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February 2003 Iran Special Weapons News

  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 6, Number 8 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 24 February 2002 -- CAMPAIGNING BEGINS IN 2003 MUNICIPAL-COUNCIL ELECTIONS... / ...VOTERS AND VOTING... / ...CANDIDATES AND ELIGIBILITY... / ...PARTY ACTIVITIES AND ENDORSEMENTS... / ...MEDIA COVERAGE... / ...WHAT THE VOTERS WANT / INTELLIGENCE MINISTER REJECTS POLITICAL-CRISIS ALLEGATIONS / TEHRAN MAKES BIZARRE CLAIMS ABOUT KERMAN PLANE CRASH / AGHAJARI VERDICT NOT REVERSED / TWO NEW PUBLICATIONS AND ONE OLD ONE HIT NEWSSTANDS / WOMEN WANT STONINGS TO STOP / BUSHEHR NUCLEAR REACTOR FULFILS NEED FOR PRESTIGE / EL-BARADEI, IAEA OFFICIALS VISIT IRAN / IRANIAN LEGISLATURE WANTS TO INTERPELLATE FOREIGN MINISTER / FORMER INTELLIGENCE OFFICER ALLEGES IRANIAN AND HIZBALLAH LINKS WITH AL-QAEDA / SCIRI MOVES INTO NORTHERN IRAQ
  • IRAN/ELECTION VOA 02 Mar 2003 -- Reformists in Iran have suffered their first serious electoral losses since President Mohammad Khatami was elected six-years ago.
  • IRAN / RUSSIA / NUKES VOA 28 Feb 2003 -- U-S officials and military analysts say Iran may be accelerating its efforts to establish a nuclear weapons program and are concerned about Russia's involvement. Analysts say Russia's transfer of nuclear technology to Iran could jeopardize the relationship between Moscow and Washington.
  • U-S / IRAN / RELIGION VOA 27 Feb 2003 -- A group of human rights activists is calling on the United States to highlight Iran's crackdown on religious minorities at next month's meeting of the U-N Human Rights Commission.
  • IRAN / NUCLEAR VOA 26 Feb 2003 -- Officials from the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency return from Iran tomorrow (Thursday) after examining a nuclear facility at Natanz that some fear could be used to make material for atomic bombs. Iran's nuclear activities raise fear the country is working on nuclear wepons.
  • CONGRESS / ISRAEL / TERRORISM VOA 25 Feb 2003 -- U-S lawmakers who have just returned from a visit to Israel are calling for a sharper focus on the role of Syria and Iran in supporting international terrorism, and potential threats of weapons of mass destruction.
  • In Iran, IAEA chief sees uranium enrichment facility under construction UN News Centre 21 Feb 2003 -- The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohamed ElBaradei, began a long-scheduled visit to Iran today, starting with a trip to a site that the authorities describe as a uranium enrichment facility under construction.
  • I-A-E-A/IRAN VOA 21 Feb 2003 -- The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency is in Iran to visit nuclear facilities the United States suspects could be part of a program for developing nuclear weapons. Iran has informed the I-A-E-A that it is building new facilities to generate electricity.
  • IRAN / NUCLEAR VOA 20 Feb 2003 -- An Iranian resistance group has released what it says is new evidence that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons. Officials of the United Nations nuclear monitoring group plans to investigate the claims.
  • IRAN / PLANE CRASH VOA 20 Feb 2003 -- A plane crash in Iran has claimed the lives of 302 people, in one of the highest death tolls in world aviation history. The plane crashed into a mountainside late Wednesday afternoon -- possibly as the result of bad weather.
  • EDITORIAL: IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM VOA 19 Feb 2003 -- In the words of U.S. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher, the United States has "very grave concerns that Iran is using its supposedly peaceful nuclear program, including construction of the reactor at Bushehr [boo-share], as a pretext for advancing a nuclear weapons program." Mr. Boucher's statement came after Iranian president Mohammed Khatami and Iranian Atomic Energy Minister Gholamreza Agazadeh [goh-lahm-reh-zah ah-gah-ZAH-day] acknowledged Iran's intentions to pursue a complete nuclear fuel cycle, including uranium mining, conversion and enrichment, and fuel fabrication, and identified a number of facilities intended for those purposes.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 6, Number 7 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 17 February 2002 -- IRANIAN GOVERNMENT COMMEMORATES REVOLUTION / KHATAMI, TENET EXPLAIN REGIME'S DURABILITY / RAFSANJANI ACCUSES U.S. OF REGIONAL AMBITIONS / IRAN DENIES MEETING U.S. ON IRAQ, BUT U.S. AIRCRAFT SEEN OVER IRAN / IRAN, IRAQ EXCHANGE MESSAGES / DEFENSE INDUSTRY'S NEW PROJECTS POSE GLOBAL DANGER / IRAN STAGING NAVAL MANEUVERS / IRANIAN URANIUM EXTRACTION IS NOTHING NEW / TEHRAN BACKS SUPPORT FOR HIZBALLAH / AL-QAEDA CRACKDOWN COULD REFLECT RELATIONS WITH PAKISTAN / JOURNALIST CRITICAL OF THOUGHT-CRIME JAILINGS / MONTAZERI MAY UNDERGO SURGERY / IRAN MANUFACTURES AIDS DRUG / EVEN ROMANCE IS POLITICAL IN IRAN / FURTHER STEPS TAKEN AGAINST AFGHAN OPIUM TRADE / AFGHANS GET IRANIAN HANDOUT / IRAN LOOKS INTO KUWAITI WATER PROJECT... / ...WHILE ISFAHAN REGION FACES WATER SHORTAGE / NO MORE POWER FAILURES IN IRAN / PAINT MANUFACTURERS FACE DIFFICULTIES
  • IRAN / AL QAIDA VOA 16 Feb 2003 -- A top Iranian official says Tehran continues to arrest and deport anyone with suspected links to the terror group al-Qaida and denies a report that the eldest son of Osama bin Laden is in Iran.
