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  1. OTS – CSU-Landesgruppe – Pressestelle: Ramsauer zu Gesprächen in Iran 
    Berlin (ots) – Die Pressestelle der CSU-Landesgruppe im Deutschen Bundestag teilt mit:
    Der Vorsitzende der CSU-Landesgruppe im Deutschen Bundestag, Dr. Peter Ramsauer wird sich vom 18. bis 20. Mai in Iran aufhalten.
    Er wird unter anderem von Außenminister Mottaki und dem Vorsitzenden des Auswärtigen Ausschusses, Borujerdi, empfangen.
    Für Montag ist ein Kurzbesuch in Isfahan geplant.
    Neben offiziellen Kontakten sind Gespräche mit Vertretern der Zivilgesellschaft, von Menschenrechtsorganisationen, der politischen Opposition, des Kulturlebens, der Presse und der Wissenschaft vorgesehen.
    Mit seinem Besuch möchte Ramsauer sein Interesse an und seine Hochachtung vor der iranischen Kultur unterstreichen und sich ein eigenes Bild von der aktuellen Lage im Land machen.
    Er wird seine Gespräche nutzen, um die neuerlichen Tiraden von Präsident Ahmadinejad gegenüber Israel in aller Form zurückzuweisen und Iran dazu aufzufordern, seiner einflussreichen Rolle im Nahen Osten gerecht zu werden und mäßigend auf Hisbollah und Hamas einzuwirken.
    Ramsauer wird begleitet vom stellvertretenden Vorsitzenden der CSU-Landesgruppe im Deutschen Bundestag, Dr. Christian Ruck.
    Pressekontakt:
    Kontakt:
    CSU-Landesgruppe im Deutschen Bundestag
    Pressestelle
    Telefon: 030 / 227 – 5 21 38 / – 5 2427
    Fax: 030 / 227 – 5 60 23  

     
  2. WSJ– The Tehran-Berlin Axis – MATTHIAS KÜNTZEL  – FROM TODAY’S WALL STREET JOURNAL EUROPE
    May 15, 2008  – Flipping last week through the online itinerary of the German Near and Middle East Association (honorary chairman: Gerhard Schröder), I found the following entry: „April 16, 2008, Meeting with the Iranian Vice Foreign Minister S.E. Mehdi Safari in Berlin.“ I couldn’t find anything in the German press about this visit. I turned to Iranian media. It reported that Mr. Safari was in Berlin for three days at the invitation of the German government. He met with officials at the foreign, interior and economics ministries, as well as with lawmakers and businessmen.      

     

    1. ACHGUT– Matthias Küntzel: Die Berlin-Teheran-Achse oder…ein Besuch, über den keine deutsche Zeitung berichtet hat:
      Flipping last week through the online itinerary of the German Near and Middle East Association (honorary chairman: Gerhard Schröder), I found the following entry: „April 16, 2008, Meeting with the Iranian Vice Foreign Minister S.E. Mehdi Safari in Berlin.“ I couldn’t find anything in the German press about this visit. I turned to Iranian media. It reported that Mr. Safari was in Berlin for three days at the invitation of the German government. He met with officials at the foreign, interior and economics ministries, as well as with lawmakers and businessmen. It is strange, to say the least, that neither the German government nor the media said a word about the visit.

  3. derStandard.at – Neue Attacke von Ahmedinejad
    Irans Staatschefs zum Jahrestag der Staatsgründung: „Israels Regime“ wird von den Palästinensern „weggeschwemmt“
    Teheran – Der iranische Präsident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hat Israel anlässlich des 60. Jahrestages der Staatsgründung neuerlich das Existenzrecht abgesprochen. Israel sei ein „terroristischer und krimineller Staat, der von fremden Mächten unterstützt wird“, das „Regime werde bald von den Palästinensern weggeschwemmt“, sagte der Staatschef in Teheran. Es sei „vom Westen zwecklos, für etwas eine Geburtstagsfeier zu veranstalten, das bereits tot ist“, meinte er.

