| 31/07/04
IRAN Refuses to Give Up Uranium Enrichment
Guardian – UK
TEHRAN, Iran – A defiant Iran on Saturday said it had resumed building
nuclear centrifuges, saying the move was retaliation for the failure of
three European…
www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4372101,00.html
FOOTBALL: Japan, Iran Advance to Asian Cup Semifinals
Voice of America – Washington,DC,USA
Japan's national football team and three-time champion Iran have advanced
to the semifinals of the Asian Cup football tournament in China.…
www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=88F23441-6002-4668-B1AB794E84E342FD
US Threatens To Boycott Turkish Companies Cooperating With Iran
Tehran Times – Tehran,Iran
TEHRAN (MNA) ˆ- US Charge D‚affaires to Ankara said that Turkey should
not help develop Iran‚s oil industry, Zaman said on Saturday.…
www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=8/1/2004&Cat=9&Num=032
IRAN Should Negotiate Firmly With Europe: MP
Tehran Times – Tehran,Iran
Iran has been constantly pressured by the US and the Zionist regime through
the use of propaganda in recent years; however, since the accusers have
never…
www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=8/1/2004&Cat=2&Num=006
IRAN Denies Fuelling Iraq Insurgency
Scotland on Sunday – Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
Earlier this month, Iraqi defence minister Hazem al-Shaalan said Iran was
Iraq‚s “first enemy‰ because it was playing a role in the insurgency.
…
news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3280600
HIGH-LEVEL Iraqi Political-Economic Delegation Arrives In Iran
Tehran Times – Tehran,Iran
KHOSRAVI, KERMANSHAH PROV. (IRNA) — A high-ranking Iraqi political and
economic delegation arrived in Iran through the Khosravi border town in
this western…
www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=8/1/2004&Cat=2&Num=008
IRAN mullah-run Court Releases Aghajari on Bail
Persian Journal – Iran
… poured onto the streets in violent protests in 2002 after the history
lecturer was sentenced to hang for calling on Muslims not to follow Iran's
clerical elite…
www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_3145.shtml
IRAN Frees Twice Condemned Professor
Miami Herald (subscription) – Miami,FL,USA
TEHRAN, Iran – A university professor who was twice condemned to death
for blasphemy walked out of prison on Saturday night, free after a two-year
battle with…
www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/world/9291303.htm
IRAQ demands return of airplanes from Iran: minister
Xinhua – China
… Hazim AlShaalan has announced that his country intends to start negotiations
with the Iranian government to restore the airplanes smuggled to Iran
by the…
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-08/01/content_1688721.htm
IRAN resumes nuclear activity
Reuters – London,England,UK
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran says it has resumed building nuclear centrifuges,
which Washington says are intended to enrich uranium to weapons-grade
for use in bombs…
www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=557205§ion=news
IRAN FM: Iraq is mismanaged, Tehran not committed to suspend…
Albawaba Middle East News – Amman,Middle East
Iran's Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi Saturday referred to the anti-Iran
remarks made recently by certain Iraqi officials and said they constituted
proof the…
www.albawaba.com/news/index.php3?sid=282091&lang=e&dir=news
ECSTASY for Iran After Historic Win Over Korea
Iran Sports Press – Columbia,MD,USA
JINAN- (Iran Sports Press): Iran are through to the semi-finals of Asian
Cup after defeating Korea 4-3 in a historic game in Jinan earlier today.
…
www.iransportspress.com/artman/publish/article_965.shtml
IRAQI judge to visit Iran about Saddam
Washington Times – Washington,DC,USA
Tehran, Iran, Jul. 31 (UPI) — Iran said Saturday the top Iraqi judge hearing
the trial of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein…
washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040731-103543-7883r.htm
IRAN resumes centrifuge building
BBC News – London,England,UK
Iran has resumed building centrifuges used for enriching uranium, Foreign
Minister Kamal Kharrazi has announced. He said the move…
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3942435.stm
IRAN confirms restarting centrifuge construction
Jerusalem Post (subscription) – Jerusalem,Israel
Iran vowed Saturday not to give up its uranium enrichment program and confirmed
that it has restarted building centrifuges for that purpose.…
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1091255394287&p=1006688055060
US Denies Erdogan's Iran Visit Disturbed Washington
Zaman – Turkey
US Ankara Embassy Chargé D'affairs Robert S. Deutsch said that Turkish
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Iran did not bother America.
