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Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)


July 2005 Iran Special Weapons News



  • Iran will not accept full uranium enrichment suspension: Speaker IRNA 31 Jul 20005 -- Majlis Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel said here Sunday Iran will not accept full suspension of uranium enrichment.
  • UCF will resume work unless EU3 offers plan Aug 1, warns Asefi IRNA 31 Jul 20005 -- Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi here Sunday warned the Europeans that nuclear activities at Isfahan's Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF) will restart if the European troika do not present their proposal by Monday.
  • Asefi terms US propaganda against president-elect as cheap IRNA 31 Jul 20005 -- Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said here Sunday the United States has launched a "cheap" propaganda campaign against President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
  • Asefi: West wants Iran to revise decision on nuclear issue IRNA 31 Jul 20005 -- Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi said here Sunday that almost all European and non-European countries have called on Iran to revise its decision on the nuclear issue, including the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who held talks with Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi in this respect.
  • Khatami lauds efforts made by nuclear negotiating team IRNA 31 Jul 20005 -- President Mohammad Khatami lauded here Sunday the Secretary of Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Hassan Rowhani for his successful role as head of nuclear negotiating team.
  • EU will accept Iranian right to fuel cycle gradually - Rowhani IRNA 31 Jul 20005 -- Secretary of Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Hassan Rowhani on Sunday offered a report to President Mohammad Khatami about his performance as the chief negotiator with European Union (EU) over nuclear program.
  • EU Warns Iran Over 'Damaging' Nuclear Step RFE/RL 31 Jul 20005 -- The United Kingdom said today that the European Union will deliver "full and detailed proposals" to Iran in one week aimed at ending the crisis over its nuclear program.
  • Iran Vows To Resume Nuclear Work RFE/RL 31 Jul 20005 -- Iran said today it would definitely resume some sensitive nuclear-fuel activities on 1 August after the European Union failed to meet Tehran's deadline for proposals to break a diplomatic impasse.
  • EU urges Malaysia to mediate in Iran's nuclear row: German daily IRNA 30 Jul 2005 -- The European Union has asked Malaysia to help mediate in the dispute over Iran's nuclear program, Saturday's edition of the daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung quoted
  • Asefi: White House remarks "unfounded" IRNA 30 Jul 2005 -- Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi here Friday rejected recent White House statement on President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's involvement in the 1979 takeover of the US Embassy in Tehran and termed it as "unfounded".
  • Iran Rejects EU Request To Delay Nuclear Proposals RFE/RL 30 Jul 2005 -- Iran demanded today that the European Union submit its proposals on solving the dispute over Tehran's nuclear program by 1 August and rejected any talk of a delay.
  • Iran: Tehran Struggles To Push Ahead With India Pipeline RFE/RL 30 Jul 2005 -- Officials in Iran are eager to get under way with a proposed gas pipeline to Pakistan and India that has been the subject of talks for more than a decade
  • New Iranian President Expected to Focus on Domestic Issues VOA 29 Jul 2005 -- Next week, Mahmood Ahmadinejad will officially become president of Iran. Mr. Ahmadinejad, the former mayor of Tehran, burst from relative political obscurity to win an upset victory in June's presidential election
  • Rowhani leaves Pretoria, says Europe should respect Iran's right to peaceful nuclear technology IRNA 28 Jul 2005 -- Iran Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Secretary General Hassan Rowhani and the head Iran's nuclear negotiating team with Europe who was on a visit to South Africa, wrapped up his trip Wednesday afternoon and returned to Tehran.
  • Khatami says Iran will not resume uranium enrichment for now IRNA 28 Jul 2005 -- The outgoing President Mohammad Khatami said here Wednesday Iran reserves the right to enrich uranium but does not plan to resume it right now.
  • Kharrazi: Isfahan's UCF may resume work if Tehran finds EU offer unsatisfactory IRNA 27 Jul 2005 -- Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said here Wednesday that if the EU's proposal to Iran fails to meet Iran's interests, Uranium Conversion Facilities (UCF) in Isfahan will resume work.
  • Khatami says Iran will not resume uranium enrichment for now IRNA 27 Jul 2005 -- The outgoing President Mohammad Khatami said here Wednesday Iran reserves the right to enrich uranium but does not plan to resume it right now.
