Zitat:Ahmadinejad’s popularity in a free fall

A recent survey indicates that 65 per cent of Iranians are dissatisfied with the president’s administration. Last year, 60 per cent was satisfied.
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Like last year, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) organisation carried out the same survey using a sample representation from Iran’s population, this according to the Iranian online paper Rooz.
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It is worth noting that the Aftab News Agency published the results of an online survey of 3,368 respondents. Asked “How do you rate Ahmadinejad’s popularity now as opposed to one year ago?,” 65.5 per cent said “less popular,” 25.4 “more popular,” and close to 9 per cent “not changed.”
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Zitat:Inpex may cut stake in $2.5 bln Iran oil project
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Zitat:Iran, Russia ink accord to build KAMAZ trucks

LONDON, October 7 (IranMania) - Iran has begun to domestically produce the Russian trucks, KAMAZ. The truck assembly line will be officially launched after Eid ul-Fitr (the last day of the Muslims’ fasting month of Ramadan), the Persian service of Iranian Students News Students ISNA said.

The €300 mln contract to build the Russian trucks in Iran by Azarakhsh Diesel Co. is considered to be the largest industrial cooperation agreement ever signed between Iran and Russia.

Up to 1,500 trucks are expected to be produced annually in the first stage of the project however, when fully operational, the number will reach 5,000, the report added.
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Zitat:20,000 L90s expected in Iran by March

LONDON, September 29 (IranMania) - A senior industrial official said that the joint venture with France's giant carmaker Renault will begin production of L90 budget cars from late October, stressing that some 20,000 units will be produced by next March.
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Zitat:Iran eastern border security will be intensified
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Based on the latest statistics released by the bureau, from the beginning of the current Iranian year (started March 21), 130,000 illegal Afghans have been repatriated and only 10,000 Afghans left Iran voluntarily.
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Zitat:Messianische Entschlossenheit

Das Regime im Iran bereitet den Nackenschlag gegen seine stärkste Bedrohung, die Sufis, vor

Ende August 2006 hat Ayatollah Fazel Lankarani eine Fatwa gegen alle Sufi-Gruppierungen erlassen. Er gilt als einer der anerkanntesten Rechtsgelehrten in der schiitischen Glaubenswelt. Er meint es ernst. Andere gewichtige Ayatollahs aus der Stadt Qom, wie Nouri Hammedani, unterstützen die Fatwa und rufen zur Denunzierung von Sufis auf. Experten betrachten die Fatwa als Steilvorlage für das fundamentalistische Regime im Iran, gegen den Hauptfeind in Sachen Koraninterpretation vorzugehen und ihn auszuschalten.

Zitat:Police, Sufis clash in Iran

Iranian police have arrested about 1000 people in the central seminary city of Qom after clashes over the closure of a house of worship used by mystical Sufi Muslims, city officials say.
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About 200 people were hurt in the clash, one official said on Wednesday.
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The fighting erupted on Monday after the Sufis refused to evacuate a suburban house where they had been congregating for dervish rites
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Sufi Muslim spirituality is tolerated under mainly Shia Iran's strict Islamic laws, although some senior religious figures occasionally call for a clampdown on its rites.
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"We did not aim to confront them at first, but when we felt that ... a plot was under way, we took steps.

"The arrogant powers are exploiting every opportunity to create insecurity in our country and (the Sufis') links to foreign countries are evident."
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Zitat:Und nochwas. Ich bin immerwieder über dieses herzliche Mitgefühl aus Europa überrascht und diese ernstgemeinte Betürzung über vermeintliches Unrecht im tausende Kilometer entfernten Iran. Herzergreifend..wirklich jetzt...Um so mehr weiss man es als Iraner zu schätzen, dass man dem iranischen Volk mit Bomben, Sanktionen, Isolationspolitik und Unterstützung bewaffneter Gruppen so freundlich unter die Arme greifen will. Damit auch die Iraner endlich lernen, was Freiheit im Westen bedeutet. Nochmal vielen Dank an dieser Stelle...

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The international imports network and the German role between 1982 and 1990 (subhead)

In early 1979, Iraq built the first factory to produce insecticides with the help of Italian engineers. The factory was built in the region of Akashat at a cost of $50 million. A security system was also built to protect the factory that cost another $60 million. The building of this factory experienced many problems, such as espionage attempts by the Mosad, the Israeli intelligence service. The western companies that dealt with the defunct regime -- for instance Australian and Dutch firms -- exported a lot of materials related to this field of production. For instance, the Dutch firm KBS sold Iraq large quantities of Thiodilyco (name as transliterated), a material that is essential in the production of mustard gas, at a cost of 1.5 million Marks. Multinational Italian firms also supplied Iraq with 60 tons of Oxycklorure (name as transliterated), a phosphoric material that is also used in chemical industries that can be put to dual-use. As for the French companies, they exported to Iraq large quantities of a gas (not further identified) that can be used in warfare. This gas was exported across the borders from Italy and Turkey. This transaction was concluded through the mediation of the German Company Karl Kolb. A confidential report issued on 21 August 1990 by Helmut Hossman (name as transliterated), the Economy Minister of then West Germany, confirmed that the German companies had the lion's share in these transactions. The report said that since 1983, West German companies have exported to Iraq huge quantities of raw materials, equipment, and small industrial factories to produce poison gases. The report also said that these companies participated directly in building the Sa'd Project, the Iraqi chemical project, and the construction of the military complex in Al-Taji.

The role of German companies in building the Iraqi nuclear program (subhead)

The German Company Karl Kolb that is specialized in equipping chemical laboratories played a crucial role in supplying the defunct regime over the past 30 years with toxic chemical materials through a middleman who helped Dr Amir al-Sa'di. Al-Sa'di prepared for his doctorate in chemistry in this institution and married a German woman.
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Zitat:Worried Iran reformists threaten election boycott
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"If we are unable to be competitive then we will boycott," said Mossavi-Lari, a senior member of Khatami's Association of Combative Clerics which will be spearheading the reformist challenge.

"In other words, if our candidates are blacklisted by the Guardians Council or it becomes clear the elections will not be competitive then we will boycott the elections," said the cleric, the longest serving interior minister in the Islamic republic's history.
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