Wednesday's Daily Briefing on Iran

DoctorZin reports, 5.18.2005:

Standing Up at the Muslim March Against Terror
Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi, FrontPageMagazine.com:

Despotic Islamist regimes that brutally terrorize their own people today have no qualms about exporting their brand of terror to the West. ...

While the daily life goes on in the West, the terrorists find new and modern ways to establish their antiquated and diabolical schemes. Agents and spies of the terrorist regime mill about among us freely here in Washington, deceiving well-meaning and usually very under-informed Westerners with their lies. They infiltrate opposition movements active in the West; they bribe journalists and politicians to spin their lies. They systematically sabotage all genuine initiatives to expose the true nature of Islamism, using the freedom enjoyed by open societies to their advantage—and, ultimately, to undermine democracy. READ MORE

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

• Reuters reports that Iran's judiciary denied reports that a mother of two who strangled her lover had been sentenced to death by stoning.
• Agence France-Presse reports that at least 1,000 Iranians in the holy city of Qom protested Wednesday over desecration of the Koran at the US detention camp at Guantanamo Bay.
• ICHarrow.co.uk reports that Mr Straw said it was clear what Tehran had to do, but not whether it would do it, saying "I hope but I cannot predict that the negotiations at the beginning of next week will be fruitful."
• Amnesty International reports that the 36-year-old Iranian woman, Afsaneh Norouzi, recently spared the death penalty and finally released from prison, deserved her freedom and her right to life. But, like her unfair trial that resulted in her wrongful capital murder conviction.
• Ha'aretz reports that the Israeli discourse about the Iranian nuclear program is predicated on the assumption that Iran's long-term strategic and technological ambitions are fixed, clear and well-defined.
• Agence France-Presse reports that Iran said regarding reaching an agreement in emergency nuclear talks with the EU3, "There is not a very big chance for an agreement."
• The NY Sun reports that Shirin Ebadi, the Iranian human rights lawyer who won the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize said, "We must take care that Western countries not take advantage of democracy and human rights and use these concepts as a license to attack other countries."
• IranMania reports that Iran and Europe will hold next round of nuclear negotiations on May 23.
• Reuters reports that Iran's foreign minister pledged on Tuesday that his country would act to stop insurgents crossing into Iraq. Iraq the Model doesn't think so.
• Janes Defense Weekly reports that "For Iran, close and secret ties with Syrian intelligence and military officials will enable Tehran ... the possibility of promoting a coup in Syria ..."
• Reuters the U.S. and Britain vowed on Tuesday to remain united in curbing Iran's nuclear programs.
• And finally, The Iran Freedom Walk to Washington D.C. started on a clear spring day across the street from the site of the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia.