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August 2003 Iran Special Weapons News



  • Parliament voices grief at Ayatollah Hakim`s loss IRNA 31 Aug 2003 -- Some 170 members of parliament on Sunday expressed grief at loss of Chairman of Supreme Assembly of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SAIRI) Ayatollah Seyed Mohammad Baqer Hakim in terrorist attack in the holy city of Najaf.
  • Poland welcomes Iran assistance to Iraq security, stability IRNA 31 Aug 2003 -- Polish Defense Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski on Sunday held talks with Secretary of Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Hassan Rowhani on Tehran-Warsaw cooperation over Iraq.
  • President Khatami condemns any form of terrorism IRNA 31 Aug 2003 -- President Mohammad Khatami here on Sunday condemned any form of terrorism and said when a group occupy a country, they are responsible for its security too.
  • Iran, Poland keen to defy terrorism IRNA 31 Aug 2003 -- Poland`s Defense Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski currently visiting Tehran at the head of a military-security delegation in a meeting with Iran`s Interior Minister Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari here on Sudnay reiterated firm determination of Tehran and Warshaw to defy terrorist acts in the region.
  • Iran`s defensive strategy has no room for nuclear weapons IRNA 31 Aug 2003 -- Iran understands certain concerns about its nuclear program but would like to assure the world community that the Iranian defense strategy has no place reserved for nuclear weapons, Iranian President Sayed Mohammad Khatami told EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana during a meeting on Saturday evening.
  • Iran invites EU to cooperation on nuclear programs: Aqazadeh IRNA 31 Aug 2003 -- Iran has invited the European Union for bilateral cooperation on the country`s nuclear programs, Head of Iran`s Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO) Gholam-Reza Aqazadeh said here Saturday.
  • Polish defense minister due in Tehran Saturday night IRNA 30 Aug 2003 -- Polish Minister of Defense Jerzy Szmajdzinski is to arrive here Saturday night to discuss various issues of mutual interest, Iran`s Ministry of Defense and Logistics of the Armed Forces said here on Saturday.
  • FM says Iran not after getting access to nuclear weapons IRNA 30 Aug 2003 -- Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi on Saturdaysaid Iran was not pursuing efforts to reach the nuclear weapons while adding that Tehran`s nuclear activities were purely of peaceful nature.
  • Solana urges Iran to fully cooperate with IAEA IRNA 30 Aug 2003 -- EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana urged Iran to fully cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
  • Khatami meets Solana says nuclear program is peaceful IRNA 30 Aug 2003 -- Visiting EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana met with president Mohammad Khatami here Saturday.
  • MP: Iran-IAEA cooperation should follow its natural course IRNA 30 Aug 2003 -- Head of National Security and Foreign Policy Commission at Majlis Mohsen Mirdamadi said here on Saturday that Iran`s cooperation with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) should follow its natural course.
  • EU recommends Iran to sign additional protocol to NPT, Solana says IRNA 30 Aug 2003 -- The European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Cavier Solana said in Tehran on Saturday that the EU recommends Iran to sign the Additional Protocol to Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
  • Russia, Iran to sign protocol on return of spent nuclear fuel IRNA 30 Aug 2003 -- Russia is ready to sign a protocol on the return of spent nuclear fuel with Iran, Deputy Nuclear Energy Minister Valery Govorukhin said.
  • Iranian legislators to discuss cooperation in Russia IRNA 30 Aug 2003 -- A delegation from Majlis, Iranian parliament, will pay a visit to Moscow at the invitation from the State Duma at the beginning of September, an Iranian embassy official told ITAR-TASS in Moscow.
  • Pakistan supports Iran`s peaceful nuclear programme: Kasuri IRNA 29 Aug 2003 -- Pakistan Friday supported Iran nuclear programme and rejected as baseless and motivated reports that Islamabad has helped Iranian nuclear programme.
  • Kharrazi says Iran nuclear programme is peaceful, indigenous IRNA 29 Aug 2003 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi Friday said Iran`s nuclear programme is totally peaceful, adding that the programme is neither meant for nuclear weapons nor a part of Tehran`s security doctrine.
