Sunday, October 02, 2005

Sunday's Daily Briefing on Iran

DoctorZin reports, 10.2.2005:

End of Islam in Iran Near?

Iranian.ws:
POLL - As an Iranian, If(or when) time comes to choose between 'Islam or Iran', which one will you support?

Grandson of the founder of mullacracy in Iran, Seyyed Hassan Khomeini, criticized the battle between secularism and backwardness, saying the original religious movement in Iran has been endangered. He added that secularism is pursuing separation of religion from politics and some are promoting an emotional religion based on backwardness and superstitions to withstand secularism. READ MORE
At present, the poll results are as follows:
As an Iranian, If (or when) time comes to choose between 'Islam or Iran', which one will you support?
Iran 91.4%
Islam 8.6%
Here are a few other news items you may have missed.
  • Reuters reported that Iran's presidential office denied the president had given an interview to a Gulf paper which quoted him as saying Tehran may hold back on oil sales if its nuclear program is referred to the U.N. Security Council.
  • The Globe & Mail in response to Ahmadinejad's denial the newspaper said it stands by the story.
  • Iran Focus reported that the Iranian capital’s police chief warned that State Security Forces would crack down on people eating in public during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
  • Memri published excerpts from a debate on Iran's Jaam-e Jam 1 TV about 9/11. Video included.
  • Paul Owens, Orlando Sentinel quoted Ilan Berman's, author of Tehran Rising, as saying: the Islamist war against the United States" began with the Iranian Revolution, not the Sept. 11, 2001.
  • Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor discussed the concern Iranian musicians have of a potential crackdown on their work.
  • Iranian blogger, ET, View from Iran said that fear of repression in Iran has lead many to become liars.
  • Iranian blogger, ET, View from Iran provided tips for journalists visiting Iran.
  • myTELUS reported that Mohammad Mohsen Sazgara, had been sentenced to five years in prison on charges of trying to topple the Islamic system.
  • Islamic Republic News Agency reported that Majlis Speaker Gholamali Haddad Adel said: If Israel goes mad enough to target Iranian nuclear sites as it did against Iraqi installations in 1991, Iran would give it a lesson which it could not forget forever.
  • John Hall, Richmond Times discussing Ilan Berman's book, Tehran Rising, said one of the great ironies of the Iraq war was that Iraq's next-door neighbor, Iran, emerged as a big regional winner, at least temporarily.
  • SMCCDI reported that official warnings, threats, anti-riot maneuvers and barbarian acts are increasing in Iran.
  • SMCCDI reported that at least two dozens of collective buses were set on fire, on Friday, after a football game played at Tehran's Azadi ('Freedom') Stadium.
  • Ha'aretz reported that the aggressive policy of the U.S. is proving itself and the three-pronged "axis of evil" that President George W. Bush sketched is breaking apart.
And finally, Photos, Cartoons and a video.

posted by DoctorZin @ 10/02/2005 11:55:00 PM