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The arrested in Iran former representative of the country at negotiations under the nuclear program will be accused of espionage.
As the public prosecutor of Teheran has confirmed on Saturday, Hossein Musavian has been arrested on Monday. Investigation against former official in Iran’s National Security Council is being conducted by Iran’s ministry of investigation of and no details of the put forward charges will be disclosed.
Musavian was considered as the moderate conservative and was close to other former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. Rafsanjani participated in the last presidential elections of the country - in 2005 - and has lost to Mahmud Ahmadinejad.
Ahmadinejad, who has taken more uncompromising position in reply to the fears of the West connected with the nuclear program of Iran, has replaced many diplomats, and participated in negotiations on this question, including Musavian.
Iran insists that its program of enrichment of uranium is directed on manufacture of the electric power, instead of the nuclear weapon, but there is no full confidence of sincerity of applications of Teheran among the international community. On this basis the EU Security Council has entered the limited sanctions against Iran and has added additional restrictions to them.
Musavian is being kept in Teheran prison Evin, which has bad reputation.
Arrest of Musavian has caused a shock in Iran as this person was never considered as the supporter of reforms or the opponent of Islamic system in the country.
In view of his affinity to the former president and in general to the Iranian establishment, many people consider Musavian’s arrest as an attribute of an aggravation of struggle for authority between Ahmadinejad and more moderate grouping inside of the maximum Islamic clergy.
 

Administration of the US President Georges Bush asks the Congress of the country to allocate 310 million dollars for installation of systems of antimissile defense in the Europe.
According to the applications of the White House representatives, installation of antimissile defense systems is necessary for the protection of the USA and the European countries of possible impacts from “the dangerous states “, such as Iran and China.
Addressing at congress hearings, John Rood, Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation, has informed, that in the end of May he is going to head the American governmental delegation, which will visit Czech Republic and Poland with the purpose of discussion of a question on missile defense facilities’ accommodation in these countries.
Meanwhile, on May, 10th, 2007 Prague will start negotiations with Washington concerning accommodation of missile defense radar on territory of Czech Republic. The parties are measured to discuss the agreement adjusting the order of stay of US military contingent on territory of Czech Republic. The USA has already directed the corresponding draft agreement.
The United States wishes to construct a radar station on territory of military range near to Prague. Investments into construction of base will make 266,78 million dollars. Concerning Poland, as it has become known, Washington is measured to place 10 rockets-interceptors there.
It is also worth of mentioning that, according to the recent interrogations, the number of Czech’s inhabitants, not consent with a policy of their state is constantly growing. So, 68 % of respondents have spoken against the accommodation of missile defense elements in their country, the idea of accommodation was supported by 26 % of respondents, whereas in February, 2007, only 61 % of interrogated expressed against the USA’s intention.
 

Nuclear ambitions of Iran can provoke race of nuclear arms in the Mid East. It is one of the basic theses of of Georges Bush’s speech in one of Ohio schools.
According to the American President’s words” Iran is a serious problem and it is the country, which wishes to possess the nuclear weapon.
However, according to Bush, Iran is guilty not only that it expects to get the nuclear weapon. The head of the White house has declared that Iran aspires to influence inside of Iraq, delivering the weapon to Iraq and directing the people in shiit militia there. Iran is expecting to create the disorder and to set panic all over the world.
Georges Bush has added that the government of Iraq should not depend on Iran that is expected in all regions.
It is worth of mentioning that several days ago New York Times has published the article, in which it was spoken, that a number of the Mid-East states, including Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt and Jordan, are going to develop peace atomic engineering. The edition marks, that though interest to peace atom grows all over the world, ambitions of the Mid East countries, which have always leaned on natural power resources, cause questions. In opinion of newspaper’s experts, the countries of this region aspire to create a counterbalance to threat which can proceed from Iran.
Teheran declares that its nuclear program is directed exclusively on satisfaction of power needs of the country.

British authorities have finally decided to refuse use “war with terrorism” (”war on terror”) expression on official level, in politicians’ speeches and newspapers’ headings. The reasons of a similar step were explained by British International Development Secretary Hilary Benn.
British International Development Secretary, who’s opinion is shared by her many colleagues in UK Parliament and UK Government has explained that British people are not going to use the use the “war on terror” expression because they cannot win here with military methods only and also because it is struggle not with one organized enemy, who’s image and purposes are precisely certain. According to Hilary Benn’s words, the terrorists represent “the indistinct, changeable and isolated groupings”.
Hilary Benn has emphasized that these groupings wish to lobby their private and selfish interests without dialogue and discussion, but buy the way of violence. And when they are allowed to feel a part of something big and significant, they are given more power.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom has refused to the use the “war on terror” term in December, 2007. Meanwhile, the London’s nearest ally - Washington - continues to insist on continuation on its further using.
This term has initially been used by the president of the USA Georges Bush just after the acts of terrorism on September, 11th, 2001.
The terrorism has been represented as the uniform rallied front in public performances of politicians and mass media of many countries within several years.

 

 

Abkhaz President Sergey Bagapsh has supported prolongation of the mandate of collective peace-making forces of the CIS in a zone of the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict.
On Saturday Abkhaz President has declared that the prolongation of the mandate of the Russian peacemakers is recognition of their efficiency as guarantor of stability in this region.
Then, the Abkhazian leader has also added that Abkhazia will never agree on replacement of the Russian peacemakers by military contingents from other countries.
Making comments on Moscow’s reaction to refusal of the American authorities to give out the entry visa to the chapter of the Abkhazian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sergey Bagapsh has emphasized that Abkhazian government expresses thank to Russian government, which takes of the neutral position and supports Abkhaz’s intention to state their position level with other party of the conflict.