  • Kharrazi, Kasuri for enhanced Iran-Pak cooperation IRNA 29 Aug 2003 -- Iran`s Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi on Friday discussed bilateral relations, regional and global issues with his Pakistani counterpart Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri.
  • Musharraf, Kharrazi exchange views on Iran-Pak relations IRNA 29 Aug 2003 -- President General Pervez Musharraf on Friday said Pakistan was keen to further enhance relations with Iran, saying both the countries should look towards a bright future.
  • PAKISTAN/IRAN/NUCLEAR VOA 29 Aug 2003 -- Top officials from Pakistan and Iran have again denied allegations that the two countries are cooperating in the field of nuclear technology.
  • FRANCE / IRAN VOA 29 Aug 2003 -- The French news agency, Agence France-Presse (AFP), has published extracts from a French government report detailing attempts by Iran to buy nuclear equipment from a number of countries, including France. The document, confirmed to V-O-A by François Heisbourg, director of France's Strategic Research Institute, reinforces U-S suspicions that Iran may be developing nuclear weapons.
  • Russian keen to proceed with Iran`s nuke program IRNA 28 Aug 2003 -- Russia`s Atomic Energy Ministry here on Thursday dismissed the prospect of stopping nuclear cooperation with Iran for peaceful purpose.
  • Kharrazi: No room for nuclear arms in Iran`s defense doctrine IRNA 28 Aug 2003 -- Visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi in a meeting with Japan`s Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi here Wednesday reiterated that there is no place for nuclear arms in Iran`s defense doctrine.
  • Kharrazi stresses peaceful nature of Iran`s nuclear plans IRNA 28 Aug 2003 -- Iran`s Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi here Thursday stressed that Tehran was pursuing peaceful nuclear programs.
  • State's Reeker Says Iran Must Satisfy IAEA's Nuclear Concerns Washington File 28 Aug 2003 -- The United States says no country should engage in nuclear cooperation with Iran until Iran has fully answered the questions of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) about its nuclear programs and fully addressed the concerns of the international community.
  • IRAN/ARGENTINA VOA 28 Aug 2003 -- The former Iranian ambassador to Argentina is to appear Friday in a London court in connection with the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. The arrest has sparked an intense war of words between officials in Buenos Aires, London, and Tehran. But some people question whether the arrest will advance the nine-year investigation.
  • U.K.: Arrest Of Iranian Ex-Diplomat Threatens London-Tehran Ties RFE/RL 28 Aug 2003 -- Last week's arrest in Britain of Iran's former ambassador to Argentina has resulted in an international row. Argentina wants him extradited in connection with a 1994 bomb attack on a Jewish center in Buenos Aires. Iran, meanwhile, is demanding his release.
  • ARAB/IRAN NUCLEAR VOA 28 Aug 2003 -- Japanese officials say visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi has expressed Iran's desire to broaden its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency on inspections of its nuclear facilities. Political analysts in the Middle East say Arab states have quietly been pressuring Iran to agree to tougher inspections.
  • U-S/RUSSIA/IRAN VOA 27 Aug 2003 -- The United States has again raised with Russian officials its objections to Moscow's assistance to Iran's nuclear program. The U-N's nuclear watchdog calls Iran's efforts an issue of urgent concern and one that will be addressed by the body next month.
  • Iran: IAEA Confirms Finding Weapons-Grade Uranium RFE/RL 27 Aug 2003 -- The UN's nuclear watchdog has confirmed that it has found particles of highly enriched, weapons-grade uranium in environmental samples taken at an Iranian nuclear facility. Iran denies enriching the uranium itself and continues to insist that its nuclear program is only for civilian purposes.
  • IRAN/JOURNALIST VOA 27 Aug 2003 -- The death of a Canadian journalist in Iran is causing battle lines to be drawn between Tehran's reformist members of parliament and the conservative judiciary.
