUNDING / TEHRAN BEGINS HEBREW BROADCASTS / CHANGES IN LEGISLATURE COULD AFFECT EXECUTIVE'S GOALS / PERSPECTIVES ON KERMANSHAH UNREST / QOM OPPOSES AMERICAN VISITORS / EUROBOND ISSUE TO GO AHEAD / ECONOMIC GROWTH REQUIRES FOREIGN INVESTORS
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 21 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 10 June 2002 -- KHATAMI TO VISIT KABUL / DOMESTIC AFGHAN BROADCASTING INCREASES / MASHHAD BROADCASTING CHANGES ITS TUNE / TEHRAN TRAINS AFGHAN JOURNALISTS... / ...AND COULD HELP AFGHAN STUDENTS / IRANIAN AND LEBANESE OFFICIALS EXCHANGE VISITS / IRANIAN DELEGATIONS VISIT SYRIA / HOUSING MINISTER NARROWLY AVOIDS INTERPELLATION / OFFICIALS AGREE ON JOB CRISIS, BUT NOT ON CAUSE OR SOLUTION
Ayatollah al-Udhma Khamenei speech delivered on the occasion of the 13th demise anniversary of Imam Khomeini (RA) 04 June 2002 - Israel is a contrived regime. It is an illegal regime. It is a usurper regime. They have taken a country from its people by force, through injustice and with ploys. Hence, any kind of negotiation that is based on the acknowledgement of this regime is an illegitimate negotiation and it is a negotiation that will not endure.
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 20 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 3 June 2002 -- TEHRAN HOSTING ANOTHER INTIFADA CONFERENCE / KURDISH ISLAMIST VISITS TEHRAN / TEHRAN AND KRG DISCUSS SMUGGLING AND TRADE / FACTIONALISM REACHES ASSEMBLY OF EXPERTS / SATELLITE DISH TALLY ANNOUNCED / IRANIAN SATELLITE LAUNCH APPROACHING / IRAN TO REAPPEAR ON THE INTERNATIONAL BOND MARKET / AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, TURKMENISTAN SIGN PIPELINE AGREEMENT / LOYA JIRGA COMMENCING SOON
May
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 19 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 27 May 2002 -- GOVERNMENT STRUGGLES AS COUNCIL ELECTIONS APROACH / KURDS CAUTIOUS ABOUT FOREIGN INTERVENTION / ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT U.S.-IRAN RELATIONS? / IRAN TOPS TERRORISM-SPONSOR REPORT / TEHRAN REJECTS TERRORIST LABEL / IRAN-KUWAIT RELATIONS EXPAND... / ...AS DO IRAN-OMAN RELATIONS / IRAN-UAE ISLANDS DISPUTE ENDING? / TEHRAN-BAGHDAD RELATIONS QUESTIONED / ISAF EXTENDED BUT LIMITED TO KABUL
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 18 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 20 May 2002 -- INTIFADA CONFERENCE PLANNED FOR JUNE / WILL KAZAKH OIL OFFSET RUSSIAN ACCORD? / KAZAKHS ESCALATE CASPIAN TENSIONS / IRGC PORTRAYS U.S. AS THREAT... / ...AND HOSTILITY TO U.S. DIALOG VERBALIZED / KHATAMI'S THREAT TO QUIT EXAGGERATED, BUT REFORM'S FUTURE QUESTIONED / STUDENT UNREST IN ARAK / THE BITTER TASTE OF SUGAR / RADIO FREE AFGHANISTAN INCREASES AIRTIME / AFGHAN COUNTERNARCOTICS DRIVE FALTERS... / ...BUT INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY DOESN'T GIVE UP / IRAN CONTENDS WITH ITS DRUG-ABUSE PROBLEM
Text: U.S. Concern Over Iranian Missile Program Washington File 17 May 2002-- Following is a taken question from the May 16 State Department briefing stating the United States views Iran's efforts to advance its missile capabilities as a threat to the region and to U.S. interests.
