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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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06IRANRPODUBAI10IRPO: WESTERN BANK REP CLAIMS AHMADINEJAD DIRECTING
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2006-11-02 14:11:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV IR
06IRANRPODUBAI11ASSEMBLY OF EXPERTS ELECTION -- HARBINGER OF FUTURE
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2006-11-06 14:50:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PGOV
06IRANRPODUBAI13AHMADINEJAD USES UNIVERSITIES FOR POLITICAL ENDS
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2006-11-15 14:42:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PGOV SOCI
06IRANRPODUBAI14IRANIAN ACTIVISTS LAUD US HUMAN RIGHTS PRESSURE, ADVISE
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2006-11-29 17:16:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNIR PREL PGOV PHUM
06IRANRPODUBAI15IRGC: AN ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL POWERHOUSE (C-NE6-00566)
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2006-11-30 18:09:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPGOV PTER ECON EPAT MCAP IR
06IRANRPODUBAI16REACTION TO LARIJANI'S PROPOSAL FOR IRAN-GULF ALLIANCE
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2006-12-07 15:35:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PREL
06IRANRPODUBAI17EX-CENTRAL BANK OF IRAN EMPLOYEE CLAIMS STATISTICS FIXED IN
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2006-12-11 07:51:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETECON EFIN IR PGOV
06IRANRPODUBAI18CONSERVATIVE RIVALRIES AND MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN IRAN
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2006-12-12 16:16:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV
06IRANRPODUBAI19REFORMISTS STRIKE DISSONANT CHORD
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2006-12-13 13:52:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL IR
06IRANRPODUBAI20IRANIAN INSIDER CLAIMS AHMADINEJAD IS LOSING SUPPORT
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2006-12-14 17:37:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR KNNP PHUM
06IRANRPODUBAI21ELECTIONS AND POWER ALIGNMENTS IN IRAN
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2006-12-14 17:37:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNIR PGOV
06IRANRPODUBAI24VOTE COUNT ONGOING, POSSIBLE FRAUD CONCERNS BOTH SIDES
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2006-12-19 17:11:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV IR
06IRANRPODUBAI9SITUATION FOR WOMEN AND NGOS IN IRAN DETERIORATING, SAYS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AN IRANIAN PROFESSOR AND WOMENS RIGHTS ACTIVIST DESCRIBED GOVERNMENT PRESSURE ON ACTIVISTS AND NGOS IN IRAN FOR IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE (IRPO) DIRECTOR AND IRPOFF. SHE SAID THE SITUATION FOR WOMEN IN IRAN HAS DETERIORATED UNDER THE AHMADINEJAD PRESIDENCY. WHILE THE POLICE [...]
2006-11-02 13:51:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PHUM
06RPODUBAI13AHMADINEJAD USES UNIVERSITIES FOR POLITICAL ENDS
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2006-11-15 14:42:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PGOV SOCI
07IRANRPODUBAI1FORMER IRGC GENERAL DISMAYED WITH POLITICIZATION OF IRGC
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2007-01-03 16:50:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR PTER
07IRANRPODUBAI10CRITICISMS OF US NUCLEAR POLICY FROM AN IRANIAN SECULARIST
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2007-03-06 09:35:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL IR KNNP PGOV
07IRANRPODUBAI11PRIVITIZATION DEBATE SHARPENS FACTIONAL RIVALRY
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2007-03-15 10:29:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON ECIN PGOV IR
07IRANRPODUBAI12IRGC, BASIJ, ANSAR-E HIZBALLAH: INSIDERS' VIEWS
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2007-03-22 10:52:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL IR IZ MOPS
07IRANRPODUBAI14A PRO-VELAYATI CONSERVATIVE DISCUSSES IRANIAN POLITICS
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2007-03-27 14:26:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL IR KNNP
07IRANRPODUBAI15GASOLINE SUBSIDIES: IS IRAN FEELING THE HEAT?
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2007-03-27 14:27:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET PGOV IR
07IRANRPODUBAI16IRAN'S EXTERNAL RELATIONS
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2007-03-28 14:01:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR IS IZ PTER AE
07IRANRPODUBAI17IRANIAN WOMEN TAKE UP BANNER OF REFORM
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2007-03-28 15:08:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PHUM
07IRANRPODUBAI18IRAN ESCALATING TENSIONS TO DISTRACT FROM DOMESTIC WOES?
