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NYT: "The opening Monday of a monthlong United Nations
conference to strengthen the main treaty meant to halt the spread of nuclear
arms is likely to be dominated by Iran's president denouncing the West and
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warning that if Tehran gets the bomb,
the rest of the Middle East will soon follow." http://nyti.ms/cpcZd0
WP: "A global nuclear conference that opens Monday is
shaping up as a showdown between Iran and the United States, with each side
jockeying for allies in the escalating dispute over the Islamic republic's
nuclear program." http://bit.ly/cb5FXt
WP: "Iran is poised to make a significant leap in its
ability to enrich uranium, with more sophisticated centrifuge technology that
is being assembled in secret to advance the country's nuclear efforts,
according to U.S. and European intelligence officials and diplomats." http://bit.ly/chpT4W
Nuclear Program
AP: "Israeli President Shimon Peres accused North Korea
on Sunday of acting as a 'duty free shop' for weapons that reach Iran and
militants in Lebanon and Syria. Peres
provided no proof to back up his claims, but his comments echoed similar
allegations last month in which he accused Syria of providing Scud missiles to
Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon." http://bit.ly/bh3YYu
Reuters: "Iran, whose nuclear dispute with the West has
raised the possibility of new regional conflict, has developed a short-range
defense system to combat Cruise missiles, its defense minister was quoted as
saying on Sunday. 'A new short range
anti-Cruise defense system with the capability to fire 4,000 rounds of bullets
per minute has been produced at the defense ministry and soon will be
inaugurated,' Ahmad Vahidi said on semi-official Fars news agency." http://bit.ly/c3LSms
AFP: "President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty has failed and Iran will propose changes, as he left
for New York on Sunday to take part in a conference to review the NPT. The hardline Iranian leader is to address the
NPT conference on Monday, at the head of a delegation including Iran's atomic
chief Ali Akbar Salehi and Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki." http://bit.ly/aDa4Wf
CNN: "Just days before his planned trip to New York,
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he has proof the United States and
Israel are linked to the world's leading terrorist organizations, according to
state-run media. 'We have documents that
prove (Washington) is the root of world terrorism,' Ahmadinejad said in a
speech in Tehran, Press TV reported. 'It has been aiding and abetting extremist
groups over the past years.'" http://bit.ly/cV65dg
Domestic Politics
NYT: "A planned demonstration in which Iranian workers
were to join reformists in an antigovernment protest failed to materialize on
Saturday, apparently the result of intimidation and a large police presence." http://nyti.ms/d5alwD
Radio Farda: "Iranian opposition websites are reporting
that a number of students at Tehran University on May 1 protested against
Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad, who was visiting the university to attend
a ceremony. The opposition website 'Jaras'
reported that 'several hundred' students protested against the Iranian
president and chanted slogans. The students were reportedly not allowed in the
hall where Ahmadinejad was giving a speech." http://bit.ly/dAoZBk
Reuters: "A reformist former government minister was
severely wounded in a knife attack at his office in a Tehran university on
Monday, Iranian news agencies reported." http://bit.ly/9IXHtZ
Culture
AP: "The Iranian girls football team can compete at the
Youth Olympics as long as its players swap their traditional head scarves for a
cap that covers their hair, FIFA said Monday." http://bit.ly/aUBUIj
Opinion
Wall Street Journal Editorial Board: "Last week Iran won
a seat at the U.N.'s Commission on the Status of Women, the mission of which is
to 'set global standards and formulate concrete policies to promote gender
equality and advancement of women worldwide.' Call it another example of your
U.N. at work." http://bit.ly/dwmiMo
John Bolton in WSJ: "Negotiations grind on toward a
fourth U.N. Security Council sanctions resolution against Iran's nuclear
weapons program, even as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives in New York to
address the Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference. Sanctions advocates
acknowledge that the Security Council's ultimate product will do no more than
marginally impede Iran's progress." http://bit.ly/dxLIIE
Michael Anton in National Review: "'Even as momentum for
Iran sanctions grows, containment seems only viable option,' reads a Washington
Post headline from April 22. Leaving aside for the moment the dubious character
of the first half of that assertion, is it really true that containment is now
the 'only' option?" http://bit.ly/9hKUF7
Colum Lynch in Foreign Policy: "Call it the nuclear caste
system. The Obama administration's ability to balance the interests of these
various players and to strike a new nuclear bargain in the coming weeks may
well determine whether the frayed nuclear bargain can survive another
generation." http://bit.ly/dzY7C9
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