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December 2002 - Iran Special Weapons News

  • 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



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