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2007-04-02 11:30:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPGOV ECON MARR IR
07IRANRPODUBAI19IRAN: SOCIAL FACTORS INCREASING HIV RATES
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2007-04-02 12:21:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PHUM SOCI PGOV TBIO
07IRANRPODUBAI2FORMER IRGC GENERAL ON US-IRAN RELATIONS
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2007-01-03 17:02:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR
07IRANRPODUBAI20RELIGIOSITY CONTINUES AMONG IRANIANS -- MODERN IRANIANS
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2007-04-05 14:10:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR PHUM SOCI SCUL KISL KIRF
07IRANRPODUBAI21IRANIAN REACTIONS TO BRITISH DETENTIONS
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2007-04-09 12:12:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR MOPS UK IZ
07IRANRPODUBAI22IRANIAN ECONOMIST SAYS BOTH AHMADI-NEJAD AND THE ECONOMY ON
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2007-04-12 14:19:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETECON PGOV PREL IR
07IRANRPODUBAI23REFORMIST MP ON POLITICAL STATE OF PLAY
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2007-04-18 06:05:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPGOV PREL IR
07IRANRPODUBAI24IRAN OIL OFFICIAL SHOPS AROUND FOR FOREIGN INVESTMENT
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2007-04-19 10:48:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETEINV EPET ENGR PREL IR
07IRANRPODUBAI25IRANIAN MP COMMENTS ON POLITICAL STATE OF PLAY
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2007-04-22 05:21:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PREL PGOV
07IRANRPODUBAI26UNODC OFFICIAL VIEWS IRAN DRUG CHIEF REPLACEMENT A SIGN OF
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2007-04-23 16:01:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNIR KCRM PGOV PREL PINR SNAR
07IRANRPODUBAI27IRAN: HANDING DRUG CONTROL TO THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD
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2007-04-23 16:05:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PGOV PINR SNAR PREL
07IRANRPODUBAI28IRAN CONVICTS ECONOMIST FOR ACCEPTING FOREIGN FUNDING
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2007-04-25 12:45:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL SCUL IR
07IRANRPODUBAI3FORMER POLICE GENERAL SAYS RAFSANJANI UP, AHMADINEJAD DOWN
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2007-01-04 16:01:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR IZ LE PTER
07IRANRPODUBAI30IRANIAN ECONOMIC POLICY: AN EASY TARGET FOR CRITICS
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2007-05-03 13:42:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON IR
07IRANRPODUBAI31CONFLICTING CLAIMS WHETHER MOUSAVIAN WILL BE RELEASED
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2007-05-09 13:06:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR KNNP
07IRANRPODUBAI32SUPREME LEADER'S SON: THE POWER BEHIND THE ROBES?
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2007-05-10 07:16:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL IR PINR
07IRANRPODUBAI33IRANIANS COMPLAIN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MEASURES IMPACTING
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2007-05-10 15:35:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPREL IR ECON EFIN ETRD
07IRANRPODUBAI35AHMADI-NEJAD REACHES OUT TO IRANIAN DIASPORA
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2007-05-15 16:18:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON IR
07IRANRPODUBAI36IRANIAN PERCEPTIONS OF TALKS WITH THE US (C-NE7-00968)
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2007-05-22 15:20:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPINR PGOV PREL IR
07IRANRPODUBAI37IRAN TAKES THE HEAT FOR RAISING GAS PRICES
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2007-05-23 13:58:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPGOV ECON EPET IR
07IRANRPODUBAI38SUPPORT DEEP IN IRAN FOR US TALKS, IN ONE VIEW
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2007-05-24 15:41:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR IZ PHUM
07IRANRPODUBAI39SENATOR LIEBERMAN TALKS TO IRANIANS IN DUBAI
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2007-05-30 15:24:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPREL PGOV IR OREP
07IRANRPODUBAI41IRAN: MAKING ITSELF UNATTRACTIVE TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT
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2007-06-05 09:23:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETECON EFIN EINV PTER IR
07IRANRPODUBAI42IRANIAN BUSINESS IN DUBAI: A BLESSING AND A CURSE
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2007-06-27 13:48:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNIR PREL ECON SMIG
07IRANRPODUBAI43TIMING OF IRAN'S GASOLINE RATIONING TAKES ALL BY SURPRISE
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2007-06-28 04:39:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON ENGR EPET PGOV IR
