BBC: A number of jazz and classical music concerts in Iran have been cancelled by the authorities because of their “corrupting” influence, diplomats say. The concerts had been arranged by foreign embassies in Tehran. 
Voice of America: In the latest U.S. State Department report on religious freedom, Iran is again listed as one of the most serious violators. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell says the report singles out eight countries of particular concern: “We are re-designating five countries that, in our judgment, continue to violate their citizens’ religious liberty: Burma, China, Iran, North Korea, and Sudan. We are also adding three additional countries to this list: Eritrea, Saudi Arabia and Vietnam.” 
MENL: Iran might have opened an insurgency front in Yemen
AP: Iran is using Islamic religious organizations in Israel as a cover to run Israeli Arab agents in the country, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said yesterday. He did not elaborate.
AP: Iran Iran’s conservative-dominated parliament is drafting a bill that would force the reformist government to resume uranium enrichment – a necessary step toward producing nuclear fuel or nuclear weapons – over the objections of the international community.
Reuters: Iranian authorities have cancelled several musical concerts organised by European embassies after religious hardliners warned the Islamic state against the “corrupting” influence of Western culture.
AFP: Iran is sending money and arms into neighboring Iraq to try to influence the outcome of elections there in January, US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Monday.
AFP: One of Iran’s most outspoken reformists, Vice President Mohammad Ali Abtahi, announced he had submitted his resignation from the increasingly isolated pro-reform government. 
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 4 – The executive director of the Khaneyeh Karegar (House of Workers) in an interview with
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Oct. 4 – The Interim Iraqi Interior Minister stated that armed Iranian agents have been arrested among rebels fighting in the city of Samarra. The Al-Hurriya TV aired footage of Falah Naqib who accused Iran of backing insurgents in this presently volatile region of Iraq. 