  • Iran, China review expansion of mutual ties IRNA 26 Aug 2003 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi conferred here Tuesday with the Chinese Deputy Prime Minister and the Chinese Head of Iran-China Economic Commission Wu Yi on expansion of economic and industrial cooperation.
  • Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran Report by the Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors GOV/2003/63 [Date: 26 August 2003 - Restricted Distribution; For official use only] Item 5 (b) of the provisional agenda (GOV/2003/44) Derestricted 12 September 2003 (This document has been derestricted at the meeting of the Board on 12 September 2003)
  • IAEA makes Iran report available only to Board of Governors members IRNA 26 Aug 2003 -- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) released the report of Iran`s nuclear program for the member states of the Board of Governors on Tuesday, an official of the Vienna-based agency told IRNA.
  • Russia presents feasibility studies on Bushehr`s 2nd reactor IRNA 26 Aug 2003 -- Russia has handed over to Iran feasibility studies on a second reactor that may be built at the Bushehr nuclear power plant, sources at the Atomic Energy Ministry said.
  • China hails Iran`s readiness to strengthen cooperation with IAEA IRNA 26 Aug 2003 -- China welcomes Iran`s readiness to strengthen cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), President Hu Jintao said.
  • Chinese FM terms Tehran-Beijing ties as positive IRNA 26 Aug 2003 -- Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing here on Tuesday, terming Tehran-Beijing ties as positive, expressed China`s satisfaction with further expansion of mutual relations and lauded Iran`s efforts to the effect.
  • Iranian, Chinese FMs stress promotion of Tehran-Beijing ties IRNA 26 Aug 2003 -- Iran and China discussed here Tuesday bilateral relations and other issues of mutual interests as well as key regional and international developments.
  • IAEA / IRAN VOA 26 Aug 2003 -- The International Atomic Energy Agency has expressed serious concern about Iran's nuclear energy program after finding traces of highly enriched uranium at a major nuclear facility.
  • Iran: UN's Nuclear Agency Finds Highly Enriched Uranium RFE/RL 26 Aug 2003 -- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says that it has found particles of highly enriched uranium in environmental samples taken at an Iranian nuclear facility at Natanz.
  • IRAN/JOURNALIST VOA 26 Aug 2003 -- Iran's Intelligence Ministry is denying that two of its employees were involved in the death of a Canadian journalist last month in Tehran.
  • Iran: Tehran Says Has No Plans To Develop Nuclear Weapons RFE/RL 26 Aug 2003 -- The Iranian foreign minister has reportedly told the Chinese president that Tehran has no plans to develop nuclear weapons.
  • Russia, Iran to sign protocol on spent fuel return to Russia IRNA 25 Aug 2003 -- The additional protocol on the return of spent nuclear fuel from the Iranian nuclear power plant to Russia will be signed by late September, state secretary of the Russian Ministry of Atomic Energy Valery Govorukhin told Tass on Monday.
  • RUSSIA/U-S/NUKES VOA 25 Aug 2003 -- The senior U-S diplomat for arms control, John Bolton, is expected to reaffirm U-S concerns about the nuclear intentions of North Korea and Iran, during two days of talks in Moscow.
  • Iran ready to ink nuclear waste protocol with Russia IRNA 23 Aug 2003 -- Iran is ready to sign a protocol to return its nuclear waste from the Bushehr power plant to Russia, Iran`s Embassy said here Friday.
  • BRITAIN-IRAN ENVOY VOA 22 Aug 2003 -- A former Iranian ambassador to Argentina will remain in custody in Britain pending a court decision on whether to extradite him to Argentina. Hadi Soleimanpur is wanted in Argentina for his alleged involvement in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center. The court adjourned the extradition hearing Friday and ordered the former envoy held until August 29.
  • BRITAIN-IRAN ENVOY VOA 22 Aug 2003 -- A former Iranian ambassador to Argentina will remain in custody in Britain pending a court decision on whether to extradite him to Argentina. Hadi Soleimanpur is wanted in Argentina for his alleged involvement in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center. The court adjourned the extradition hearing Friday and ordered the former envoy held until August 29.