07IRANRPODUBAI45PROFESSOR DISCUSSES DETAINED AMERICANS, NUCLEAR DISCUSSIONS,
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2007-06-28 14:56:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PGOV PREL KNNP KPLS
07IRANRPODUBAI47RECENT PUBLIC OPINION POLL TRACKS WITH IRPO'S ANECDOTAL
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2007-07-11 13:16:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV KPLS IR
07IRANRPODUBAI48AHMADI-NEJAD IS FORCED TO MAKE SOUND ECONOMIC DECISIONS
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2007-07-16 12:45:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV IR
07IRANRPODUBAI49"WELL-CONNECTED" IRANIANS GIVE DIFFERING VIEWS OF POWER
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2007-07-18 12:20:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PREL PGOV KNNP
07IRANRPODUBAI5IRAN-UAE: TWO-WAY INVESTMENT (C-TN7-00045)
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2007-02-14 06:08:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETECON EFIN PGOV IR
07IRANRPODUBAI50IRAN ANNOUNCES ESFANDIARI, TAJBAKHSH INVESTIGATION OVER, BUT
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2007-08-13 13:14:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR CASC
07IRANRPODUBAI51IRANIAN NGOS UNDER PRESSURE, BUT CONTINUE TO OPERATE
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2007-08-16 13:37:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV
07IRANRPODUBAI52USG-INVITED IRANIAN FILMMAKERS FACE REPRISALS
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2007-08-16 14:26:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNIR PGOV PREL SOCI SCUL
07IRANRPODUBAI53DISSIDENT CLERIC PREVENTED FROM LEAVING IRAN
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2007-08-21 09:23:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPGOV PREL IR PHUM SCUL
07IRANRPODUBAI54IRANIAN GOVERNMENT TRYING TO EXERT CONTROL OVER LEGAL
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2007-08-23 15:05:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV SOCI
07IRANRPODUBAI55EX-IRGC GENERAL CLAIMS IRGC IMPLEMENTS ORDERS, DOESN'T MAKE
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2007-08-23 15:41:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR IZ MCAP
07IRANRPODUBAI56PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD ATTEMPTS TO TONE DOWN TENSIONS BUT
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2007-08-28 18:50:00Iran RPO DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PREL PGOV KNNP IZ
07IRANRPODUBAI58CATHOLIC NUNS IN IRAN REPORT DIFFICULTIES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-30 14:36:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNIR KIRF SOCI PGOV
07IRANRPODUBAI6BUSINESSMAN'S VIEW ON IRAN'S TIGHTER BANKING SECTOR AND IRGC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-15 13:50:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETECON EFIN PGOV IR
07IRANRPODUBAI60NEW IRGC HEAD JAFARI DESCRIBED AS A BETTER SOLDIER AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-04 16:20:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNIR PGOV MARR PTER
07IRANRPODUBAI63ABRUPT RESIGNATION OF IRAN'S TOP NUCLEAR NEGOTIATOR MAY SIGNAL HARDENING REGIME POSITION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-22 12:53:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IR MASS
07IRANRPODUBAI64DUTCH AMBASSADOR SEEKS OUT IRPO TO PREP FOR DG VISIT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-06 15:34:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PHUM KNNP PGOV PREL
07IRANRPODUBAI68FINANCIAL ANALYST SAID CAPITAL STILL FLOWING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-21 15:11:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPGOV PREL ECON IR EFIN
07IRANRPODUBAI69PRESS TV - IRAN'S PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ENTERS GLOBAL STAGE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Iran's 24-hour satellite English language news station, Press TV, began operations in July 2007. It has moved quickly to establish itself through widely dispersed correspondents, a large staff in Tehran and London, aggressive recruitment of guests, and generally high quality con [...]
2007-11-26 11:19:00Iran RPO DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PROP SCUL IR
07IRANRPODUBAI7IRANIAN REP'S VIEWS ON REGIONAL ASSYRIAN COMMUNITY
[...] (S//NF) Summary: IRPOffs met with the Assyrian Majles representative Yonathan Bet Kolia (strictly protect) February 22. Bet Kolia will lead a delegation of Iranian Assyrians to an Assyrian National Congress meeting March 24-25 in California. According to Bet Kolia, there have been no recent [...]
2007-02-27 15:56:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNSOCI IR PGOV PHUM
07IRANRPODUBAI70IRPO PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: YEAR ONE - A PROMISING START
[...] (C) Summary: One of IRPO's primary mandates upon commencing operations in August 2006 was the revival of US-Iran public diplomacy programming - which focused largely on supporting US-Iran educational and cultural exchanges. In this three-part report on IRPO Year One PD programming, part I will [...]
2007-11-27 12:07:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALOEXC OIIP PHUM PINR
07IRANRPODUBAI71COALITION-BUILDING FOR IRANIAN ELECTIONS: PART ONE-
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-28 14:39:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PGOV
07IRANRPODUBAI72NOBEL LAUREATE EBADI DISCUSSES HER VIEWS WITH IRPO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-04 13:57:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PHUM PREL PGOV KNNP
07IRANRPODUBAI9RAFSANJANI ISOLATING AHMADINEJAD?
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-01 16:17:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR ECON
08IRANRPODUBAI1SUPPORTING "FRIENDS OF AMERICA" IN IRAN (IPRO PD YEAR 1,
[...] (C) Summary: As reftel details, the Department restarted US-Iran official exchanges in August 2006, featuring the flagship USG exchange program, the IVLP. The Iranian government became aware early on of USG funding for the IVLP and, even for the first program in November of 2006, issued writte [...]
2008-01-16 08:52:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALOEXC PGOV PINR
08IRANRPODUBAI11THE POLITICS OF IRANIAN NATURAL GAS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-12 13:05:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNECON ENGR EPET PREL IR
08IRANRPODUBAI12IRAN: ELECTION EVE OBSERVATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-13 16:50:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PGOV PREL
08IRANRPODUBAI13ASSESSMENT OF FIRST DAY RESULTS OF IRANIAN MAJLES ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-15 18:56:00Iran RPO DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PGOV PREL PHUM
08IRANRPODUBAI14IRANIAN MAJLES ELECTIONS--PARTIAL RESULTS IN, BUT RUNOFFS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-16 13:55:00Iran RPO DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PGOV PREL
08IRANRPODUBAI15IRANIAN MAJLES--POST ELECTIONS ANALYSIS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-19 15:37:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PGOV PREL
08IRANRPODUBAI16QALIBAF -- A CHALLENGER FOR THE IRANIAN PRESIDENCY IN 2009?
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-30 13:19:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PREL
08IRANRPODUBAI19NED FELLOWS CAUGHT IN MEDIA CROSSFIRE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-10 12:37:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL IR
08IRANRPODUBAI2AHMADINEJAD AND OIL MINISTER TAKE THE HIT FOR GAS SHORTAGES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-22 12:09:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL IR
08IRANRPODUBAI20EYEING 2009: AHMADINEJAD PRESSES AHEAD WITH ECONOMIC
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-17 12:36:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON IR
08IRANRPODUBAI21CASPIAN SEA RESOURCES REMAIN AN ITEM OF CONTENTION BETWEEN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-24 08:43:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETECON EFIS EMIN ENGR EPET IR
08IRANRPODUBAI22NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED IN IRAN: THE CASE OF CENTRAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-24 09:00:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETECON EFIN PGOV IR
08IRANRPODUBAI23IRAN: REAL ESTATE MARKET CCONTINUES TO THRIVE (C-NE7-01996)
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-24 10:25:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL SOCI IR
08IRANRPODUBAI24IRAN: HOUSING PRICES IN TEHRAN AND OTHER MAIN CITIES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-24 11:33:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL SOCI IR
08IRANRPODUBAI25CONSERVATIVES DOMINATE IRANIAN PARLIAMENTARY RUNOFFS, AS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-27 14:13:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PGOV
08IRANRPODUBAI26AHMADINEJAD AT ODDS WITH MAJLES SPEAKER
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-01 08:57:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV
08IRANRPODUBAI27US-BASED IRANIAN POLITICAL ACTIVIST DISCUSSES IRGC, SUPREME
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-13 13:41:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNIR PGOV PREL PHUM
08IRANRPODUBAI28READOUT OF JAPANESE DFM SASAE'S TRIP TO IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-27 13:39:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPGOV PREL KNNP IR JA
08IRANRPODUBAI3MAJLES CLASHES WITH AHMADINEJAD ON BUDGET
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-23 10:40:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV IR
08IRANRPODUBAI30AHMADINEJAD ASSOCIATE ARRESTED AFTER ACCUSING CLERICS OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-12 14:46:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL IR
08IRANRPODUBAI4MP SAYS IRANIAN REFORMERS SURPRISED AT SCALE OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-23 14:40:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNIR PGOV
08IRANRPODUBAI48IRAN'S BAZAAR STRIKES HIGHLIGHT RESISTANCE TO ECONOMIC
[...] (U) Summary: Store owners in bazaars in Esfahan, Mashad, Tabriz, and Tehran shut down their businesses in early October to protest President Ahmedinejad's decision to levy a three percent value added tax, which was implemented on Sept 22. According to press reports, merchants feared that the in [...]
