Tuesday's Daily Briefing on Ira

DoctorZin reports, 4.12.2005:

UN Tallies Uranium in Iran Amid Suspicions

Louis Charbonneau, Reuters:

The U.N. nuclear watchdog is making an inventory of processed uranium in Iran ...

One intelligence agency has accused Iran of spiriting an unspecified quantity of processed uranium, which could be processed further and enriched for weapons purposes, out of the Isfahan uranium conversion facility to an unknown location. READ MORE

Here are a few other news items you may have missed.

• Bill Samii writing for Radio Free Europe reports the possibility that an individual connected with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) could be elected as Iran's next president and this is causing some consternation in Iranian political circles.
• Al Jazeera reports that Iran has vowed to take legal action against the United States government for funding the opposition groups in the country.
• CBC News reports Iran won't allow an international team of forensic scientists to examine the body of Zahra Kazemi as Canada has demanded.
• Eli Lake writing for the NY Sun claims the Bush administration approached Hizbollah for talks and that the group would be open to new discussions. The administration denies the allegation.
• Reuters reports Russia is likely to delay shipments of enriched uranium fuel to Iran to start up a Russian-built atomic power plant there until the autumn.
• Iran Focus reports Iran's state-run media and press reacted harshly to a recent meeting held in the United States Congress designed to rehabilitate the MEK.
• Christopher Brown writing for FrontPageMagazine.com reports on the dangers of the growing Iran-Chavez alliance.
• Reuters reports Israeli defense officials asked Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to raise a military option against Iran's nuclear programme with US President George Bush.They also produced photos showing the very advances stage of Iran's nuclear program.
• Global Information System reports of evidence of a new Palestinian insurgency offensive to coincide with Iranian-Syrian push.
• The Department of State is soliciting applications for grants to promote human rights and democratization initiatives in Iran.
• SMCCDI reports The "Nemazee Vs. SMCCDI/Pirouznia" trial has been postponed until fall 2005.
• WorldNetDaily.com reports that Mohamed ElBaradei International Atomic Energy Agency chief said al-Qaida and other terrorist groups tried to obtain a nuclear weapon.
• And finally, MemriTV.org once again provides us with a window into Iranian TV. Check out a few of their latest excerpts.