2/3/08

Iran leader in landmark Iraq trip
BBC News – UK
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has arrived in Baghdad on the first ever visit to Iraq by an Iranian president. The visit marks the culmination of a process of…
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7273431.stm

Iran completely abandons the dollar
By disinter
In an interview with The Financial Times, Hojjatollah Ghanimifard said that over the past three months, Iran has received 75 percent of the proceeds from its oil sales in euros and the remaining 25 percent in the Japanese currency, yen. …
disinter.wordpress.com/2008/03/01
/iran-completely-abandons-the-dollar/

UK Parliament report in Iran’s nuke program – Debunked.
By C S
A Foreign Affairs Committee of the British Parliament has come out with a new report which claims that Iran could have a nuclear “breakout capacity” by 2015. They are essentially repeating three forms of rhetorical fallacies that I have …
www.iranaffairs.com/iran_affairs/2008/03/uk-parliament-r.html

Iran to Boycott Paris Book Fair
By familycorruption
“The Islamic Republic of Iran has participated in previous fairs but this year because of France’s decision Iran is boycotting the fair,” said Ali Alipour, an official at the ministry of culture and Islamic guidance. …
fayebrownbookblog.wordpress.com/2008
/03/01/iran-to-boycott-paris-book-fair/

UN Security Council set to adopt Iran sanctions Monday
ABS CBN News – Philippines
UNITED NATIONS – The Security Council is set to vote Monday to marginally tighten UN sanctions against Iran over its refusal to freeze sensitive nuclear …
www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=110932

Iran president leaves for landmark trip to Iraq
International Herald Tribune – France
TEHRAN: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad left for a landmark visit to Iraq on Sunday, saying the trip was designed to strengthen Iraqi security and …
www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/03/02/
africa/OUKWD-UK-IRAQ-AHMADINEJAD.php

Iran shifts oil sales away from dollar
By ~/~ELIA~\~(~/~ELIA~\~)
In an interview with The Financial Times, Hojjatollah Ghanimifard said that over the past three months, Iran has received 75 percent of the proceeds from its oil sales in euros and the remaining 25 percent in the Japanese currency, yen. …
susanweimer.livejournal.com/20754.html

Iran: Number One World Power? Nope, Not Today
By Billy Hallowell
According to FOX News, Ahmadinejad uttered these words this past week in a speech to the families of Iranians who perished in the Iran-Iraq war that occurred more than 20 years ago. And, yes. He was being serious. …
www.washingtonhotlist.com/iran-number
-one-world-power-nope-not-today/

Surprise! “Iran” Nuke Laptop Data Likely Came From Israel
Tehran has denounced the documents on which the charges are based as fabrications provided by the MEK, and has demanded copies of the documents to analyse, but the United States had refused to do so. There are some indications, …
digg.com/world_news/Surprise_Iran_
Nuke_Laptop_Data_Likely_Came_From_Israel

MPs Say That The US Should Talk Directly to Iran
By konservo
MPs in the United Kingdom have suggested that the best way to handle Iran is for the British government to convince us, the United States of America, to sit down and have a chat with the Islamofascist terror-supporters in Iran. …
djkonservo.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/mps-
say-that-the-us-should-talk-directly-to-iran/

New law proposed in Iran
By twistedone151
The Iranian Parliament is considering a proposed change to the penal code that would require the death penalty for apostasy. More specifically, it mandates it for men who leave Islam:. Though sections of the draft appear to indicate …
twistedone151.wordpress.com/2008/
03/01/new-law-proposed-in-iran/

Iran to Punish Apostasy with Death
By Dennis
Apostasy — or the formal renunciation of religion — is already punishable in Iran with death. But now, Iran wants to make the death penalty for apostasy part of the penal code. The European Union is concerned and has asked Iran to …
samadhisoft.com/2008/03/01/iran-to-punish-apostasy-with-death/

Panel says Iran could make nuclear bomb by 2015
Reuters UK – UK
By Adrian Croft LONDON (Reuters) – Iran retains nuclear weapons ambitions and there is a “strong possibility” it could be in a position to quickly make a …
uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKL0114884220080302

Iran dissident defies jail fighting for equality
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
By Kay Biouki in Tehran, and Gethin Chamberlain A woman facing jail in Iran for speaking out against the regime of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has…
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml
?xml=/news/2008/03/02/wiran102.xml

Iran calls for expansion of ties with African nations
Tehran Times – Iran
TEHRAN – Iran’s cooperatives minister, presiding over a 50-member delegation to the Ivory Coast, highlighted the expansion of bilateral economic relations …
www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=164210

