NCRI - US President George Bush said on Monday that Iranian regime has been involved in roadside bombings against coalition forces and civilians in Iraq. He said: "Tehran has been responsible for at least some of the increasing lethality of anti-coalition attacks by providing Shia militia with the capability to build improvised explosive devices in Iraq."

By Mark Deen

Bloomberg - U.K. Foreign Secretary Jack Straw called on non-governmental groups and think tanks to multiply contacts with the Iranian population in an effort to avoid a standoff with the Tehran government over its nuclear program.

Uneasy About Tehran's Nuclear Plans, Bush Administration Tries to Build Opposition to Theocracy

By Peter Baker and Glenn Kessler

The Washington Post - As the dispute over its nuclear program arrives at the U.N. Security Council today, Iran has vaulted to the front of the U.S. national security agenda amid Bush administration plans for a sustained campaign against the ayatollahs of Tehran.

Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is to call for Europe to communicate better with the Iranian people.

BBC - In an International Institute for Strategic Studies speech, he will say Iran is going in the wrong direction and its people deserve better.

He will call for more information to be provided for Iranians in their own language, from around the world.

Agence France Presse - A former top UN and US arms inspector on Iraq said Sunday it may be too late to stop a nuclear-weapons determined Iran, noting that there is no consensus on taking military action against Tehran.

NCRI - The visit to Azna and Aligoudarz in western province of Lorestan by mullahs' president Ahmadinejad met with widespread protest by the local residents.

The impoverished people disrupted his speech by loud noises. One protester climbed up a nearby scaffolding and shouted, "we want justice, justice, justice - people want their rights."

By Philip Sherwell in Washington

The Sunday Telegraph - Iran's leaders have built a secret underground emergency command centre in Teheran as they prepare for a confrontation with the West over their illicit nuclear programme, the Sunday Telegraph has been told.

NCRI - The gathering of hundreds of women in Tehran to mark the International Women's Day was brutally attacked by security forces on Wednesday, March 8. A unique video clip from this barbaric act against a peaceful gathering has been provided to the Iranian Resistance. The attached clip here shows clearly how women were attacked and beaten up by truncheons and forced to disperse.
Video Clip

NCRI - In a public statement on March 10 AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL condemned brutal attack on women's gathering in Tehran on the occasion of the International Women's Day. The following is the AI's statement: