Tuesday's Daily Briefing on Iran

DoctorZin reports, 5.31.2005:

Rice Says Nuclear Material Headed to Iran Intercepted

Bloomberg:

The U.S. and its allies in a program to stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction prevented Iran from obtaining material for its nuclear weapons program within the past nine months, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said. READ MORE

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

• Michael Ledeen warns that President Bush is drifting in his war on terror.
• Agence Franc Presse reports that the Iranian public has been told, voting is as important as praying.
• Omidmemarian reports that he met Iranian dissident Akbar Ganji tonight.
• Khaleeji Times reports that Rafsanjani said the Islamic regime needed a radical rethink of the way it deals with the international community.
• The American Thinker says, Forget about diplomacy with Iran.
• Adnkronos International reports that Iranians living abroad have accumulated more than a trillion dollars in earnings.
• BosNewsLife News Center reports that an Islamic court acquitted Christian lay pastor Hamid Pourmand on apostasy.
• The Associate Press reports that President Bush says it was a "reasonable decision" to let Iran apply for membership in the World Trade Organization.
• Yahoo News reported on Iranian bloggers.
• SMCCDI reports of sporadic clashes between dissident students and the Bassij students at the Amir Kabir University.
• The Middle East Economic and Political Analysis issued a report, Iran's Nuclear Programme - Assessment of Goals and Future Actions.
• Sunday Times reports that Iran announced that it had successfully tested a new solid fuel missile motor for its arsenal of medium-range ballistic missiles.
• VOA News reports that Nicholas Burns as saying, Iran presents a serious challenge to the United States and other democratic countries.
• Iran Press Service reports that Iranian dissident Qasem Sho'leh Sa'di was prevented from leaving Iran.
• Khaleej Times reports that, In Iran, a PhD Means... Pizza Hut Delivery Work.
• The New York Times reports that the Bush administration is preparing to discuss efforts to join forces with other nations in intercepting weapons and missile technology bound for Iran.
• Wired reports on the end of the Iranian blog spring.
• And finally, photos of Akbar Ganji at home, student protests, Rafsanjani's student supporters and a Cox and Forkum cartoon.