28/1/08

Late Late Nite FDL: Iran’s ‘illegal’ Music
By Eureka Springs
Remember John McCain’s insane rendition of Bomb Bomb Iran? Well it looks like young Iranian rappers have a bit more of the natural born maverick in them as well as the ability to rap in dissent without suggesting anyone bomb seventy …
firedoglake.com/2008/01/27/late-late-nite-fdl-iran%E2%
80%99s-%E2%80%98illegal%E2%80%99-music/

Intl. community supports Iran’s nuclear program: Jalili
Tehran Times – Iran
Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili has been in Brussels meeting with European Union Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana, the official designated by …
www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=162117

Hamas, Gaza, Iran – News Censorship By PR, Terror, Murder
By freeisraelnow
Hamas, a terror led and Iran fueled organization which qualifies as a First Estate entity does not allow free speech. If one cares to express themselves against Hamas, the penalty is either a bullet through the head, a beheading or a …
freeisraelnow.wordpress.com/2008/01/28/hamas
-gaza-iran-news-censorship-by-pr-terror-murder/

God bless the democracy in Iran
By Omid Azadi (Iran)
This situation is very similar to what happened after the election of Mahmood Ahmadinezhad, current president of Iran, when the intellectuals could basically do nothing to approach their goals of a democratic government. …
www.mideastyouth.com/2008/01/27/
god-bless-the-democracy-in-iran/

Iran offers to help Egypt amid Rafah chaos
Times of India – India
CAIRO: Iran on Sunday offered to help Egypt deal with growing chaos on its breached border with Gaza, Egypt’s Foreign Ministry said. …
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Iran_offers_to_
help_Egypt_amid_Rafah_chaos/articleshow/2736307.cms

Iran plays pivotal role in ECO
Tehran Times – Iran
TEHRAN — The Secretary General of the Economic Cooperation Organization, Khurshid Anwar told Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) that Iran plays a key role …
www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=162175

The Madman as Realist: Saddam Feared ‘Al-Qaeda’ and Iran
By Philip Weiss
On “60 Minutes” tonight, George Piro, the Arabic-speaking FBI agent who questioned Saddam Hussein for 7 months after his capture, said that Saddam craved Weapons of Mass Destruction because they gave him assurance that Iran would not …
www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/
2008/01/the-madman-as-r.html

Afghanistan : No proof Iran supplies Taliban
Afghanistan rejects accusations leveled against Iran that it is providing the Taliban with mines made or transferred through the country.
digg.com/world_news/Afghanistan_
No_proof_Iran_supplies_Taliban

Another NeoCon Attempt to frame Iran fails
By Sheree
Although nukes and Iraq have been the main focus of the Bush Administration’s pressure campaign against Iran, US officials also seek to tar Iran as the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism. And Team Bush’s latest tactic is to play up a …
whyorganic.wordpress.com/2008/01/27/
another-neocon-attempt-to-frame-iran-fails/

Iran Daily Opinion Service 28 January
By Michael Veiluva
The active sources of radical Islamism are many, from the state sponsorship of radicalism by Saudi Arabia and Iran, to non-state organisations like Hezbollah, Hizb ut-Tahrir, the Muslim Brotherhood and its offshoots Al-Qaeda and Hamas, …
disarmamentactivist.org/2008/01/27/
iran-daily-opinion-service-28-january/

Zionist Neocon Warmonger Podhoretz Pushes Iran War Again
Leading neoconservative thinker Norman Podhoretz is back, and so is the campaign to bomb Iran. Podhoretz remains thoroughly convinced of the need to bomb Iran to prevent the Islamic Republic from gaining a nuclear weapon. …
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_Podhoretz_Pushes_Iran_War_Again

27/1/08

Gasoline Black Market Thrives in Iran
The Associated Press –
BANDAR ABBAS, Iran (AP) — Each day, the boulevard in this port city derisively dubbed “OPEC Street” is lined with dozens of vendors selling plastic jugs of …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5it4QI3xzX
ASxSGQfphADPY7iULHAD8UEFT8G0

