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The Iran ExpertIranian MPs approve move for free elections.- Iran's pro-reform parliament has passed a controversial bill to guarantee free parliamentary elections, a decision that threatens to deepen tensions between the country's reformist and conservative camps.-Financial Times 7 March
http://www.iranexper...anmps7march.htmIn case of war, Russians would be evacuated via Iran .- Russia would evacuate its remaining citizens from Iraq via neighboring Iran in case of war, a senior Russian official said.-
Moscow Time 7 March
http://www.iranexper...aqwar7march.htmLeaders of Turkmenistan, Iran to discuss rise in gas exports 10 March.- Turkmen President Saparmyrat Nyyazow will visit Tehran on Monday 10 March to hold talks with his Iranian counterpart President Mohammad Khatami on gas deliveries and the legal status of the Caspian Sea.-
Interfax News 7 March
http://www.iranexper...istan7march.htmIranian border town dreads ravages of war.- Dislike of Saddam Doesn't Translate to Support For U.S., Few Iranians suffered the ravages of their bloody, eight-year war with Iraq more than the residents of this sleepy little border town.-Knight Ridder News 6 March
http://www.iranexper...ofwar6march.htmIranian Journalists Denounce Crackdown.- Iranian journalists denounced the hard-line judiciary's press crackdown that has closed about 90 reformist publications and imprisoned dozens of writers and activists.-Associated Press 6 March
http://www.iranexper...ciary6march.htmIran-backed forces join those vying for influence in N. Iraq.- In a grassy field peppered with rocks in this eastern corner of Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq, some 200 Iraqi Shiite soldiers are building a camp big enough for five times as many troops.-Christian Science Monitor 6 March
http://www.csmonitor...07s01-woiq.htmlLack of international funding imperils refugee camps in Iran.- Iranian officials are building at least seven refugee camps inside their country that could stay empty for lack of international funding, despite an expected flood of refugees if the United States invades Iraq.-Knight Ridder News 6 March
http://www.iranexper...nding6march.htmIran defence minister mocks Iraq peace plans in apparent snub to FM.- Iranian Defence Minister Ali Shamkhani mocked rival peace plans for Iraq put forward by the United Arab Emirates and his own cabinet colleague, Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi.-AFP 5 March
http://www.iranexper...ister5march.htmIran alone cannot help new Iraqi refugees, Khatami tells Lubbers.- In a meeting today with UN refugee agency chief Ruud Lubbers, Iranian President Mohammad Khatami said his country was prepared to stand by its humanitarian obligations.-UNHCR News 5 March
http://www.iranexper...ugees5march.htmFate of two key Iranian reform bills in 'serious doubt'.- Strong opposition from senior hard-line clerics has cast serious doubt on whether two key reform bills that seek major changes in the ruling establishment will be approved, a top official said.-Associated Press 5 March
http://www.iranexper...bills5march.htmMuslim Leaders Gather; Iran Calls for U.N. - Supervised Elections in Iraq.- Iran announced an Iraqi peace proposal including U.N. supervised elections as Muslim leaders gathered for an emergency summit expected to focus on the prospect of a U.S.-led war to oust Saddam Hussein.-
Associated Press 5 March
http://www.iranexper...aders5march.htmAlarm as Iranians open atomic plant.- Iran will start operating a uranium processing plant within the next few weeks, it said yesterday, a move that has long concerned experts as a stage in the possible development of nuclear weapons.-Telegraph 5 March
http://www.iranexper...plant5march.htmIranian intellectual lecture on secularism in Iran.- A mixed crowd of students, faculty and community members listened intently to the soft-spoken speech entitled "Secularism in the Islamic Republic of Iran" given by Abdulkarim Soroush, one of Iran's foremost contemporary scholars.-
Tufts Daily 4 March
http://www.iranexper...arism4march.htmRussian foreign minister to visit Iran March 10-12: embassy.- Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov is to visit Iran on March 10-12 for talks on bilateral, regional and international issues, including the Iraqi crisis, the Russian embassy said.-AFP 4 March
http://www.iranexper...ianfm4march.htmTaiwanese Men Charged Over Military Exports to Iran.- Two Taiwanese businessmen have been indicted for conspiring to buy U.S. weaponry for Iran, the latest in a string of arms smuggling schemes foiled by stepped up enforcement in the aftermath of Sept. 11, federal authorities announced.-Associated Press 4 March
http://www.iranexper...ports4march.htmU.S. says opposed to Iran-backed forces in north Iraq.- The United States said on Tuesday it knew that Iranian-backed Iraqi opposition forces had moved into northern Iraq and was opposed to their presence.-Reuters 4 March
http://www.iranexper...orces4march.htmIran Offers Plan to End Iraq Crisis.- Iran offered a plan Tuesday to avert war in neighboring Iraq, calling for elections supervised by the United Nations and urging the nation's divided opposition to reconcile with President Saddam Hussein.-Associated Press 4 March
http://www.iranexper...nplan4march.htmIranian reformers engulfed by fundamentalist election landslide.- Reformist allies of the Iranian President, Mohammad Khatami, conceded yesterday that they had suffered a crushing defeat in municipal elections at the hands of Islamic conservatives opposed to democratic and social change.-Guardian 3 March
http://www.guardian....,906278,00.htmlIran dumps Pakistan in favour of India.- Iran's decision to allow India the use of its land, airspace and military bases in the event of any outbreak of tension with Pakistan has stunned Islamabad for the sudden turnaround of its one-time trusted ally.-Sify News 3 March
http://www.iranexper...dumps3march.htmAnother Persian mystery.- "Death to America!" the crowd chanted as it surged towards the former US embassy in central Tehran. And for good measure: "Death to Israel! Death to the English!"-
Financial Times 3 March
http://www.iranexper...stery3march.htmIranian-based militias deploying in Kurdish Iraq, complicating volatile mix in region.- The fighters say they are Iraqi patriots who came to Kurdish northern Iraq to fight off foreign invaders — but the green telephone at their camp has a sticker identifying it as the property of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.-Associated Press 3 March
http://www.iranexper...hiraq3march.htmWeb watched.- The Iranian internet's days as a home of unrestricted information could be numbered, When Iraq's foreign minister made a controversial visit to Iran recently, the news was broken first on the internet.-Guardian 3 March
http://www.guardian....,906581,00.htmlIran to help wounded soldiers in any Iraq war .- Iran will help any wounded soldiers that enter its territory during an expected US-led strike on Iraq, in line with international law, a foreign ministry spokesman said Sunday. AFP 2 March
http://www.iranexper...rhelp2march.htmIran municipal polls turnout averages less than 40 percent: official .- Turnout for Iran's municipal polls which marked the first electoral setback for reformers in several years averaged just 39 percent, a senior official said Sunday, and participation in big cities was far lower. AFP 2 March
http://www.iranexper...rnout2march.htmReformist losses, apathy at Iran polls a warning to Khatami .-The first election reverse suffered by Iran's reformers in municipal elections, as well as the extremely low voter turnout, were seen Sunday as signs of frustration with President Mohammad Khatami and a rejection of infighting with Islamic conservatives. AFP 2 March
http://www.iranexper...nloss2march.htmElection loss clips Khatami's wings .-Reformers in Iran have suffered their first election defeat since President Mohammad Khatami was elected in a landslide in 1997. BBC 2 March
http://news.bbc.co.u...ast/2813135.stmReformers suffer blow in Iran polls.- Local elections in Iran have delivered a major boost to Islamic conservatives in the country, initial results show.According to partial counts, conservative candidates are set to win 14 out of 15 council seats in the capital Tehran.-BBC 2 March
http://news.bbc.co.u...ast/2812005.stmReformers under pressure in Iranian elections.- Reformers allied with the Iranian president, Mohammad Khatami, faced a test of their popular strength yesterday in local elections.-
Guardian 1 March
http://www.guardian....,905295,00.htmlWar offers Iran ticket off axis of evil.- Thirteen months after President Bush called Iran part of an “axis of evil,” and on the eve of a possible U.S.-led war against Tehran’s similarly vilified neighbor, Iraq, the Iranian government has quietly weighed its reputation as an international pariah against America’s superpower might.-NBC 28 February
http://www.iranexper...t28february.htmYoungest ayatollah: US is 'naive' about Tehran politics.- Ayatollah Abbas Hosseini Ghaem-Maghami, politician and theologian, considers himself a bridge between Iran's moderates and radicals.-Financial Times 28 February
http://www.iranexper...e28february.htmLiberal dissidents on the ballots for first time in 20 years in Iranian election.- Iran For the first time in two decades, liberal dissidents were on the ballot for Iran's local elections Friday thanks to a power shift in the committee overseeing elections in this conservative society.-
Associated Press 28 February
