October 20, 2004

Hear this one before? (UPDATED)

via TEHRAN (Reuters) -

"Iran is ready to prove to the world it is not producing atomic weapons if..."

Ahh yes, the big IF! How long have the Mullahs and the BIG 3 been playing this game?

Meanwhile... Iran has said it test fired a more accurate version of its Shahab-3 missile, already believed capable of hitting Israel and US bases in the Gulf.

MUST READ: Reza Torkzadeh raises the roof at WindsOfChange.net with a solid rundown of the current situation in re: to the regime in Iran. If you've got time, check out Reza's blog as well!

The regime continues to execute/publicly hang Iranians who openly speak-out and act against the regime of mullahs:

Five more people executed in northern Iran
via Iran Focus -

"Tehran, Oct. 20 – Four men were hanged in the town of Sari in the northern province of Mazandaran on charges of armed violence. The men, identified only by their first names, Mohammad-Reza, Hamid-Reza, Hassan and Reza, were executed after the Supreme Islamic Court upheld the original judge’s verdict.

The chief prosecutor of Mazandaran province, Mohammad-Reza Foulad-Ameli, said the four men were part of a secret armed group. They were arrested after a year-long surveillance operation by the security forces, he said.

Another man was also hanged in the city of Qazvin. He was accused of murder.

Courts in Mazandaran Province have increased issuing death sentences for those accused of a variety of crimes."

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October 14, 2004

Russia Says Finished Building Iran Nuclear Plant.

via MOSCOW (Reuters) -

"Russia's top nuclear authority said on Thursday it had finished construction of an atomic power plant in Iran -- a project the United States fears Tehran could use to make nuclear arms.

"We're done. All we need to do now is work out (with the Iranians) the agreement on sending spent fuel back to Russia," said a spokesman for Russia's Atomic Energy Agency (RosAtom).

To allay U.S. concerns, Russia has promised not to start up the Bushehr plant in southern Iran until Tehran guarantees to return to Russia all spent nuclear fuel, which can be used in making weapons."

Pheeeeew, thank goodness. You see, the west was beginning to question which side Russia was really on, but hey, as long as the Mullahs guarantee to return all spent nuclear fuel, what's there to worry about? Thanks Russia!

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