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July 2003 Iran Special Weapons News



  • Bush Says Development of Nuclear Weapons Not in Iran's Interest Washington File 30 Jul 2003 -- President Bush, in a July 30 press conference in the White House Rose Garden, said that Iran's development of nuclear weapons is "not in their interests," and that concerted international effort is needed to dissuade Iran from its nuclear weapons program.
  • IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM VOA 30 Jul 2003 -- Iran claims that its aggressive development of nuclear facilities is only for peaceful purposes. But United Nations inspectors recently found evidence that Iran has facilities to produce enriched uranium that can be used for making nuclear weapons
  • IRAN / JOURNALIST VOA 30 Jul 2003 -- Iran's vice president said Wednesday that a Canadian journalist, who died while in custody in Tehran earlier this month, was probably murdered. He was basing his remarks on the results of an investigation ordered by Iran's president.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 6, Number 31 28 Jul 2003 -- KHATAMI'S LEGISLATIVE MEASURES AT A STANDSTILL... / ...AS GUARDIANS COUNCIL SPREADS ITS WINGS / YAZDI RESIGNS AS PRAYER LEADER / PARLIAMENT SLOW ON UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS / PARLIAMENT RATIFIES BILL OPPOSING GENDER DISCRIMINATION / MORE IRANIAN JOURNALISTS JAILED / CANADIAN JOURNALIST'S DEATH BECOMING A POLITICAL HOT POTATO / OTTAWA WANTS FOLLOW-THROUGH ON JOURNALIST'S DEATH / TEHRAN ACCUSES OTTAWA OF COVER-UP IN VANCOUVER DEATH / AZERI IRREDENTISTS CLAIM MASSIVE REPRESSION IN IRAN / RAFSANJANI REPORTEDLY IN SECRET TALKS WITH U.S. / TEHRAN, HAVANA DENY INTERFERING WITH U.S.-BASED SATELLITE BROADCASTS / IRANIAN AND CUBAN MILITARY OFFICIALS MEET IN NORTH KOREA / KHAMENEI DISCUSSES MATERIAL WORLD AT MISSILE EVENT / TEHRAN REJECTS EU CONCERNS ABOUT NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES AND TERRORISM / TEHRAN SAYS WASHINGTON BACKS TERRORISM / MORE DEVELOPMENTS IN 1994 BUENOS AIRES BOMBING CASE / 'LARGE NUMBER' OF AL-QAEDA SUSPECTS HELD IN IRAN / IRANIAN REPATRIATION OF IRAQI REFUGEES TO BEGIN SOON / SCIRI DENIES TEHRAN OFFICE-CLOSURE RUMORS
  • IRAN/NUCLEAR VOA 27 July 2003--A senior Iranian official is suggesting his government should agree to short-notice inspections of its nuclear facilities as a way to ease international concerns about the purpose of Tehran's nuclear program. In the meantime, the spokesman for Iran's nuclear program has reportedly resigned.
  • Iran: Political Crisis Grows Over Death Of Canadian Photojournalist RFE/L 25 Jul 2003 -- A political crisis continues to grow in Iran over the recent death of a Canadian photojournalist while in police custody. Reformist leaders say the case not only damages relations with Ottawa but underlines the way Iran's hard-line judiciary flouts the law in dealing with anyone it considers to be a critic of the regime.
  • Iran Says It is Holding Senior al-Qaida Members VOA News 23 Jul 2003 -- Iran says it is holding some senior members of the al-Qaida terrorist network who fled to Iran after the U.S.-led war in neighboring Afghanistan.
  • Iran: EU Expected To Stand Firm On Its Ultimatum To Tehran RFE/L 23 Jul 2003 -- The European Union has given Iran an ultimatum: either Tehran allows UN nuclear weapons inspectors free access to its atomic energy sites, or the bloc will call off trade talks. It was also made clear that a successful conclusion to the trade talks will not be possible without further Iranian cooperation on issues ranging from human rights to the Middle East peace process. Analysts appear convinced the bloc has overcome its divisions on Iraq and will -- if necessary -- make good on the threat.
  • Iran: Canadian Photojournalist To Be Buried In Shiraz RFE/L 23 Jul 2003 -- An Iranian-Canadian photojournalist who was detained and reportedly beaten by police in Iran is scheduled today to be buried there. Zahra Kazemi will be buried at her birthplace in Shiraz.
  • Iran Still Undecided About Signing Nuclear Protocol VOA News 22 Jul 2003 -- Iran says it will make a decision about whether to allow surprise inspections of its nuclear facilities after a visit from U.N. legal experts.
  • Iran voices allegiance to Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty IRNA 21 Jul 2003 -- Iran has voiced again its allegiance to provisions of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and rejected allegations about a possibility of its withdrawal from the Treaty, as well as conventions concerning the signing of the additional protocol.
  • Bush Warns Syria and Iran They Will be Held Accountable for Supporting Terrorists VOA News 21 Jul 2003 -- President Bush is warning Iran and Syria not to help militants who seek to subvert the Mideast peace process. During a joint news conference with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at the president's Texas ranch, Mr. Bush also discussed trouble spots in Africa and Asia.
  • Iran: Foreign Minister Rejects Bush Terrorism Charge RFE/L 22 Jul 2003 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi has rejected charges by U.S. President George W. Bush that Iran continues to harbor terrorists.
  • BUSH / BERLUSCONI WRAP VOA 21 Jul 2003 -- President Bush is warning Iran and Syria not to help militants who seek to subvert the Mideast peace process. During a joint news conference with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at the president's Texas ranch, Mr. Bush also discussed trouble spots in Africa and Asia.
  • BUSH-MIDEAST TERRORISM VOA 21 Jul 2003 -- President Bush says Syria and Iran are continuing to harbor terrorists, and such behavior will not be tolerated. The warning came during a joint news conference at the president's Texas ranch with visiting Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
  • E-U / MIDEAST VOA 21 Jul 2003 -- European Union foreign ministers, meeting in Brussels, have expressed what they called their increasing concern over Iran's nuclear program and say they will review the bloc's relations with Iran unless it cooperates more fully with the International Atomic Energy Agency. The warning from the E-U came after a day of discussions that were mostly devoted to what kind of role the Union can play in the Mideast peace process.
  • EU Strongly Warns Iran on Nuclear Program, Human Rights VOA News 21 Jul 2003 -- The European Union has strongly warned Iran about its nuclear program and its human rights record.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 6, Number 30 21 Jul 2003 -- INSPECTORS ALLEGEDLY FIND ENRICHED URANIUM IN IRAN / IRANIANS DISCUSS NPT ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL / IRAN, EGYPT, KUWAIT DISCUSS AL-QAEDA EXTRADITIONS / IRAN DENIES VIOLATING IRAQI BORDER / IRANIAN IN GERMANY CHARGED WITH ESPIONAGE / IRANIAN GOVERNMENT BEATS CANADIAN TO DEATH... / ...WHILE LEGISLATURE HOPES FOR EXPANDED RELATIONS WITH CANADA / TEHRAN POSTPONES UN RAPPORTEUR'S VISIT / EDITORIAL CRITICIZES RELIGIOUS JUSTIFICATIONS FOR REPRESSION / MORE STUDENTS QUESTIONED AND DETAINED... / ...AMIDST CONTRADICTORY REPORTS ON THEIR SITUATION / JOURNALISTS AND AUTHORS HARASSED / ANGRY REACTION TO TEHRAN'S INTERFERENCE WITH WEBSITES / WOMEN'S RIGHTS SEEN AS ENEMY PLOT / HOUSING MINISTER DESCRIBES RECENT DEVELOPMENTS / IRAN-JAPAN OIL NEGOTIATIONS ON HOLD / IRAN ANNOUNCES NEW OIL DISCOVERY
  • Iran says its arms programs meant for defense purposes IRNA 21 Jul 2003 -- Iran said on Monday that it is pursuing deterrence in its arms programs, stressing that the new Shahab-3 missile poses no threat against others.
  • Shamkhani says Shahab 3 missile test-firing for national security IRNA 21 Jul 2003 -- Defense Minister Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani said here Monday that the test-firing of 'Shahab 3' missile aims to bolster national security.
  • Supreme Leader: Ceremony in which the Shahab-3 missile was handed over to the Corps 20/07/2003 - America's imperialist face has been exposed. The Islamic revolution stamped the expiry date on the forehead of that imperialistic and nihilistic government which espouses nihilism.
  • Supreme Leader: Islamic Revolution will never retreat from lofty aspirations of great nation IRNA 20 Jul 2003 -- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said on Sunday that the Islamic Revolution will never retreat from lofty aspirations of the great Iranian nation.
  • Iraq: Bremer Says Iran Must Pull Back Border Posts RFE/L 20 Jul 2003 -- L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. administrator in Iraq, today insisted that Iran should withdraw its border posts from Iraqi territory, even though he described the alleged intrusions as "pretty minor."
  • Iran backs UN participation in post-war Iraqi reconstruction IRNA 20 Jul 2003 -- President Mohammad Khatami here Saturday said Iran supports the proposal to give the UN greater participation in post-war reconstruction in Iraq, adding that he welcomes plans to create an international force to ensure peace and stabilize the situation in that neighbouring country.
  • Iran welcomes international stabilization force in Iraq IRNA 19 Jul 2003 -- President Mohammad Khatami on Saturday reiterated Iran's support for UN engagement in Iraq and welcomed plans to set up an international stabilization force to establish peace in that country.
  • Iran rejects 'suspicious' report of enriched uranium find IRNA 19 Jul 2003 -- Iran on Saturday denounced as "suspicious and vague" western media reports that UN inspectors had found enriched uranium in environmental samples taken in the country.
  • Kharrazi, Annan discuss Iran-IAEA cooperation, Iraq on phone IRNA 19 Jul 2003 -- UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi discussed the latest developments in Iraq as well as Tehran's cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on phone Saturday.
  • Iran Dismisses Reports it May be Enriching Uranium VOA News 19 Jul 2003 -- Iran has dismissed as "suspicious and vague" reports in the western news media that U.N. inspectors had found traces of enriched uranium in samples taken from an Iranian nuclear facility. News reports quote unnamed diplomats as saying the traces were found in environmental samples taken at a nuclear facility in Natanz, in central Iran.
  • State Department: US Expects Full IAEA Accounting on Iran VOA News 18 Jul 2003 -- The United States says it expects a "full and factual" accounting by the International Atomic Energy Agency of any evidence it may have found in Iran about that country's efforts to produce weapons-grade uranium. The comments follow news reports that samples taken by the IAEA in Iran have yielded traces of highly-enriched uranium.
  • U-S-Iran-Nuclear VOA 18 Jul 2003 -- The United States says it expects a "full and factual" accounting by the International Atomic Energy Agency of any evidence it may have found in Iran about that country's efforts to produce weapons-grade uranium. The comments follow news reports that samples taken by the I-A-E-A in Iran have yielded traces of highly-enriched uranium.
  • EDITORIAL: IRAN'S RICH RULERS VOA 18 Jul 2003 -- Iran's extremist Muslim clerical rulers are self-appointed, not elected by the people. Most of Iran's rulers are also very rich. Where did these self-proclaimed religious men get all this wealth? Not from God. They stole it from the Iranian people.
  • Kuwait Says Iran Holding al-Qaida Spokesman VOA News 17 Jul 2003 -- Kuwait says a prominent al-Qaida spokesman, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, is in Iran, which has repeatedly denied holding him.
  • IRAN/JOURNALIST DEATH VOA 17 Jul 2003 -- The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists is calling for a full and transparent investigation in the death of Canadian-Iranian photo-journalist Zahra Kazemi, who died in a Tehran hospital while in government custody.
  • U.S. Not Seeking Talks with Iran Regarding Its Nuclear Program Washington File 16 Jul 2003 -- The United States is not engaged in and is not seeking talks with Iran regarding its nuclear program, according to information provided by the office of the State Department spokesman July 16. U.S. policy is to support the efforts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to investigate Iran's nuclear program, the office said.
