Posted on 02/28/2006 8:26:28 PM PST by DoctorZIn
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Why wait? Read El Baradei's Iran report now.
- Vital Perspective published the full text of the embargoed IAEA Report on Iran's Nuclear Program.
Iran fails to divide the west.
- The Financial Times reported that France, Germany and Britain dismissed Tehran’s announcement that it had reached a “basic agreement” with Russia. German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said “The Iranian position is an attempt to split the international community. It will not succeed.”
- Itar-Tass reported that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the Russian proposal "is not isolated, being a component of the possible package, with which all the members of the IAEA board of governors will have to agree."
Iran warns journalists ahead of the March 6th IAEA meeting.
- Rooz Online reported that with the upcoming March 6 meeting of the IAEA coming soon, journalists are being summoned to the Ministry of Islamic Guidance and threatened on what they write.
Akbar Ganji "free in just 20 days?"
- Eli Lake, The New York Sun reported that Iranian dissident and opposition leader Akbar Ganji is scheduled to be released from Evin Prison in about 20 days.
Here are a few other news items you may have missed.
- Scott Macleod, Time Magazine published part one of an interview with Ali Larijani, Iran's foreign policy chief and top nuclear negotiator.
- The National Press Club will host a lecture, March 1st, with Reza Pahlavi, who will discuss "The Current Situation in Iran."
- The Los Angeles Times argued that Iran's case is significantly different than the case made against Iraq saying the IAEA has credibility internationally as an impartial analyst.
- Iran Focus published a list of 20 terrorist camps and centers run by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).
- BBC News reported that two bombs have exploded in the southern Iranian cities of Dezful and Abadan, planted in the governor's offices.
- BBC News reported that Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has arrived in Tokyo for talks about Iran's nuclear program.
- And finally, Michael Rubin, The Wall Street Journal provided evidence that Iran's Iraq strategy is a repeat of its successful Hezbollah strategy in Lebanon.
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It is interesting to me that these series of bomb blasts aren't receiving any "real" attention in the news. Just another reason I'm so grateful for these daily Iran threads Doc. And I'm hoping against hope that Ganji is indeed released in 20 days. Nevertheless, when it comes to Iran I don't hold my breath, sigh.
"And I'm hoping against hope that Ganji is indeed released in 20 days. Nevertheless, when it comes to Iran I don't hold my breath, sigh."
I completely agree with you on this. I am hopeful, but I don't trust the mullahs and their cohorts to do what they say they will do.
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