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Iran achieves stealth technology
March 8, 2006

 TEHRAN - Iranian experts have gained access to the strategic stealth
technology which is only accessed by a few developed countries in the
world.
 Stealth technology covers a range of techniques used with aircraft,
ships and missiles, in order to make them less visible (ideally
invisible) to radar and other detection methods.
 Iran is currently constructing the biggest L band test room in the
Middle East in order to conduct further studies in this regard.
Tehran Times
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Geo-strategic contest underway between Iran and Israel-U.S. axis:
professor
March 8, 2006

 TEHRAN - Trita Parsi, a professor of Johns Hopkins University,
believes that there is a geo-strategic rivalry in the Middle East
between Iran on one the hand and the United States and its main ally
Israel on the other. Parsi argues that Iran is one of the most powerful
countries in the region and there will be no lasting security in the
region without the participation of Iran.
 In a brief interview with the Mehr News Agency on March 5, he
elaborated on the roots of the crisis in the Middle East and the
position of regional countries on Iran’s nuclear program and the role
of Israel in this regard. Following is the text of his responses to the
interviewer’s questions:
 The fundamental problem facing the nations in the Middle East is that
the region is order-less in the sense that no hierarchical order of
states exists. A geo-strategic contest is taking place between Israel
and the U.S. on the one hand and Iran on the other, in which both sides
are seeking to establish an order that will benefit their interest and
prolong their power.
 The U.S., however, faces a major problem since the order it seeks to
establish contradicts the balance of power in the region -- Iran is one
of the most powerful states in the Middle East and no order based on
Iran's isolation can be sustained for long. Unless, that is, the U.S.
starts a war against Iran in order to significantly weaken it.
 Standoff over Iran’s nuclear program
 There is a dynamic in play here in which many Arab states do not
publicly express concern about Iran, partly due to their domestic
politics, but in private they push the U.S. to take action. Washington,
at the same time, benefits from tensions between Iran and the Arabs.
For instance, the Arab states of the Persian Gulf are the largest
buyers of American weaponry.
 Recent developments and Iran's inability to avoid a Security Council
referral is seen as very positive in Israel since it can end up
significantly weakening Iran. The Israeli security establishment does
not look at regimes – in spite of their rhetoric – but rather on
capabilities. Iran's capabilities and power has risen, and the Israelis
are very concerned about this since Iran's new-won power can constitute
a threat to Israel. It is important to understand that from the
perspective of the Israelis, a modification in Iranian behavior is not
a strong enough guarantee, because it is not full proof. But if Iran is
weakened, Iran's intentions and policies become irrelevant. Even if
Iran wanted to threaten Israel, it would not be able to because it
would lack the power to do so.
 Tehran Times
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Russia indicated yesterday that it had dropped its proposed compromise
over Iran's nuclear programme, after coming under sustained pressure
from the US and the European Union.
 Nevertheless, a two-day visit to Washington by Sergei Lavrov, Russia's
foreign minister, could not disguise serious strains in the US-Russia
relationship over a range of issues - including Iran, the newly elected
Palestinian government led by Hamas, bilateral trade issues, energy
security and Russia's rollback of democracy. Mr Lavrov dropped Moscow's
new initiative even before dinner on Monday night with Condoleezza
Rice, the secretary of state, and yesterday's unusual White House
meeting, in protocol terms, with President George W. Bush.
 Under the interim compromise proposal "floated" by Russia this week,
Iran would have been allowed to enrich an extremely small amount of
uranium in a research plant - too little to make a bomb - while Russia
provided Iran with industrial quantities for its sole electricity
generating reactor at Bushehr. The US and EU protested, saying Iran
should not be allowed to develop any uranium enrichment capability of
its own, at least for several years.
 Ms Rice called Mohamed ElBaradei, director of the International Atomic
Energy Agency, who was in Vienna chairing a board meeting that was
expected to deliver the Iran issue to the UN Security Council - perhaps
within a week.
 But yesterday the very existence of the Russian idea was denied.
"There is no compromise, new Russian proposal," Mr Lavrov said.
 Ms Rice declared: "The Russians did not tell us of any new proposal
that they have made to the Iranians."
 Despite the restoration of surface calm, forestalling an open rift
with the US and EU, it was clear that Russia's support of the US went
only so far.
 Dick Cheney, US vice-president, warned Iran yesterday the
international community was "prepared to impose meaningful
consequences" if it continued "to defy the world" with its nuclear
ambitions. But Mr Lavrov insisted discussions on the next steps had yet
to take place. Sanctions were a "hypothetical question", he said after
meeting Mr Bush.
 Ms Rice made a point of saying that the US and Russia "continue to
enjoy good relations". Mr Lavrov pointedly did not, although he did
refer to "our partnership".
 While Ms Rice used the podium to raise concerns over "domestic
developments" in Russia, Mr Lavrov berated the US for being the only
country not to sign the protocol on Russia's accession to the World
Trade Organisation. Ms Rice declined to give a US commitment to sign
this year. Russia's invitation to Hamas for talks in Moscow, which
dismayed the White House, was also defended by Mr Lavrov. "Somebody"
had to communicate the demands of the international community, he said.
 The two sides did agree, however, to continue co-operation over energy
security ahead of the G8 summit to be hosted by Russia.