2008-10-23 09:18:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON ETRD SOCI IR
08IRANRPODUBAI5IRAN: LACK OF POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN HIV/AIDS CAMPAIGN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-04 14:09:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PGOV SOCI TBIO
08IRANRPODUBAI50IRAN: BAZAARI PROTESTS HIGHLIGHT RESISTANCE TO ECONOMIC
[...] (U) Summary: Store owners in bazaars in Esfahan, Mashad, Tabriz, and Tehran shut down their businesses in early October to protest President Ahmedinejad's decision to levy a three percent value added tax, which was implemented on Sept 22. 3. (U) The strike occurred during President Ahmedinejad [...]
2008-10-23 09:23:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV ETRD IR
08IRANRPODUBAI6IRANIAN STEEL INDUSTRY ACCORDING TO AN INSIDER
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-14 13:08:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON EIND EMIN PGOV IR
08IRANRPODUBAI7EBRAHIM YAZDI ON US POLICY AND IRAN'S FUTURE
[...] (S//NF) Summary: Former foreign minister and leader of Freedom Party of Iran Dr. Ebrahim Yazdi (please protect) discussed his views of US policies on Iran with IRPoff Feb 20 when he came to Dubai to collect his US visa. Yazdi expressed his view that US policy on Iran is flawed and unclear, arg [...]
2008-02-28 14:33:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNIR PGOV
08IRANRPODUBAI8THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE 2008 IRANIAN MAJLES ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-28 16:12:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNIR PGOV
08IRANRPODUBAI9OPEN KIDNEY SALES IN IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-04 14:25:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALTBIO SOCI ECON IR
08RPODUBAI34IRAN COMPLAINS OF BURDEN OF AFGHAN IMMIGRANTS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-19 14:40:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PGOV PHUM PREF AF
08RPODUBAI36SUBSIDY REFORM IS KEY FEATURE OF AHMADINEJAD'S NEW ECONOMIC
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-25 14:42:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV ECON
08RPODUBAI37IRANIAN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS ON CASPIAN SEA ISSUES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-26 12:59:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV SENV PREL
08RPODUBAI39IRAN ON BRINK OF DECISION TO ENGAGE ON P5+1 OFFER
[...] (C) Summary: Coverage in the Iranian press of Iran's reaction to the P5+1 proposal suggests that the Iranian government may propose talks based on the proposal's first step of pre-negotiations, featuring a "freeze for freeze." The Iranians continue to emphasize the common points of their May [...]
2008-07-02 14:12:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MASS IR
08RPODUBAI40MBC TO LAUNCH FILM CHANNEL AIMED AT PERSIAN SPEAKERS
[...] (C) Summary: The Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC) plans to launch an entertainment satellite TV channel on July 9 aimed at Iranian audiences that will show movies with Persian subtitles. The broadcast by the Saudi-owned, Dubai-based MBC will join a small number of satellite channels, larg [...]
2008-07-09 14:56:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALOIIP PGOV PREL SCUL IR
08RPODUBAI41SECOND AHMADINEJAD ASSOCIATE ARRESTED AFTER EXPOSING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-15 09:56:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON IR
08RPODUBAI42IRAN IVLP ALUMNUS JAILED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-16 06:17:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV SOCI SCUL IR
08RPODUBAI43FORMER MP AND JOURNALIST ON VOA PROGRAMMING
[...] (C) Summary: Voice of America (VOA) is well-positioned as an alternative to state-run Iranian TV to provide uncensored, impartial information that can help advance reform in Iran, a former reformist member of Iran's Sixth Majles and journalist told IRPOff 22 July. The former MP is in contact w [...]
2008-07-24 14:09:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR KPAO
08RPODUBAI44USG-FUNDED DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL BRINGS IRANIANS AND
[...] (C) Summary: The UAE's first documentary film initiative, "Documentary Voices: Pulling Focus" was "a success" film festival primary coordinator Mashid Zamani told IRPoffs July 22. Zamani said that while she faced many challenges during the planning stages typical to any new project, the festi [...]
