Al-Moujez-an-Iran (Iran Briefing)
August 2008, Volume #17, Number 12
Section I. Opinion
- Letter of the Publisher
- Editorial: A month of executions and the tomb of the famous poet Ahmad Shamlou is destroyed
Section II. Special News - from Our Own Files
- Iran's defensive capabilities
- Iran is turning into a police state
Section III. Iran in This Month
- The nuclear crisis of Iran is nearing its last stages as the world powers contemplate the next round of stricter and heavier sanctions if the Islamic Republic does not accept the latest package of incentives in return for a freeze on uranium enrichment. An in-depth report on these issues, the latest round of talks, and the rising threat of military action against Iran by Israel or the United States.
- Our Eyes and Ears: news in brief
* A thug becomes responsible for shutting down newspapers
* New appointments in the military
* Disruption in the rapprochement between Iran and Egypt
* The fundamentalists' infighting
* Hanging of a junior in Boushehr - Why is Iran readying its forces to confront a possible military attack by the United States?
- Who will be next head of the judiciary in the Islamic Republic?
Section IV. Economic Affairs
- President Ahmadinejad and his next economic program
Section V. Research Report
- The history of how the Islamic Republic got rid of its opposition groups inside and abroad
Section VI. Letter From Tehran
- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the latest changes in it.
Back Cover
The new ministers appointed by President Ahmadinejad in his last year of leadership