 

 

 

Today the Federal Council of Russia (Federal Council) has accepted the application, in which it has expressed concern the increased activity of US political forces, which “do not wish to perceive adequately modern realities of the Russian public life and try to influence political situation in Russia “.
It is a question of “Support of the US human rights and democracies in the world in the report of the State department of the USA”. The Federal Council considers US Department’s as the “directive” and estimates it as intervention in internal affairs of the Russian Federation and other sovereign states as “the unfriendly act, capable to provoke” and categorically opposes extremist moods of unreasonable charges of Russian government.
Special concern of the Russian Parliament’s supreme chamber is caused with attempts of the US state bodies not only “to estimate a level of democratic character of political processes in Russia “, but also, to participate in them, proceeding from their (American) interests.
The senators consider that the similar activity from the USA became more active before carrying out elections to the Russian State Duma in December, 2007, and presidential elections in March 2008.  Federal Council declares that thus “the ground for a deliberate negative estimation of the specified election campaigns and results of will of the Russian citizens” is being prepared.
The Federal Council declares that Russia is a free and sovereign state, which, during the centuries-old history spent independent internal and foreign policy and, is not going to change this tradition today. Confirming aspiration to the further constructive development of the Russian-American attitudes is based on principles of good neighborhood, democracy and norms of international law. The Federal Council calls US government for respect of the rights of the sovereign states and democratic bases of their people’s life.
It is worth of mentioning that the US State Department’s report has been published in the beginning of April, 2007. The report covers the problem of deterioration of situation with observance of human rights in Russia. In US analysts’ opinion, in 2006, political pressure upon judges, intolerance to ethnic minority, corruption, selectivity in application of laws, restrictions of a freedom of speech, prosecution of the nongovernmental organizations, centralization of authority in hands of executive authority was present in Russia .
 

NBC TV-channel, referring to the US Ministry of Defense has informed that 12.000 more soldiers of American National guards are to be forwarded to Iraq.
The soldiers are to stay in Iraq for a year, since 2008.
Now, it has become known that the brigades of guards from four states will subject to obligatory mobilization.
Now there are about 145.000 American soldiers in Iraq. More than 40 percent of American armies in Iraq and Afghanistan are represented by the reservists or the parts of National guards.
The mass-media of National guards’ service did not make comments on the message yet.
 

The US Vice-President Dick Cheney and all administration of the White house have appeared in the center of the most powerful scandal. ABC TV-channel has got the sensational information that Cheney has authorized the support of the terrorists connected with Al-Qaeda for struggle against Iran. The White house cannot even deny charge yet.
The ABC TV broadcaster Charles Gibson has shared the sensational information on communications of Washington with the Pakistan terrorists. In Tuesday program (” Exclusive ABC News. Secret war against Iran”) Gibson has demonstrated the data of at least two TV sources in the American and Pakistan government.
The data has shown the cooperation between the American administrations with the Pakistan “Jundallah” terrorist grouping. According to Gibson, Washington renders the Pakistan insurgents with financial and consulting support so that they destabilized a situation in Iran.
Besides, Gibson has informed that the US Vice-President has personally discussed an opportunity of use the insurgents of “Jundallah” in struggle against the Iranian militaries and officials.
 The Vice-Presidents press-secretary has refused to comment the statements made by ABC News. In reply to a question, whether the data received by the TV-channel from sources in the government of Pakistan are true, the press-secretary has declared, that the press-service was not engaged in discussion of conversations between vice-president and foreign leaders.

 

The representatives of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and British government have started political dialogue concerning the release of 15 British sea infantrymen grasped by the guards of Islamic revolution on March, 23rd.
The Secretary of Iranian National Safety Council has informed about the beginning of bilateral negotiations. The diplomat has noted, that Iran hopes to solve crisis on exclusively diplomatic channels. Iranian government considers what to judge British of not expediently necessity. It is worth of mentioning that British seamen are accused of infringement of sea border of Iran and espionage.
The Iranian Secretary has offered, that dispute between two countries concerning the fact whether the British military men have crossed the Iranian border or not, has been considered by the special “delegation”. However, the Secretary has not specified, what its structure should be and according to which legislative norms it should operate.

 

 

King of Saudi Arabia Abdullah has warned the president of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that he should seriously think about military threat of the USA. The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia (Prince Saud al-Faisal) has told about it in interview to Newsweek magazine.
Abdullah has already met Ahmadinejad on the 4th of March. Then the parties have officially agreed to unite efforts for suppression of radical enmities in the region. However in a lobby of a meeting, al-Faisal has told that the king has concentrated attention on absolutely other things and has advised Iranian President to consider seriously possible consequences of his refusal of stopping the nuclear program of Iran.
In his interview prince Saud al-Faisal has declared that their government has warned Iranian President of the possible consequences of the nuclear program, but Ahmadinejad continues to play with fire. They told him that he should not forget about the threat from the West (the USA) and this threat is quite real and obvious.
Besides the Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs has noticed, King Abdullah has openly accused the President of Iran of kindling violence over Iraq. According to al-Faisal’s words, the Saudi leader has asked “not to interfere with the Arabian business”. The Iranian leader has rejected these charges.
It is worth of mentioning that on March, 24th the UN Security Council has accepted the resolution 1747 demanding from the Iranian government to bring the nuclear program into accord with the IAEA’s requirements and to begin new negotiations within 60 days. Official Teheran refuses to carry out requirements of Security Council, insisting, that its nuclear program has exclusively peace character.