2008-07-29 13:53:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR KPAO SCUL
08RPODUBAI45STAR TV TO LAUNCH PERSIAN LANGUAGE ENTERTAINMENT CHANNEL
[...] (C) Summary: STAR Group (a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp) intends to launch a Persian-dubbed satellite entertainment channel from Dubai in November or December that will target audiences in Iran and the region. STAR officials told the Charge d'Affaires in Abu Dhabi, Dubai Consul Gene [...]
2008-08-11 17:21:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR KPAO SCUL
08RPODUBAI46MAJLES APPROVES AHMADINEJAD'S NEW CABINET NOMINEES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-12 14:22:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PGOV
08RPODUBAI47IRANIAN MERCHANT CLASS PREFERS POLITICAL STATUS QUO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-18 06:56:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETECON PGOV PREL IR
08RPODUBAI48IRAN'S BAZAAR STRIKES HIGHLIGHT RESISTANCE TO ECONOMIC
[...] (U) Summary: Store owners in bazaars in Esfahan, Mashad, Tabriz, and Tehran shut down their businesses in early October to protest President Ahmedinejad's decision to levy a three percent value added tax, which was implemented on Sept 22. According to press reports, merchants feared that the in [...]
2008-10-23 09:18:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON ETRD SOCI IR
08RPODUBAI49[SOURCE REMOVED] OUTLINES IRC’S
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 18. 2. (S) Summary and Background: IRPO officer met with [SOURCE REMOVED] on October 15 and 20, 2008 to discuss [DETAILS REMOVED] his knowledge [DETAILS REMOVED] Iran's Ministy of Information and Security (MOIS) and the Islamic Revolutionary Gua [...]
2008-10-23 09:20:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPINR PINS PGOV PREL IR IZ ZP
08RPODUBAI50IRAN: BAZAARI PROTESTS HIGHLIGHT RESISTANCE TO ECONOMIC
[...] (U) Summary: Store owners in bazaars in Esfahan, Mashad, Tabriz, and Tehran shut down their businesses in early October to protest President Ahmedinejad's decision to levy a three percent value added tax, which was implemented on Sept 22. 3. (U) The strike occurred during President Ahmedinejad [...]
2008-10-23 09:23:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV ETRD IR
08RPODUBAI51IRAN'S HIGH RISK, HIGH REWARD MEDIA MINEFIELD - AN
[...] (S) Summary: Hassan Fahs [strictly protect], former Al-Arabiyya bureau chief in Tehran, and Mazen Hayek, the Group Director of Marketing of Middle East Broadcasting Center, Al-Arabiyya's parent company, both attribute Fahs' recent expulsion from Iran to political motivations. Fahs repeatedly [...]
2008-10-28 08:25:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPINR PROP PREL ECPS IR
08RPODUBAI52BAHAI FAMILY OFFERS GLIMPSE INTO BAHAI EXPERIENCE IN IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: IRPO Officer met on October 29 with an Iranian Baha'i family to discuss the conditions facing Baha'is in Iran. The family confirmed existing reporting regarding the persecution Baha'is face and provided detail into how the IRIG tracks the Baha'i population, operations of the Baha' [...]
2008-11-04 14:38:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR IR
08RPODUBAI53RETIRED IRANIAN AMBASSADOR ON US ELECTION, IMPROVING US
[...] (S) IRPO Director met on November 6 with Ambassador Gholamali Khoshroo (retired),who was in Dubai applying for a visa to attend the NYU Center for Dialogues Iran Conference in early December. Ambassador Khoshroo's scheduled presentation will address opportunities for US-Iran cooperation. Kho [...]
2008-11-10 10:08:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPGOV PREL PINR IR
08RPODUBAI54TEHRAN AP PRODUCER ON MEDIA ENVIRONMENT, JOURNALISM
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 8 meeting with IRPOffs, Tehran Associated Press Television News (APTN) senior producer Reza Ganji detailed the AP's continuing efforts to maintain a foothold for American journalism inside Iran, challenges it faces in Iran's tense media environment, and some views abo [...]
2008-11-10 14:10:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PROP ECPS IR
08RPODUBAI55IRAN'S RAFSANJANI CALLS 1979 EMBASSY SIEGE A "MISTAKE"
[...] (C) Expediency Council Chairman Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani gave an unusual speech at Sharif University on November 23 in which he acknowledged several "mistakes" that had occurred during the early period of the Islamic Revolution, including the siege of the American Embassy, and announ [...]
2008-11-24 15:26:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINR IR
08RPODUBAI56TEHRAN-BASED UN OFFICIALS CONVEY IRIG INTEREST IN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: xxxxx based in Tehran, in separate conversations with IRPO officers, said that officials in Iran's Ministry of Interior are willing to work with the United States on issues relating to Afghanistan within a United Nations framework. Specifically, they noted that the IRIG is seeking c [...]
2008-11-26 11:48:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL SNAR PREF IR AF
08RPODUBAI57TEHRAN DEPUTY MAYOR OUTLINES QALIBAF'S ELECTION PROSPECTS
[...] (C) Summary: Tehran Deputy Mayor and head of Tehran's Urban Beautification Organization Hojatollah Mollasalehi told us in a brief meeting on December 18 that Tehran Mayor Qalibaf had not decided whether to run for president or not. Qalibaf's decision would depend on the prospects of President [...]
2008-12-23 14:16:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IR
0901OF02RPODUBAI288IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOW ON IRAN - JULY
[...] (S) Iranian Doctor Alleges Many More Deaths Than Officially Acknowledged: A gynecologist applying for a visa in Dubai described a frenetic scene in the hospitals during the unrest sparked by the disputed election. He was called in to provide support and ended up working three straight shifts - [...]
2009-07-15 11:52:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM ECON IR
09RPODUBAI109IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - MARCH 3,
[...] [S/NF] Reformist MP Khoeni On Past and Present of Reform Movement: PAST: Former Reformist parliamentarian Mohammad Mousavi Khoeni [strictly protect], who served in the Sixth Majles (2000-2004),met with IRPO on March 1 and 3. Mousavi Khoeni entered the Majles from a leadership position [...]
2009-03-03 13:33:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KDEM PINS IR
09RPODUBAI115IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - MARCH 10,
[...] [S/NF] Reformist MP Khoeni On Future of Reform Movement: Last week former MP (Sixth Majles) Moussavi Khoeni spoke about his experiences as a parliamentarian and his views on reformist participation in the upcoming presidential elections. Turning now to his views on the future of the reformist [...]
2009-03-10 12:21:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KDEM CONS IR AF
09RPODUBAI121IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - MARCH 17,
[...] [C/NF] Iranian Visa Applicants in Dubai Generally Unenthusiastic About Mir Hossein Mousavi: IRPO Conoff queried visa applicants regarding their views of former Iranian Prime Minister and now presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi. None professed particular enthusiasm with his candidacy and [...]
2009-03-17 12:36:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV EAGR ECON KDEM IR
09RPODUBAI122IRAN'S ELECTION - KHATAMI DEPARTS, MOUSAVI ENTERS TO
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Former president Khatami's decision to withdraw from Iran's upcoming presidential race in favor of former Prime Minister Mousavi will help consolidate the moderate vote, strengthening the challenge to Ahmadinejad. Mousavi, following a twenty-year absence from Iran's political [...]
2009-03-17 13:49:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINR KDEM IR
09RPODUBAI124IRAN: RELIGIOUS MINORITIES COMPLAIN OF IRIG DISCRIMINATION
[...] (C) Summary: The IRIG has engaged in a distinct effort to separate minorities from the larger, Muslim society, according to members of Iran's Zoroastrian and Armenian Christian communities who recently spoke to IRPO. Iran's efforts, seemingly intended to ensure that Iran is first and foremost [...]
2009-03-18 12:43:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PGOV IR
09RPODUBAI140IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - MARCH 25,
[...] [S/NF] Qalibaf Planning to Deliver US Goods in Time for Election?: The Tehran Municipality's interest in US agricultural trade continues, but now appears driven by a more overtly political agenda. IRPO Officer and Dubai-based regional Ag Attache met for a second time with two UAE-based Irania [...]
2009-03-25 12:33:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL KHUM EAGR IR
09RPODUBAI141IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - MARCH 25,
[...] [S/NF] Qalibaf Planning to Deliver US Goods in Time for Election?: The Tehran Municipality's interest in US agricultural trade continues, but now appears driven by a more overtly political agenda. IRPO Officer and Dubai-based regional Ag Attache met for a second time with two UAE-based Irania [...]