  • Iran: Tehran Says Canadian Photojournalist Died As Result Of Beatings RFE/L 16 Jul 2003 -- Tehran's surprise announcement today that Canadian news photographer Zahra Kazemi died of beatings comes just days after the government announced it would investigate the circumstances of the photojournalist's death. Earlier, the government had said that Kazemi, who was arrested while working in Tehran, had died of an unspecified "brain attack." But a major diplomatic row with Ottawa forced Tehran to revisit the case.
  • IRAN / JOURNALIST VOA 16 Jul 2003 -- A Canadian journalist, taken into custody in Iran last month, has been beaten to death. That's what a high-ranking Iranian government official told reporters Wednesday
  • Iran: Official Says Canadian Journalist Died From Beatings RFE/L 16 Jul 2003 -- Iranian Vice President Mohammad Ali Abtahi today said that Canadian journalist Zahra Kazemi, who was last month arrested outside a Tehran prison, died as a result of beatings.
  • Agency Says Cuba Jamming US Government Satellite Broadcasts to Iran VOA News 15 Jul 2003 -- A U.S. government-funded broadcasting agency has condemned Cuba for allegedly jamming U.S. international broadcasts to Iran.
  • EDITORIAL: IRAN DEMONSTRATIONS BLOCKED VOA 15 Jul 2003 -- In recent weeks, Iranians have held pro-democracy demonstrations in Tehran and other cities. It was expected that even larger demonstrations would take place on July 9th, the fourth anniversary of the violent suppression of student protests at Tehran University in 1999.
  • Iran: Intellectuals Petition Ayatollah Khamenei For Reforms RFE/L 15 Jul 2003 -- Some 350 reformist intellectuals today urged Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in an open letter to end Islamic repression and steer the country towards democracy.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 6, Number 29 14 Jul 2003 -- IRANIAN GOVERNMENT SUPPRESSES NEWS ON '18 TIR' EVENTS / MAINSTREAM IRANIAN STUDENT ORGANIZATION CANCELS SIT-IN / STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS CALL FOR TRANSPARENT TRIALS / MILLIONS OF IRANIANS ABUSE DRUGS / U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT EXPLAINS IRANIAN 'DEMOCRACY.' / 'DAY OF GLOBAL ARROGANCE' TO BECOME DAY OF DIALOGUE / IRANIAN PRESIDENT MENTIONS QUITTING, AGAIN / TEHRAN RESPONSIBLE FOR DEATH OF CANADIAN JOURNALIST / ABDUCTED IRANIAN JOURNALIST REAPPEARS / IRANIANS RESENT IAEA VISIT, PRESSURE / TEHRAN, RIYADH DISCUSS AL-QAEDA EXTRADITIONS / KHATAMI DEFENDS ECONOMIC RECORD AMIDST QUESTIONS ABOUT BANKING SYSTEM / OPPRESSED AND DISABLED FOUNDATION MAKES DEAL IN MOSCOW / TOKYO STILL KEEN ON IRANIAN OIL-FIELD PROJECT / WASHINGTON ACTS AGAINST FIRMS SUSPECTED OF INVOLVEMENT WITH IRANIAN MILITARY / TEHRAN TESTS MISSILE BEFORE DELIVERY TO CUSTOMER / IRAN BECOMING A BANANA REPUBLIC / ESTORS STORM IRANIAN EMBASSY IN OSLO
  • Iran: Tehran Urged To Do More To Explain Journalist's Death RFE/L 14 Jul 2003 -- Relatives and colleagues of an Iranian-born Canadian photojournalist, Zahra Kazemi, who died after being interrogated by the Iranian intelligence services, have accused Iran of a cover-up.
  • Iranian President Offers to Resign VOA News 12 Jul 2003 -- Iranian President Mohammed Khatami has reportedly offered to resign if his country's people want him to.
  • IAEA/IRAN VOA 11 Jul 2003 -- The International Atomic Energy Agency has sent three more experts to Iran for talks on its nuclear program. The agency wants Iran to agree to more rigorous inspections of its nuclear facilities.
  • DCIS Agents Launch 18-Company Search in Tech Transfer Case 10 Jul 2003 -- Joseph E. Schmitz, Department of Defense Inspector General, announced today that agents from the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS) and the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) executed search warrants on 18 U.S. companies in ten states as part of an ongoing investigation regarding illegal transfer of military components in violation of the Arms Export Control Act.
  • Iran: Tehran Mostly Quiet After Fourth Anniversary Of Pro-Democracy Protests RFE/L 10 Jul 2003 -- Police clashed with demonstrators overnight near Tehran University as students observed the fourth anniversary of nationwide pro-democracy protests in 1999. But the capital has been mostly quiet for the anniversary, confirming the success of police and hard-line vigilante groups in keeping Iran's reformist students off the streets.
  • CONGRESS / IRAN VOA 09 Jul 2003 -- The U-S Senate Wednesday night passed a measure aimed at supporting pro-democracy advocates in Iran. The chamber acted as demonstrators rallied in Tehran and here in Washington to mark the fourth anniversary of violent student protests in the Iranian capital.
  • IRAN / PROTESTS VOA 09 Jul 2003 -- Reports from Iran say several thousand pro-democracy youths fought running street battles with Islamic vigilantes and police near Tehran University Wednesday, on the anniversary marking similar violence four years ago. The street battles come hours after three leading student activists were detained by pro-Islamic clergy vigilantes.
  • IRAN / DEMOS VOA 09 Jul 2003 -- Amid reports that hundreds of Iranian pro-democracy protesters clashed with Islamic vigilantes and police in Tehran, hundreds gathered here in Washington in a show of support for democratic change in Iran. The demonstrations in both capitals were called to mark the fourth anniversary of violent student protests in Tehran.
  • IRAN / STUDENTS VOA 09 Jul 2003 -- Three student activists have been seized in Tehran. The three were seized shortly after they held a news conference to announce the cancellation of protests marking the anniversary of student clashes with security forces.
  • UN atomic watchdog chief seeks additional nuclear safeguards from Iran UN News Centre 09 Jul 2003 -- The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency today sought to persuade Iran's leaders to allow enhanced inspections of their nuclear programme, including environmental samplings, following the country's failure to disclose certain nuclear material and activities.
  • Student Activists Detained in Iran VOA News 09 Jul 2003 -- Three student activists have been seized in Tehran. The three were seized shortly after they held a news conference to announce the cancellation of protests marking the anniversary of student clashes with security forces.
  • Violent Street Battles Reported in Iranian Capital VOA News 09 Jul 2003 -- Reports from Iran say hundreds of Iranian pro-democracy protesters in the capital are fighting running street battles with Islamic vigilantes and police.
  • UN Atomic Chief Visits Iran VOA News 09 Jun 2003 -- The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency is holding talks with senior officials in Tehran in an effort to convince Iran to allow tougher inspections of nuclear sites.
  • L-A / IRANIAN PROTEST VOA 08 Jun 2003 -- Iranian communities around the world are commemorating the four-year anniversary of student protests in Iran and supporting recent protests against the country's theocratic government. Opponents of Iran's Islamic Republic overcame their differences at a joint rally in Los Angeles.
  • EDITORIAL: IRAN'S DANGEROUS COURSE VOA 08 Jul 2003 -- In recent weeks, the people of Iran have risen up by the thousands to call peacefully for freedom and democracy, and to call the world's attention to the destructive policies of the country's radical clerical regime. Among those destructive policies is the Tehran regime's effort to acquire nuclear weapons.
  • I-A-E-A/IRAN VOA 08 Jul 2003 -- The head of the U-N nuclear watchdog is expected to press Tehran to do more in opening up the country's nuclear program for inspection.
  • IRAN / NUKES VOA 08 Jul 2003 -- Officials of an Iranian opposition group have unveiled what they say is new evidence the Tehran government is trying to develop nuclear weapons.
  • UN Atomic Chief Heads for Iran VOA News 08 Jul 2003 -- The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog holds talks in Tehran Wednesday to persuade Iran to allow tougher inspections of nuclear sites.
