A Daily Briefing on Iran: Wednesday's Daily Briefing on Iran

DoctorZin reports, 11.9.2005:

Regime's FM Spokesman: "We're amazed at just how ignorant Europeans are"

Hamidreza Assefi, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the regime reacting to Monday's European Union statement that cited among other matters, Ahmadinejad's recent irresponsible comments about Israel, claimed: "This statement is inappropriate for the shift that the world and the Islamic Republic are going through at the moment; we are amazed at the depth of the European Unions' ignorance toward the flow of the world.

The Europeans need to first and foremost start by criticizing themselves; in order to eliminate human rights violations and racism toward minorities and Moslems in particular, they are obligated to take radical steps and that needs to be reflected in their statements." READ MORE

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

Iran Press News reported that coalition forces in Iraq prohibited the return of a commercial Iraqi plane from Tehran to Baghdad.
Iran Press News reported that the Ping-Pong federation of the Islamic Republic announced the German Embassy refused visas to the regime's Ping-Pong team. Britain and Argentina also recently refused visas to other sports teams.
Iran Press News reported that Massoud Mojiri, a journalist and student activist of the university of Esfahan was summoned to court in Esfahan to answer to charges of "printing corrupting material and action against the security of the regime".
Eli Lake, The NY Sun reported that Iraq's deputy prime minister, Ahmad Chalabi, is scheduled to meet with four American Cabinet secretaries and the national security adviser. Mr. Chalabi visited Tehran over the weekend, where he met with President Ahmadinejad and made clear that Iraq is a strategic friend with the United States.
US State Department released the 2005 International Religious Freedom Report.
Adnkronos International reported that the recent vote against Iran could have motivated the removal of Natwar Singh from his post as India's foreign minister.
BBC News reported that for a second time a number of Iranian MPs have called on President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad to withdraw his latest nominee for the post of oil minister.
Khaleej Times Online reported that Iran on Tuesday rejected a demand by the European Union to halt all nuclear fuel cycle activities.
Frances Harrison, BBC News interviewed Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani.
Richard N. Haass, The New York Times advocated that the US jettison hopes for rapid change of regime in Iran and instead offer those countries security guarantees and substantial political and economic incentives.
Mail & Guardian reported that South Africa on Monday denied that it proposed taking part in any uranium-enrichment activities in Iran.
Martin Walker, Washington Times published a book review of Tehran Rising: Iran's Challenge to the United States.
And finally, Reuters reported that Iran claimed it had found the wreckage of two U.S. unmanned spy planes on its territory.