    1. IRNA – President: No use to celebrate birth anniversary for a dead – Iran-President-Press Conference
      President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday denounced the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the fabricated Zionist regime.
      Speaking to domestic and foreign reporters, the president aid celebrating birth anniversary for a dead will not have any effect on it nor will the presence of those who intend to attend the ceremony be of any help in giving a life to the dead body.
      Those who are to gather in the occupied land in Palestine and attend the ceremony marking the establishment of the illegal regime assume that their action would help bolster the declining regime, said the president.

  4. Reuters- Italy’s foreign minister to be tough on Iran: report
    MILAN  – Italy’s new foreign minister, Franco Frattini, said he wanted his country to join the United States and other European powers in being „very firm“ on Iran.
    In an interview with the Financial Times published on Thursday, he also said he wanted Italy to become a „facilitator“ between Iran and the United States to improve dialogue between the two countries.
    „Italy will push forwards to be really in the club on Iran,“ he was quoted as saying. „Italy will not be left isolated by a restricted group of European partners plus the United States.“
    The five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany are trying to get Iran to abandon its uranium enrichment program.

  5. Fars News Agency – Swiss FM Defends Iran Visit
    She told a conference in Lucerne on Wednesday that the agreement ensured a long-term Swiss presence in an important region.
    The gas deal which was signed in Calmy-Rey’s presence between the National Iranian Gas Export Company and the Swiss EGL power company, brought furious responses from several quarters – most notably Israel, Zionist organizations and Tel Aviv’s natural ally, the United States.
    The US said it sent „the wrong message“ to Iran, while Israel called her visit an „unfriendly“ act.
    Calmy-Rey said in her speech that the short-term annoyance of Switzerland’s partners had to be taken into account, but that the foreign ministry network had an important role to play in supporting Swiss economic interests abroad.
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    1. state.gov – Arrests of Leadership of Iranian Baha’is  –  Press Statement  – Sean McCormack
      Washington, DC – May 15, 2008 – We strongly condemn the May 14 arrest of six leaders of the Iranian Baha’i community– Mrs. Fariba Kamalabadi, Mr. Jamaloddin Khanjani, Mr. Afif Naeimi, Mr. Saeid Rezaie, Mr. Behrouz Tavakkoli, and Mr. Vahid Tizfahm–by Iranian authorities and the continued imprisonment of a seventh leader, Mrs. Mahvash Sabet. This is a clear violation of the Iranian regime’s international commitments and obligations to respect international religious freedom norms. We urge the authorities to release all Baha’is currently in detention and cease their ongoing harassment of the Iranian Baha’i community.
      2008/393

    2. bahai.org – Six Bahá’í leaders arrested in Iran; pattern matches deadly sweeps of early 1980s
      15 May 2008
      NEW YORK — Six Bahá’í leaders in Iran were arrested and taken to the notorious Evin prison yesterday in a sweep that is ominously similar to episodes in the 1980s when scores of Iranian Bahá’í leaders were summarily rounded up and killed.
      The six men and women, all members of the national-level group that helped see to the minimum needs of Bahá’ís in Iran, were in their homes Wednesday morning when government intelligence agents entered and spent up to five hours searching each home, before taking them away.
      The seventh member of the national coordinating group was arrested in early March in Mashhad after being summoned by the Ministry of Intelligence office there on an ostensibly trivial matter.       