http://www.iranexper...s28february.htmIranian municipal polls key test for reformers.- Iranians went to the polls Friday to elect new town and city councils in a test for reformers close to President Mohammad Khatami.-AFP 28 February
http://www.iranexper...s28february.htmHard choices for Iran's ayatollahs.- A journalist friend called from somewhere in the Middle East. His question: what is the meaning of the increasing calls from some clerics in Iran that Islam really belongs in mosques, and that it has no business getting embroiled in politics.-Asia Times 27 February
http://www.iranexper...s27february.htmUN rights watchdog attacks Iranian jails.- Iranians suffer large-scale arbitrary detentions and some prisons operate outside the control of the judicial system, the first UN human rights monitors to visit the country for seven years said yesterday.-Guardian 27 February
http://www.guardian....,903600,00.htmlIran fears Washington more than Saddam.- Amid the rumbling rhetoric and anti-U.S. diatribes issued from Tehran in recent weeks over a possible U.S.-led war on Iraq, wily former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani summed up Iran's position most clearly.-Reuters 27 February
http://www.iranexper...s27february.htmIran Holds Funerals in Military Crash.- Thousands of people attended public funerals in two Iranian cities Thursday for the elite troops killed in a plane crash last week.-Guardian 27 February
http://www.guardian....2439171,00.htmlIran confirms complete closure of Iraqi border.- The land border between Iran and Iraq has been closed until further notice, government spokesman Abdollah Ramezanzadeh told reporters here after a cabinet meeting Wednesday.-AFP 26 February
http://www.iranexper...e26february.htmSaddam's poor performance gives US pretext for a war.- Iran's influential former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's poor performance will give Washington a pretext for war.-AFP 26 February
http://www.iranexper...r26february.htmIran's local elections seen as test For Moderate President Khatami's.- Dissidents, clerics, technocrats, and even a body builder wound up their campaigns on Wednesday for local elections in Iran seen as a litmus test of moderate President Mohammad Khatami's political strength.-
Reuters 26 February
http://www.iranexper...t26february.htmIran's legal system 'flawed'.- A team of United Nations human rights experts has concluded a visit to Iran noting serious shortcomings in the country's justice system.-BBC 26 February
http://news.bbc.co.u...ast/2802339.stmOman-Iran political committee meeting ends.- The 11th meeting of the joint Omani-Iranian political committee concluded at Al Ghubra Guest House.Ahmed bin Yousef Al Harthy, head of the Arab department at the Foreign Ministry.-Times Of Oman 26 February
http://www.iranexper...n26february.htmReformer Challenges Iran's Mullahs 'Execute me'.- Death is preferable to torture, says Sahabi, whose case is the latest twist in battle between clerics and reformists.-Straits Times 26 February
http://www.iranexper...s26february.htmSpanish, Iranians Ask to See Pope Over Iraq.- Pope John Paul is due to meet Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar and a top Iranian official Thursday to discuss Iraq, keeping the Vatican firmly in the diplomatic spotlight over the crisis.-Reuters 25 February
http://www.iranexper...l25february.htmTurkmen president to visit Iran March 10.- Turkmenistan's President Saparmurat Niyazov is to visit Iran next month to discuss gas exports and the problem of how to carve up the vast energy resources of the Caspian Sea, official sources said.-AFP 25 February
http://www.iranexper...t25february.htmIranian ambassador: Region can't take more war.- We haven't heard much lately from Iran, Iraq's large and strategically important neighbor to the east. But make no mistake: the leadership in Tehran is waiting and watching the showdown with Iraq as closely as anyone.-CNN 25 February
http://www.iranexper...r25february.htmKhamenei makes implicit swipe at Iran reformers ahead of Friday polls.- Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei launched an implicit swipe at reformist-led municipal councils Tuesday just three days before polling in local elections.-AFP 25 February
http://www.iranexper...e25february.htm"Big Brother US driven by fanatic fundamentalism" Khatami says.- Iranian president Mohammad Khatami issued an extraordinary assessment of US foreign policy, accusing the United States of positioning itself as a violent "Big Brother" driven by "fanatic fundamentalism."-AFP 24 February
http://www.iranexper...c24february.htmIran hardliners block cleric's medical checks.- Iran's Revolutionary Guards prevented the country's leading clerical dissident from travelling to a Tehran hospital for a heart check-up, his son said on Monday.-Reuters 24 February