  • Outgoing President Says Iran Might Resume Nuclear Work RFE/RL 27 Jul 2005 -- Iran's outgoing President Mohamad Khatami said today that Iran will resume some sensitive nuclear work regardless of what proposals the European Union makes in the next few days to try and dissuade it.
  • Rowhani: I hope EU would not waste fruits of mutual efforts IRNA 26 Jul 2005 -- Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Hassan Rowhani said in Johannesburg Monday, "Keeping in mind prevailing realities, we have reminded EU of our minimum expectations, and I hope the decision they make would not waste fruits of our mutual efforts.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 8, Number 29 26 Jul 2005 -- OUTGOING PRESIDENT DISCUSSES HIS TENURE / KHATAMI ADDRESSES EMPLOYMENT ISSUES / UNPAID PROVINCIAL WORKERS MARCH ON TEHRAN / BOY EXECUTED FOR RAPE / IRANIAN AUTHORS WIN HUMANITARIAN AWARD / HUNGER-STRIKING JOURNALIST HOSPITALIZED / IRAN'S DRUG PROBLEMS APPEAR TO BE WORSENING / INTELLIGENCE MINISTER DESCRIBES AL-QAEDA ARRESTS... / ...AND CLAIMS TO HAVE DECEIVED U.S. / IRANIAN ACCUSATIONS UPSET LONDON / TOGOLESE PRESIDENT WRAPS UP IRANIAN TRIP / RUSSIA PLANS TO LAUNCH IRAN'S FIRST SATELLITE / MOSCOW INVESTIGATES BUSHEHR PROJECT / TEHRAN LOSING PATIENCE WITH EUROPEANS / IRAN-IRAQ OIL PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION GETS UNDER WAY / IRAN-IRAQ DEALS SIGNAL INCREASED COOPERATION / TURKEY, IRAN VOICE SUPPORT FOR SECURING BORDERS / IRAN FACES AGITATED KURDISH POPULATION
  • Iran: A Cabinet Position Not Enough For Some RFE/RL 24 Jul 2005 -- Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will officially confirm Mahmud Ahmadinejad as president on 3 August, IRNA reported on 17 July, and Ahmadinejad will be sworn in on 6 August. The new president will have 15 days to introduce his proposed cabinet members to the parliament for approval, according to parliamentarian Hamid Reza Haji-Babai.
  • Iran to help reconstruct Iraq's damaged petrochemical industry RFE/RL 24 Jul 2005 -- Iran is ready to contribute to reconstruction and renovation of Iraq's petrochemical facilities, said Deputy Oil Minister Mohammad-Reza Nematzadeh here on Sunday.
  • EU had better avoid using language of threat against Iran - Asefi IRNA 23 Jul 2005 -- Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi here Saturday recommended Europeans not to use the language of threat against Iran as it would be of no use, but instead try to take the initiative of cooperation with the country.
  • Europeans should respect Iranian right concerning nuclear program IRNA 23 Jul 2005 -- Europeans should respect Iranian right concerning nuclear program and language of threat will not work, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said on Saturday.
  • Iran's Rafsanjani Says Giving Up Nuke Technology 'Shameful' RFE/RL 22 Jul 2005 -- Iran's former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani says it would be "shameful" for Tehran to give up its right to peaceful nuclear technology.
  • Iran: Country Faces Agitated Kurdish Population RFE/RL 22 Jul 2005 -- Unrest among Kurds living in western Iran, which has been continuing for several weeks, has prompted a government investigation that began on 20 July.
  • Nuclear states have not right to deprive others of civilian use of nuclear energy, Ahmadinejad IRNA 21 Jul 2005 -- President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that the nuclear states have not the right to deprive developing nations of civilian application of nuclear energy.
  • Iran to launch its 1st communication satellite in current year IRNA 20 Jul 2005 -- Deputy minister of communication and information technology (CIT) Hassan Shafti here Wednesday said that the first communication satellite is expected to be launched within the current Iranian year (ending March 20).
  • Iran, Turkey stress security and stability in Iraq IRNA 19 Jul 2005 -- Iranian Interior Minister Abdolvahed Moussavi-Lari and his Turkish counterpart Abdulkadir Aska explored here Monday ways of establishing security, and regional cooperation, notably in Iraqi developments.
  • Iran, Iraq stress political, security cooperation IRNA 19 Jul 2005 -- Iran and Iraq here Monday stressed expansion of all-out relations, particularly in the areas of politics and security.
  • Mousavi Lari condemns terrorist operations in Iraq IRNA 19 Jul 2005 -- Iranian Minister of the Interior Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari on Tuesday condemned terrorist operations in Iraq and said that Iran supports Iraqi national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 8, Number 28 19 Jul 2005 -- IRANIAN KURDS RIOT AFTER ACTIVIST SLAIN / SUNNIS CLAIM TO EXECUTE IRANIAN SECURITY AGENT / WORKERS STRIKE ACROSS IRAN / TEHRAN CLAIMS EXILED OPPOSITION MEMBERS ARE RETURNING / HOSPITALIZED AND JAILED LAWYER WILL NOT SEEK PARDON / PRESS DEFENDER CRITICIZES IRANIAN JUDICIARY / HUNGER STRIKE FOR 'FREEDOM' AND 'POLITICAL JUSTICE.' / MUTED OFFICIAL REACTION TO GANJI SITUATION / DETAINEES' MOTHER VOICES FEARS / NEW POLICE CHIEF ADVOCATES PRIVACY, TRANSPARENCY / PRESIDENT KHATAMI ACCUSED OF ELECTION COVER-UP / AHMADINEJAD NOTES ELECTION'S IMPACT / IRANIAN CLERICS' RESPONSES TO LONDON BOMBINGS MIXED / IRAQI DEFENSE MINISTER'S IRANIAN VISIT PRECEDES PREMIER'S / UKRAINIAN SECURITY OFFICIAL VISITS IRAN / TAJIK-IRANIAN ECONOMIC COOPERATION COMMISSION OPENS IN DUSHANBE / IRAN WANTS NUCLEAR FUEL SELF-SUFFICIENCY / RADIO FARDA AT IAEA RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS CONFERENCE
  • Rafsanjani stresses establishment of security in Iraq IRNA 18 Jul 2005 -- Chairman of the Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani here Sunday stressed the importance of establishing security in Iraq and meeting basic needs of its nation.
  • Iran-Iraq oil pipeline to become operational next year IRNA 18 Jul 2005 -- Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh here Monday said that the construction of pipeline intended to transfer oil from Iran to Iraq, whose agreement was signed 10 months ago, is already underway and is expected to be implemented within a year.
  • Asefi: Iran will act quickly if EU makes unacceptable proposal IRNA 18 Jul 2005 -- Iran will act quickly and do what it deems necessary if the Europeans' offer does not satisfy the country, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi warned here Monday.
  • Production and Proliferation of WMD root cause of insecurity IRNA 18 Jul 2005 -- Head of Disarmament and International Security Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hamid Ba'idi-nejad said here Monday that production and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction are among the major security threats in today's world.
  • Prospect of Iran-EU relations depends on settlement of nuclear standoff- Rafsanjani IRNA 18 Jul 2005 -- Chairman of Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said on Monday that prospect of Iran-EU relations depends on appropriate settlement of nuclear issue.
  • EU sources: EU to make ''generous and significant'' offer to Iran IRNA 18 Jul 2005 -- The European Union will offer a "global package" to Iran in the month of August to resolve the nuclear issue, EU diplomatic sources told IRNA in Brussels Monday.
  • Iran/Iraq: As Senior Visit Concludes, Deals Signal Increased Cooperation RFE/RL 18 Jul 2005 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Ja'fari today ended a landmark visit to Iran that outgoing Iranian President Hojatoleslam Mohammad Khatami hailed as a turning point in relations between their neighboring countries.
  • Russia determined to continue nuclear cooperation with Iran IRNA 15 Jul 2005 -- In a meeting with head of the Russia Federal Atomic Energy Agency Alexander Rumyantsev here Thursday declared the firm determination of his country to continue peaceful nuclear cooperation with Iran.
  • Iraqi Shi'ites Caution Government about Renewing Ties with Iran VOA 16 Jul 2005 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari and seven government ministers are beginning a historic visit to Iran. It is Iraq's first high-level delegation to Tehran since the two countries fought a bitter war in the 1980s, which killed at least one-million people.
  • Younesi: Change of government not to affect nuclear issue IRNA 16 Jul 2005 -- Intelligence Minister Ali Younesi here Saturday said that change of the government and state administrators will not have any major effect on Iran's nuclear issue and consensus is expected to be reached on it jointly by the government, the nation and officials in charge as was the case so far.