    3. ACHGUT – Iranische Regierung verhaftet Führungsebene der Bahá’í – Dr. Benny Peiser
      Gestern wurden sechs führende Bahá’í im Iran durch den Geheimdienst festgenommen und in das berüchtigte Evin-Gefängnis gebracht. Durch diesen Schlag der iranischen Regierung verliert die iranische Bahá’í-Gemeinde ihre nationale Koordinierungsgruppe. Der Nationale Geistige Rat der Bahá’í in Deutschland protestiert aufs schärfste gegen diesen Akt staatlicher Willkür, der an die wiederholte Verschleppung und Hinrichtung der Bahá’í-Führungsebene in den Jahren 1980/81 erinnert. Die sechs Mitglieder der landesweiten Koordinierungsgruppe wurden während einer Razzia in den frühen Morgenstunden des 14. Mai 2008 festgenommen. Angehörige des Geheimdienstes drangen zeitgleich in die Wohnungen und Häuser der Bahá‘í ein, um umfangreiche Durchsuchungen vorzunehmen. In deren Folge wurden die sechs in das berüchtigte Teheraner Evin Gefängnis gebracht.       

  6. latimesblogs –  IRAN: Bahais rounded up
    Bahais 
    Human rights advocates have decried the apparent arrests this week of six leaders of Iran’s embattled Bahai community. 
    Rights groups     say Fariba Kamalabadi, Jamaloddin Khanjani, Afif Naeimi, Saeid Rezaie, Behrouz Tavakkoli and Vahid Tizfahm were all unofficial leaders of Iran’s outlawed but often tolerated Bahai religious minority who lived in Tehran.  
    They were arrested Wednesday, most likely on security charges, by Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security and locked up Tehran’s infamous Evin Prison, according to rights activists.       

  7. RIA Novosti – Teheran bereit zur Erörterung des Atomprogramms von Iran – Diplomat
    Iran ist bereit, sein Atomprogramm zu erörtern. Das sagte der iranische Botschafter in Russland, Gholamreza Ansari, am Freitag in einer Pressekonferenz bei … 

  8. RIA Novosti – Atomstreit: Moskau fordert Sicherheitsgarantien für Iran
    Die Weltgemeinschaft muss laut dem russischen Außenminister Sergej Lawrow Iran Sicherheitsgarantien gewähren, um dieses Land zu einer Kooperation im … 

  9. RIA Novosti – Trotz Russlands Zustimmung zu UN-Sanktionen gegen Iran normale Beziehungen – Botschafter
    Zugleich betonte er, dass die Resolutionen des Weltgremiums gegen Iran „niemandem helfen und nicht konstruktiv sind“. Parallel zu der neuen UN-Resolution …

     

  10. RIA Novosti – Iran hofft auf termingerechte Fertigstellung des AKW Bushehr durch Russland – Diplomat
    Wie der Botschafter äußerte, beabsichtigt Iran, die Arbeiten zur Urananreicherung fortzusetzen. „Was die Urananreicherung betrifft, ist das eine Frage der … 
     

  11. Iranian.ws- Mullahs confirm countdown to „End of Islam“ in Iran
    May 14, 2008 – Iran’s regime has arrested a total of 15 people over a deadly mosque bombing in the southern city of Shiraz, regime’s intelligence minister said on Wednesday.
    Mullahs have accused the United States and Britain of training and financing people behind the April 12 bombing which killed 13 people and wounded more than 200. „So far 15 people have been arrested,“ Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie was quoted as saying by the state television.
    Mullahs‘ regime said the bombers were western-backed monarchists shortly after the arrest of first suspects last week and were linked with an anti-Islamic television channel, the state broadcaster’s website said


     
  12. Forward – Making Iran Into a Jewish Issue Is Fueling an Unhealthy Debate – Eric Frey
    Thu. May 15, 2008 – When shareholders of the Austrian oil and gas company OMV met in Vienna May 14 for their annual meeting, they were met by a small group of noisy protesters from Stop the Bomb, a mostly Jewish alliance opposed to OMV’s business dealings with Iran. Just 10 days earlier, the alliance held a conference in the Austrian capital where it warned that Iran was seeking an atomic bomb to launch a second Holocaust against the Jewish people — and that companies like OMV were helping Tehran in its quest.     
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  13. Fars News Agency – Iran Summons UK Envoy over Terrorist Group Ruling
     
    TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned Britain’s ambassador on Monday in protest at a decision by three British judges to uphold a ruling that the government was wrong to ban an armed opposition group to the Islamic Republic as a terrorist organization.
    The Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) won a seven-year legal battle last Wednesday when three senior judges at Britain’s Court of Appeal dismissed a government challenge to the earlier ruling.
    Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Safari summoned British Ambassador Geoffrey Adams to voice the Iranian government’s „strong protest“.
    Safari said the decision showed „double standards“ towards the issue of terrorism and was not „suitable of a European government claiming to confront terrorism“.  