  • Iranian Opposition Claims Tehran is Developing Nuclear Weapons VOA News 08 Jul 2003 -- Officials of an Iranian opposition group have unveiled what they say is new evidence the Tehran government is trying to develop nuclear weapons.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 6, Number 28 07 Jul 2003 -- COMMEMORATION OF 1999 UNREST COMES AT SENSITIVE TIME / DISSIDENT CLERIC MEETS WITH ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS / PARLIAMENTARIANS' SIT-IN WINS CONCESSIONS... / ...AND OTHER PARLIAMENTARIANS VISIT DETAINEES / AGHAJARI'S PRISON SENTENCE REDUCED / HUNGER-STRIKING WIFE OF JAILED IRANIAN JOURNALIST HOSPITALIZED / IRANIANS CONTINUE TO COMMEMORATE ANTI-ISLAMIC HERO / IRANIAN-AZERI IRREDENTIST ARRIVES IN BAKU / KHATAMI CALLS ON U.S. TO EASE UP / IRAN MARKS 1988 DESTRUCTION OF PASSENGER AIRCRAFT / IAEA CHIEF HEADING TO IRAN / TEHRAN UNDER PRESSURE TO SIGN NPT ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL / TOKYO MAY BACK OUT OF OIL DEAL DUE TO NUCLEAR CONCERNS / IRAN-INDIA GAS PIPELINE LOOKS DOUBTFUL / PISTACHIOS IMPORTANT TO IRANIAN ECONOMY / YEMENI PRESIDENT DISCUSSES IRANIAN AL-QAEDA EXTRADITIONS / TEHRAN ACCUSES ISRAEL OF INVOLVEMENT IN BUENOS AIRES BOMBINGS / PARIS RELEASES MKO TERRORISTS ON BAIL
  • Boucher Says Iranians Demonstrating for Positive Changes Washington File 07 Jul 2003 -- State Department spokesman Richard Boucher told reporters that the kinds of changes called for by Iranians demonstrating against their government "would be good for Iran and good for Iran's place in the world."
  • Regime Change in Iran VOA 07 Jul 2003 -- Four years ago this week, authorities in Iran shut down a reformist newspaper and university students took to the streets demanding change in what was the country's worst civil unrest since the Islamic Revolution in 1979.
  • Iran Confirms Tests of Missile Said Capable of Hitting Israel VOA News 07 Jul 2003 -- Iran has confirmed that it recently conducted a final test of a mid-range surface-to-surface missile that analysts say is capable of reaching Israel.
  • IRAN/MISSILE VOA 07 Jul 2003 -- Iran says it has conducted a final test on a surface-to-surface missile. It's range makes it capable of reaching Israel. U-N nuclear energy chief Mohamed ElBaradei is preparing to visit Tehran this week.
  • Iran Tests Missile Capable of Hitting Israel VOA News 07 Jul 2003 -- Iran says it has conducted a final test on a surface-to-surface missile capable of reaching Israel. Iran says it conducted a "delivery test" of its Shahab 3 ballistic missile, which can strike up to 1,300 kilometers, bringing Israel within its range.
  • Iran Confirmed Tests of Missile Capable of Hitting Israel VOA News 07 Jul 2003 -- Iran has confirmed it recently conducted a test of a missile capable of reaching Israel.
  • Iran Confirmed Tests of Mid-Range Ballistic Missile VOA News 07 Jul 2003 -- Iran has confirmed that it recently conducted a test of a missile capable of reaching Israel.
  • IRAN/MISSILE VOA 07 Jul 2003 -- Iran says it has conducted a final test on a surface-to-surface missile capable of reaching Israel. U-N nuclear energy chief Mohamed ElBaradei is preparing to visit Tehran this week.
  • Iran: Tehran Confirms Test Of Missile RFE/L 07 Jul 2003 -- Iran says it has conducted a final test of its Shahab-3 ballistic missiles, putting its enemy Israel within range of the country's armed forces.
  • The third meeting of the north-south panel for reconnecting railway and road links was held in Munsan of the south side from July 2 to 4. Washington File 04 Jul 2003 -- In response to a July 3 press query, the State Department listed the five Chinese companies and one North Korean firm that have been sanctioned by the U.S. for violations of the Iran Nonproliferation Act and other missile nonproliferation laws.