http://www.iranexper...l24february.htmIran launches Arabic-language satellite news channel.- Iran has launched an Arabic-language satellite news channel for a two-month trial period to see how it fares in the battle for Arab opinion against Al-Jazeera and other giants.-AFP 24 February
http://www.iranexper...s24february.htmProminent Iranian dissident arrested at airport.- Plainclothes Iranian officials arrested a prominent dissident academic at Tehran airport on Monday shortly after he arrived on a flight from France, his wife said.-Reuters 24 February
http://www.iranexper...d24february.htmIran: Won't take Iraqi refugees without financial help.- The Iranian government will close its borders to Iraqi refugees if there is a war involving Iraq unless someone else foots the huge bill for caring for them, government officials say.-Knight Ridder News 24 February
http://www.iranexper...s24february.htmCampaigning Heats Up for Iran's Village and City Council Elections.- Campaigning was in full swing Monday ahead of this week's village and city council elections in Iran, with liberal dissidents running for the first time in two decades and hard-liners encouraging people to abstain from voting.-Associated Press 24 February
http://www.iranexper...s24february.htmThe Iran Connection.- Is Tehran in cahoots with Al Qaeda? And if so, why doesn’t Washington do something about it? American counter terror specialists devoutly wish they knew where Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi is today.-News WeeK 24 February
http://www.iranexper...n24february.htmIranian Kurd MPs voice concern over Turkish occupation of Iraqi Kurdistan.- Iranian Kurdish MPs have voiced concern to the UN chief and EU over a possible Turkish occupation of Iraqi Kurdistan in case of a US-led attack on Iraq.-AFP 24 February
http://www.iranexper...s24february.htmIran crash black boxes sought.- Iranian search teams are struggling with bad weather to search the site of the country's worst air crash for the aircraft's "black boxes".-BBC 23 February
http://news.bbc.co.u...ast/2784079.stmUS raises fears over Iran's nuclear policy.- The top US official for arms control is to visit Russia this week to underscore concerns over Iran's nuclear programme following an inspection by the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog who said he was struck by the level of sophistication he had seen.-Financial Times 23 February
http://www.iranexper...y23february.htmIran urges International Court of Justice to remain impartial.- Tehran urged the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Sunday to remain impartial in considering its case against the United States over the destruction of oil rigs in the Gulf in 1987 and 1988.-AFP 23 February
http://www.iranexper...t23february.htmIran fears U.S. aims to reshape Mideast.- Iran, afraid Iraq possesses weapons of mass destruction, voiced greater fears on Sunday that the United States aims to reshape the Middle East by launching a war against its old enemy.-Reuters 23 February
http://www.iranexper...t23february.htmIraq Saddam Hussein's demise:The View From Iran.- Tehran may officially decry US plans to invade Iraq - but what really worries it is that regime change in Baghdad will prove contagious.-Australian Financial Review 22 February
http://www.iranexper...n22february.htmRussia dismisses US worries on Iran nuclear plant.- A top Russian official on Friday dismissed U.S. concerns that Moscow's role in building the first nuclear power station in Iran could help that country get nuclear weapons.-Reuters 21 February
http://www.iranexper...s21february.htmThe view from Iran: anxious about war in a region that might explode.- "Every country agrees that Iraq should be disarmed. Iran especially has suffered from this problem, but the problem cannot be solved by war," the reformist parliamentarian and head of the Iranian Journalists Association, Rajabali Mazrooei, said in Sydney.-Sydney Morning Herald 21 February
http://www.iranexper...s21february.htmU.N. nuclear chief arrives in Iran to visit nuclear facilities.- Natanz, Iran – The top U.N. nuclear inspector on Friday visited the site of a nuclear plant that Iran says will be used for peaceful purposes but that the United States insists is intended to fuel a secret weapons program.-
Associated Press 21 February
http://www.iranexper...r21february.htmU.S., Russia to discuss Iran’s nukes,.- Tehran’s new nuclear program alarms Bush administration
The Bush administration, deeply concerned about Iran’s announced plans to develop its own nuclear fuel.-Reuters 20 February
http://www.iranexper...s20february.htmIranians despise Saddam, worry about Washington.- If there is one thing Iranians and their government agree on, it is the desire to see the back of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.-
Reuters 20 February