Iran calls for UN sanctions against US
Tehran Times – Iran
Iran’s top nuclear negotiator accused the United States of violating international law by using nuclear weapons against Japan, building nuclear arsenals, …
www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=164185

Bush warns Iran, calls for more NATO troops in Afghanistan
AFP –
CRAWFORD, Texas (AFP) — US President George W. Bush on Saturday warned his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to “stop exporting terror” ahead of the …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iCE0IP2aDdRpHV3U1tf-UYsC1J5w

1/3/08

Iran Slams UN Sanctions Meeting
The Associated Press –
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian officials said Saturday that UN Security Council debates on new sanctions over the country’s nuclear program would be illegal …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iRqjZV1
Meppj40hTs8IBOv4DdsQwD8V4SMO80

Iraq should tell Iran to stop war supplies – Bush
Reuters – USA
By David Alexander CRAWFORD, Texas, March 1 (Reuters) – US President George W. Bush said on Saturday the Iraqi government should use a visit by Iranian…
www.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUSN01262247

Israel will be ‘uprooted’, says Iran
The Australian – Sydney,Australia
Iran insists its position is in no way anti-Semitic but anti-Zionist, pointing to the continued existence in the country of the largest Jewish community in …
www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/
0,25197,23305569-12377,00.html

Iran’s religious minorities are becoming our refugees
By judyw
TEHRAN — For decades the United States has funded an effort intended to help Christians, Zoroastrians and Jews escape persecution in Iran. Now some of their leaders are questioning American motives as sects that have endured here for …
refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com/2008/03/01
/irans-religious-minorities-are-becoming-our-refugees/

Iran Is #1, According To Iran
By The Huffington Post News Editors(webmaster@huffingtonpost.com)
This week, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad—the Sherri Shepherd of the Middle East—once again surprised and delighted citizens of Earth when he announced that Iran was the “number one world power.” Though his proof ranked …
www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/01/
iran-is-1-according-to-_n_89352.html

‘US-Iran talks improving Iraqi security’
Jerusalem Post – Israel
By AP Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday that US-Iran talks have helped improve security in Iraq but rejected claims that the Islamic …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1204213994270
&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Fighting in Gaza…Iran on Iraq…Bush talks drug control …
KXMC – Minot,ND,USA
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (ah-muh-DEE’-neh-zhahd) says talks between the US and Iran are helping the security situation in …
www.kxmc.com/News/214472.asp

IAEA must regard Iran’s nuclear case as a normal one: ambassador …
ISNA – Iran
TEHRAN, March.01 (ISNA)-The Iranian ambassador to Spain called for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to consider Iran’s unclear case as a normal …
www.isna.ir/Main/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-1095777&Lang=E

US: Iraqi Women Bomber Trainer Caught
The Associated Press –
Iran has in the past denied such claims. On the eve of a visit here by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the country’s state news agency reported that …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gkx-3o
YeFwuWKCusr2jrojs98w8wD8V4NF3G0

Iran calls UNSC to impose resolutions on Washington
ISNA – Iran
01 (ISNA)-Iran emphasizes the Security Council should issue a resolution against the US instead of Iran. Secretary of Iran’s national security council Saeed …
www.isna.ir/Main/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-1095890&Lang=E

Iran calls Security Council debates on its nuclear program illegal …
International Herald Tribune – France
AP TEHRAN, Iran: Tehran on Saturday called illegal and “futile” UN Security Council debates for new sanctions against Iran, saying sanctions would undermine …
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/03/01
/africa/ME-GEN-Iran-Nuclear.php

Iran to boycott Paris book fair
AFP –
TEHRAN (AFP) — Iran said on Saturday it is boycotting this year’s Paris book fair in protest at Israel being invited as guest of honour, the state-run IRNA …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gtI8ZokJU37WSTdFQfLmDihzfTFg

Lebanese MP: Hizballah chief a spy for Iran
By Robert
“Lebanese Minister Marwan Hamada: Nasrallah Is a Spy for Iran,” from MEMRI (thanks to Sr. Soph):. Following are excerpts from an interview with Lebanese MP Marwan Hamada, which aired on Press TV on February 25, 2008. …
www.jihadwatch.org/archives/020150.php

Iran says new UN sanctions would be illegal
Africasia – London,UK
Iran on Saturday branded as illegal a new Security Council resolution likely to be adopted imposing a third set of United Nations sanctions against Tehran …
www.africasia.com/services/news/newsitem.
php?area=mideast&item=080301101709.9rddwhh7.php

Iran and Iraq A trip to Baghdad
Economist – UK
WITH one eye fixed abroad and the other back home, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s president, is scheduled to visit Iraq for two days from Sunday March 2nd. …
www.economist.com/world/africa
/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10788918