  • Iran's Opposition VOA 04 Jul 2003 -- The drive for regime change continues in Iran, while opposition groups await better organization and clearer goals. It is only a matter of time, say opponents of clerical rule, but the question is how much time. The regime, though weakened, still stands and shows it can fight back.
  • CHINA/NORKOR/IRAN VOA 04 Jul 2003 -- China has denounced a U-S move to impose sanctions on five Chinese companies. Washington accuses the companies of selling items to Iran that could contribute to Iran's development of weapons of mass destruction. China denies the charges, and called the sanctions "unreasonable."
  • IRAN/POWELL VOA 03 Jul 2003 -- Middle East analysts say Secretary of State Colin Powell's assertion that the United States should avoid direct involvement in Iran's internal politics can have an impact in the region.
  • U-S/CHINA/IRAN VOA 03 Jul 2003 -- The United States has imposed sanctions on five Chinese companies and a North Korean state enterprise for sales to Iran that could help that country's weapons-of-mass-destruction programs. The action was announced as a senior Chinese official ended a Washington visit that included U-S criticism of China's recent human-rights record.
  • Iran: Pressure Building To Increase Nuclear Transparency RFE/L 03 Jul 2003 -- International diplomatic pressure is mounting on Iran to provide more transparency about its nuclear program. This week, two major trading partners -- the European Union and Japan -- both indicated they are considering slowing their commercial cooperation with Tehran if it does not allow more probing inspections by the UN nuclear agency. At the same time, Russia -- under contract to help build an Iranian reactor -- is urging Tehran to show it has no nuclear weapons development programs.
  • US Imposes Sanctions on Chinese, N. Korean Companies Following Weapons Sale to Iran VOA News 03 Jul 2003 -- The United States has imposed sanctions on five Chinese companies and a North Korean state enterprise for sales to Iran that could help that country's weapons of mass destruction programs. The action was announced as a senior Chinese official ended a Washington visit that included U.S. criticism of China's recent human rights record.
  • JAPAN / US / IRAN VOA 03 Jul 2003 -- A two-billion dollar oil deal between Japan and Iran has been put on hold because of U-S opposition. Japanese executives have missed a deadline to sign the agreement with Iran's oil ministry.
  • Iran-Japan Oil Deal on Hold VOA News 03 Jul 2003 -- A $2 billion oil deal between Japan and Iran has been put on hold because of U.S. opposition. Japanese executives have missed a deadline to sign the agreement with Iran's oil ministry.
  • FRANCE / MUJAHEDEEN VOA 02 Jul 2003 -- A Paris appeals court has ordered the release (Wednesday) of nine members of the Iranian opposition Mujahedeen Khalq group, including its leader Maryam Rajavi. The investigation continues into whether the group has terrorist ties.
  • Bush Praises Putin for Help in Effort to Avert Iran, N. Korean Nuclear Intentions VOA News 02 Jul 2003 -- President Bush says Russian President Vladimir Putin is playing a helpful role in efforts to prevent Iran and North Korea from developing nuclear weapons. Mr. Bush says progress is being made.
  • U.S. Opposes Japanese Investment in Iranian Oil Field Washington File 01 Jul 2003 -- Following is the text of a State Department response to a question on Japanese investment in an Iranian oil field. The question was taken at the June 30 regular State Department briefing; an answer was posted later in the day
  • BUSH / PUTIN VOA 02 Jul 2003 -- President Bush says Russian President Vladimir Putin is playing a helpful role in efforts to prevent Iran and North Korea from developing nuclear weapons.
  • Iran: French Court Releases Mujahedin Khalq Leader RFE/L 02 Jul 2003 -- A French court today ordered the conditional release of Maryam Rajavi, the leader of the political wing of the Iranian opposition group Mujahedin Khalq.
  • UN atomic watchdog chief to hold talks with Iran on its nuclear programmes UN News Centre 01 Jul 2003 -- The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency will go to Tehran next week for talks on Iran's nuclear programme following an agency call for environmental samplings and enhanced inspections in the face of the country's failure to disclose certain nuclear material and activities.
  • ElBaradei To Visit Iran VOA News 01 Jul 2003 -- The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency visits Iran next week for talks on inspections aimed at preventing nuclear arms development by Iran.



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