Week in Review

DoctorZin provides a review of this past week's [3/27-4/2] major news events regarding Iran.

The EU3 Negotiations with Iran:

• The EU3 considered letting Iran keep a limited nuclear enrichment program that could be used to make bombs. But fortunately, they later rejected the idea.
• Iran was furious over Condi's statement that we need to close the NTP uranium enrichment loophole.
  

Developments in Iran's Nuclear Program:

• Iran allocated $2.5 billion to obtain three nuclear warheads last year according to an exiled opposition group.
• Iran put on a media show of the uranium enrichment facility in Natanz with a guide tour by President Khatami. The US responded.

US Policy and Iran:

• US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice released the DOS report Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2004 - 2005. The excerpt on Iran.
  

Popular struggle inside of Iran:

• Iranians boycott Iran's Islamic Republic day.
• Sporadic clashes follow a more limited celebration in Iran. Plus more unrest.
  

Iran's friends outside of Iran:

• Eli Lake reports that Iranian dissidents are asking for aid from President Bush, not just words.
• Iranian Doctor fled Iran to tell the truth about the death of Canadian reporter Kazemi. As a result, Canada's PM considers new action against Iran. Iran Press News tells the rest of the story.
  

Lunacy in the west:

• ABC's Nightline broadcast an interview of students inside of Iran. An Iranian student who recently escaped Iran published a rebuke of the broadcast's shameful propaganda for the Iranian regime.
• The Washington Post reported, "Past Arguments Don't Square With Current Iran Policy," in which Dafna Linzer alleges President Ford reluctantly offered Iran nuclear technology, but the Weekly Standard tells the rest of the story.

Iran's Neighbors:

• Europeans say Iran is not a threat for nearly six out of ten EU3 adults according to a recent poll.
• Pakistani centrifuges being sent to IAEA at Iran's request.
• Egyptian court rules, Mubarak was the target of an Iranian assassination plot. Iran denies it. Iran blames Israel.
  

Middle East Experts:

• Charles Krauthammer, says it's time to break the true Axis Of Evil (Syrian and Iran).
• FrontPageMag.com has published a symposium on the "nuclear outlaws."
• Dr. Jerome Corsi released his TV ad: Iran Nukes NYC in which New York City is destroyed by Iranian supported terrorists. You can view the ad now.
• Michael Ledeen points out that the MSM doesn’t want to get that the people of Iran want a regime change. ABC's Nightline proves he is right.
• AEI held a Web Event: Is It a Revolution or What? You can view it online here.
• The Power and Interest News Report (PINR) reports that Iran will attempt to fill the vacuum left by the Syrian troops returning home.
• Lawrence F. Kaplan reports administration hawks have insisted on a drop-dead date for the EU3/Iran talks, a few months after Iran's elections in June.
• Richard Clarke is concerned that Iran will either get the bomb or trade concessions soon and that in either case will be stronger.
  

And finally, The Quote of the Week:

Iranians were in the streets chanting:

"Death to those who kill our freedom-fighters. Death to a puppet parliament; Death to armed despots... Bush, Bush, support, protection..."