…
www.zaman.org/?bl=international&alt=&trh=20040731&hn=11025
IRAN “insists” on enriching uranium
swissinfo – Switzerland
… The European Union trio have given no details of their high-level talks
with Iran. … Washington is right about Iran — no “smoking gun.”.
www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5115883
DECISION 2004: Iran or Sudan?
Antiwar.com – Sunnyvale,CA,USA
… have its “regime changed.”. If Kerry is elected, it‚ll be Sudan.
If Bush is reelected, it‚ll be Iran. The goal of US foreign…
www.antiwar.com/orig/prather.php?articleid=3214
IRAN Said Insisting on Enriching Uranium
Reuters – USA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iran, intensifying a standoff over its nuclear programs,
has told European officials it will not back down on its right to proceed
with…
www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=5833686
KOREA 'no problem', says Iran coach
Straits Times – Singapore
… China) – South Korea may have reached the World Cup semi-finals two
years ago, and are the Asian Cup's top-ranked team according to Fifa,
but Iran coach Branko…
straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/sports/story/0,4386,264301,00.html
POWELL uses Iraq visit to sound Iran warning
Guardian – UK
… the US secretary of state, made a surprise visit to Iraq yesterday
and admitted that Washington was becoming increasingly concerned about
Iran's attempts to…
www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1273203,00.html
30/07/04
IRAN, Turkey Ink Security Accord But Fail To Resolve Trade…
Tehran Times – Tehran,Iran
TEHRAN (AFP) — Turkey and Iran signed a security agreement here Thursday
pledging to jointly combat Turkish Kurd rebels and anti-Iranian fighters,
but failed…
www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=7/31/2004&Cat=2&Num=004
ERDOGAN Calls Peaceful Use Of Nuclear Energy Iran's Right
Tehran Times – Tehran,Iran
TEHRAN (IRNA) — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed here
Thursday that peaceful use of nuclear energy is Iran's absolute right.
…
www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=7/31/2004&Cat=2&Num=002
SUDAN govt. determined to arrest Uganda's rebel leader: ambassador
Xinhua – China
The ambassador was quoted by local media as saying on Friday that Sudan
wanted exchange of intelligence information with Ugandain order to capture
Kony.…
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-07/31/content_1685225.htm
EU trio to continue talks with Iran over nuclear program
Xinhua – China
PARIS, July 30 (Xinhuanet) — France, Britain and Germany will push ahead
with talks with Iran over its nuclear program, said French Foreign Ministry
on Friday…
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-07/31/content_1685328.htm
DANGER zone: Iran nears point of nuclear no return
Daily Star – Beirut,Lebanon
By Ed Blanche. BEIRUT: The general belief is that Iran is rapidly approaching
the point of no-return in its clandestine nuclear program.…
www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=6785
EU trio to push ahead with Iran nuclear talks
San Diego Union Tribune – San Diego,CA,USA
PARIS ˆ France, Britain and Germany will push ahead with talks with Iran
over its nuclear program even though Washington says a UN Security Council
showdown…
www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20040730-0906-nuclear-iran-eu.html
EUROPEANS continue talks with Iran over nuclear programme
EUbusiness – London,UK
… The meeting, which started Thursday, came amid increasing concern about
Iran's intentions after diplomats in Vienna reported the Islamic republic
was defying…
www.eubusiness.com/afp/040730150211.31ba26e7
TURKEY, Iran seal cooperation
Turks.US – USA
… signed in Tehran, on the last day of a key visit by Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan there, is a memorandum of understanding under which
Iran designates the…
www.turks.us/article.php?story=20040730094308132
IRAN warned as agent is cleared of killing
Sydney Morning Herald – Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
After more than a year of flip-flops and prevarication, Iran's Government
has changed its mind yet again on the cause of death of the Canadian journalist
…
