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July 2002 - Iran Special Weapons News

  • 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



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