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 17 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 13 May 2002 -- IRANIAN BROADCASTS AIM TO SHAPE AFGHAN OPINION / HIT ON HEKMATYAR / CLAIMS AND COUNTER-CLAIMS ON IRAN-U.S. CONTACTS / IRANIANS DISCUSS KHATAMI'S THREAT TO RESIGN / NOT QUITE AN AZERBAIJANI CONSULATE IN TABRIZ / KURDS AND SUNNIS WANT FAIR TREATMENT AND ACTIVISM / KHORASAN CRISIS FELT IN PARLIAMENT / HOUSING MINISTER FACES INTERPELLATION
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 16 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 6 May 2002 -- KHAMENEI NIXES U.S. TALKS AGAIN / ...BUT THE POSSIBILITY BRINGS OUT OLD FACES / RICE REITERATES 'AXIS OF EVIL' CHARGE / AMERICAN ENVOY IN ARMENIA CONCERNED ABOUT IRAN / MOHAJERANI DISCUSSES U.S. AND THE REGION / MONTAZERI BACKS SUICIDE BOMBERS / AUSTRIA SIGNS DEFENSE AGREEMENT WITH IRAN / MKO AND PKK RECOGNIZED AS TERRORISTS BY EU / AN UNUSUAL PRESS FREEDOM DAY / IRAQ CAUSES MORE IRANIAN CASUALTIES / PARLIAMENT QUESTIONS SATELLITE PROJECT / MORE UNREST OVER PLAN TO DIVIDE PROVINCE / MULLAH OMAR REAPPEARS? / NEW PROSPECTS FOR AFGHANISTAN PIPELINE
April
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 15 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 29 April 2002 -- IRANIAN-BACKED TERRORISM IN SOUTH AMERICA / KHATAMI HAILS UNPRODUCTIVE CASPIAN CONFERENCE / KURDS MEET AND WILL TRAVEL TO REPORT TO TEHRAN / NEW POINT OF TENSION WITH TURKEY / PRESS FREEDOM DAY IN IRAN / HUMAN RIGHTS WHITEWASH SHOWS EMERGENCE OF NEW BLOCK / LABOR DAY CELEBRATED DURING UNEMPLOYMENT CRISIS / TENSION MOUNTS AS AFGHAN LOYA JIRGA APPROACHES / REFUGEES PREPARE FOR THEIR POLITICAL FUTURE
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 14 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 22 April 2002 -- OIL, PIPELINES THE FOCUS OF KHATAMI'S KAZAKHSTAN VISIT / JIANG'S TRANSFORMING VISIT TO IRAN / IRAN'S TOP CLERICS ADVOCATE 'MARTYRDOM OPERATIONS.' / KHATAMI TRIES TO GENERATE ARAB SUPPORT FOR PALESTINIANS / PKK CHANGES NAME -- ONLY / YAZD TO COMMEMORATE 'OPERATION EAGLE CLAW.' / SPEECH AND PARADE MARK ARMY DAY / POLITICAL POWER BETTER DETERRENT THAN ARMS / TEHRAN RELEASES NATIONALIST-RELIGIOUS ACTIVIST / YAZDI COMES HOME / INTERNET PROVIDERS PROTEST NEW REGULATIONS / PROVINCIAL DAILY CLOSED; JOURNALISTS IN COURT / AFGHAN AIRWAVES KEEP CHANGING
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 13 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 15 April 2002 -- WASHINGTON ASKS TEHRAN TO RESTRAIN HIZBALLAH... / ...AS FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS FOR CONTINUED RESISTANCE... / ...IRANIAN DIPLOMAT WARNS OF NEW FRONTS... / ...AND IRANIAN LEGISLATORS DEMONSTRATE / TEHRAN-ANKARA TIES SURVIVE TERRORISM FLAPS / IRANIANS DETAINED IN PAKISTAN / ISLAMABAD DEMANDS EXTRADITION OF PAKISTANI TERRORISTS / IRAN AND AFGHANISTAN SIGN AVIATION AGREEMENT / AFGHAN REFUGEE REPATRIATIONS INTERRUPTED / 'JUST SAY NO' DOESN'T WORK IN AFGHANISTAN / TEHRAN SUPPORTS AFGHAN COUNTERNARCOTICS EFFORTS / ACTIVIST'S TRIAL BEGINS AFTER A YEAR IN SOLITARY... / ...AND ANOTHER'S IS DELAYED / IRANIAN WOMEN ON ROAD TO PRISON... / ...AS OTHERS GET OUT / DEALING WITH THE LEGACY OF THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 12 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 8 April 2002 -- SUDANESE VISITOR CALLS FOR ARMING PALESTINIANS / TEHRAN AMBIVALENT ON OIL WEAPON / CASPIAN DOMINATES KHARRAZI'S MOSCOW VISIT / HARD-LINE ADVICE FOR ARAFAT PREDOMINATES / TEHRAN REJECTS AL-QAEDA LINKS... / ...AND OBJECTS TO TERRORISM ACCUSATIONS / HEKMATYAR SUPPORTERS ARRESTED IN KABUL / IRANIAN POLICE NEED CONFIDENCE BUILDING, REFORM
March