www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/30/1091080443279.html
POWELL warns Iran against seeking influence in Iraq
Xinhua – China
BAGHDAD, July 30 (Xinhuanet) — Visiting US Secretary of State Colin Powell
on Friday warned neighboring Iran against seeking influence in southern
Iraq.…
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-07/30/content_1684191.htm
US warns Iran over nuke plans
ABC Online – Australia
United States Secretary of State Colin Powell says he believes Iran's nuclear
program should be referred to the United Nations Security Council, which
could…
www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200407/s1165911.htm
KHARRAZI Explains Iran's Trouble: We have many Skilled
Zaman – Turkey
Erdogan, on the final day of his Iran visit, met with Kharrazi at the Azadi
Hotel. The two discussed the development of bilateral…
www.zaman.com/?bl=international&alt=&trh=20040730&hn=10999
US needs new way of dealing with Iran
Newsday – Long Island,NY,USA
… Every few years, with regularity, a prominent research institution
comes along to recommend that the United States re-engage with Iran.…
www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-vpple303911798jul30,0,561036.story?coll=ny-viewpoints-headlines
SOUTH Korea, Iran Renew Rivalry
Korea Times – Seoul,South Korea
The real competition for South Korea at the Asian Cup begins tonight as
the national football team take on Iran in a high-powered quarterfinal
clash in Jinan…
times.hankooki.com/lpage/sports/200407/kt2004073016415011640.htm
'IRAN-PAKISTAN-INDIA Gas Pipe No Hindrance for Trans-Afghan…
Pakistan Times – Pakistan
… He briefed about some aspects of the project, expressed confidence
that Iran-Pakistan-India Pipeline (IPI) would not hinder the progress
of TAP and assured…
www.pakistantimes.net/2004/07/30/business1.htm
NO Progress in Nuclear Talks With Iran
Washington Post – Washington,DC,USA
… The Paris meeting, attended by French, German and British diplomats,
was the first since Iran resumed nuclear work in June that it had promised
to suspend 18…
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26012-2004Jul29.html
US needs help with Iran: Unilateral action can't respond to threat
The Register-Guard – Eugene,Oregon,USA
All of the accusations the Bush administration leveled against Iraq last
year could have been more credibly lodged against Iran, and the charges
are even more…
www.registerguard.com/news/2004/07/29/ed.edit.iran.0729.html
EUROPE trio seeks guarantee on Iran nuclear policy
Financial Times – London,England,UK
… The meeting comes a month after Iran announced that it would resume
making nuclear equipment in spite of an earlier agreement with the three
European states…
news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/
StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1087374087801
IRAN at the brink
Guardian – UK
Last October's Tehran agreement between Iran and the foreign ministers
of the big three European powers – Britain, France and Germany – was hailed
at the time…
www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,12858,1272442,00.html
REGION: Iran nuke issue may go to UN: Powell
Daily Times – Pakistan
KUWAIT: US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Thursday it was more
and more likely the matter of Iran‚s nuclear programmes would have to
be referred to…
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_30-7-2004_pg4_9
CRISIS-HIT Iran back on track, says coach
The Star – Malaysia
CHONGQING: The extraordinary on-field bust-ups which threatened to wreck
Iran's Asian Cup campaign have galvanised the squad as it bids for an
unprecedented…
thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2004/7/30/sports/8553297&sec=sports
IRAN, Turkey sign security pact
Al-Jazeera – Qatar
Despite raging trade disputes, Turkey and Iran have signed a security pact
to jointly combat Turkish Kurd rebels and anti-Iranian fighters.…
english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/DE49ACEC-FE07-4A09-9522-46E72B608682.htm
CONN. company pays fine for Iran arms sale
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Seattle,WA,USA
… – A company paid a $500,000 fine and agreed to federally monitored
