the Wednesday Edition

Good old sanctions! They never fail.

“You have to accept that Iran has the technology of producing nuclear fuel. And it will celebrate it in coming anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution in February. You, resorting to these sort of activities, cannot achieve anything except dissolving your reputation,” Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying.

Thank you Russia! Thank you China! Thank you France! Thank you Germany!

Earlier Sunday, Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said the resolution made his country more “decisive in realizing our nuclear aims.”

“From Sunday morning, we will begin activities at Natanz — site of 3,000-centrifuge machines — and we will drive it with full speed. It will be our immediate response to the resolution,” Iran’s Kayhan newspaper quoted Larijani as saying.

Iran hits Nuclear Milestone

TEHRAN, Iran -

Iran has successfully enriched uranium for the first time, a landmark in its quest to develop nuclear fuel, hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday, although he insisted his country does not aim to develop atomic weapons.

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But this is in no way bad news:

LONDON, April 9 (IranMania) - Behruz Gheibi, an official in the Agricultural Jihad Ministry said the production of pistachio would hit 250,000 tons in this Iranian year (started March 21, 2006), MNA reported.

Agricultural Jihad Ministry? Ok maybe this is bad news.

UPDATE:

While doing a search to find out more about the Agricultural Jihad, I found that there is also a Construction Jihad.

In the same article from 2000 I came across this gem:

189 MPs endorsed Mahmoud Hojjati and 55 cast votes against him. 11 remained abstained. He will take over the new Ministry for Agricultural Jihad (Crusade), combining construction jihad and agriculture.

Can you Imagine someone defining Jihad as a Crusade in 2006.