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The Iranian Student Movement Up To The Minute Reports ^
| 9.12.2003
| DoctorZin
Posted on 09/12/2003 1:39:55 AM PDT by DoctorZIn
The regime is working hard to keep the news about the protest movment in Iran from being reported.
From jamming satellite broadcasts, to prohibiting news reporters from covering any demonstrations to shutting down all cell phones and even hiring foreign security to control the population, the regime is doing everything in its power to keep the popular movement from expressing its demand for an end of the regime.
These efforts by the regime, while successful in the short term, do not resolve the fundamental reasons why this regime is crumbling from within.
Iran is a country ready for a regime change. 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.
Please continue to join us here, post your news stories and comments to this thread.
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U.N. Watchdog Gives Iran Oct 31 Nuclear Deadline
September 12, 2003
Reuters
Reuters.com
VIENNA -- The governing board of the United Nations nuclear watchdog passed a resolution on Friday setting Iran an October 31 deadline to prove it has no secret nuclear weapons program, a diplomat told reporters.
Iran's delegation to the U.N. walked out of the closed-door meeting in protest, warning that Tehran would have a "deep review" of its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
"We will have no choice but to have a deep review of our existing level and extent of engagement with the agency vis a vis this resolution," Iranian ambassador to the U.N. in Vienna Ali Akbar Salehi said in the text of a statement to the board.
If Iran does not comply with the resolution it could open the door to Tehran being reported to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions.
The resolution gives Iran a last chance to prove it has been complying with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Asked if the toughly worded draft text submitted to the board had been passed at the closed-door meeting, the diplomat said: "Yes."
In an August 26 report, the IAEA said it had found traces of weapons-grade highly enriched uranium at an enrichment facility at Natanz, Iran, sparking fears the country had been purifying uranium for use in an atomic bomb. Iran denied the charge.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=3434914
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Excerpts of U.N. Nuclear Agency Resolution on Iran
September 12, 2003
The Associated Press
CBS2
VIENNA, Austria -- Excerpts of an International Atomic Energy Agency resolution passed Friday that gives Iran until the end of October to dispel suspicions it may be running a covert nuclear weapons program:
The conference, ``calls on Iran to provide accelerated cooperation and full transparency to allow the agency to provide at an early date the assurances required by (IAEA) member states.''
``Calls on Iran to ensure there are no further failures to report material, facilities and activities that Iran is obliged to report,'' to the IAEA.
``Calls on Iran to suspend all further uranium enrichment-related activities.''
Decides it is ``essential and urgent ... that Iran remedy all failures identified by the agency and cooperate fully with the agency to ensure verification of compliance with Iran's safeguards agreement by taking all necessary actions by the end of October 2003, including:
providing a full declaration of all important material and components relevant to the (uranium) enrichment program ....
granting unrestricted access, including environmental sampling, for the agency ... for the purposes of verification of the correctness and completeness of Iran's declarations.''
The resolution also calls on Iran ``to promptly and unconditionally sign, ratify and fully implement'' an additional IAEA protocol opening all its nuclear activities to IAEA inspectors.
It calls on IAEA Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei to report back to the board on Iran's compliance by November, the date of the next scheduled board meeting.
http://cbsnewyork.com/international/NuclearAgency-Iran-Re-ai/resources_news_html
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U.N. Watchdog Gives Iran Oct 31 Nuclear Deadline
It is a start, but a UN mandated deadline doesn't carry much weight. When America sets a deadline...Overwhelming enforcement will be rendered shortly after.
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Pro-Bush
(Awareness is what you know before you know anything else.)
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US Official: Noose Tightens on Iran Nuclear Program
September 12, 2003
Reuters
Reuters.com
WASHINGTON -- The "noose" is tightening on Iran to prove it has no secret nuclear weapons program or lose its legal right to obtain nuclear-related technology from Russia and other countries, a U.S. official said on Friday.
The official spoke with Reuters after the governing board of the United Nations nuclear watchdog passed a resolution setting Iran an Oct. 31 deadline to make its case.
After that deadline, the U.N. agency board is expected in November to draw "definitive conclusions" about Iran's program and whether the Islamic state should be declared in noncompliance of international nonproliferation obligations, he said.
"This time we hope there's not going to be a way to escape because this resolution is really tightening the noose on them" to cooperate, he said.