Iran resumes gas supplies to Turkey: report
AFP –
ANKARA (AFP) — Iran began pumping natural gas to Turkey on Sunday after cutting supplies for three weeks, but the flow was far less than normal,…
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h3uImALB49ov7389-BP4wLn_PgLA

Moscow Delivers More Nuclear Fuel to Iran
NewsMax.com – West Palm Beach,FL,USA
UNITED NATIONS — The Russian news agency Ria-Novosti reported that Iran received a shipment of 11 metric tons of uranium fuel from Moscow on Saturday. …
www.newsmax.com/newsfront/russia
_iran_nuclear/2008/01/27/67832.html

Iran’s private sector to build new refinery
Tehran Times – Iran
Tehran — Iran’s private sector plans to build a new refinery in Golestan Province, National Iranian Oil Engineering & Construction Company’s Engineering …
www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=162127

Interrogator says Saddam’s fear of Iran kept him from coming clean …
By pescobedo
(CNN) — The FBI agent who interrogated Saddam Hussein after his capture in 2003 said the Iraqi president told him he never divulged that he had no weapons of mass destruction because he did not want the Iranians to use that …
cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2008/01/27/interrogator-says-saddams
-fear-of-iran-kept-him-from-coming-clean-on-wmd/

Cheney & Bush still want war with Iran – CIA Official
Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses his information that Vice President Cheney remains bent on war with Iran, the truth about al Qaeda and what is to be done about them and the case of former FBI translator-whistleblower Sibel …
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_want_war_with_Iran_CIA_Official

Pakistan and Iran may sign GSPA next month
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan and Iran have agreed to sign gas sales and purchase agreement (GSPA) for cross border pipeline project in the third week of next month. Informed sources said that due to Iran’s increasing international commitments …
www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticlebiz.asp?xfile=data/busi
ness/2008/January/business_January717.xml&section=
business&col=

Dr. Abbas Bakhtiar: Iran and its Economy
Last year I wrote two articles on Iranian economy, one on the US plans for economic strangulation of Iran and the second on the existing systemic problems in the Iranian economy (Ahmadinejad’s Achilles Heel: The Iranian Economy).
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0801/S00238.htm

Bush trying to foment discord in Mideast: IRGC commander
Tehran Times – Iran
On his recent visit to Persian Gulf countries, Bush branded Iran the leading state sponsor of terror, and said “all options” against Tehran remain on the …
www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=162107

Iran resumes gas exports to Turkey – official
Forbes – NY,USA
TEHRAN Thomson Financial – Iran partially restored gas exports to Turkey after a 20-day cut due to a cold snap and soaring cunsumption inside the Islamic …
www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/
afx/2008/01/27/afx4578648.html

MITT ROMNEY AND DICK CHENEY in deep with Iran Investments? (told ya)
By Sheree
In a high profile effort to bolster his credibility on national security, 2008 Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney last week called on New York to divest its pension fund of any holdings in firms doing with business with Iran. …
whyorganic.wordpress.com/2008/01/27/mitt-romney-and
-dick-cheney-in-deep-with-iran-investments-told-ya/

Iran’s Elusive F-14s
Great article with firsthand interviews with former Iranian F-14 pilots.
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UN pressed on Iran sanctions
Financial Times – London,England,UK
Member states would also be urged to monitor more closely the activities of all Iranian banks, including Bank Melli and Bank Saderat. …
www.ft.com/cms/s/485075ba-ccf5-11dc-8df7-000077b07658.html

Iran moderates to seek review of election vetting
Reuters India – Mumbai,India
By Parisa Hafezi TEHRAN (Reuters) – Top Iranian moderates will appeal to the Islamic state’s most powerful figure to resolve a bitter political dispute over …
in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-31619520080127

