Sunday's Daily Briefing on Iran

DoctorZin reports, 1.22.2005:

Timmerman claims: Iran will be attacked soon.

• Israelnn reported that Ken Timmerman claimed that the US and Israel will destroy Iran's nuclear facilities in less than 10 weeks from now. Audio of the interview.
  

Israeli Defense Minister called on Iranians to remove their President, or else?

• Monsters & Critics reported that Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz warned the Iranian people Saturday that they faced 'destruction' unless they managed to restrain their new President.

More UN Stalling?

• Louis Charbonneau, Reuters reported that the Russians objected to language in a draft that suggests Iran is a threat to world peace and paves the way for a so-called Chapter Seven resolution at the Security Council.
• IranMania reported that Iran wants China to be involved in possible enrichment of uranium with Russia.
  

Iran Responds to Chirac.

• United Press International reported that Iran blasted threats by French President Jacques Chirac on using unconventional weapons to strike against terrorism.

Iran's Presidents Again Suggests Israeli's Move to Europe.

• Iran Focus reported that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told European nations to open their doors to the Jews of Israel, so that Israel could be removed from the map of the Middle East.

State Department Slams Ahmadinejad.

• KansasCity.com reported that despite Ahmadinejad's meeting with leaders of militant Palestinian groups the State Department said neither Iran nor Syria can proclaim itself a champion of the Palestinian people since Palestinian leader Abbas has called for Damascus to close down the headquarters of these groups.

Iran's Billions Leaving Europe but...

• Reuters reported that Iran, which has said it is shifting its money out European accounts as the threat of U.N. sanctions mounts, will NOT move its currency assets to Asia.

Iran Appoints a New Radical Air Force Commander.

• Iran Focus reported that Brigadier General Hossein Salami, a senior commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards who once vowed that “no part of the Islamic world is going to be safe and secure for America” was named as the new head of the Guards’ Air Force.

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

• Tom Curry, MSNBC reported that Iran's nuclear ambitions could roil America's Elections.
• Stefania Lapenna, The Publis Pundit reported that a prominent Iranian feminist activist and freedom fighter, Vajiheh Cheguini, passed away yesterday in Tehran.
• Robert Mayer, The Publis Pundit reported that the Alliance of Iranian Women protested Code Pink.
• And finally, Cox & Forkum published a cartoon: Brokeback Diplomacy.