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 11 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 25 March 2002 -- TEHRAN OPPOSES TALKS WITH U.S. / U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY DISCUSSES IRANIAN WMD / IRANIAN VICE PRESIDENT IN BEIRUT TO DISCUSS ARAB SUMMIT / IRANIANS CALL FOR UNITY AT INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION... / ...AND THEN WALK OUT / EXPEDIENCY COUNCIL RULES ON BUDGET... / ...AND MOVES FURTHER TO THE RIGHT / TEHRAN CUTS INTERNET ACCESS / SERIAL MURDERS LAWYER SENTENCED TO PRISON AND LASHES / GOVERNMENT MOVES AGAINST SMUGGLERS / ARMY USED AGAINST SMUGGLERS IN NORTHWEST / NORWAY INCREASES INVOLVEMENT IN IRANIAN ENERGY SECTOR / VIKINGS REACH AFGHANISTAN / ...AS DOES NORWEGIAN AID / CHANGES IN AFGHAN BROADCAST LANDSCAPE / DETAINEES ARE ACTUALLY AFGHAN SHIA / AFGHANISTAN SETS OUT TO FORM A NATIONAL ARMY
Biden Offers Five-Step Program For U.S. Policy Toward Iran 22 March 2002 -- The United States should allow non-governmental organizations to support a range of civil society and democracy building activities in Iran; continue to work with Tehran on matters of mutual interest; should go along with Iran's bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO); should work to "indirectly assist" the Tehran regime in the fields of refugees and anti-narcotics efforts; and should encourage citizen exchanges with Iran, according to Biden.
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 10 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 18 March 2002 -- HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT PRESIDENTIAL TRIP TO GREECE / 'FRUITFUL' PRESIDENTIAL TRIP TO AUSTRIA / GERMAN TRIP CANCELED DUE TO BERLIN CONFERENCE / OFFICIAL SUPPORT FOR INTIFADA / IRAN-U.S. DIALOGUE CONTROVERSIAL FOR BOTH SIDES / PLEASURE, PAIN, AND THE GENERATION GAP / SAVAK SUPPOSEDLY ACTIVE IN IRANIAN MEDIA / TWO POLITICAL PRISONERS FREED ON BAIL / AFGHANISTAN-IRAN CULTURAL TIES STRENGTHENED / TEHRAN-KABUL RELATIONS GET COMPLICATED / HEKMATYAR'S UNCLEAR OBJECTIVES / CORRECTION
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 9 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 11 March 2002 -- THREE WORDS THAT SHOOK IRAN / RIGHT-WING PRESSURE GROUPS RESURGENT / PARLIAMENT APPROVES ANTI-TORTURE LEGISLATION / TEHRAN REJECTS U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT / UN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT BEFUDDLES JUDICIARY CHIEF / TEXTILE WORKERS GO ON STRIKE / FEMALE PROGRESS NOTED ON WOMEN'S DAY / ARMY AND CLERICS WARNED OF U.S. HOSTILITY / SHIP SEARCH ANGERS TEHRAN / TEHRAN LOOKS INTO SAUDI PEACE PLAN / KHATAMI HEADING TO AUSTRIA / BERLUSCONI VOWS TO BACK KHATAMI / PARLIAMENT QUESTIONS FOREIGN MINISTRY ON AFGHANISTAN / HEKMATYAR'S WHEREABOUTS IN DOUBT / REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS DETAINED IN AFGHANISTAN /
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 8 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 4 March 2002 -- KHATAMI: AL-QAEDA COULD BE HERE / ARMED FORCES ESSENTIAL IN PURSUIT OF 'REGIONAL HEGEMONY.' / IRANIAN JOURNALISTS CONDEMN PEARL MURDER / CLERIC CALLS FOR U.S. PRESIDENT'S DEATH / TEHRAN WANTS ITS MONEY FROM U.S. / KARZAI WALKING A FINE LINE / TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE TO DOMINATE AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION / HEKMATYAR HITS THE HIGHWAY / DESPITE TENSIONS, TEHRAN WARM TOWARDS BAKU / NUCLEAR COOPERATION NOT LINKED TO CANCELLED MOSCOW VISIT / NEW FACTIONAL LEADERSHIP IN TEHRAN? / PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTIONS SCHEDULED
February
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 7 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 25 February 2002 -- WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN / MORE FOREIGN GUESTS IDENTIFIED / AFGHANISTAN'S KARZAI VISITS TEHRAN / AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENTIAL VISIT TO IRAN DELAYED AGAIN / DIVISIONS IN AZERI NATIONALIST MOVEMENT / THE WARRIOR SPIRIT IN AZERBAIJANI PROVINCES / TOMORROW'S LEADERS ARE TODAY'S PRISONERS / MORE MAYORS FACE DIFFICULTIES / MISSING SOLDIERS AND MINES / IRANIANS' PILGRIMAGE ASSUMES ANGRY TONE