inspections Thursday for illegally selling helicopter gun mounts that
ended up in Iran.…
seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/apbiz_story.asp?category=1310&slug=Arms%20Sales
29/07/04
PRESS freedom watchdog slams Iran over photographer's murder
Channel News Asia – Singapore
MONTREAL : Press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders branded Iran's
latest explanation for the killing of a jailed Iranian-Canadian photographer
as…
www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/98306/1/.html
IRAN more democratic, liberal than Pakistan? Not by a long shot
Daily Star – Beirut,Lebanon
This is reference to the article by Richard Bulliet “Worry about Pakistan,
not Iran.” Having lived in and loved both Pakistan and Iran, I can safely
say that…
www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=6744
POWELL Calls Iran's Nuclear Weapons Moves `Troubling' (Update1)
Bloomberg – USA
July 29 (Bloomberg) — US Secretary of State Colin Powell said he asked
France, Germany and the UK to press Iran to stop developing nuclear weapons
or face…
quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=auveqRy6kIbs&refer=top_world_news
CANADA wants truth from Iran: Pettigrew
National Post (subscription) – Canada
Iran's claim that her death was due to falling down after her blood pressure
dropped because of a hunger strike doesn't make any sense, Pettigrew said.
…
www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=b4ee9374-34d8-468d-b3c1-b78eeefc4de3
INDIA'S stand softening on 3 billion dollar Iran gas pipeline :
123Bharath.com – India
World News > Islamabad, July 29 : Iran, India, and Pakistan are likely
to sign an agreement soon to kick start the construction of a three billion
dollar gas…
www.123bharath.com/world-news/index.php?action=fullnews&id=5118
TURKEY/IRAN: Kurdish Issues Dominate Turkish Prime Minister's…
Radio Free Europe – Prague,Czech Republic
… Tehran today. Yesterday, he said he expects Iran to outlaw the former
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) as a “terrorist” group. Such…
www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2004/07/52db5b20-ba52-47a3-a1c2-51f174a789a3.html
EUROPEAN 'big three' in talks with Iran amid nuclear concerns
EUbusiness – London,UK
Officials from Britain, France, Germany and Iran met in Paris on Thursday
for talks on Tehran's nuclear program, as US Secretary of State Colin
Powell said the…
www.eubusiness.com/afp/040729160849.wzpjp7q9
LEBANESE FM criticizes Iraqi accusations of Iran
Arabic News – Middle East
The Lebanese foreign minister Jean Obeid has criticized the Iraqi defense
minister Hazem al-Shalaan over accusing Iran of interfering in the Iraqi
internal…
www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/040729/2004072904.html
IRAQI guard killed, nine wounded in ambush near Iran border
Xinhua – China
BAGHDAD, July 29 (Xinhuanet) — Gunmen ambushed a convoy of the Iraqi border
guards near the Iranian border on Thursday morning, killing one guard
and wounding…
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-07/30/content_1676894.htm
EU trio try to get Iran nuclear talks back on track
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
… The United States says Iran's nuclear activities are a cover for developing
atomic weapons. Iran denies the accusation and has been…
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L29639965.htm
TURKISH PM Wraps Up Landmark Iran Visit
Turkish Press – Turkey
TEHRAN, July 29 (AFP) – Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan wrapped
up a landmark visit to Iran on Thursday, with the two sides appearing
to have…
www.turkishpress.com/turkishpress/news.asp?ID=23326
IRAN Defies Pressure, Resumes Tests of Nuke Plant
Reuters – USA
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran has defied international pressure and resumed testing
a facility for converting uranium, a key part of the process of enriching
the…
www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=5813667
IRAN reportedly testing nuke equipment
Chicago Sun Times – Chicago,IL,USA
VIENNA, Austria — Defying international concerns, Iran has resumed clandestine
work linked to uranium enrichment, testing equipment and producing a gas
