6/1/07

Iran has no immediate plans for normalization of relations with US
USA Today – USA
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has no immediate plans to normalize relations with the United States of America, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Sunday.…
www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-01-06-iran-us_N.htm

Iran slams ‘interfering’ Bush
The Times – Johannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa
TEHRAN – Iran has attacked President George W. Bush’s planned trip to the Middle East next week, saying the landmark visit was aimed at interfering in …
www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=673405

Iran confirms expulsion of German diplomat
Reuters South Africa – Johannesburg,South Africa
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran has expelled a German diplomat for “non-diplomatic activities”, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday, confirming a German news agency …
africa.reuters.com/world/news/usnL06443963.html

BUSH’S OILY ROLE IN IRAN ARMS DEAL
By Mosquito(Mosquito)
Vice President George Bush’s acknowledged support for theill-fated secret arms shipments to Iran has been interpreted as evidence of his loyalty to the policies of President Reagan. Now, however, other evidence suggests that Bush, …
mosquito-blog.blogspot.com/2008/01/
bushs-oily-role-in-iran-arms-deal.html

Iran urges United Nations to close its ‘nuclear file’
Tehran has asked the UN Security Council to close its ‘nuclear dossier’ and send it to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran’s permanent envoy to the UN said on Saturday.
digg.com/world_news/Iran_urges_
United_Nations_to_close_its_nuclear_file

Israel to brief George Bush on options for Iran strike
Times Online – UK
ISRAELI security officials are to brief President George W Bush on their latest intelligence about Iran’s nuclear programme – and how it could be destroyed …
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world
/middle_east/article3137521.ece

Bush: We would defend Israel against Iran
Ha’aretz – Tel Aviv,Israel
By Reuters An Iranian attack on Israel isn’t imminent, but the US would defend its ally in such an event, United States President George Bush told Channel 2 …
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/941814.html

No US ties for now: Iran
By Chris Gelken
TEHRAN, Iran: As US President George W. Bush declared a primary goal of his upcoming tour of the Middle East was to drum up support for further isolating Iran, the country’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyyid Ali Khamenei said that …
chrisgelken.blogspot.com/2008/01/no-us-ties-for-now-iran.html

Iran expels German diplomat
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran has expelled a German diplomat for “undiplomatic” behavior, the Foreign Ministry said Sunday.
www.gmanews.tv/story/75458/Iran-expels-German-diplomat

Israel warns of Iranian missile peril for Europe
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
By Carolynne Wheeler in Jerusalem Iran is developing nuclear missiles capable of reaching beyond its enemies in the Middle East to Europe, President George …
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml
?xml=/news/2008/01/06/wisrael106.xml

Pakistan thanks for Iran’s support
Tehran Times – Iran
ISLAMABAD (IRNA) — Pakistan’s leadership thanked the Government and people of Iran for the expression of support, sympathy, and condolences over the …
www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=160758

Saeed Kamali Dehgan on censorship in Iran
Guardian Unlimited – UK
As a literary journalist in Iran, I have often wondered why the country’s greed for literature abruptly ended when President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took office …
books.guardian.co.uk/departments/
generalfiction/story/0,,2235903,00.html

Iran tests new generation of Saeqe fighters
Tehran Times – Iran
TEHRAN — Iranian Air Force Commander Brigadier General Ahmad Miqani said here on Saturday that the third generation of Saeqe (lightning) fighters has been …
www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=160750

Time for a turn in US’s Iran policy by Kaveh Afrasiabi
By Snuffysmith(Snuffysmith)
What is the US policy on Iran today? This simple question lacks a meaningful response and, unfortunately, there is little prospect for any improvement other than the usual “muddling through” by the lame-duck George W Bush administration …
snuffysmithsblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/
time-for-uturn-in-uss-iran-policy-by.html

Time to change course on Iran
By abock
Here’s an interesting piece from Marc Lynch, who teaches political science at George Washington University on the reasons the US approach to Iran — insofar as that approach is general hostility and refusal to meet directly bilaterally …
eyeontheempire.freedomblogging.com/2008
/01/05/time-to-change-course-on-iran/

Iran:”Blaming USA and Israel for everything”
By Hamid Tehrani
Jomhour ,Iran based blogger,says[Fa] some fundamentalists in Islamic world consider USA and Israel are responsible for what happens in their societies.The blogger is surprised to learn that some in Egypt consider USA-Israel, …
www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/05
/iranblaming-usa-and-israel-for-everything/

5/1/08

Israel to brief George Bush on options for Iran strike 06 Jan 2008
Israeli security officials are to brief President [sic] George W Bush on their latest intelligence about Iran’s nuclear programme – and how it could be destroyed – when he begins a tour of the Middle East in Jerusalem this week. Ehud Barak, the defence minister, is said to want to convince him that an Israeli military strike against uranium enrichment facilities in Iran would be feasible if diplomatic efforts failed to halt nuclear operations. A range of military options has been prepared.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/worl
d/middle_east/article3137521.ece

Bush: We would defend Israel against Iran 06 Jan 2008
An Iranian attack on Israel isn’t imminent, but the U.S. would defend its ally in such an event, United States President [sic] George Bush told Channel 2 television just days before he begins a Mideast visit. If Iran were to strike Israel, Bush said, “We will defend our ally, no ands, ifs or buts.”
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/941814.html

Israel warns of Iranian missile peril for Europe 06 Jan 2008
Iran is developing nuclear missiles capable of reaching beyond its enemies in the Middle East to Europe, President [sic] George Bush will be warned when he visits Israel and the Palestinian territories for the first time since entering the White House. A senior Israeli cabinet minister has told The Sunday Telegraph that his government is convinced Iran is intent on becoming the first Muslim superpower, with weapons capable of striking not only at Israel but also Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia as well as Greece and other parts of south-eastern Europe.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?
xml=/news/2008/01/06/wisrael106.xml

Iranian candidates begin registering for key parliamentary elections
International Herald Tribune – France
AP TEHRAN, Iran: Close to 400 people registered as candidates Saturday for Iranian parliamentary elections seen as a referendum on hardline President…
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/01/05/news/Iran-Elections.php

Iran to become 2008 holiday hotspot
The widely distributed Sunday Telegraph newspaper says Iran is a key holiday destination offering ‘comfort, solitude and authenticity’.
digg.com/world_news/Iran_to_become_2008_holiday_hotspot

How Did Islamic Government Make Iran Non-Shiite?
By chanani
… although they know themselves as Shia followers yet. Before Islamic revolution, there were not main and clear differences between religion and daily life in Iran, but nowadays there’sa world of different between them.
chanani.wordpress.com/2008/01/05/how-
did-islamic-government-make-iran-non-shiite/

Why Bush’s Iran Strategy is Failing the New Gulf by Marc Lynch
By Snuffysmith(Snuffysmith)
“Everywhere you turn, it is the policy of Iran to foment instability and chaos,” Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned Gulf dignitaries in Bahrain last month. But in reality, everywhere you turn, from Qatar to Saudi Arabia to Egypt, …
snuffysmithsblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/
why-bushs-iran-strategy-is-failing-new.html

Rice and Gates divided over Iran
WASHINGTON – A US State Department official’s assertion in late December that Iran had exerted a restraining influence on Iraqi Shi’ite militia violence signaled a major divergence of views between Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice …
www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/29833