If Iran does not cooperate and Iran is officially declared in noncompliance, "Iran will forfeit it's right to share nuclear technology for peaceful purposes" and Russia will not be able to provide critical nuclear fuel for Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant, the official added.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3435231
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"Iran's delegation to the U.N. walked out of the closed-door meeting in protest, warning that Tehran would have a "deep review" of its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)."
Typical reaction from them. They're always outraged when people find out the truth and call them on it.
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"We have a lot of senior al Qaeda folks captive and there are reasons we want to publicize these links," he said."
Wish everyone would stop calling terrorists "folks".
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Fri, September 12, 2003
Groups push for Kazemi probe
MONTREAL (CP) - The son of a Canadian photojournalist slain in Iran joined 16 journalism and human rights groups on Friday in asking Ottawa to order an investigation into the circumstances surrounding her death.
The groups held a news conference to outline the contents of a letter sent Wednesday to Prime Minister Jean Chretien, Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham, Justice Minister Martin Cauchon and Immigration Minister Denis Coderre.
"We are . . requesting the Canadian government to recognize the necessity of an international investigation into the case and to start the procedures towards said investigation," the letter said.
Zahra Kazemi, who was born in Iran but held dual Canadian-Iranian citizenship, died July 10 after sustaining head injuries while in custody.
Her death came nearly three weeks after she was detained for taking photographs outside a Tehran prison during student-led protests.
After 77 hours of interrogation, she was rushed to a hospital's intensive care unit where she died 14 days later. The body was buried in Iran despite pleas from Ottawa and Kazemi's Montreal-based son, Stephan Hachemi, that it be returned to Canada.
Hachemi reiterated his call at the news conference for Ottawa to get tough with Iran.
"Now that the Canadian government has been truly humiliated, I understand that for the honour of two Canadian citizens - my mother and myself - it doesn't want to lose important diplomatic relations," Hachemi said.
"But for its honour, I think the government should show a lot more resolve."
The groups at the news conference included Reporters Without Borders and the International Judicial Resources Centre. They said they also want Ottawa to present the file to the United Nations, so the international body can launch its own investigation.
Catherine Duhamel of the International Judicial Resources Centre said the coalition does not have wild expectations.
"It's a start," Duhamel said. "Two laws in Canada concerning Mrs. Kazemi's case are applicable. Why not use them? Start using them and see what happens."
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2003/09/12/pf-184558.html
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U.S. warns Israel off Arafat as Abbas quits
Haaretz ^ | 09-07-03
Posted on 09/06/2003 9:17 PM PDT by Brian S
U.S. warns Israel off Arafat as Abbas quits
By Aluf Benn and Arnon Regular, Haaretz Correspondents
The United States has told Israel it expects "no surprises" regarding Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat following the resignation of Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/977496/posts?page=97#97
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US Official: Noose Tightens on Iran Nuclear Program
September 12, 2003
Reuters
Reuters.com
WASHINGTON -- The "noose" is tightening on Iran to prove it has no secret nuclear weapons program or lose its legal right to obtain nuclear-related technology from Russia and other countries, a U.S. official said on Friday.
The official spoke with Reuters after the governing board of the United Nations nuclear watchdog passed a resolution setting Iran an Oct. 31 deadline to make its case.
After that deadline, the U.N. agency board is expected in November to draw "definitive conclusions" about Iran's program and whether the Islamic state should be declared in noncompliance of international nonproliferation obligations, he said.
"This time we hope there's not going to be a way to escape because this resolution is really tightening the noose on them" to cooperate, he said.
If Iran does not cooperate and Iran is officially declared in noncompliance, "Iran will forfeit it's right to share nuclear technology for peaceful purposes" and Russia will not be able to provide critical nuclear fuel for Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant, the official added.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3435231
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Memo shows Iraq, Iran tried to contact bin Laden
The Washington Times ^ | September 12, 2003 | Eli J. Lake
Posted on 09/12/2003 3:56 AM PDT by Miss Marple
The Taliban claimed in a 1997 meeting with U.S. officials that it had blocked attempts by both Iraq and Iran to contact Osama bin Laden, according to a previously confidential State Department memo made public yesterday....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/981055/posts
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UN Sets Nuclear Deadline, Iran Walks Out in Protest
Yahoooooooooo via Reuters ^ | 9/12/03
Posted on 09/12/2003 1:02 PM PDT by areafiftyone
VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog on Friday set Iran an October 31 deadline to prove it had no secret atomic weapons program, prompting Tehran to threaten a "deep review" of its cooperation with the agency.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/981444/posts
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