Wednesday's Daily Briefing on Iran

DoctorZin reports, 4.13.2005:

Chirac pushes EU to drop hard line on Iran-diplomats

Louis Charbonneau, Reuters:

French President Jacques Chirac has been pushing the EU to drop its refusal to consider letting Iran enrich uranium, despite U.S. and European fears Iran could use enrichment technology for weapons, EU diplomats say. ... READ MORE

Chirac is at it again and the article points out EU3 negotiators "don't want to do anything before June." Are the Europeans trying to avoid a crisis with Iran this summer, when many expect the people of Iran to go into the streets against the regime?

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

• Pravda is reporting the USA is interested in establishing mobile army bases on the territory of Azerbaijan, which is stipulated in the plan to re-deploy US troops in Europe and Asia.
• Reuters is reporting that Iran denied Wednesday a report that it may have secretly moved some sensitive nuclear material from a site being monitored by the U.N.'s atomic watchdog.
• IranMania reports that Iran has finally admitted that some of its dissidents could be wrongfully imprisoned.
• SMCCDI reports that residents of an Iranian city said a farewell to outgoing President Khatami and his reforms.
• New York Times reports that Israeli Prime Minister Sharon showed President Bush evidence that Iran was near "a point of no return" in learning how to develop a weapon.
• FrontPageMagazine.com reports on an Iranian TV series in which an American Officer interrogates, frames and arrests innocent Iranians.
• And finally, the Washington Post claims Iran has pulled out the vast majority of its Revolutionary Guards in Lebanon.