Sunday's Daily Briefing on Iran

DoctorZin reports, 7.10.2005:

Do the London Bombing's Lead Back to Iran?

Earlier today, the Sunday Times reported that the top suspect in the London bombing is Mustafa Setmariam Nasar, a former European intermediary for Al-Qaeda. If this proves true it spells trouble for Iran.

Nick Fielding and Gareth Walsh wrote in The Sunday Times UK story, Mastermind of Madrid is key figure:

Mustafa Setmariam Nasar, a 47-year-old Syrian, had identified Britain as a likely target...

While the Sunday Times reported that Mustafa Setmariam Nasar was believed to be in Iraq, Dan Darling reminded me of Nasar's connection to Iran... READ MORE

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

• Iranian blogger,Windsteed, Iran Hopes 2005 was a witness to the July 1999 crackdown of the student in Iran. With the collapse of most demonstrations yesterday in Iran, he concluded, Let the regime be happy for the moment that it has silenced the people. But it is only silence before the storm.
• Iran Focus reported that Iran has been blamed for three attempts to assassinate a key Kurdish dissident leader.
• Roozonline referring to the New York Sun in a lead editorial on Akbar Ganji being the Vaclav Havels of Iran, said several dissidents imprisoned by the Islamic Republic report that during interrogations they were repeatedly told that Iran refuses to allow any Vaclav Havels to speak out.
• Joe Katzman, WindsOfChange.net also took a look at the Ganji/Vaclav Havel comparison.
• Roozonline reminded us on the sixth anniversary of the July 9th Student Uprising no one is yet to be charged with the murder of Ezzat Ebrahimnejad.
• And finally, Colin Freeman, The Telegraph UK reported that the editor of the world's leading Arab newspaper has launched a scathing attack on Muslims in Britain.