Friday's Daily Briefing on Iran

DoctorZin reports, 9.9.2005:

Iran Readies for UN Nuclear Battle with EU, US

Louis Charbonneau, Reuters:

Iran is working hard to gather allies to defeat a joint effort by the European Union and Washington to refer Tehran to the U.N. Security Council because of their fears it may be developing nuclear weapons. ...

"They (the EU and U.S.) have to realize that they cannot talk to Iran with a language of force," Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, told reporters this week on returning from Pakistan, where he put his case to top officials.

"Many countries will sustain a loss if Iran's nuclear dossier is securitized (by the Council)," Larijani warned. READ MORE

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

• The Guardian reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on Russia, China and India to support threatening Iran with sanctions for refusing to halt its nuclear program, saying: Iran needs to get a message from the international community that is a unified message.
• Reuters reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said: The United States expects Iran will be referred to the U.N. Security council.
• Political Prisoner, Mehrdad Haydarpour, Iran Press News writing from Evin Prison asked: What could the decrepit wolf, Ahmadinejad, have to say at the U.N.?
• Dr. Jermone Corsi, WorldNetDaily reported that a defiant Iran wants confrontation with U.S.
• Iranian blogger, Farid Pouya, Webgardian quoted Fred Halliday, Professor in London School of Economic, who said: if we look at Iranian history we see Iranian leaders always miscalculated when they faced important events.
• Iran Focus reported that more than 500 people attacked two government buildings and set fire to tyres in the streets of the town of Basamanj, northwest Iran, in protest to constant water and electricity disruptions.
• Iranian blogger, Hossein Derakhshan, Hoder.com reported that a recent photo provides evidence of the public split between Khamenei and Rafsanjani.
• Reuters reported that Rafsanjani called on the western countries to stop making a fuss over Iran's atomic activities, warning: If they make immature decisions or implement their threats, Iran will not be the only country to be harmed.
• And finally, The Guardian reported that the British government softened its stance on the Iranian nuclear issue yesterday, for the first time, shifting the emphasis away from sanctions.