  • US involved in forming networks for sabotage against Iran IRNA 16 Jul 2005 -- Minister of Information Ali Younesi said that US is involved in forming networks for sabotage against Iran citing Abdul Malik terrorist networks as an example.
  • Al-Qaeda conspiracies foiled in Iran IRNA 16 Jul 2005 -- Minister of Information Ali Younesi said on Saturday that Iran has foiled five al-Qaeda conspiracies so far.
  • Iran Vows To Hold Firm On Nuclear Fuel RFE/RL 16 Jul 2005 -- Iran says it will never surrender its right to enrich uranium for nuclear fuel.
  • Iran Election Watchdog Says Presidential Results Stand RFE/RL 16 Jul 2005 -- A spokesman for Iran's hard-line election watchdog says the outcome of last month's presidential vote is final.
  • Iran/Iraq: Neighbors Mending Ties, But Several Outstanding Issues Remain RFE/RL 15 Jul 2005 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Ja'fari is to travel to Iran tomorrow, making him the first Iraqi prime minister to visit the country in recent history. Officials are expected to sign key oil and power agreements during al-Ja'fari's trip.
  • White House Says Iran Must Stop Enriching Uranium VOA 13 Jul 2005 -- The White House says Iran must abandon efforts to enrich uranium, which the Bush administration believes Tehran wants to use to build nuclear weapons
  • A new chapter to open in Iran-Iraq relations: Iranian diplomat IRNA 13 Jul 2005 -- On the eve of the first scheduled visit of Iraqi prime minister and his entourage to Tehran, Iran's Charge d'Affaires in Baghdad, Hassan Kazemi Qomi, announced on Wednesday that a new chapter is expected to open in bilateral relations.
  • Asefi terms Rumsfeld's anti-Iran remarks as lies IRNA 13 Jul 2005 -- Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi rejected recent remarks by US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld against Iran, saying such remarks are aimed at spreading lies to justify US defeat in the campaign against terrorism.
  • Iran waiting for EU practical plan on Iranian nuclear program IRNA 13 Jul 2005 -- Rapporteur of Majlis Commission on National Security and Foreign Policy Kazem Jalali said on Wednesday that EU has two months to come up with a practical plan about Iran's national nuclear program.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 8, Number 27 13 Jul 2005 -- IRAN'S AMBIGUOUS RESPONSE TO LONDON BOMBINGS / SHANGHAI GROUP WELCOMES IRAN AS OBSERVER / IRAQ GETS $1 BILLION AID PLEDGE FROM IRAN / TEHRAN, ISLAMABAD SIGN GAS-PIPELINE MEMORANDUM / NEW LEGISLATORS SWORN IN / WILL THE NEW PRESIDENT HAVE A BIG TENT? / TOP NUCLEAR NEGOTIATOR MAY RESIGN / IRANIAN OFFICIALS FIRM OVER NUCLEAR FUEL / MORE THAN 11,000 HAVE HIV IN IRAN
  • Iran Says New President Can't Alter Nuclear Policy RFE/RL 12 Jul 2005 -- Iran's foreign minister says that the country's nuclear policy will remain the same after President-elect Mahmud Ahmadinejad takes office next month.
  • IRI Prominent cleric calls Al-Qaeda 'US-Israeli illegitimate child' IRNA 09 Jul 2005 -- Interim Friday Prayer Leader of Tehran Ayatollah Mohammad Emami-Kashani said here in his second sermon, "Al-Qaeda is the illegitimate child of the United States and Israel."
  • President Khatami condemns terrorist moves in London IRNA 08 Jul 2005 -- IRI President Seyed Mohammad Khatami in a consolation message Friday to bereaved families of Thursday London bomb blasts, strongly condemned the terrorist moves launched in British capital.
  • Iran condemns Egyptian diplomat assassination in Iraq IRNA 08 Jul 2005 -- Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi here Friday condemned the brutal killing of head of Egypt's diplomatic mission in Baghdad.
  • Iran to build 20 atomic power plants: source IRNA 08 Jul 2005 -- Iran plans to construct 20 atomic power plants in the coming years, said the rapporteur of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission at Parliament (Majlis) here Thursday.