Iran-US nuclear impasse
By C S
The IAEA has asked for additional transparency measures from Iran for proving that no “undeclared” activities exist. The proof that there are no undeclared activities is provided through the Additional Protocol. Iran isn’t legally bound …
www.iranaffairs.com/iran_affairs/2008/03/iran-us-nuclear.html

UNSC set to impose fresh sanctions on Iran
Hindu – Chennai,India
United Nations (PTI): The UN Security Council is all set to impose new sanctions on Iran to force it to abandon its uranium enrichment programme,…
www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200803011101.htm

The Iranian nuclear challenge
Boston Globe – United States
THE INTERNATIONAL Atomic Energy Agency reported this week that Iran has failed to answer questions about suspicious work on the design and testing of …
www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials
/articles/2008/03/01/the_iranian_nuclear_challenge

Iran Nuke Laptop Data Came from Terror Group
By Gareth Porter
Now charges based on those documents pose the only remaining obstacles to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) declaring that Iran has resolved all unanswered questions about its nuclear program.
www.antiwar.com/porter/?articleid=12443

Iran faces heat at IAEA board meeting
Inquirer.net – Philippines
VIENNA — Iran could be in for a tough time at the IAEA next week when the UN atomic watchdog’s 35-member board of governors convenes for its regular March …
newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20080301-
122169/Iran-faces-heat-at-IAEA-board-meeting

Iraq gears up for first ever visit by Iranian president
Times of India – India
“This trip will create new opportunities in Iranian-Iraqi relations,” Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said ahead of the trip. …
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Iraq_gears_up_for_first_
ever_visit_by_Iranian_president/articleshow/2828528.cms

Bahmun urges end to nuclear crisis
Gulf Daily News – Manama,Bahrain
By REBECCA TORR A CLAUSE calling for Iran to meet the targets of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) within six months was passed at the 14th …
www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article
=210218&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=30347

US Zeal for Iran’s Non-Muslims Faulted
Washington Post – United States
But leaders of Iran’s non-Muslim religious minority groups say their communities are not mistreated by the Iranian government, whose actions are overseen by …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2008/02/29/AR2008022903488.html

Video: The McCain “Bomb Iran” montage
By Allahpundit
As a follow-up to the Obama post, here’s feeble leftist propagandist Robert Greenwald taking two comments of McCain’s — one the oft-distorted “100 years” remark, the other his “bomb Iran” goof from last year — and spinning an entire …
www.hotair.com/archives/2008/02/29/
video-the-mccain-bomb-iran-montage/

US warns Europe of Iran missiles – Los Angeles Times
With American officials working to close a deal on a missile defense system in Europe, the head of the US program warned Thursday that Iran was within two or three years of producing a missile that could reach most European capitals.
www.mixx.com/stories/127411/u-s-warns-
europe-of-iran-missiles-los-angeles-times

Sponsors delay Security Council vote on new sanctions against Iran …
International Herald Tribune – France
AP UNITED NATIONS: Britain and France delayed a Security Council vote on new sanctions against Iran until Monday to try to get more support for the…
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/03/01/
news/UN-GEN-UN-Iran-Nuclear.php

Resistance against sanctions increased respect for Iran
Tehran Times – Iran
UNITED NATIONS (IRNA) — Iran’s Permanent Ambassador to UN here Friday in a meeting with the press considered Iran’s resistance against a few countries’ …
www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=164126

Secret hand that rocks Iran’s cradle
New Straits Times – Persekutuan,Malaysia
By : Mehdi Khalaji WITH the release of America’s National Intelligence Estimate, according to which Iran has suspended its nuclear weapons programme, …
www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/
Saturday/Columns/2173804/Article/index_html

‘Badly veiled’ woman caught: Iran arrests 10 over clashes with police
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
TEHRAN: The Iranian security forces arrested 10 people, who clashed with the police in Tehran after they arrested a woman deemed to be badly veiled as part …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008
%5C03%5C01%5Cstory_1-3-2008_pg7_58

Women Practicing Law in Iran
Women Practicing Law in Iran Category: Activist and ex-Iranian lawyer, Mehrangiz Kar discusses working as a lawyer in Iran under Sharia Law and her subsequent exile to the United States. Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800 …
fora.tv/2007/02/07/Women_Practicing_Law_in_Iran

Friday Tehran Sermon: IAEA Report “Failure” For US, Attests To …
Tehran interim Friday prayer leader Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati said in his sermon today that the International Atomic Energy Agency’s report on Iran’s nuclear program was “solid evidence” of Iran’s righteousness and of the US’s . …
www.thememriblog.org/iran/blog_personal/en/5847.htm