Iran Focus: The following are excerpts from the 9/11 Commission Report. The commission interviewed more than 1,000 people in ten countries and conducted an unprecedented review of U.S. intelligence. Among its findings, excerpted below, was evidence of a significant and continuing relationship between al-Qaeda and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Iran: Findings of the 9/11 Commission
2,000 new trouble-makers arrested: Iran capital police chief
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 22 More than 2,000 trouble-makers have been arrested in Tehran province over the past nine days, Irans state-run press reported on Saturday.
2,000 new trouble-makers arrested: Iran capital police chief
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 22 More than 2,000 trouble-makers have been arrested in Tehran province over the past nine days, Irans state-run press reported on Saturday.
Al-Qaeda training manuals distributed in eastern Iran report
Iran Focus: London, Oct. 22 Compact discs containing al-Qaedas training manuals and propaganda materials are being freely distributed in Irans eastern and southeastern provinces, according to local residents.
Al-Qaeda training manuals distributed in eastern Iran report
Iran Focus: London, Oct. 22 Compact discs containing al-Qaedas training manuals and propaganda materials are being freely distributed in Irans eastern and southeastern provinces, according to local residents.
Back to the future
The Guardian: It’s suddenly like the bad old days: accusations flying between capitals, crowds chanting angry slogans outside the British embassy, ambassadors summoned to explain their governments’ positions and public insults attesting to a
sudden deterioration in a long and troubled relationship.
Bringing democracy to Syria and Iran
Daily Telegraph – Leader: Not all the arguments against invading Iraq were couched in idealistic terms. Many hard-bitten Foreign Office types argued that the intervention would “destabilise” the region. They now look vindicated. Precisely as the cynical Arabists predicted, neighbouring states have been “sucked in”. America blames Syria for allowing insurgents to cross its border, while Iran stands accused of arming the Shia militia who have been harrying British forces in Basra.
Iran Presidents bodyguards beat up reporters
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 21 Bodyguards of Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad beat up several reporters during an international Quran exhibition on Thursday.
Iran Presidents bodyguards beat up reporters
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 21 Bodyguards of Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad beat up several reporters during an international Quran exhibition on Thursday.
U.S. Congress meeting vows support for Iran opposition
Iran Focus: Washington, DC, Oct. 21 A bipartisan meeting on Capitol Hill heard speeches by several members of the United States Congress calling on the administration of President George W. Bush to back democratic change in Iran by supporting the Iranian opposition and by removing the terror
tag on the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MeK) opposition group.