  • Russian Support for Iranian Nuclear Program Has Changed, Says Boucher Washington File 21 Aug 2003 -- State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher, speaking at the August 20 State Department briefing in Washington, said that Russian support for nuclear activity in Iran has changed as a result of U.S. diplomatic efforts.
  • LATVIA / IRAN/ARMS VOA 21 Aug 2003 -- Security police and customs officials in the Latvian capital, Riga, have seized what was described as a sizable illegal shipment of weapons reportedly bound for Iran. Experts say the aging gear was likely bound for terrorist groups for the purpose of updating and repairing existing equipment.
  • Kharrazi, Ivanov discuss Iran`s nuclear programs IRNA 19 Aug 2003 -- Iran`s Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi and his Russian counterpart Igor Ivanov discussed Iran`s nuclear programs on Monday.
  • Iranian, Russian FMs discuss bilateral ties, key regional issues IRNA 19 Aug 2003 -- Iran`s Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi and his Russian counterpart Igor Ivanov discussed bilateral cooperation and possible ways to bolster political and economic ties.
  • Iran: Tehran Reassures Russia Over Nuclear Program RFE/RL 19 Aug 2003 -- Iran told Russia yesterday that it only has peaceful motives for its nuclear program and that Tehran fully respects nuclear nonproliferation.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 6, Number 34 18 Aug 2003 -- EIGHT KILLED IN CENTRAL IRAN RIOTS / IRANIAN OFFICIALS TRY TO IGNORE ECSTASY ABUSE / OPIATES REMAIN THE BIGGEST DANGER TO IRANIANS / KHATAMI: TWIN BILLS WILL NOT GO TO EXPEDIENCY COUNCIL / EXECUTIVE BRANCH OPPOSES PROVINCIAL SCREENING OFFICES / GUARDIANS COUNCIL REJECTS WOMEN'S RIGHTS LEGISLATION / GUARDIANS COUNCIL REJECTS ANTITORTURE LEGISLATION / CONTROVERSIAL CLERIC RELEASED FROM JAIL / IRAN COMMEMORATES JOURNALISTS' DAY / IRAN'S MARKAZI PROVINCE GETS NEW GOVERNOR-GENERAL / TEHRAN DISAVOWS ARMS DEALER'S MEETING WITH AMERICANS / CONTROVERSY OVER IRAN'S HANDLING OF AL-QAEDA MEMBERS / IRANIAN OFFICIALS WANTED BY ARGENTINA / IRANIAN AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ COULD BE A MILITARY OFFICER / NUCLEAR INSPECTORS ARRIVE IN IRAN / PLANNERS SAY IRAN'S ECONOMIC FUTURE LOOKS GRIM / GOVERNMENT STABILIZES FOOD PRICES / SEVERAL PRIVATE INSPECTORATES OPERATING IN IRAN
  • Iran: Government Official Reports Several Deaths In Riots RFE/RL 17 Aug 2003 -- Mehdi Taheri, the Isfahan Governor General Office's director-general for political-security affairs, said that eight people, including two policemen, were killed and some 150 injured during 16 August riots in the central Iranian province, the Iranian Students News Agency reported.
  • IRAN/AL-QAIDA VOA 17 Aug 2003 -- Plans by Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terror network to attack Iran have been foiled by Iranian security agents, according to a senior Iranian official.
  • U-S-Iran Terror VOA 15 Aug 2003 -- The United States Friday closed down offices of the political wing of the Iranian opposition group the People's Mujahedeen or M-E-K. The political arm of the group, known as the National Council of Resistance of Iran, had operated openly in Washington even though its parent is listed by the U-S government as a terrorist organization.
  • State Dept Amends Terrorist Designation of Mujahedin-e Khalq Washington File 15 Aug 2003 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell amended the State Department's designation of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) as a foreign terrorist organization in order to include two of its aliases in the designation.
