Iranian Alert -- June 2, 2004 [EST]-- IRAN LIVE THREAD -- "Americans for Regime Change in Iran"

The US media almost entirely ignores news regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran. As Tony Snow of the Fox News Network has put it, “this is probably the most under-reported news story of the year.” Most American’s are unaware that the Islamic Republic of Iran is NOT supported by the masses of Iranians today. Modern Iranians are among the most pro-American in the Middle East.

There is a popular revolt against the Iranian regime brewing in Iran today. I began these daily threads June 10th 2003. On that date Iranians once again began taking to the streets to express their desire for a regime change. Today in Iran, most want to replace the regime with a secular democracy.

The regime is working hard to keep the news about the protest movement in Iran from being reported. Unfortunately, the regime has successfully prohibited western news reporters from covering the demonstrations. The voices of discontent within Iran are sometime murdered, more often imprisoned. Still the people continue to take to the streets to demonstrate against the regime.

In support of this revolt, Iranians in America have been broadcasting news stories by satellite into Iran. This 21st century news link has greatly encouraged these protests. The regime has been attempting to jam the signals, and locate the satellite dishes. Still the people violate the law and listen to these broadcasts. Iranians also use the Internet and the regime attempts to block their access to news against the regime. In spite of this, many Iranians inside of Iran read these posts daily to keep informed of the events in their own country.

This daily thread contains nearly all of the English news reports on Iran. It is thorough. If you follow this thread you will witness, I believe, the transformation of a nation. This daily thread provides a central place where those interested in the events in Iran can find the best news and commentary. The news stories and commentary will from time to time include material from the regime itself. But if you read the post you will discover for yourself, the real story of what is occurring in Iran and its effects on the war on terror.

I am not of Iranian heritage. I am an American committed to supporting the efforts of those in Iran seeking to replace their government with a secular democracy. I am in contact with leaders of the Iranian community here in the United States and in Iran itself.

If you read the daily posts you will gain a better understanding of the US war on terrorism, the Middle East and why we need to support a change of regime in Iran. Feel free to ask your questions and post news stories you discover in the weeks to come.

If all goes well Iran will be free soon and I am convinced become a major ally in the war on terrorism. The regime will fall. Iran will be free. It is just a matter of time.

In Solidarity with Political Prisoners, Student Movement in Iran: Panel Discussion on Human Rights Violations in Iran Sponsored by NCPDA

6/2/2004 9:37:00 AM

To: Assignment Desk, Daybook Editor

Contact: National Coalition of Pro-Democracy Advocates, 202-487-6989, Web: http://www.ncpda.com

News Advisory:

Iran under the religious tyrants has been condemned for 50 times by UN. The regime stepped up its campaign against the press in 2003 with the arrest of 43 journalists. It is the biggest prison for journalists in the Middle East. In April the Iranian regime used its terrorist partner, Syrian regime to kidnap two Iranian political refugees and take them to the notorious Evin prison in Iran. According to Amnesty International, "Scores of students, academics and journalists were arbitrarily arrested and many faced politically motivated criminal charges based on defamation or security laws."

Distinguished guests have been invited to this panel discussion to examine these issues and update the media about the latest activities by students inside Iran, on the anniversary of "Student Uprising" against the rulers in Iran.

A documentary film covertly filmed in Iran by the founder of "Underground Cinema in Iran". Moslem Mansouri will be presented at the end of discussion.

WHERE: Place: National Press Club, Lisagor Room, 13th Floor, 529 14th Street NW, Washington, DC 20045

WHEN: Friday, June 4, 1 2:30 p.m.

Welcome and Speech by NCPDA president Haydar Akbari, MD.

Speech by -- Dr. Rita Maran, a lecturer on human rights at UC, Berkeley, president of the United Nations Association-USA East Bay Chapter

Speech by -- Shaazka Beyerle, vice president of Int'l Center on Nonviolent Conflict, writer and journalist.

Speech by Moslem Mansoori, founder of underground filmmaker in Iran and a human rights activist

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=110-06022004

U.S. Says Iran Hiding Nuke Bomb Program from UN

June 02, 2004
Reuters
Reuters.com

VIENNA -- The United States said on Wednesday that Iran continues to cover up a nuclear weapons program and that the latest report by the U.N. atomic watchdog had only made this more apparent.

"I think that this persistent refusal to fully cooperate (with U.N. inspectors) fits a long-term pattern of denial and deception that can only be designed to mask Iran's military nuclear program," the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. in Vienna, Kenneth Brill, told reporters.

The United States accuses Iran of running a secret nuclear weapons program that is parallel to its declared atomic energy program. Iran denies this, insisting its ambitions are limited to the peaceful generation of electricity.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Tuesday in a confidential report on Iran, obtained by Reuters, there were two major issues it must resolve. First is the origin of enriched uranium traces found at sites in Iran, which some diplomats on the IAEA board say had raised concerns Iran was secretly enriching uranium for use in weapons.

The second is Iran's centrifuge program, especially its interest in advanced P2 enrichment centrifuges capable of making bomb-grade uranium. The report said Iran had admitted importing P2 parts and may have had interest in parts for thousands of centrifuges -- contrary to what it had previously said.

"Unanswered questions continue to be the hallmark of Iranian cooperation with the (IAEA)," Brill said.

"The more the IAEA digs, the more problems it finds. It is equally clear that the IAEA is not buying Iranian explanations on the key questions and that the list of outstanding issues is larger than it was in March," he said.

The IAEA issued its last report on Iran in March. One of the most controversial issues in that report was the discovery of previously undeclared research on the P2 centrifuges.

The IAEA board begins meeting on June 14 to discuss the new report on Iran. The United States is expected to push hard for a resolution condemning Iran's less-than-total cooperation, though it is unlikely to push for a report to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions, Western diplomats said.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=5325324

Who's who among these cops?

There's the guys with the green hats with red hatbands -- regular city police?

Then in the second picture the SS looking cats in the leather jackets and/or black shirts... political police?

Then in the third picture you got a guy in a camouflage uniform. Pasdaran? He has a black beret with the flash on the right side, like the SS guys.

I'm thinking there's two separete police forces here. What about the religious police? Do they wear something like a shalwar kameez and turban?

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

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