Friday's Daily Briefing on Iran

DoctorZin reports, 9.30.2005:

Are Arabs Anti-American?

Amir Taheri, The NY Post:

President Bush's "image queen," Karen Hughes, is on a tour of Arab countries, where conventional wisdom claims that anti-Americanism is second nature. Hughes, now in charge of public diplomacy at the State Department, plainly she shares that analysis — why else choose the Arab region for her maiden voyage?

But how true is that claim? Are Arabs the most anti-American people on earth? READ MORE

Guess who is the major supplier of anti-American news in the Arab world? A must read.

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

• Iran Press News reported that Hadad Adel, the Director of the Parliament of the Islamic regime, said: If we are forced to surrender to the international scene's blackmail [this time], who knows how far the blackmailing and impositions will go.
• Iran Press News reported that an exhibition entitled "Iran's Science" which was planned to be opened in the Palais des Decouvertes in Paris, was suddenly and unexpectedly cancelled.
• Iran Press News reported that Aladin Boroujerdi, the Director of Islamic Parliamentary's commission on security and foreign affairs said: In the face of the regime's nuclear dossier's referral to the Security Council, it is impossible to expect that China and Russia to veto and opt out of a their relations with the west...
• Iran Press News reported that a Friday prayer leader said: European governments have shown us [with their recent actions] that they're nothing more than a bunch of delivery boys for the Americans.
• Outlook India reported that the US took the "unusual step" of sharing highly classified intelligence data on Iran's efforts to develop a nuclear-capable missile to secure India's support for the IAEA resolution against Tehran's controversial atomic program.
• Michael Rubin, Ha'aretz asked: Who Killed the Bush Doctrine? One example: Condolezza Rice appointed an ExxonMobil advisor who advised against aiding dissidents to cover the State Department's Iran policy planning portfolio.
• Bill Samii, Radio Free Europe reported Iran's Basij Resistance Force appears to be experiencing a revival which could also be connected with preparations for possible civil unrest. A valuable report.
• Vivienne Walt, Slate discussed her personal observation from inside of Iran and argued, Why America is Powerless to Stop Tehran's Nuclear Ambitions.
• Canoe News reported that NASA's top official said that the future of U.S participation in Russian space flights is in doubt due to a congressional measure that aims to punish countries that co-operate with Iran.
• IranMania reported that Deputy Syrian Prime Minister Abdullah al-Dardari praised Iran's firm and logical diplomacy regarding its peaceful nuclear policies.
• Voice of America News reported that White House spokesman Scott McClellan said that the IAEA resolution put Iran on notice that "it is time to come clean."
• Reuters reported that former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said Iran's nuclear impasse could be resolved through diplomacy not confrontation.
• The Washington Times reported that three senior Israeli lawmakers from across the political spectrum warned that the U.S. and its allies must act to stop Iran's nuclear programs -- by force if necessary -- because conventional diplomacy will not work.
• Tehran Times reported that Ayatollah Shahrudi called on the authorities to provide the Judiciary with a list of students kept in prisons immediately to free them or grant leave of absence to them.
• Iranian.ws reported that Judiciary Chief mullah Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahroudi referring to Europeans' conduct regarding Iran's nuclear dossier, said the: EU should bear in mind if its conduct would lead to depriving Iran of its natural rights it would definitely have negative effects on our mutual ties.
• Iran Focus reported that Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi called for a “decisive” crackdown on “trouble-makers”, a term commonly used by authorities to refer to dissidents or ordinary Iranians deemed to act un-Islamic ways.
• Islamic Republic News Agency reported that the head of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, said that referral of Iran's nuclear case to the UN Security Council is unlikely.
• And finally, The Hindu reported that intense US pressure didn't prompt India to support the resolution that has placed Iran on the verge of referral to the U.N. Security Council, India's ambassador to the United States said.