Tuesday's Daily Briefing on Iran

DoctorZin reports, 3.07.2006:

Little leaking out of closed IAEA talks on Iran.

• The Jerusalem Post reported that a senior State Department official said unless Iran executes a dramatic about-face and suspends all its nuclear activities, the UN Security Council will intervene "quite actively."
• Reuters reported that Iran said it could delay industrial-scale enrichment for up to two years, but the EU countered with a demand for a 10-year moratorium on all enrichment activity.
• BBC News reported that the United States has said it will not accept any deal which allows Iran to enrich uranium.

More Covert Iranian Operations.

• Reuters is reporting that a covert Iranian program run by people closely linked to Iran's military includes plans to arm its Shahab-3 missiles with nuclear warheads.
• ABC News reported that U.S. military and intelligence officials reported that they have caught shipments of deadly new bombs at the Iran-Iraq border and Richard Clarke added: "the Iranian government is knowingly killing U.S. troops."
• The Washington Times, in an editorial, said it sees Iranian ties to the recent bloodshed in Iraq.
  
• Telegraph reported that Iran's Revolutionary Guards have taken the extraordinary step of cutting down thousands of trees in Tehran to prevent United Nations inspectors from finding traces of enriched uranium.

WSJ on how to spend $85 Million.

• The Wall Street Journal said that now that Iran's pro-democracy forces have a checking account, the critical next question is how to spend it.

Not all Iranians oppose US intervention in Iran.

• Rooz Online reported that not all Iranians are opposed to US intervention in Iran, largely out of desperation and lack of hope.

Ganji's attorney out on $1 Million Bail.

• Rooz Online reported that Iranian dissident Akbar Ganji's Attorney was finally released from prison on a $1 million bail.

Iraq is not on the verge of a civil war.

• Amir Taheri, Arab News explained why Iraq is not on the verge of a civil war.

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

• FrontPageMagazine.com published an interview with Houchang Nahavandi, former Minister of the last Shah of Iran.
• Mehran Riazaty produced a report on recent statements by Hamas and Hezbollah regarding their support for the ideology of Ayatollah Khomeini.
• Mehran Riazaty reported that Iranian General Safavi, recently boasted: "Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps is strongest military power in the Middle East."
• Ynet News reported that Iran has opened an "ideological embassy" in the Palestinian territories to espouse Shia Muslim beliefs.
• And finally, SOSIran in a press statement on the Festival of Light Celebrations in Iran - March 14th, said they expect the regime to attempt to suppress the celebration and asked us in the west to let the world know what happens that night. Photo.