http://www.iranexper...m20february.htmIlyushin crash puts spotlight back on perils of Iran's skies.- The crash of a military Ilyushin-76 aircraft has put the spotlight back on insecurity in the skies of Iran, mostly due to the dilapidated state of the Iranian fleet and a US embargo on technology transfer.-AFP 20 February
http://www.iranexper...h20february.htm302 military killed in Iranian plane crash.- A plane carrying 302 people, all members of the elite Emam Ali Revolutionary Guards, crashed in the mountains of southeastern Iran today and all on board were killed, state-run media reported.-Associated Press 19 February
http://www.iranexper...s19february.htmThe Willful Blindness of those Who Will Not See.- Iran holds all the records for sponsoring, harboring, fostering, and launching terrorism. It tops the State Department's list of state sponsors of terrorism, and it richly deserves its gold medal.-National Review 19 February
http://www.iranexper...s19february.htmReform excitement gives way to apathy as Iran readies to return to polls.- The wave of enthusiasm which swept thousands of reformists into office in Iran's first ever municipal polls four years ago has given way to voter apathy in the runup to fresh local elections later this month.-
AFP 19 February
http://www.iranexper...s19february.htmU.S. Would Remove Iranian Opposition in Iraq.- The United States will "give no quarter" to the Iranian opposition based in Iraq if U.S. forces invade the country, a U.S. official said.-
Reuters 19 February
http://www.iranexper...n19february.htmExtremism the sure winner from a US attack on Iraq: Iran.- In a wide-ranging attack on US policy, Iran warned the Security Council that an attack on Iraq would inevitably benefit extremism, especially if a US military commander were put in charge of an Islamic country.-AFP 18 February
http://www.iranexper...e18february.htmIran vows its nuclear program peaceful - ElBaradei.- The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said on Tuesday ahead of a visit to Iran that Tehran had assured him it wanted to show the world its nuclear program is intended for peaceful purposes only.-Reuters 18 February
http://www.iranexper...t18february.htmProminent reformist journalist detained in Iran.- A prominent pro-reform journalist who has described the hard-line establishment as dictatorial was detained at home Tuesday, according to his son.-Associated Press 18 February
http://www.iranexper...t18february.htmIranian MPs censure foreign minister over Iraqi visit.- Iranian MPs on Sunday censured Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi for holding talks last week with his Iraqi counterpart Naji Sabri as the United States threatens to oust President Saddam Hussein.-AFP 17 February
http://www.iranexper...s17february.htmOman, Iran call for all efforts to avoid war.- The Sultanate of Oman and Iran yesterday agreed on the need to deploy all efforts to avoid a US-led war on Iraq, Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, minister responsible for foreign affairs, said.-Times Of Oman 17 February
http://www.iranexper...n17february.htmInternational Court of Justice set to hear case of Iran versus the United States.- The World Court here is scheduled on Monday to look into the case of Iran which has lodged a complaint against the United States over the destruction of oil rigs in the Persian Gulf in 1987 and 1988.-AFP 16 February
http://www.iranexper...s16february.htmIran urges US to hear voice of anti-war demonstrations.- Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi Sunday urged the United States to hear the voice of anti-war demonstrators throughout the world calling for shift on the gear of war and pursuit of dialog and peace.-Xinhuanet 16 February
http://www.iranexper...r16february.htmIran Wants No Mass Destruction Arms in Middle East.- Iran said Sunday it wanted the Middle East to be completely free of weapons of mass destruction and accused Washington of applying double standards on the issue in the region.-Reuters 16 February
http://www.iranexper...s16february.htmRevolution in Iran 'inspired' all Islamic movements.- Islamic movements all over the world have been inspired by the Iran revolution, according to speakers at a seminar on the 24th revolution's anniversary.-Dawn 16 February
http://www.iranexper...16february.htmlPakistani Prime Minister cancels trip to Iran.- Pakistani Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali has cancelled a planned trip to neighbouring Iran, state media announced Saturday.-AFP 16 February
http://www.iranexper...n16february.htmIran's Revolutionary Guards renew Rushdie death sentence.- Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards have renewed a call to kill Salman Rushdie, whom Iran condemned to death 14 years ago for allegedly insulting Islam in a prize-winning novel.-Associated Press 15 February
