Exile Opposition: Iran Hiding Another Nuke Site

The ramping up of anti-OPEC public opinion continues... we need a reason to invade, right?

VIENNA (Reuters) - An Iranian opposition group that has provided accurate information about undeclared nuclear facilities in Iran in the past said on Monday that Tehran has been hiding another nuclear facility from U.N. inspectors.

"We have information about another secret nuclear facility in Iran," an official from the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), an exiled opposition group, told Reuters. The official gave no details about the site, but said the NCRI would provide full details on Tuesday.

In an emailed statement, the NCRI also said it would provide information on Iran's use of foreign technology in its atomic program, as well as details about the Kalaye Electric Co., where U.N. inspectors found traces of weapons-grade uranium.

The U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) declined to comment on the NCRI allegation, though it said it would closely study any information the exiles released about Iran's nuclear plans.

www.reuters.com...

Yep...rachet up the rhetoric.. Not even Bush though, is going to be able to justify another invasion before the election...no matter what he tries to trump up...

After he wins though, it will be a different story... I actually believe he'll try to go too far during his next term...and we'll see the beginnings of a third world war. And most will be too concerned with the war to even try to impeach him at that point...and this time, even less will be supportive of the invasions (that's right, plural). It won't be pretty, but he'll be lost in his own little delusional world...where he thinks he's actually doing the right thing.... Sad, and whats more sad, is that we are all but powerless to stop it...because like fools, we'll somehow let this idiot back in office....

you gotta be careful what those opposition groups are saying. They tell the US what it wants to here and they get US support. Buncha tools!

(though, Iran is still a member of the Axis of evil, imho)

Is it just my perception, or has the (somewhat) democratic movement in Iran taken it on the chin recently.....

"EBADI: ISLAMIC TENETS SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS"
Link:
www.iran-press-service.com...

Excerpt:

"She also said Iranians are "profoundly disappointed" by Iran's Islamic Revolution and called for political, social, economic, and civil-rights reforms.

�Iran's Islamic Republic cannot continue if it fails to evolve and heed the people's desire for major reform�, she emphasised.

"It's very good for me, it's very good for human rights in Iran, it's very good for democracy in Iran," Ms. Ebadi said in a news conference at the headquarters of the International Federation of Human Rights. "This prize," she added, "gives me energy to pursue my combat for a better future."


"EU Accuses Iran of Torture and Liberties Abuses"
Link:
www.reuters.com...


Also found these......
"Iran air-strike plan seen as bluff"
Link:
www.washtimes.com...

"Special forces 'prepare for Iran attack'"
Link:
www.thisislondon.com...


The heat is on the religious clerics ruling Iran...set-backs or not......reform will come....I think the clerics are sensing this, very much so.....they are only prolonging the inevitable.....


regards
seekerof

I am very sure that the CIA is helping this right along, just as they did back with the Ayatolla... problem is, wonder if they learned thier lesson this time????

Very good article here DR.....

"Iran: The Race Against Time"
Link:
www.worldthreats.com...

Digging into this a bit more and doing some cross-referencing, this article you presented is not the first of it's kind:

"Regime is pursuing nukes, exiled foes say"
Link:
dynamic.washtimes.com...

"Khomeini: U.S. is best example of freedom"
Link:
www.chron.com...

"Khomeini's Grandson "Iran needs Separation of Mosque and State--Regime is worst dictatorship!"
Link: as reported by MEMRI on 08/08/03 ...link is dead.

Article:
"The London-based Arabic-language daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat reported that Hussein Khomeini, the grandson of the founder of Iran's Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini, had left his place of residence in Iran's holy Shi'ite city of Qom to relocate to Iraq's holy Shi'ite city of Najaf, which is traditionally the seat of the highest Shi'ite religious authority, as a sign of protest against Iran's regime. [1]Hussein Khomeini, 46, called the Iranian regime "the world's worst dictatorship," and stated that the regime's heads, Supreme Leader 'Ali Khamenei and former president and current Expediency Council head Hashemi Rafsanjani"and everyone who has taken over the regime" since his grandfather's time "was exploiting his [Ayatollah Khomeini's] name, the name of Islam, and the religious regime in order to continue their tyrannical rule." Hussein Khomeini called for the separation of religion and state in Iran and expressed his expectation that the movement opposing the Iranian regime would gather momentum and turn into a popular movement.

