Brief on Iran

HBendor — Tue Oct 31, 2006 12:50 pm

Author: HBendor

Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 12:50 pm

Brief on Iran
Vol. II - No. 111
Date: Wednesday, October 25, 2006

INTERVIEW-Exiled Iranian opponent urges tough sanctions
Reuters - The West has failed in a policy of �appeasement� with Iran over its nuclear programme and must hit Tehran with tough economic and diplomatic sanctions, the leader of an exiled opposition group said on Tuesday.
Maryam Rajavi, head of the France-based National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), said Europe's acknowledgement this month of the collapse of efforts to bring Tehran to the negotiating table should trigger new harder tactics.
�The policy of appeasement has reached an impasse,� she said in an interview after a meeting with Belgian parliamentarians.
�There must now be a decision for a policy of toughness -- to impose embargoes on arms, oil, technology and diplomatic contacts,� she told Reuters.
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Iran, Hezbollah charged in 1994 Argentine bombing
BUENOS AIRES, Oct 25, 2006 (AFP) - Prosecutors formally charged Iran and the Shiite militia Hezbollah Wednesday in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish charities office in Argentina, which killed 85 people and injured 300.
"We deem it proven that the decision to carry out an attack July 18, 1994 on the AMIA (Argentine Jewish Mutual Association, a Jewish charities association headquarters in Buenos Aires) was made by the highest authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran which directed Hezbollah to carry out the attack," Argentine chief prosecutor Alberto Nisman said.
Prosecutors called for the arrest of top Iranian authorities at the time, including then-president Ali Rafsanjani.
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Key UN powers circulate Iran sanctions draft
UNITED NATIONS , Oct 25, 2006 (AFP) - Key Western UN powers have presented China and Russia with a draft resolution mandating Security Council sanctions against Iran for failing to heed demands that it halt sensitive nuclear fuel work, diplomats said Wednesday.
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Death squads in Iraq in direct contact with the Iranian regime - Iraqi MP
NCRI � In an interview with the satellite channel al-Jazeera, a member of the Iraqi Parliament from the National Dialogue Party stated that �death squads in Iraq are in direct contact with the Iranian regime�.
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The war on the airwaves continues in Iran
NCRI � As the regime is facing increasing criticism and bringing itself into international isolation, the mullahs have stepped up their efforts to deprive the population of all sources of information.
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U.S. blames Iran, Syria for Iraq violence
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - America's civilian and military leaders in Iraq linked Iran and Syria with al Qaeda on Tuesday as forces trying to tear the country apart and prevent the United States from establishing a stable democracy.
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Ahmadinejad does Europe
The Wall Street Journal, REVIEW & OUTLOOK - Whatever Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's other faults, lack of candor isn't one of them. This week the U.N. Security Council is set to begin discussing the imposition of (very) limited sanctions against Iran for refusing to halt uranium enrichment to build a nuclear weapon.
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Related News:
Rice calls on UN to adopt Iran sanctions resolution now, AFP, October 25
US: Iran uranium enrichment 'full steam ahead', AFP, October 24
EXCLUSIVE - Iran expands nuclear centrifuge programme - diplomats, Reuters, October 23
Iran shuts down new daily for resembling banned paper, AFP, October 23

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Brief on Iran