     

  14. Tehran Times – Iran hosting cultural programs on 60 years of Palestinian resistance
    TEHRAN — Deputy Culture Minister for Press and Information Affairs Alireza Malekian announced the programs planned for the 60th anniversary of Palestinian resistance yesterday.
    Malekian is also the secretary of the committee for supporting the Islamic revolution of Palestine committee established at the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance for organizing programs in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the occupation of Palestine.
    A number of NGOs supported the Palestinian people at the 21st Tehran International Book Fair by holding a photo exhibition on the theme of 60 years of Palestinian resistance and holding meetings with Palestinian political figures, he noted.

  15. theaustralian.news.com – Iran rant ‚a danger – Dennis Shanahan
    KEVIN Rudd has accused Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of playing with „dangerous stuff“ in the Middle East by suggesting Israel should be wiped off the map.
    The Prime Minister said Mr Ahmadinejad’s comments were more than hyperbole from „the bully pulpit of Tehran“ and could have an effect across the Middle East.
    Mr Rudd said the Australian Government was seeking legal advice on whether it could take Mr Ahmadinejad to the International Court of Justice for inciting genocide.
    „It is not just, you know, hyperbole, from the bully pulpit of Tehran. It is the roll-on effect across the Islamic world to those who listen to Iran for their guidance. I think this is dangerous stuff.

  16. roozonline.com – Danger of Military Strike has Increased  – Interview with Shirin Ebadi ‎ – 2008.05.15
    Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi is currently visiting the United States for a series of speeches. ‎Ebadi, who is among the most prominent critics of human rights violations in Iran, has ‎consistently opposed any kind of military intervention in the county. In an interview with Rooz, ‎while reaffirming her anti-war stance, Ebadi warns against the increasing danger of a U.S. ‎military strike against Iran. ‎
    Rooz (R): You have consistently criticized the prospect of a U.S. military strike against Iran, ‎and at the same time you are one of the most outspoken critics of the Islamic Republic’s human ‎rights violations. Some conservatives say that these two issues are contradictory, because your ‎criticism may be used as an excuse by warmongers to launch attacks against Iran. What is your ‎opinion?

    1. wirtschaftsblatt.at – OMV macht weiter Jagd auf Mol
      Die MOL-Übernahme und die Iran-Geschäfte bleiben am Wunschzettel der OMV für das laufende Geschäftsjahr. Widerstand – wenn auch sehr –beschränkt – zwecklos.
      OMV-Generaldirektor Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer lässt Aktionäre mit 1,25 € je Aktie am Wachstumskurs der OMV teilhaben
      Unangenehm wurde es für OMV-Generaldirektor Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer anlässlich der gestern stattgefundenen Hauptversammlung kaum. Erwartungsgemäß haben sich vor allem in puncto Iran-Geschäft und MOL-Übernahme Aktionärsvertreter zu Wort gemeldet.       

       

