2001 Iran Special Weapons News
- , Voice of America, 10 July 2001 -- Iran's Foreign Minister, Kamal Kharrazi, says better relations with the United States must be based on equality and mutual respect.
- State Department Noon Briefing, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 13 June 2001 -- Can I switch the topic? Today, the House International Relations Committee began and then postponed marking up the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act. I asked this question on Monday, but is there any kind of clear position from the podium now regarding two-year versus a five-year extension of this bill?
- State Department Noon Briefing, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 11 June 2001 -- Could you comment, please, on the results of the Iranian elections? And could you say whether - how you think this affects the -- your attempts to entice the Iranians into a dialogue, government-to- government dialogue?
- State Department Noon Briefing, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 08 June 2001 -- What does the State Department think of the opinion issued today in the US Court of Appeals in the case of the National Council of Resistance of Iran? And what effect will this have on your whole designation process?
- State Department Noon Briefing, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 05 June 2001 -- The Middle East, but another country? There will be an election of -- a presidential election in Iran on Friday, and today the incumbent President, Mohammed Khatami, said that he ruled out any restoration of the relation with the United States until Washington ends its sanctions against Iran. So do you see any prospects for better relations between the two countries?
- Moscow Hopes To Build More Reactors In Iran, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 5, No. 91, Part I, 14 May 2001 -- addition to completing the construction of a nuclear power station in Bushehr, the Russian Atomic Energy Ministry hopes to build up to five more such plants.
- Iran and Libya Sanctions Act (Ilsa): Reports of Austrian Investment in Iran, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 27 April 2001 -- QUESTION: There are wire service reports that the Austrian firm OMV has signed an oil exploration deal with Iran. With the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act (ILSA) expiring, are we still against these deals?
- Washington Notes Tehran's Regional Role, RFE/RL Iran Report, Vol. 4, No. 16, 23 April 2001 -- Washington has signaled its recognition of Tehran's potential importance in solving regional problems even though the Bush administration has made it clear that it does not plan to make any fundamental policy decisions until after the June presidential election in Iran.
- State Department Noon Briefing - Iran/Iraq, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 19 April 2001 -- Q: Do you have any comment on the - I guess the Iraqis shooting down an Iranian spy plane - renewed war skirmishes?
- Iran / Attack, Voice of America, 18 April 2001 -- The Iraqi government has condemned Iranian missile attacks against an Iranian opposition group based in Iraq.
- Iranian-Backed Iraqis Reject U.S. Support, RFE/RL Iran Report, Vol. 4, No. 13, 2 April 2001 -- U.S. officials say that they are trying to establish links with the Tehran-based Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) and other opponents of the Baghdad regime, in addition to the Iraqi National Congress (INC), with which it already has relations
- Iran-Iraq Understanding On Opposition, RFE/RL Iran Report, Vol. 4, No. 13, 2 April 2001 -- Qusay Saddam Husseyn, who heads Baghdad's security agencies, visited Tehran in mid-March and met with Iranian military and security officials
- Tehran Reviews Its Naval Doctrine, RFE/RL Iran Report, Vol. 4, No. 11, 19 March 2001 -- Iranian naval forces have held several exercises in recent months to improve their capabilities and also have had exchange visits with Pakistan and India.
- Weapons Sale To Iran Seen Backfiring, RFE/RL Security Watch, Vol. 2, No. 11, 19 March 2001 -- Even as President Vladimir Putin was arranging to sell more weapons to visiting Iranian President Mohammed Khatami, Russian commentators were suggesting that these weapons sales may backfire by offending the United States and Israel and even creating direct risks to Russian national security.
- Russia / Iran, Voice of America, 15 March 2001 -- This week, Iranian President Mohammed Khatemi is in Moscow to sign a pact of cooperation and an arms deal with the Russians.
- Moscow Rejects U.S. Criticism of Iran Ties, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 5, No. 51, Part I, 14 March 2001 -- Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said on 13 March that "relations between Russia and Iran are not directed against third countries"
- US-IRAN, Voice of America, 13 March 2001 -- President Bush has renewed a ban on U-S trade and investment in Iran as his administration reviews overall policy toward that country.
- Iran Russia, Voice of America, 13 March 2001 -- Russian arms manufacturers are preparing for weapons ../../russia/2001/russia to Iran.
- Iran / Russia, Voice of America, 12 March 2001 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin says his government will resume selling weapons to Iran and continue to assist Iran in developing nuclear energy.
- Russia - Iran, Voice of America, 11 March 2001 -- Iranian President Mohammad Khatami is preparing to discuss regional and bi-lateral issues with officials in Moscow.
- Iranian WMD And ACM Developments Continue, RFE/RL Iran Report, Vol. 4, No. 9, 5 March 2001 -- Russian Federation Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said in a message to a 27 February Tehran seminar on Iran-Russia relations that "Russia attaches great importance to common points enjoyed by the two countries and is trying to make use of past experiences to further common geopolitical interests."
- Russia To Begin Construction of Second Reactor In Iran, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 5, No. 37, 22 February 2001 -- Deputy Atomic Energy Minister Yevgenii Reshetnikov said on 21 February that Russia will begin this year the construction of a second reactor at the Iranian nuclear power plant at Bushehr
- Iran/Anniversary, Voice of America, 10 February 2001 -- Tens-of-thousands of Iranians gathered in Tehran to celebrate the 22nd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.
- Iran Demo, Voice of America, 09 February 2001 -- On the eve of the 22nd anniversary of Iran's Islamic Revolution, security forces have broken up a demonstration by an estimated three thousand anti-government protesters in Tehran.
- Iran Revolution at 22, Voice of America, 08 February 2001 -- This week (February 10), Iran celebrates (celebrated) the anniversary of the Islamic revolution that replaced the monarchy.
- U.S. Sanctions May End Soon, RFE/RL Iran Report, Vol. 4, No. 4, 29 January 2001 -- tatements by Iranian and American officials in the days shortly before and after the 20 January U.S. presidential inauguration have renewed expectations that the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act will not be renewed in August 2001
- Moscow Begins Work On Second Iranian Reactor, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 5, No. 11, Part I, 17 January 2001 -- Atomic Power Minister Yevgenii Adamov told ITAR-TASS on 16 January that Russia has begun work on building a second reactor for Iran's nuclear power station at Bushehr.
- On the Line - Iran's Uncertain Future, Voice of America, 12 January 2001 -- A conversation about the Iran's future with Roscoe Suddarth, president of the Middle East Institute and a former U-S ambassador to Jordan, and Suzanne Maloney, a research associate at the Brookings Institution.
- Are Russian Advisers Coming?, RFE/RL Iran Report, Vol. 4, No. 1, 8 January 2001 -- Although several of Iran's suppliers are having legal difficulties, Moscow appears prepared to fulfill Tehran's arms supply desires.
- More Unrest In Iran, RFE/RL Iran Report, Vol. 4, No. 1, 8 January 2001 -- Since 1 November there have been a large number of incidents of public unrest - riots, strikes, and sit- ins - which, when viewed separately, may appear to be only isolated expressions of people's dissatisfaction with their lives.
- Putin Seeks Closer Ties With Iran, Iraq...As Defense Minister Pushes Weapons Sales In Tehran, RFE/RL Security Watch, Vol. 1, No. 24, 2 January 2001 -- President Vladimir Putin said that Russia,"as a member of the G-8" should cooperate with the international community on Iran and Iraq but that it must not ever forget its "own national interests."
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