  • Iran: Hard-Liners Strike Down Bill To Loosen Election Restrictions RFE/RL 15 Aug 2003 -- A key Iranian reformist bill to loosen restrictions on who runs for parliament has been struck down for a second time by a hard-line parliamentary oversight committee. The action this week suggests Iran's hard-liners may try to wrest back control of the parliament from reformists in legislative elections early next year, by making it difficult for liberal candidates to participate.
  • Iran: President Khatami Criticizes Religious Hard-Liners RFE/RL 12 Aug 2003 -- Iranian President Mohammad Khatami (pictured) says religious hard-liners opposed to reforms alienate the country's youth and create trouble for the future.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 6, Number 33 11 Aug 2003 -- KHATAMI'S DEFENSE OF REFORM MOVEMENT WINS PRAISE / KHATAMI HEARS MINORITIES' DEMANDS / VOCAL CRITICISM OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS LEGISLATION / PARLIAMENT APPROVES BILL TO FIGHT MONEY LAUNDERING / PARLIAMENTARIANS VISIT IMPRISONED HARD-LINE VIGILANTES / CLEMENCY FOR SOME STUDENT LEADERS DETAINED IN TEHRAN AND HAMEDAN / TOP IRANIAN OFFICIALS MEET TO DISCUSS OUTSTANDING ISSUES / IRAN RELEASES TWO DETAINEES IN CANADIAN JOURNALIST CASE / TEHRAN CONSIDERS NEXT STEPS ON NPT ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL / PYONGYANG CONSIDERS PROVIDING MISSILE AND NUCLEAR KNOW-HOW TO TEHRAN / NONPROLIFERATION CONCERNS SLOW TOKYO-TEHRAN OIL DISCUSSIONS / IRANIAN FUNDING OF PALESTINIAN TERRORISTS INCREASES / DEFENDERS OF AL-QAEDA MEMBERS HELD IN IRAN SPEAK OUT / ISRAEL, IRAN, AND U.S. HAVE SECRET CONTACTS / IRAN-U.A.E TIES CONTINUE TO DEVELOP / IRANIAN CHARITY REBUILDING BOSNIAN MOSQUES / IMAM'S GRANDSON DEFENDS IRAN'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS
  • FAITH AND FREEDOM FOR IRAN VOA 12 Aug 2003 -- In 1979, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeni took power in Iran and established a radical Muslim clerical regime. His grandson, Ayatollah Seyed Hussein Khomeini, is now an outspoken critic of that regime. "It is clear to Iranians that they have suffered from the tyranny of that country," he said, "Iranians want freedom and democracy."
  • EDITORIAL: IRAN AND SYRIA HARBOR TERRORISTS VOA 08 Aug 2003 -- Governments throughout the Middle East must stand for peace by fighting terrorism. President George W. Bush says terrorism is the greatest obstacle to the emergence of a Palestinian state living side-by-side in peace with Israel
  • Iran: Tehran Takes A Keen Interest In Regional Road Building RFE/RL 08 Aug 2003 -- While the United States increases pressure to isolate Iran, Tehran is pressing ahead to build a highway into neighboring Afghanistan. Iran, which is seeking to establish itself as a main trade route, sees Afghanistan as a potential land link between the Persian Gulf, Central Asia, and China.
  • US intelligence service unable to understand Iran's internal affairs: Younesi IRNA 08 Aug 2003 -- Information (Intelligence) Minister Ali Younesi said here Thursday that the weakness of the US intelligence service (CIA) will be evident while considering its inability to understand Iran's internal affairs.
  • Iran rejects report on Khatami's letter to US secretary of state IRNA 07 Aug 2003 -- Iran on Thursday rejected a press report on President Mohammad Khatami's alleged letter to US Secretary of State Colin Powell, asking the two countries to continue their secret and direct talks in Geneva.
  • UN nuclear watchdog agency in talks with Iran on enhanced safeguards UN News Centre 07 Aug 2003 -- The United Nations nuclear watchdog agency is holding a series of talks with senior governmental officials in Iran following its call last month for enhanced inspections to guarantee the peaceful nature of the country's nuclear programme after Tehran failed to disclose certain material and activities.
