Iran Terror: Controversy over a report by New York-based Human Rights Watch is taking a new turn with speculation that Iranian intelligence might have exerted influence on the group through surreptitious agents. Human Rights Watch issued a 28-page report on May 18 alleging that the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MeK) opposition group mistreated its dissident members in Iraq. Iran Terror has learnt of two secret emails distributed by a senior figure in Human Rights Watch, which Iranian exiles opposed to the clerical regime in Iran are using as evidence of sinister political motives, and possible interference activity by Iranian intelligence.


Iran Focus: Tehran, May 31 New information has come to light on
New York Times: Iran said Tuesday that it had successfully tested a solid-fuel motor for its medium-range ballistic missile known as Shahab 3, raising concerns that it could reach its enemies, including American forces in the region and Israel, with more precision. Defense Minister Ali Shamkhani told state television the test was a success but did not say when it had been carried out.
Iran Focus: Paris, May 31 – The Paris-based National Council
AP: President Bush says it was a “reasonable decision” to let Iran apply for membership in the World Trade Organization.
Bloomberg: The U.S. and its allies in a program to stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction prevented Iran from obtaining material for its nuclear weapons program within the past nine months, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said. “The trans-shipment of material and equipment bound for ballistic missile programs in countries of concern, including Iran” was blocked as was the transfer of “equipment used to produce propellant” to a “ballistic missile program in another region” of
Intellectual Conservative: A recent report by Human Rights Watch has stirred controversy among experts on both sides of the Atlantic. The 28-page report of the New York-based watchdog titled “No Exit: Human Rights Abuses Inside the MKO Camps,” is devoted to portray alleged mistreatment of dissident members by the People’s Mujaheedin Organsation of Iran, also known as Mujaheedin Khalq (MEK or MKO) in their camp in Iraq. 