    2. derstandard.at – Konzern setzt bei Iran auf Zeit
      Unbequeme Fragen muss sich der OMV-Vorstand zu einem Gas-Geschäft mit dem Iran sowie der geplanten MOL-Über nahme gefallen lassen
      Wien – Angesichts des stärker werdenden internationalen Drucks auf Unternehmen, die sich im Iran engagieren wollen, setzt die OMV offenbar auf Zeit. Darauf deutet die Argumentationslinie vom OMV-Generaldirektor Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer bei der Hauptversammlung am Mittwoch hin.
      Vor dem Wiener Austria Center protestierten rund zwanzig Vertreter der Plattform „Stop the Bomb – Bündnis gegen das iranische Vernichtungsprogramm“. Ruttenstorfer verwies in der Halle auf Unternehmen wie Shell und Repsol. Beide seien wie die OMV und andere Unternehmen auch an der Entwicklung des großen Gasfeldes South Pars im Iran interessiert. Und beide hätten jüngst den Rückzug aus ihren Parzellen bekanntgegeben und sich gleichzeitig für neue angemeldet. „Die haben sich dadurch eineinhalb bis zwei Jahre Zeit gekauft“, sagte Ruttenstorfer. In der Zwischenzeit könnte eine neue US-Regierung möglicherweise ihre Einstellung zum Iran ändern. Ruttenstorfer betonte, dass die OMV nach Abschluss einer Absichtserklärung im April 2007 weit weg von einem Vertrag mit dem Iran sei und dass iranisches Gas für die Versorgungssicherheit Europas notwendig sei.       

    3. Earthtimes – Austria’s OMV under fire over Iran deal at shareholders‘ meeting 
      Posted : Wed, 14 May 2008 12:57:02 GMT
      Author : DPA 
      Vienna – Anti-Iran activists held protests at the outset of the annual shareholders‘ meeting of Austria’s oil and gas company OMV on Wednesday, slamming a planned multi-billion dollar gas deal. A small number of activists from several anti-nuclear, Kurdish or Jewish NGOs picketed in front of the meetings location, a conference centre in Vienna, chanting slogans against Iran’s „jihadist regime“ and held up of photos apparently showing evidence of human rights violations by Tehran.
      „The OMV deal would give a both an economic and propaganda victory to (Iran’s president) Ahmadinejad,“ Simone Dinah Hauptmann of Stop the Bomb, an NGO accusing Iran of pursing nuclear weapons, said. 

  17. APA – OMV-Aktionäre beschließen 1,25 Euro Dividende
    Die Hauptversammlung der OMV hat am Mittwoch wie erwartet die Ausschüttung einer Dividende von 1,25 Euro pro Aktie beschlossen. Ausgezahlt soll sie am 20. Mai werden. Darüber hinaus besetzte die Aktionärsversammlung zwei Aufsichtsratsposten neu. Zusätzlich gab es Kritik am OMV-Vorstand wegen eines geplanten Gas-Geschäfts mit dem Iran sowie wegen des Zusammenschlusses mit der ungarischen MOL.
    Neue „Kontrolleure“ des Energiekonzerns sind Alyazia Ali Saleh Al Kuwaiti, eine Ipic-Mitarbeiterin und die „erste Dame im OMV-Aufsichtsrat seit langem“ sowie der auch aus den Vereinigten Arabischen Emiraten neu in den Aufsichtsrat einziehende Mohamed Al Khaja. Die Verlängerung des Aktienoptionsprogramms und der Möglichkeit, eigene Anteilsscheine zurückzukaufen, wurde wie erwartet abgesegnet.     

  18. ACHGUT – Wahied Wahdat-Hagh: Die libanesische Hisbollah und die iranische Konfrontationspolitik
    Die Hisbollah und das iranische Regime feiern ihren „zweiten Sieg“ innerhalb von zwei Jahren. Die Siege totalitärer Bewegungen zeitigen jedoch keinen Frieden und bergen vielmehr neue, noch gewalttätigere Konflikte in sich. http://debatte.welt.de/kolumnen/73/periskop/72705/die+libanesische+hisbollah+und+die+iranische+konfrontationspolitik

  19. MEMRI IRANIAN MEDIA BLOG – Islamic Revolution Martyrs Foundation Rep In Beijing: Hizbullah Proved Israel’s Vulnerability 
    Mohammad-Hassan Rahimian, representative of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at the Islamic Revolution Martyrs Foundation, said in Beijing yesterday to mark Israel’s 60th anniversary that Hizbullah had proven the vulnerability of Israel’s Zionist regime by its heroic resistance, which had led to the humiliating defeat of the Zionist enemy. He said, „Today we are witnessing the destabilization of the Quds- [Jerusalem-] occupying regime, thanks to the path laid by the late Imam Khomeini, and the goal to annihilate Israel has been met by 50 percent…. The late Imam Khomeini declared that Israel should be wiped off the map, and now we are almost approaching this point.“ He added that the issue of Palestine did not belong to the Palestinian nation and the Arab world alone, but concerned the entire world of Islam and the Muslims.