  • Iran: U.S. Daily Says Tehran In 'Late Stages' Of Building Nuclear Bomb RFE/RL 06 Aug 2003 -- A major U.S. daily, the "Los Angeles Times," reported this week that Iran appears to be in the late stages of building a nuclear bomb and has sought technical help from Pakistan, Russia, and other countries. The story, which has already been widely picked up by other media, has already sparked an angry denial from Pakistan.
  • Iran: President Vows Continuation Of Nuclear Program RFE/RL 06 Aug 2003 -- Iranian President Mohammad Khatami says the country will not surrender its nuclear power-generating program.
  • IRAN/NUCLEAR VOA 06 Aug 2003 -- Nuclear experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency are holding talks in Tehran this week, aimed at gaining greater access to Iran's nuclear facilities. The results of the talks are not known. But the issue has taken on greater urgency with a new report by a leading U-S newspaper that Iran is secretly trying to develop nuclear weapons. Most governments in the region do not want Iran to have nuclear weapons, but the idea is more popular among some of the region's people.
  • Iran opposes WMD, rejects allegations against Iran's nuclear program, president IRNA 06 Aug 2003 -- President Mohammad Khatami said on Wednesday that the Islamic Republic of Iran in line with the Islamic teachings opposes proliferation of nuclear arms and has never had such a program.
  • Ayatullah ul-Uzma Khamenei This eminence speech was on Wed. 6th August 2003 in an audience contained officials of the administration of the Islamic Republic of Iran. - "I see two major challenges. One, the formation of a united front against us. Members of this front are America and the Zionists. You shouldn't think that there is a global coalition against the Islamic Republic. No. This united front, the centre which works against the Islamic Republic with all its might, has two members: the regime of the United States of America and the Zionist regime and its Zionist supporters around the world whose power, wealth and influence around the world are not insignificant. This is it."
  • No nuke assistance to Iran: Pakistan IRNA 06 Aug 2003 -- Pakistan has rejected as "completely false, irresponsible and motivated" a US media report alleging Pakistani assistance to Iran in the latter's alleged enrichment program.
  • IAEA team holds crucial meeting with Iranian experts IRNA 06 Aug 2003 -- Members of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) started a crucial meeting here Tuesday with Iranian experts to discuss the technical, legal and political aspects of the Additional Protocol to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
  • Shahroudi: Iran will not succumb to bullying on nuclear protocol IRNA 05 Aug 2003 -- Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi lashed out Monday at those, he said, had taken up a servile tone in the face of calls on Tehran to sign an additional nuclear protocol and said that Iran would not submit to force.
  • EDITORIAL: IRAN'S RICH RULERS VOA 05 Aug 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.
  • Iran: Tehran Cool As Pressure Mounts To Clarify Nuclear Program RFE/L 05 Aug 2003 -- International pressure continues to mount on Tehran to make its nuclear program more transparent amid suspicions Iran is seeking to develop nuclear weapons. But so far, Tehran has given no indication of whether it will comply with the UN's demands for closer inspections of its nuclear facilities. This week, Tehran said only that the decision will ultimately be made by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei himself and in accordance with national interests.
  • IRAN / NUCLEAR VOA 05 Aug 2003 -- Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency have concluded two days of talks in Iran aimed at reaching an agreement to allow unannounced inspections of Iran's nuclear program.
  • Iran: Supreme Leader Says Students Should Be Shown 'Compassion' RFE/L 05 Aug 2003 -- Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei today endorsed a proposal to show "Islamic compassion" to students who were detained during a recent wave of political protests in Iran.
  • Iran: Court Finds Two Men Guilty Of 'Warring Against God' RFE/L 05 Aug 2003 -- An Iranian court today said that two people arrested during recent demonstrations in Shiraz are guilty of "warring against God" -- a penalty punishable by death, amputation, or exile.
  • Not in Iran's interests to reveal names of detained Qaeda agents IRNA 04 Aug 2003 -- Iran on Monday said security considerations needed that it did not reveal the names of an unspecified number of foreigners, held in custody because of their suspected links to Al Qaeda.
