Wednesday's Daily Briefing on Iran

DoctorZin reports, 5.4.2005:

Mr. "R": A Candidate with a Record!

Iran va Jahan:

They remind the western media that former Iranian President Rafsanjani has "a record." While the Europeans vainly hope that Rafsanjani will transform himself into a "pragmatic moderate," writer Shaheen Fatemi reminds us what his record consists of. READ MORE

Please forward a copy of this report to the mainstream media.

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

• Iran Focus reports that Ali-Akbar Velayati, Iran's former Foreign Minister and a senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and a candidate in the forthcoming June 17 presidential elections, hinted at official responsibility for terrorist operations abroad against its opponents.
• The Scotsman reports that Iran denies any involvement in an assassination attempt on Saddam Hussein in his prison cell.
• Michael Ledeen once again pleads with the U.S. administration not to be fooled by the repackaging of Rafsanjani and the threat of the Iranian regime to U.S. security.
• Reporters Without Borders exposes the regime's recent efforts to silence Iranian bloggers.
• Reuters is reporting that White House spokesman Scott McClellan has warned Iran that resuming enrichment would break its deal with the EU3.
• The Los Angeles Times is reporting that the EU3 are requesting more help from the U.S. in its negotiations with Iranians on Iran's nuclear enrichment program. A U.S. official said the request was vague.
• The Islamic Republic News Agency reported Prime Minister Tony Blair as saying: "I've got no intention of bombing their nuclear installations or anything else."
• The WSJ reports that Iran has given the EU3 until early June to permit Iran to restart its uranium enrichment program. "They're always probing for weaknesses," one European diplomat said.
• Radio Free Europe is explains why Iran is meddling in Nigeria.
• ABC News is reporting that they received a copy of a "non-paper" that served as they basis of the recent discussions between the EU3 and Iran in London and explains why Iran wants 3,000 more centrifuges.
• The Weekly Standard reports that Iran is supplying Zimbabwe financial, military, and commercial support and asks what the Iranians are getting in return?
• And finally, The New York Times reports that Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said: "We will resume some nuclear activities,'' ... ''What activities or when is still under study."