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August 2002 - Iran Special Weapons News

  • 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



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