  • Iran stresses its 'positive attitude' to additional protocol IRNA 04 Aug 2003 -- Iran on Monday reiterated its stance that it looked positively at at an additional protocol to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, while saying it would consider national interests to decide whether to sign it.
  • IAEA experts begin talks with Iranian lawyers IRNA 04 Aug 2003 -- Iranian lawyers have begun talks with a legal team from the international atomic energy watchdog on 'ambiguities' about an additional protocol to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, a senior official said here on Monday.
  • IAEA spokesman comments on LA Times report IRNA 04 Aug 2003 -- A spokesman for the international nuclear watchdog, the Vienaa-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Lothar Wedekind, commented here Monday on a report by the Los Angeles Times that Iran is in the process of producing a nuclear bomb.
  • IAEA delegation heads for Iran IRNA 04 Aug 2003 -- A team of experts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headed for Tehran Monday to brief Iranian officials on the technical details of the Additional Protocol to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) which it is urged to sign, an official said.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 6, Number 32 04 Aug 2003 -- REFORMIST COALITION MIGHT SURVIVE UNTIL PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION / FISTICUFFS ERUPT IN PARLIAMENT / PRESIDENT, PARLIAMENT TO DISCUSS LEGISLATIVE DEADLOCK / EDUCATION MINISTER TRIES TO RESIGN / CONTROVERSIAL CLERIC'S ARRESTED ASSOCIATE GETS SUPPORT / FAMILIES FEAR FOR ARRESTED LOVED ONES / HUMAN TRAFFICKERS DETAINED IN TEHRAN / IRANIAN CANOEISTS DEFECT IN GERMANY / SPECIAL BASIJ UNITS TO BE ESTABLISHED IN TEHRAN AREA / IRANIAN SUPREME COURT JUDGE SKEPTICAL ABOUT INVESTIGATION OF CANADIAN PHOTOJOURNALIST'S DEATH... / ...AS OTTAWA WELCOMES PROGRESS IN CASE / TEHRAN DENIES SUPPORTING TERRORIST FAMILIES / IRANIAN OFFICIALS LOOK EAST / TOKYO, WASHINGTON DISCUSS IRANIAN AFFAIRS / TEHRAN-KYIV TO CONCLUDE GAS AGREEMENT / PROGRESS CONTINUES IN INDIA-IRAN RELATIONS / IRANIAN ECONOMY FACES CHALLENGING FUTURE / IRAN SCRAPS SATELLITE DEAL WITH RUSSIA
  • BUSH IRAN VOA 04 Aug 2003 -- The White House says it has concerns about Iran's nuclear weapons program, and is working with the international community to put pressure on Tehran. This, as a new published report says Iran appears to be in the late stages of building a nuclear bomb.
  • Powell Says World Concern over Iran's Nuclear Program Rising Washington File 04 Aug 2003 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell says recent revelations about Iran's
  • BUSH IRAN VOA 04 Aug 2003 -- The White House says it has concerns about Iran's nuclear weapons program, and is working with the international community to put pressure on Baghdad. This, as a new published report says Iran appears to be in the late stages of building a nuclear bomb.
  • Iran: Khomeini's Grandson Calls For New Revolution RFE/L 04 Aug 2003 -- The eldest grandson of the late Iranian revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (pictured) has called on Iranians to launch an attack on the current regime.
  • Powell Discusses North Korea, Iran, War on Terrorism Washington File 03 Aug 2003 -- Regarding Iran, Powell said the United States is concerned about that country's nuclear energy program and is "particularly engaged with the Russians on their support of the projects such as we share.
  • Secretary Colin L. Powell Interview by Regional Syndicates Dept. Of State 01 Aug 2003 -- "We want to see whether or not Iran is so committed to creating an indigenous fuel cycle that they don't need outside help after a while. And we believe that the international community is more and more coming to the conclusion that we have to do everything possible to persuade the Iranians one way or another that this is not the direction in which they should be moving. It doesn't do much for the their people. It's destabilizing to the region. "



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