Wednesday's Daily Briefing on Iran

DoctorZin reports, 8.17.2005:

The military strike option against Iran

Christian Science Monitor:

Experts disagree about possible effect of US or Israeli preemptive strike on Iranian nuclear facilities.

Iran once again says it will resume its nuclear program, despite International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)concerns. Iran claims its interest in nuclear power is entirely for peaceful purposes.

Last week US President George Bush said during an interview on Israeli TV that "all options are on the table," including a possible military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities by US or Israeli forces, if Iran doesn't "comply with international standards." Read More.

Once again, the major media ignores the possibility of an internal regime change in Iran. The CIA and the mainstream media miss read the fact two decades ago and appear to be repeating the mistake again.

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

• The Moscow Times reported that the Russian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday warned Western countries not to use force in the standoff with Iran over its nuclear program, insisting purely diplomatic means be pursued.
• Rooz Online suggested one of the dangers for human rights is to politicize the defense of human rights issues.
• Rooz Online reported that Ahmadinejad is reportedly the first and only president who chose his cabinet without consulting even the leader of the republic.
• SMCCDI reported that hundreds of workers and civil servants protested, today, in the strategic City of Abadan.
• SMCCDI reported fresh clashes rocked, yesterday afternoon, several areas of the northwestern City of Mahabad.
• Agence France-Presse reported that US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said: US forces have found Iranian weapons inside Iraq on more than one occasion over the past couple of months.
• Robert Tait, The Guardian reported that Iran's new leader is already showing ominous signs of realising the worst fears of his liberal-minded opponents.
• MEMRI reported on the Seekers of Martyrdom Command: Another State-Inspired Organization of Suicide Attackers in Iran (Official Website Based in U.S. and Germany). Video.
• And finally, Iranian.ws reported that Iran received a military delegation from China in which Brigadier General Nasser Mohammadi-Far, the commander of the Iranian army's ground forces said, Our mutual enemies possess advanced military technology, and undoubtedly they would rely on this technology in any possible future wars. Therefore, it seems necessary that both Iran and China upgrade their defense and military technology.