Syria, Iran cooperate in oil field
March 8, 2006

 DAMASCUS  – Syria and Iran are seeking to continue and develop the
cooperation according to the Memo of Understanding signed between them
in the field of oil, gas and petrochemicals to establish an Iranian
strategic oil pipeline across Iraq, Syria to the Mediterranean with the
help of a consultative company, daily newspaper of al-Thawra said
Tuesday.
 The Syrian-Iranian Joint Committee was held with the attendance of
representatives from the Syrian Petroleum Ministry to discuss
agreements on improving work to build an oil pipeline in cooperation
with Iraqi government as Syria, Iran and Iraq would benefit from this
project.
 The Committee also discussed the possibility of building a strategic
gas line across Iraq and Syria to link it to the Arab Gas Line which is
under construction to transport the Egyptian gas through Syria and
Jordan.
 The Committee also discussed the cooperation in the field of using the
natural gas as fuels for cars after, and to establish gas bottling
stations (CNG), in addition to training cadres working in gas and oil
fields and encouraging investments in the field of exploration and the
proposed gas and oil projects for investments.
SANA


  VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- Iran threatened the United States [jews
actually] with "harm and
pain" Wednesday for its role in hauling Tehran before the U.N. Security
Council over its nuclear
program.

But the United States [jews actually] and its European [jew actually]
allies said Iran's nuclear
intransigence left the world [jews actually] no choice but to ask for
Security Council action. The
council could impose economic and political sanctions on Iran.

The statements were delivered to the 35-member board of the
International Atomic Energy
Agency, which is meeting to focus on Tehran's refusal to freeze uranium
enrichment.

The meeting is in effect the last step before the Security Council
begins considering Iran's
nuclear activities and international fears they could be misused to
make weapons. It began with
both Iran and [jew actually] nations which oppose its enrichment plans
sticking to their
positions, reflecting the deadlock that prompted the IAEA [jew
actually] board to seek Security
Council intervention.

"The United States [jews actually] has the power to cause harm and
pain," said a statement
delivered by the Iranian delegation. "But the United States is also
susceptible to harm and pain.
So if that is the path that the U.S. wishes to choose, let the ball
roll." [Thank you'll Jews]

The statement did not elaborate on what Iran meant by "harm and pain,"
and Iranian officials
were not immediately available to comment.

But diplomats accredited to the meeting and in contact with the
Iranians said the statement could
be a veiled threat to use oil as an economic weapon.

Iran is the second-largest producer within the Organization of
Petroleum Exporting Countries,
and a boycott could target Europe, China or India.

George Jahn (yahn), A-P correspondent: Jahn reports the language of
Iran's statement is
unusually harsh.



The republic also could cause difficulties in southern Iraq. On
Tuesday, U.S. Defense Secretary
Donald H. Rumsfeld [jew actually] accused Tehran of dispatching
elements of its Revolutionary
Guard to stir trouble inside Iraq.

Iran's statement was unusually harsh, reflecting Tehran's frustration
at failing to deflect the threat
of Security Council action against it in the coming weeks. Tehran
maintains its nuclear program
is for generating electricity.

"Our nation has made its decision to fully use nuclear energy for
peaceful purposes and all have
to give in to this decision made by the Iranian nation," Iranian
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
said in Iran. "We have made our choice."

Iran also attacked "warmongers in Washington" [jews actually] for what
it said was an unjust
accusation that Tehran's nuclear intentions were mainly for military
use. It also suggested
America was vulnerable, despite its strength.

"Surely we are not naive about the United States' ... intention to flex
muscles," the statement
said. "But we also see the bone fractures underneath." [jews actually]

It also threatened broader retaliation, without being specific, saying
Iran "will adapt our policy
and adjust our approach to conform with the new exigencies."

Earlier, U.S. delegate Gregory Schulte [jew actually] insisted in
comments to the board that "the
time has now come for the Security Council to act."

He [jew actually] ticked off Iran's decision to curtail agency
inspections, its expanding uranium
enrichment program and worrying conclusions by IAEA inspectors [jews
actually] that suggest
at least past interest in nuclear arms as contributing to "mounting
international concerns" about
Tehran's nuclear intentions.

"Iran has still not come clean," he said.

Schulte [jew actually] listed Tehran's possession of plans that could
only be used to make
nuclear warheads, links between its nuclear programs and the military,
and its determination to
develop a large-scale enrichment program that could be misused to make
nuclear arms.

"IAEA inspectors [jews actually] have no doubt this information was
expressly intended for the
fabrication of nuclear weapons components," Schulte said of documents
showing how to form
fissile material into warheads.

Separately, France, Germany and Britain [jews actually], which
spearheaded the Feb. 4 IAEA
resolution clearing the path for Security Council action, warned that
what is known about Iran's
enrichment program could represent only "the tip of the iceberg."

It [jews actually] also spoke of "indicators of a possible military
dimension to Iran's (nuclear)
program" as "a legitimate source of intense concern."

"We believe that the time has ... come for the U.N. Security Council to
reinforce the authority"
of the IAEA {jews actually} and its board, the European statement [jew
actually] said.

Ahmadinejad's comments - and U.S. and Russian statements [jews
actually] the day before
rejecting any compromise allowing Tehran to enrich uranium domestically
- set the stage for
Security Council action once the IAEA[jews actually] board meeting
hears about the latest
investigations into Iran's nuclear program and debates the issue.

Russia and China, which have Security Council vetoes, may use them to
foil any resolution in
that chamber that would meaningfully increase pressure on Iran, their
political and economic
ally. Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing appealed Tuesday for more
negotiations and
suggested Security Council involvement was not needed.

The Chinese and Russian statements to the board were relatively
moderate, said delegates inside
the closed meeting. China urged "more time for diplomacy" before any
Security Council action,
one delegate said on condition of anonymity, quoting from the Chinese
statement.

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