  20. MEMRI IRANIAN MEDIA BLOG – Palestinian Ambassador To Iran: Friday Prayers At Al-Aqsa Mosque Will Be Led By Khamenei 
    Palestinian Ambassador to Iran Salah Al-Zawawi told the Iranian news agency Fars in an interview that the day would come when Friday prayers would be held at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, with Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as prayer leader.

  21. MEMRI IRANIAN MEDIA BLOG – Iranian Dissident Journalist: Criticize Entire Regime, Not Only President Ahmadinejad 
    Iranian dissident journalist Ahmad Zeidabadi has said that reformists‘ focus on criticizing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was a mistake, because his removal would not solve Iran’s problems. Instead, he said, criticism must focus on the functioning of the government and the entire conservative camp. 

  22. MEMRI IRANIAN MEDIA BLOG – New on MEMRI TV: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: The Hidden Imam Manages All the Affairs of the World 
     
    Click Here To View This Clip On MEMRI TV.
    (See also Ahmadinejad: The Hidden Imam Runs The World)

  23. MEMRI IRANIAN MEDIA BLOG – Iranian Religious Circles Criticize Ahmadinejad’s Claims Of Contact With Hidden Imam 
    An article in the Iranian daily Jomhouri-e Eslami, which is identified with the religious seminaries in Qom and with Hashemi Rafsanjani, calls on clerics to declare that they do not support statements by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad regarding his connections with the Hidden Imam, the Shi’ite messiah, because he is not knowledgeable in Islamic religious law. Also, Ayatollah Abo Al-Hassan Allah Bedashti, expert on the Hidden Imam, has called for Ahmadinejad’s removal from his post. He explained that the politicization of the Hidden Imam is against the Shi’a, and warned against the liars who appear and claim to have contact with him, as is written in Shi’ite tradition.

  24. MEMRI IRANIAN MEDIA BLOG – Iranian Weekly: Countdown To Israel’s Fall Is Underway; Daily: Israel’s Days Are Numbered 
    The weekly of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), Sobh-e Sadeq, has stated that „the countdown to the collapse and fall of Israel has begun.“ Also, an article in the daily Kayhan, which is identified with Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, said that Israel’s days were numbered.

  25. MEMRI IRANIAN MEDIA BLOG – Iran Condemns EU Over Criticism Of Ahmadinejad 
    The Iranian government has condemned the European Union for its criticism of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for calling Israel „a stinking corpse.“

  26. MEMRI IRANIAN MEDIA BLOG – Iranian Sources: Rafsanjani’s Moderate Line Wins 
    Iranian sources have said that inviting Hashemi Rafsanjani to participate in an international conference for intra-Islam dialogue in Mecca (see     „Saudi King Invites Ahmadinejad Rival To International Conference“) proves the victory of his moderate line, which is in disagreement with the policy of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

  27. MEMRI IRANIAN MEDIA BLOG – Hizbullah Rep: Iran Directly Linked To Hizbullah 
    At a conference in Kermanshah, in western Iran, Hizbullah representative Mohammad Mohsen pointed out the direct link between his organization and Iran, saying, „Had it not been for [Ayatollah Ruhollah] Khomeini’s order, Hizbullah would not have been founded.“ Mohsen added, „For Hizbullah, Khomeini still lives, and his presence is felt very well among the organization.“Hizbullah Ambassador to Tehran Abdallah Safi Al-Din said that Israel was planning another attack on Lebanon, and warned that Tel Aviv was within range of Hizbullah’s missiles.

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