The Week in Review

DoctorZin provides a review of this past week's [2/27-3/5] major news events regarding Iran.

The news on Iran has been coming fast and furious. Here are the headlines and a few of items you may have missed.

The EU3 Negotiations with Iran:

• Iran warns that it will make atomic fuel if they are sent to UN Security Council.
• The EU3 criticize Iran for not keeping it's pledge to suspend all sensitive parts of its nuclear program.
• Iran demands that the EU3 compromise and lectures the US to get used to the idea of a nuclear Iran.
• Europe Should Be Careful What It Wishes for in Iran, says Ruel Marc Gerecht.

Developments in Iran's Nuclear Program:

• Iran has now acquired all it needs to produce nuclear weapons.
• DigitalGlobe photo of Iran's heavy water reactor shows it is nearing completion.
• Iran wants to test it's nuclear enrichment equipment, in violation of the spirit of the EU3 agreement.
• Iran's heavy water reactor nearly complete? If so, once operational, Iran be able to produce a plutonium bomb in a year.
• Iran's secret nuclear storage tunnels are reportedly 1/2 mile below ground.
• The Bushehr nuclear plant has serious technical problems.
• Iran rejects the IAEA's latest request to inspect the Parchin Military base that other accuse are developing nuclear weapons materials.
• In 1987, AQ Khan offered Iran nuclear a starter kit for nuclear enrichment.
• Iran and Russia finally sign their deal for nuclear fuel. But the deal is dangerously full of holes.
  

Popular struggle inside of Iran:

• The regime has finally given up on trying to make women where black.
• Strikes and protests on the rise inside of Iran.
• 150 Students protest in Tehran.
  

And a frightening development for Iranians outside of Iran:

• The Mullahs are once again assassinating foreign dissidents.
  

Iran's Neighbors:

• Iran may have 40,000 agents in Iraq on its payroll.
• Russia denies having Russian troops in Iran, sort of.
• Pakistan would remain neutral in the case of a U.S. attack against Iran.
• After massive public protests the Lebanese government resigned.
  

US Policy and Iran:

• The US is calling for guarantees in the EU3/Iran talks.
• The US wants to fund Iranian activists, the question is how.
• Bush is considering offering Iran participation in the WTO.
• Chief US delegate to the IAEA charges Iran of "cynically" pursuing nuclear weapons.
• VOA to expand their news and commentary into Iran.
• Dan Darling tries to help us to understand US policy options on Iran.
  

Rumors of War:

• Iran threatens an attack will risk all Middle East oil.
• Russia is arming the "Axis of outcasts," in the Middle East and Latin America.
• General Abizaid says a nuclear Iran may invite an attack by others.
• A top Israeli bomber reportedly says Iran is "within reach."
• The American Thinker has published a report of preparations for possible military action the US is preparing against Iran.
  

Odds and Ends:

• Must See Iranian TV, courtesy of MemriTV.org (thanks to Frontpagemag.com and Iran va Jahan).
• Dr. Jerry Corsi's new book has pre-sold 150,000 copies of his new book Atomic Iran.
  

Must Read Articles and Reports:

• DoctorZin says "don't worry" about a possible shift in US policy towards Iran.
• Mark Steyn says the Arab's Berlin wall has fallen.
• We are living in a revolutionary age, says Michael Ledeen.
• The Department of State has issued an important but length report, Iran - Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2004. I have excerpted portions of it here.
  

And finally, The Quote of the Week:

Does Bill Clinton feel ideologically at home with Iran? Speaking of Iran he said:

"In every single election, the guys I identify with got two-thirds to 70 percent of the vote. There is no other country in the world I can say that about, certainly not my own." and much more...