UPDATE 1-Iran to resume gas exports to Turkey, says official
Reuters UK – UK
TEHRAN, Jan 27 (Reuters) – Iran said on Sunday it would gradually resume gas exports to Turkey starting overnight on Sunday to Monday after the Islamic …
uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKL2727123420080127

Iran Says It Could Attack US Bases
Iran’s top military commander said Saturday that his forces would retaliate against American military bases in the Persian Gulf if they are involved in any possible future attack on Iran. General Mohammad Ali Jaafari, commander of the …
www.terrorism.com/modules.php?op=modload
&name=News&file=article&sid=85858

Clinton/Obama = Iran/Iraq
By gandalf
As with the Iran/Iraq war, the civilized world must must pray both parties lose – Clinton would hand Iraq to Iran, Obama would keep on killing new borns. Here’s an AP factcheck on Obama (my ellipsis): …
depleteduranium.wordpress.com/
2008/01/27/clintonobama-iraniraq/

Iran ex-presidents to appeal over banned candidates
AFP –
TEHRAN (AFP) — Iran’s former presidents and an ex-parliament speaker said on Sunday they are to appeal to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to allow …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iAI-v6bo5iQ-f0eJCclipmWJdstA

Iran increases nuclear activity
The Press Association –
An Iranian official said that the Islamic republic has increased its production to more than 300 tons of a gas used for uranium enrichment, a semi-official …
ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM
5hKYpf39ah2UFAcq0wvuaMpsPl_uw

Iran to attack US forces in case of American invasion
Al-Bawaba – Amman,Jordan
In an interview with Al-Jazeera Television, he said, “In case of US invasion of Iran, the US forces will be targeted by Iran’s long-range missiles. …
www.albawaba.com/en/countries/iran/221498

Ahmadinejad Adviser Says Iran Could Supply Nuclear Fuel Bank
Wall Street Journal – USA
By MARC CHAMPION DAVOS, Switzerland — Hashemi Samareh, chief adviser and life-long confidant to Iran’s president, said his country could join a proposed …
online.wsj.com/article/SB12014335960
5720425.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Pak invites Deora for talks on Iran gas proj
Business Standard – Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
Iran would lay a 1100-km pipeline from the Persian Gulf to the Iran-Pakistan border, while Pakistan would lay a 1035 km from its border with Iran to the …
www.business-standard.com/common/
click_track.php?act=news_now&var=32992

Iran, Iraq ink agreement on environment protection
Xinhua – China
27 (Xinhua) — Iranian and Iraqi officials signed an eight-article agreement on cooperation in the field of environment protection, the official IRNA news …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/27/content_7506876.htm

27/1/08

Iran contends the UN plans for strict sanctions
Manouchehr Mottaki, the Iranian foriegn minister has urged the UN to re-consider it’s latest resolution designed to impose strict sanctions on Iran. The timing of the resolution seems to be strange;… phillyharper …
current.com/items/88825872_iran_contends
_the_un_plans_for_strict_sanctions

Sue Iran and win by Default!
Iran must pay $466 million to the family of a Los Angeles man who was tortured and executed there. The victim’s family won by default as Iran ignored the legal action and presented no defense. The lawyer representing the family said …
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UN readies 3rd round of Iran sanctions
Jerusalem Post – Israel
By HERB KEINON AND AP As the UN Security Council was preparing new sanctions that would step up punitive action against Iran over its nuclear program, …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?c=JPArticle&cid=120
1070796183&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Trade sanctions on Iran, ‘ineffective’: IMF
Tehran Times – Iran
TEHRAN, — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced on Saturday that despite the global sanctions against Iran, the country’s volume of imports …
www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=162058

Iran cracks world top 20 in steel production
Tehran Times – Iran
TEHRAN — By producing more than 10 million tons of steel in 2007, Iran was named the 20th largest steel producer in the world, the International Iron and …
www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=162057