The newspaper also noted that members of Iran 's Revolutionary Guards were now searching for Hussein Khomeini in Iraq because Iranian authorities fear that he could become a symbol of resistance to the Iranian regime. [2]The following are excerpts from Al-Sharq Al-Awsat's report:

From Qom to Najaf According to the Al-Sharq Al-Awsat report, tensions between Hussein Khomeini and Iran's religious leadership increased in recent years after Hussein Khomeini publicly lent his support to the students and reformists and issued statements that the Fatwas issued by the Judiciary against the Iranian students, intellectuals, and writers opposed to the regime were illegitimate. [3]

Al-Sharq Al-Awsat added that Hussein Khomeini's move to Najaf, which was done without the knowledge of the Iranian authorities, sparked suspicion among Iran's conservatives, who are aware of the extent of Khomeini's influence in the religious seminary in Najaf and among the religious youth, as well as within reformist circles. According to a source close to the reformists, the Iranian authorities fear that Hussein Khomeini will become a new symbol of the religious opposition to the regime in Iran. [4]

According to the paper, from his temporary residence in a region of Iraq, prior to his move to Najaf, Hussein Khomeini stressed that Iran needed "a democratic regime that does not make use of religion as a means of oppressing the people and strangling society." He noted further that it was necessary "to separate the religion from the state," and "to put an end to the tyrannical rule of religion that was reminiscent of the rule of the Church during Europe's Dark Ages," and that "All those who took control of the centers of power of Iran after my grandfather are exploiting his name, the name of Islam, and the religious regime so as to continue their tyrannical rule."

'The World's Worst Dictatorship'

The paper also noted that Hussein Khomeini spoke of the dissatisfaction and the anger pervading the Iranian street, and that he considered the current religious regime in Iran to be "the world's worst dictatorship." According to the paper, Khomeini believes that Iran's escalating protest movement "would in not too long develop into a popular revolution, and soon we would see the great event, i.e. regime change." [5]

Khomeini, who has strong ties to some Iranian Revolutionary Guards commanders and members of the Iranian parliament and the Iranian security apparatuses, emphasized that he was continuing his struggle in order to bring about a change in the situation in Iran. He stated: "Freedom is more important than bread. If the Americans will provide it, let them come � but the Iranian people is capable of determining the fate of the current regime by itself� What we need is international sympathy and understanding for our legitimate needs." [6]

Al-Sharq Al-Awsat was informed that a squad commanded by a member of the intelligence service of the Revolutionary Guards known as "Assadi" had entered Iraqi territory the previous week in search of Hussein Khomeini, in order to assassinate him. An Iranian reformist source told the paper that Revolutionary Guards Deputy Commander Mohammed Baqir Dhu Al-Qadr had, in a meeting with top officials in the Revolutionary Guards Intelligence service, promised to put an end to the Khomeini phenomenon epitomized by Hussein Khomeini, just as his uncle, Ahmad Khomeini, was assassinated when he stopped supporting the regime and publicized his opposition to it. [7]

Najaf Versus Qom : Two Cities Holy to Shi'ites Al-Sharq Al-Awsat noted that Hussein Khomeini's move to Najaf was considered a "painful blow" to the Iranian regime's years-long attempt to make Qom the capital of the Marja'iya, [8] as well as "a clear provocation to Supreme Leader 'Ali Khamenei." The paper added that since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime, the idea of reviving Najaf's religious seminaries, opening new schools and rejuvenating the old ones, as well as the move by leading Qom clerics to Najaf, had attracted the attention of leading Shi'ite authorities who are opposed to the regime in Iran, as well as the attention of figures from the circle of Qom's religious seminary, which under the rule of Supreme Leader Khamenei is not independent. [9]

According to the paper, at the regime's order Iranian security authorities blocked sources of funding to the country's independent ayatollahs as long as they refused to accept Khamenei's authority, to consider him the Supreme Leader, and see him as the representative of the Master of Time. [10]

Four leading ayatollahs refuse to obey Khamenei: Ayatollah Hussein 'Ali Montazeri, Ayatollah Sadiq Ruhani, Ayatollah Yousuf Sani'i, and Ayatollah Muhaqiq Damad. [11]

The paper further reported that Hussein Khomeini spoke out against attempts by Sheikh 'Ali Ha'iri, who is close to the Iranian regime, [12] to impose the authority of Khamenei's control on the people of Najaf. Ha'iri, who is close to Maqtada Al-Sadr in Iraq , recently went to Iraq accompanied by personnel from the intelligence service of Iran 's Revolutionary Guards for this purpose. [13]

According to a source close to Hussein Khomeini, Khomeini considers Ayatollah 'Ali Sistani, Ayatollah Saeed Al-Hakim, and Ayatollah Fayadhi the "true Marja'iya" � that is, the true Shi'ite religious authorities. [14]"

""End tyranny of mullahs", says Khomeini Junior"
Link:
www.daneshjoo.org...

"Conversation With Khomeini
The ayatollah's grandson calls for a U.S. invasion of Iran."
Link:
slate.msn.com...


regards
seekerof

[Edited on 13-10-2003 by Seekerof]

It is clear that Iran has long had nukes. If not why are we soo wary to invade or even do business with them.

Usual story,

middle east banana republic is revealed as crooked and all the usual crowd wants to believe that it is annother lie.

some things never change...