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 6 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 18 February 2002 -- KABUL REQUESTS IRANIAN MEDIA ASSISTANCE / IRANIAN JOURNALISTS FACE NEW WAVE OF HARASSMENT / SALMAN RUSHDIE DEATH DECREE NOTED / TEHRAN TO GET NEW MAYOR / SCOPE OF CORRUPTION TRIAL EXPANDS / KABUL DENIES IRAN INTERFERING IN WEST / AL-QAEDA TERRORISTS APPREHENDED IN IRAN / TEHRAN TAKES STEPS TO HANDLE REFUGEE BURDEN / GULBUDDIN'S GOTTA GO / GULBUDDIN'S GOTTA GO / IRANIAN POTENTIAL IN ANTI-IRAQ ACTIVITIES CONSIDERED
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 5 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 11 February 2002 -- IRAN USES 'BLACK PROPAGANDA' IN AFGHANISTAN / TEHRAN ADMITS AL-QAEDA AND TALIBAN COULD ENTER IRAN / HEKMATYAR: THE GUEST WHO STAYED TOO LONG / AFGHANS STRUGGLE WITH IRANIAN INTERFERENCE / 'WE ARE NEITHER AFGHANISTAN, NOR ARE WE IRAQ' -- MILITARY IS READY / SHAMKHANI: NO NUKES / RENEWED UNREST OVER KHORASAN SPLIT / PRODUCERS OF 'RED GOLD' HAVE A TOUGH YEAR / AFGHAN MINISTER DISCUSSES OPIUM ERADICATION
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 4 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 4 February 2002 -- RADIO FREE AFGHANISTAN BEGINS BROADCASTS / AFGHAN LEADER TO VISIT IRAN / TEHRAN TANTRUMS TARGET TERROR TAUNT / HAMAS AND PIJ REJECT TERROR ACCUSATION / KOFI ANNAN LAUDS FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN IRAN / TEHRAN COMMEMORATES REVOLUTION'S ANNIVERSARY / CORRUPTION TRIAL CONTINUES / BODY-SNATCHERS BACK IN QOM? / IRANIAN ENERGY SECTOR CONTINUES OUTREACH
January
Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei's Statements in a Meeting with Participants in the Islamic World Media conference (IWMC) January 31, 2002 -- Considering that most of the international media are today controlled by the Zionist circles, the media of Islamic countries shoulder the important duty to inform the world public of the facts about Palestine and Muslim nations so as to neutralize the biased and negative propaganda of the Zionists. Ever since the emergence of the cancerous tumor of Zionism in Palestine, the Western countries have been acting in collusion with the Zionist regime. In other words, Israel has been tasked with protecting the regional interests of the Western powers by posing a constant threat to the security of the Islamic countries in the region. And the Western countries, in return, have pledged to fully support this cancerous tumor.
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 3 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 28 January 2002 -- TEHRAN CONTINUES AFGHAN 'PSYOPS.' / UN CONVINCED OF IRANIAN INNOCENCE IN AFGHANISTAN / AFGHAN SHIA DENY LINKS WITH IRAN / TEHRAN OFFERS TO SUPPORT AFGHAN COUNTER-NARCOTICS / POLITICIZED CORRUPTION TRIAL IMPLICATES 'AQAZADEHS' / RENEWED CONCERNS ABOUT JOBS AND TRAINING / HALTING DEVELOPMENTS IN TEHRAN-BAGHDAD TIES
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 2 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 21 January 2002 -- AL-QAEDA IN IRAN -- NEVER AN HONEST WORD / A FINGER IN EVERY PIE -- TEHRAN LOOKS EAST / AFGHAN REFUGEES 'SPONTANEOUSLY' LEAVING IRAN / BEGINNINGS OF A FREE AFGHAN PRESS
RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 1 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 7 January 2002 -- IRAN'S BRAIN DRAIN: CAUSES AND TRENDS / THE NUMBERS / REASONS FOR LEAVING / CONCLUSION / SOURCES
Ayatollah al-Udhma Khamenei on Palestine (no date) Iran does not advocate terrorism and does not give shelter to any terrorist. But the Islamic Republic believes that there are millions of young and free people throughout the Muslim world who hate the U.S. despots and occupiers. You cannot call them terrorists.

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2002 Iran Special Weapons News