Tuesday's Daily Briefing on Iran

DoctorZin reports, 9.13.2005:

Unwelcome Mat

Kenneth R. Timmerman, The Washington Times:

Tomorrow, New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly should order his men to escort the new hard-line president of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Kennedy International Airport, the minute he finishes speaking to the U.N. General Assembly at 3:10 p.m.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who took office in August after disputed elections, is not just any head of state. He has a terrorist pedigree that should make him an unwelcome guest in any civilized country, if having a terrorist "watch list" serves any purpose. But perhaps "civilized" is not an adjective that applies to the United Nations, which has standards all its own. ...

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SMCCDI reports that there will be a large demonstration against Ahmadinejad's presence in NYC.

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

• Asian Tribune reported that Pakistan is willing to back out of the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project.
• Iran Press News reported that a member of the regime's parliament strongly reacted to comment made by Dr. Condoleeza Rice who had stated that in case she crosses paths with Ahmadinejad at the U.N., she would in fact say hello. Mullah Mousa Qorbaani said: Ms. Rice is delusional if she thinks that she can say hello to Ahmadinejad.
• Agence France Press reported that a 22-year-old Iranian man has been publicly hanged.
• Iran Press News reported that Ahmadinejad's own site reports that his opponents at the Ministry of Oil are conceiving a cold winter for the people, due to lack of oil for heating.
• Iran Press News reported that the regime has stepped up it's oppression and intimidation of women and the youth of Iran.
• Iran Press News reported that the regime is facing a $12 billion budget deficit this year.
• Iran Press News reported on the distribution of CD's cataloguing and exposing the depth of the regime's corruption and crimes in the province of Khuzestan.
• Reuters reported that rights activist Bianca Jagger, seeks to promote dialogue between Iran and the United States, saying she is treading a fine line between criticism of U.S. policy and a need to hold Tehran to account on human rights.
• Jim Lobe, Inter Press Service News Agency reported that the President Bush's administration is moving steadily toward adopting the pre-emptive use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states.
• Bill Samii, Radio Free Europe reported that Iran's Supreme Leader met with Ramadan Abdallah Shallah, visiting head of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
• FrontPageMagazine.com published an interview with Ilan Berman, Vice President for Policy of the Washington-based American Foreign Policy Council and author of the new book: Tehran Rising: Iran's Challenge to the United States.
• Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting reported that prominent American anti-war university professors arrived in Tehran carrying a message of peace.
• Agence France-Presse, Tribune de Genève reported that Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will make his debut on the world stage at the UN summit. The new president will try and lobby support for the Islamic republic's claim to make its own reactor fuel.
• Iranian blogger, Mehrdad Sheibani, Rooz Online reported that a Majlis deputy requests that the term happiness be defined and its terms identified! He has asked the ministry of Islamic guidance to come up with standards for holding marriage weddings and punishing those who violate it!
• Reuters reported that President George W. Bush said Iran had a right to a civilian nuclear program.
• UPI reported that President Bush called Iran's suspected pursuit of nuclear weapons a "grave concern" and said he would raise the issue at the United Nations.
• The Daily Times PK reported that Iranian dissident journalist Akbar Ganji appears to have been sent back to solitary confinement despite promises by judiciary officials that he would be freed from prison.
• BBC News reported that Iranian dissident writer Akbar Ganji has been placed in solitary confinement after being transferred back to prison from hospital, his wife has said.
• Mikhail Zygar, Dmitry Sidorov, Mos News reported that by increasing the tensions, Iranian authorities are trying to gain more leeway from the West.
• And finally, a classic cartoon by Cox & Forkum: on Mullahs WMD program.