that…
www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-iran29.html
KAZEMI'S death due to fall, Iran says
The Globe and Mail – Canada
… Iran and Canada have been at odds since Ms. Kazemi, who has dual citizenship,
was arrested for taking photos of protesters and later died on July 10,
2003.…
www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/
LAC/20040729/KAZEMI/TPNational/TopStories
GERMANY Worried by Iran's Nuclear Activity
Deutsche Welle – Germany
Expressing “great concern” over reports that Iran had flouted the international
community's warnings and was once again building centrifuges that could
be used…
www.dw-world.de/english/0,3367,1432_A_1278897_1_A,00.html
IRAN said to resume work on nuclear arms
Boston Globe – Boston,MA,USA
VIENNA — Defying international concerns, Iran has resumed clandestine
work linked to uranium enrichment, testing equipment, and producing a
gas that can be…
www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2004/07/29/iran_said_to_resume_work_on_nuclear_arms
FALL killed Kazemi, say Iran's judges
London Free Press – London,Ontario,Canada
TEHRAN — Iran's judiciary said yesterday Iranian-Canadian photojournalist
Zahra Kazemi died in custody from a fall after her blood pressure dropped
during a…
www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/News/2004/07/29/560875.html
CANADA warns Iran after agent cleared of murder charge
Taipei Times – Taipei,Taiwan
Canada warned on Tuesday it would ratchet up pressure on Iran over the
killing of a jailed Iranian-Canadian photographer, and called on Tehran
to respect…
www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/07/29/2003180899
IRAN 'Resuming Uranium Tests'
The Scotsman – Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
Iran is defying international concerns and resuming clandestine work linked
to uranium enrichment, testing equipment and producing a gas that can
be used to…
news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3267250
US tells Europeans to “hold firm” on Iran
Reuters – London,England,UK
… Reuters) – The Bush administration is urging Britain, France and Germany
to “hold firm” against any new deals ahead of a meeting on Iran's nuclear
program, US…
www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=555552§ion=news
IRAN'S Judiciary Says Journalist's Death An Accident
Radio Free Europe – Prague,Czech Republic
28 July 2004 — Iran's hardline Judiciary said that the death of Iranian-Canadian
photojournalist Zahra Kazemi while she was in police custody was an accident.
…
www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2004/07/955e90ed-5773-4d70-8088-b38f8b7fbaf1.html
OMAN go down fighting at Asian Cup: Japan, Iran fight to goalless…
Daily Times – Pakistan
BEIJING: Holders Japan held off a strong challenge from Iran to secure
their passage into the Asian Cup quarter-finals as group winners here
Wednesday as brave…
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_29-7-2004_pg2_21
REGION: Iran unlikely to ratify key N-treaty soon
Daily Times – Pakistan
TEHRAN: Iran‚s new conservative-controlled parliament will not ratify
a key text giving increased powers to UN nuclear inspectors before the
Islamic republic…
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_29-7-2004_pg4_9
ISRAEL not to stop Iran's nuke plan by military operation
Xinhua – China
… July 29 (Xinhuanet) — Israeli army Chief of General Staff Moshe Yaalon
says a military operation is not absolutely necessary to stop Iran from
acquiring…
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-07/29/content_1667969.htm
JAILED Iran reformist raps 'plot'
Gulf Daily News – Manama,Bahrain
TEHRAN: A former Iranian reformist minister accused the hardline judiciary
of a political plot to discredit him after he was thrown in jail following
a…
www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=87978&Sn=WORL&IssueID=27131
RUSSIA Denies Nuclear Negotiations with Iran
Voice of America – Washington,DC,USA
Russia has denied reports a Russian firm is negotiating with Iran over
the sale of a dual-use substance that can be used to boost the power of
nuclear…
www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=91BC5E62-8F1E-4A29-A8F1608263758FA5 |