Exiles say Iran has 2005 nuclear deadline
The Washington Times
14th of March 2004
LONDON, March 14 (UPI) -- An Iranian exile group claims Tehran has a deadline of 2005 to reach a capability to produce nuclear weapons, the Middle East Newsline reported.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran said in London the Iranian government decided to resume uranium enrichment at undisclosed facilities and accelerated its effort to achieve nuclear weapons capability.
The council said Iranian leadership made the decisions after Iranian National Security Adviser Hassan Rowhani met with the International Atomic Energy Agency in October.
Alireza Jafarzadeh, a leading resistance council member, said the Iranian leadership met in early 2004 after the Pakistan nuclear network of Abdul Qadeer Khan became known. The network was reported to have provided technology, plans and components for the nuclear programs of Iran, Libya and North Korea.
Jafarzadeh said secret facilities were prepared to continue with uranium enrichment after the IAEA sought to inspect such facilities as Arak, which contains a heavy-water plant, and Natanz, with its hundreds of centrifuges.
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040314-060226-9186r.htmGood to see that there are some attentions to the recent uprising in Iran
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Uprising in Iran, Hardliner Candidate Resigns
MND NEWSWIRE
14 March 2004
According to sketchy reports, an uprising has occurred in the northern Iranian city of Fereydunkenar.
Demonstrations are reported to have begun on March 13, in the small town in the northern Iranian province of Mazandaran.
The demonstrators attacked and were able to liberate a building used by the Islamic Republic's security forces.
By midday, the uprising had begun to spread to the city of Babolsar, where demonstrators were confronted by Mazandaran's provincial security forces. At this hour, the town of Fereydunkenar appears divided between the rebels and the security forces.
Eyewitnesses have reported that approximately 5000 people were demonstrating when regime forces opened fire on the crowd. At least 5 people have been killed and scores injured with bullet wounds.
In the wake of the attack, the crowd briefly gained control of a police station and released previously arrested demonstrators. Reports also indicate that the home and office of a local Mullah had been torched.
The erruption occurred as a result of three suspicious confiscated ballot boxes that led to the hardline victory in the recent elections. Ironically the hardliner candidate had announced that he did not need the people's vote to get elected. The candidate, Moghdad Najaf Nejhad, has reportedly resigned in the wake of the uprising.
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