Monday's Daily Briefing on Iran

DoctorZin reports, 9.26.2005:

Iran Threatens to Halt Nuclear Checks

Anton La Guardia, Telegraph:Iran yesterday threatened to halt spot inspections of its nuclear sites in retaliation for a harshly worded resolution that brought Teheran a step closer to being reported to the United Nations Security Council for possible sanctions. READ MORE

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

• Iran Press News reported that in a meeting with the Islamic regime's assembly today, Ahmadinejad said: The 3 European countries who are being manipulated from behind the scenes by their allies are racists and are looking to take the world back to the dark ages.
• Iran Press News reported that Reza Jalaali, a member of the "People's Leadership" Party which is faction of the now defunct ruling Reformist's said: The conjecture emerging from the authorities of the Islamic regime, vis a vis the nuclear issues, is confusing and disconcerting to the world. If things continue in this vein, everyone will be consumed.
• Iran Press News reported that political prisoners, Behrooz Javid-Tehrani, Bina Darab-Zand and Hodjat Zamani who have been on hunger strike for a month, were threatened by the Islamic Republic's judiciary.
• Iran Focus reported that Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Prosecutor, Saeed Mortazavi, announced their plan to fight trouble-makers, or dissidents, in the Iranian capital and extended the campaign by one month.
• Mori Jex, Iran Watch Canada reported that Mr. Ahmad Saraji, a blogger from the city of Tabriz who is now in Tabriz central prison, is in great danger! He has been accused of publicity against the system.
• SMCCDI reported that the Islamic regime is making more changes in its top military command. The regular Iranian Army is falling completely in the hands of commanders of the IRGC.
• Scott Gearity, Export Control Blog asked if the military option and sanctions really off the table now, it's not clear to me what sticks the Europeans have got left. I have an idea.
• Eli Lake, The NY Sun reported that the wife of Iranian journalist Akbar Ganji went public this weekend with a letter to the head of her country's judiciary, asking the whereabouts of her husband, whom she has not seen since August 26.
• SMCCDI reported that two more militiamen were killed and another wounded, yesterday, near the City of Yazd located in central Iran.
• Rediff.com reported that Congressman Tom Lantos hailed India's about-face in Vienna in aligning itself with the United States and the European Union and voting to refer Iran to the United Nations Security Council.
• MEMRI provided excerpts from a speech by Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani where he said: You have accepted North Korea's nuclear technology in the field of uranium enrichment. So accept ours now.
• Khaleej Times Online reported that Iran's reformist opposition criticized the nation's nuclear policies.
• And finally, Adnkronos International reported that the Iranian media has reported a decision by the United States to finance radar stations in the central Asian republic of Azerbaijan. Tehran says this is part of a military strategy by Washington to encircle the Islamic Republic.