Mirror of the soul the Forough Farrokhzad trilogy : Iran’s …
By corrado@tcnj.edu
Mirror of the soul [videorecording] : the Forough Farrokhzad trilogy : Iran’s greatest poet revealed / written and directed by Nasser Saffarian. Location: Media Services – DVD. Call Number: Shelved alphabetically by title.
libcat.tcnj.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=644486

Iran Praises US, but Mostly Critical
The Associated Press –
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister had qualified praise Saturday for Washington’s planned troop drawdown in Iraq, but urged the US to …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gE-Qc9rw
1hJtJgVcFF-dAetCOiCQD8UDR8MG0

Iran Says It Could Attack US Bases
The Associated Press –
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — Iran’s top military commander said Saturday that his forces would retaliate against American military bases in the Persian Gulf if they …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iVuUtk7
cBfBpoqd0rGmdjsSbb95gD8UDRED80

Iran receives 7th shipment of Russian fuel for nuclear power plant
Jerusalem Post – Israel
By AP Iran received the 7th shipment of nuclear fuel from Russia on Saturday for a power plant being constructed in the southern port of Bushehr, …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1201367872037&
pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Iran condemns US criticism of election process
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
TEHRAN: Iran on Saturday slammed as “nonsense” US criticism of its election process after one third of hopeful candidates were barred from March legislative …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2
008%5C01%5C27%5Cstory_27-1-2008_pg4_16

Afghanistan claims ‘proof’ of Iran-Taliban weapons flow
ABC Online – Australia
By South Asia correspondent Peter Lloyd Officials in Afghanistan say they have proof that Iran is supplying weapons to Taliban insurgents. …
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008
/01/27/2147406.htm?section=justin

Tehran’s Mayor Speaks of Making Iran Less Isolated
New York Times – United States
According to his official biography, Mr. Ghalibaf fought in the Iran-Iraq war for eight years and became a senior commander of the Revolutionary Guards. …
www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/world/
middleeast/27tehran.html?ref=middleeast

Iran:Photos for Peace
By Hamid Tehrani
Photos for Peace calls itself is a photo-sharing network of activists dedicated to stopping the United States from starting a war with Iran.
www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/26/iranphotos-for-peace/

Iran: “No bird flu”
By Crof
Via the Islamic Republic News Agency, a slightly baffling report: Minister: No case of bird flu in Iran. The whole story:. Minister of Health Kamran Baqeri Lankarani said here Saturday that no case of H5N1 virus has been observed in …
crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2008/01/iran-no-bird-fl.html

Another Neocon Attempt to Frame Iran Falls Apart
Although nukes and Iraq have been the main focus of the Bush Administration’s pressure campaign against Iran, US officials also seek to tar Iran as the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism. And Team Bush’s latest tactic is to play up a …
digg.com/world_news/Another_Neocon
_Attempt_to_Frame_Iran_Falls_Apart_2

Iran Says It Could Attack US Bases
CAIRO, Egypt — Iran’s top military commander said Saturday that his forces would retaliate against American military bases in the Persian Gulf if they are involved in any possible future attack on Iran. General Mohammad Ali Jaafari, …
www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20080126/iran-us-gulf

Iran warns US bases in Persian Gulf
Iran says its forces will retaliate against American military bases in the Persian Gulf if they are involved in any possible future attack on Iran.
news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/iran
_warns_us_bases_in_persian_gulf_538979

Turkey says US nuclear policy strengthens Iran
Reuters India – Mumbai,India
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – US ally Turkey said on Saturday Washington’s efforts to isolate Iran over its nuclear programme were undermining reformists …
in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-31609520080126

Iran’s FM questions UN resolution
BBC News – UK
By Bridget Kendall Manouchehr Mottaki has urged major world powers to exercise restraint over a new UN resolution aimed at tightening sanctions against Iran …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7211386.stm