http://www.iranexper...s15february.htmRussian nuclear energy official to visit Iran.-Russian Deputy Minister of Atomic Energy Andrei Malishov is to arrive in Tehran on Sunday to discuss ways of broadening bilateral ties.-
Iran News Wire 14 February
http://www.iranexper...a14february.htmIran's nuclear programme no immediate threat.- Iran thrust itself back into the "axis of evil" spotlight this week with a series of announcements detailing an ambitious nuclear energy programme, including the construction of a facility to enrich uranium.-Reuters 14 February
http://www.iranexper...r14february.htmYoung runaways find dark side to bright lights of Tehran.- When 13-year-old Elaheh ran away from her mentally ill mother and drug addict father, she headed straight for the bright lights of the Iranian capital, Tehran.-AFP 14 February
http://www.iranexper...n14february.htmOfficial Baku Is Waiting for Iran’s Khatami.- necessity to unite the South Azerbaijan! An official visit of Iranian president Mohammed Khatemi to Baku will be organized in March.-
Baku Today 13 February
http://www.iranexper...u13february.htmIran criticises backers of US military buildup in Gulf.-
Iran's influential former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Wednesday criticised Gulf Arab neighbours which have granted facilities for the US military buildup against Iraq.-AFP 12 February
http://www.iranexper...p12february.htmIran's Khatami to visit Belarus this summer, barring Iraq war.-
Iran's President Mohammad Khatami hopes to visit Belarus this summer if the Iraq crisis does not obstruct his plans, his deputy foreign minister Mohsen Aminzade said.-AFP 12 February
http://www.iranexper...s12february.htmNeighbors / Iran will be one of the winners of the war.-
Last week's exchange of smiles and handshakes between British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi were a source of gnashed teeth in Washington.-Haaretz 12 February
http://www.iranexper...r12february.htmIran Cracks Down on Valentine's Day.-
That's the word from Iranian police, who have ordered shops to remove heart-and-flower decorations and have confiscated other symbols of what religious authorities consider a decadent, Western event - Valentine's Day.-Associated Press 12 February
http://www.iranexper...y12february.htmIndia, Iran to sign protocol on terror Joint Working Group (JWG).-
India and Iran are expected to sign a protocol on setting up a Joint Working Group (JWG) on terrorism and security during the on-going visit of Indian Home Secretary N. Gopalaswami to Tehran.-Indian Express 11 February
http://www.iranexper...g11february.htmIranian regime secure, but "increasingly fragile": CIA chief.-
The Iranian regime is secure but "increasingly fragile" and Washington is closely monitoring a looming showdown between Iran's reformers and conservatives, CIA director George Tenet said.-AFP 11 February
http://www.iranexper...f11february.htmSome in Iran envision a democratic Islam.-
The liveliest debate about the relationship between Islam and democracy is going on inside a theocracy. Inside Iran. This debate matters as America prepares to go to war with neighboring Iraq.-Philadelphia Inquirer 11 February
http://www.iranexper...m11february.htmIran's president warns U.S. against trying to oust Islamic rulers.- Iranian President Mohammad Khatami warned the United States on Tuesday not to use Iran's domestic troubles to try to oust its Islamic rulers.-Knight Ridder 11 February
http://www.iranexper...c11february.htmInternational: Pragmatism, the flavour of the day;
Iran, the EU and America.- Are the reformists being outflanked, even on relations with America? DURING a three-day trip to Iran this week, Chris Patten, the EU's commissioner for external relations, hobnobbed with the reformists of President Muhammad Khatami's movement--and also with the conservatives who have all but derailed the movement.-Economist 11 February
http://www.iranexper...m11february.htmDon't count on new Iran revolution.-
Twenty-four years after the Feb 1, 1979 revolution that brought the ayatollahs to power in Iran, the oil-rich country is being torn by political infighting. We examine Iran's political and economic future, and the implications for the Middle East and the wider Islamic world.-By William Choong Straits Times 11 February
http://www.iranexper...n10february.htmIran's opposition to war does not amount to support for Saddam.-
Iran's opposition to a US strike on Iraq does not mean that Tehran supports Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, President Mohammad Khatami said.-Iran News Wire 10 February
http://www.iranexper...r10february.htmKhatami says Iran mines uranium for nuclear plant.-
President Mohammad Khatami announced on Sunday that Iran had discovered and extracted uranium to produce nuclear energy, and insisted its nuclear power programme was strictly for civilian use.-Reuters 9 February
http://www.iranexper...um9february.htm