  • State Department: Busehr Reactor Plans Show Iranian Nuclear Ambitions Washington File 11 Feb 2003 -- Following is the official answer to a question taken at the February 10 regular State Department briefing; the answer was posted February 11
  • JOSEPH CIRINCIONE VOA 11 Feb 2003 -- The U-S State Department says it has "grave concerns" that Iran's nuclear program is actually a pretext for pursuing nuclear weapons. Spokesman Richard Boucher says Iran's admission to mining its own uranium raises serious questions whether its nuclear program is peaceful. Sunday, Iran's President Mohammed Khatami said his country is extracting uranium from a newly discovered mine and is building two plants to convert it into fuel for nuclear power.
  • U-S/IRAN/NUCLEAR VOA 10 Feb 2003 -- The United States says it has "very grave concerns" that Iran is using its supposedly-peaceful nuclear program as a pretext to advance a nuclear weapons program. The comments follow a statement by Iranian President Mohammed Khatami Sunday that Iran has begun mining uranium.
  • Boucher Says Iran Uranium Mining Raises "Serious Questions" Washignton File 10 Feb 2003 -- Iran's admission that it has been mining its own uranium raises "serious questions" about its "supposedly peaceful nuclear program," said State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 6, Number 6 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 10 February 2002 -- KHATAMI AND SABRI MEET IN TEHRAN / KHARRAZI DISCUSSES IRAQ AND SANCTIONS IN LONDON / KHARRAZI MEETS WITH BLIX... / ...VISITS SLOVAKIA... / ...AND AUSTRIA AGAIN / IRANIANS, NORWEGIANS TALK OIL, FISH, WAR, AND GOD / TEHRAN TAKES STEPS TO COUNTER ENEMY PROPAGANDA / IRAN'S TOP OFFICIALS DECRY U.S. MOTIVES / ARMED FORCES SEEM SUSPICIOUS OF U.S. INTENTIONS / STONINGS WILL CONTINUE TO PROTECT THE FAMILY / MONTAZERI NOT RECEIVING VISITORS / FIVE IMPRISONED JEWS GET FURLOUGHS / JUDICIARY TO INVESTIGATE ACTIVIST'S COMPLAINTS / POLLSTERS SENTENCED / PARLIAMENTARIANS VISIT AGHAJARI / IRAN PREPARES FOR FOOD SHORTAGES / UNODC ASSESSES IMPACT OF AFGHAN OPIUM ON IRAN / TEHRAN CLAIMS THAT AMERICANS UNWELCOME IN AFGHANISTAN / IRANIAN PARTICIPATION IN MUNICH CONFERENCE COULD BE A SIGNAL ON IRAQ / DOES AL-ZARQAWI HAVE IRAN LINKS, TOO? / IRAQI REFUGEES ARE NOT WELCOME / IRAN EXTRADITES ALLEGED TURKISH ASSASSIN / FADLALLAH DESCRIBES RIFT WITH IRAN / IRANIAN BALLISTIC MISSILE APPEARS ON TELEVISION / TEHRAN DENIES GIVING INDIA BASING RIGHTS / END NOTE: IRAN'S DISTANT 'SECOND REVOLUTION'
  • Nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, a right of nations: Khatami 09 Feb 2003 -- President Mohammad Khatami said on Sunday that the Islamic Republic of Iran has decided to utilize advanced technology including those in the nuclear industry for peaceful purposes.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 6, Number 5 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 03 February 2002 -- DISQUIET OVER 'SERIAL MURDER' SENTENCE REDUCTIONS / COUNCIL ELECTIONS COULD TURN INTO A REFERENDUM / LEGISLATURE CONTINUES BUDGET DEBATE / MONTAZERI IS FREE AT LAST / 'START THE MORNING WITH HAMSHAHRI.' / GOVERNMENT CRACKS DOWN ON SOCIAL CORRUPTION / CLERIC CALLS FOR SEX EDUCATION IN IRAN / GIRLS SICK AFTER VACCINATIONS / PACE OF IRANIAN NATURAL-GAS ACTIVITIES HIGH / IRAN, INDIA SIGN 'NEW DELHI DECLARATION'... / ...HOLD MILITARY DISCUSSIONS... / ...VOW TO AID AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION / AFGHANS IN IRAN TO BE REPATRIATED BY 2004 / KUWAITI AFGHANS TRAVEL THROUGH IRAN / TEHRAN UNHAPPY WITH BUSH'S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS / FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL SAYS IRAN DOES NOT ANTICIPATE U.S. ATTACK... / ...SUPREME NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY QUESTIONS U.S. INTENTIONS... / ...IRGC READY TO DEFEND REVOLUTION / IRAN, IRAQ EXCHANGE MARTYRS' REMAINS / TEHRAN ORGANIZING IRAQI OPPOSITION / IRANIANS CRITICIZE GOVERNMENT'S IRAQ POLICY



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