  • G8 remains determined to resolve Iran's nuclear issues IRNA 08 Jul 2005 -- G8 leaders meeting in Scotland declared Friday "We remain united in our determination to see the proliferation implications of Iran's advanced nuclear program resolved."
  • Iran: Ambiguous Response To London Bombings RFE/RL 08 Jul 2005 -- Tehran's reaction to the 7 July terrorist attacks in London is following a pattern seen before, and what this pattern shows is that the government projects an earnest and civilized facade to the outside world.
  • Iran: Will The New President Have A Big Tent? RFE/RL 07 Jul 2005 -- President-elect Mahmud Ahmadinejad will be sworn in on 4 August, and a formal inauguration at the legislature will take place one day earlier. In the meantime, Ahmadinejad must select a cabinet. Ahmadinejad says ideology and politics will not determine his choices and he has met with individuals from the hard-line and reform factions. His choices are a sign of what one can expect from his presidency.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 8, Number 26 07 Jul 2005 -- U.S. PLAYS DOWN ALLEGATIONS THAT IRAN'S PRESIDENT-ELECT WAS HOSTAGE TAKER / AHMADINEJAD'S PROFESSION OF MODERATION IN DOMESTIC POLICIES DOESN'T CONVINCE REFORMISTS / ALLEGATIONS OF ELECTION MISCONDUCT PERSIST / DO THE PRESIDENTIAL VOTE NUMBERS REALLY ADD UP? / ELECTION WORRIES IRANIAN MARKETS / DISSIDENT JOURNALIST CONTINUES HUNGER STRIKE / PRESS GROUP WANTS NEW PRESIDENT TO COME CLEAR ON FREEDOMS / ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES IRANIAN ELECTION / PRESIDENT-ELECT SAYS PEACEFUL NUKE USE IS A RIGHT / NORTH KOREA GETS CRUISE-MISSILE TECHNOLOGY FROM IRAN / TECHNOCRATS AND REFORMISTS SQUARE OFF AGAINST CONSERVATIVES AND LABOR OVER WTO MEMBERSHIP
  • No Nuclear Weapons for Iran, Say Rice, French Foreign Minister Washington File 05 Jul 2005 -- The United States wants "objective guarantees" that Iran has ceased the enrichment and reprocessing of hazardous nuclear material and is not surreptitiously pursuing the technology that could lead to the development of a nuclear weapon, said Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice July 5.
  • Rice, French Foreign Minister Discuss Iran Nuclear Talks VOA 05 Jul 2005 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and France's new foreign minister, Philippe Douste-Blazy, Tuesday reviewed the European initiative with Iran over its nuclear program. Ms. Rice said the talks should produce objective guarantees that Iran's nuclear activities have ceased.
  • (Feature) - US, Europe reaction to Iranian presidential polls IRNA 03 Jul 2005 -- In order to examine Washington's reaction to presidential polls, we should take a brief look at the background of Iran-US relations.
  • Iran: Ahmadinejad Allegations Part of Smear Campaign VOA News 03 Jul 2005 -- Iran's Foreign Ministry says allegations that the president-elect took part in the 1979 Tehran hostage crisis are part of a smear campaign.
  • No change in Iran's foreign policy: Haddad Adel IRNA 02 Jul 2005 -- Visiting Iranian Majlis (Parliament) Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel stressed in Brussels on Friday that Iran's foreign policy based on detente and maintaining regional peace and stability would not change in future.
  • Khatami says will share experience with incoming president IRNA 02 Jul 2005 -- President Mohammad Khatami said here Saturday that all have the duty to help the government that have come to power on the public votes because its success means success of the whole nation.
  • IRAN: AHMADINEJAD'S WIN "SIGNALS A RETURN TO RADICAL KHOMENIISM' US Dept. of State IIP, Foreign Media Reaction 01 Jul 2005
  • Ahmadinejad had no role in US Embassy siege: Hostage-takers IRNA 01 Jul 2005 -- The three leading Iranian hostage-takers here Friday vehemently denied the reports on President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's role in the 1979 US Embassy siege.
  • Iran: U.S. Examines Hostage Accusations Against Ahmadinejad RFE/RL 01 Jul 2005 -- U.S. President George W. Bush said on 30 June he wanted answers on whether Iranian President-elect Mahmud Ahmadinejad was involved in the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover in Tehran, in which 52 Americans were taken hostage and held for 444 days.



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