2009-03-25 12:55:00Iran RPO DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PROP EAGR
09RPODUBAI143CORRECTION - IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN
[...] (S/NF) REF A, (RPO DUBAI 140) WAS TRANSMITTED ON 05/25/2009. A DUPLICATE MESSAGE, REF B (RPO DUBAI 141),WAS TRANSMITTED AFTERWARDS. REF A IS CORRECT COPY. PLEASE DISREGARD AND DELETE/DESTROY ALL COPIES OF REF B. ASGARD [...]
2009-03-26 12:17:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL KHUM EAGR IR
09RPODUBAI148IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - MARCH 31,
[...] [S/NF] Roxana Saberi: Iranian-Americans as Diplomatic Leverage : As IRPO has reported and will report further septel, various spoilers in Iran facing the prospect that improved US-Iran ties will erode their standing within Iran have taken deliberate and well-timed steps to preempt such improved [...]
2009-03-31 12:56:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM CACS ECON IR
09RPODUBAI162IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE -- WINDOW ON IRAN -- APRIL 7,
[...] (S/NF) Update on Roxana Saberi: Two separate IRPO contacts have asserted that Roxanna Saberi is part of a political struggle over IRIG relations with the US. One of them, a friend of Saberi who works for BBC Farsi, said that Saberi was taken by elements in the Ministry of Intelligence and Secur [...]
2009-04-07 14:51:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM PREF ECON EAGR IR
09RPODUBAI168AHMADINEJAD'S WINGS GET CLIPPED ON ECONOMIC POLICY
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Iran's Majles dealt President Ahmadinejad a series of setbacks on economic policy in March that signal the forging of a broad-based opposition to the President's populist economic policies. These defeats have hurt, but probably not crippled, his plans to distribute cash and ec [...]
2009-04-14 08:51:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETECON EFIN PGOV IR
09RPODUBAI169DRUG USE IN IRAN DECLINING, U.S. MODEL CREDITED
[...] (C) Summary: A medical professor who consults for the IRIG on drug treatment and prevention programs said that demand reduction programs are showing results in reducing drug use in Iran. He said that Iran now models many of its demand reduction and addiction treatment efforts on programs deve [...]
2009-04-14 10:55:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV SOCI IR
09RPODUBAI171IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOW ON IRAN - APRIL
[...] [S/NF] Iranian UN OCHA head seen as invaluable link to IRIG: According to an Iranian employee of the UN Office of the Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs (please protect),the current OCHA director in Tehran, Ali Ashraf Mojtahed Shabestari, is so well-respected by IRIG officials that their r [...]
2009-04-15 13:25:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM PREF ECON EAGR IR
09RPODUBAI174IRAN'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: AN INSIDER ASSESSES THE
[...] (S/NF) Summary: A prominent political scientist from Tehran assesses that moderate presidential contender Mir Hossein Mousavi has - at least in theory - the constituency to win, but that his ability to defeat the incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the June 12 election will depend largely on his [...]
2009-04-16 15:11:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL IR
09RPODUBAI176DECONSTRUCTING THE IRANIAN ELECTORATE
[...] (S) Summary: The Iranian electorate comprises a diverse mix of voters, including the true believers, the scared voters, and those just looking for moderate improvement. This year, much discussion has centered on four groups of voters: rural voters, urban voters, young voters, and a potential bl [...]
2009-04-21 11:37:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPGOV ECON KDEM SOCI IR
09RPODUBAI177IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE--WINDOW ON IRAN--APRIL 22,
[...] (S/NF) Game of Attrition. Ahmadinejad's defeats on the budget and his plan to distribute cash payments to lower-income Iranians show that power centers, such as the Majles, are actively working to pressure the President prior to the June election, according to [Source removed]. These power centers [...]
2009-04-22 11:00:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KDEM IR
09RPODUBAI180IRANIAN SOURCE CLAIMS SABERI'S SENTENCE WILL BE COMMUTED
[...] (S/NF) An IRPO contact on April 22 recounted to us his conversation with an Iranian source who claimed Roxanna Saberi's sentence will be commuted to six months. Our contact said the Iranian source, who has access to Iranian officials, asserted vigorously that Tehran had already decided to co [...]
2009-04-23 10:55:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PHUM PGOV PINR CASC IR
09RPODUBAI181IRAN'S REFORM-RESISTANT ECONOMY
[...] (S/NF) Summary: As economic issues rise to the top of the agenda in Iran's presidential campaigns, the range of the policy debate on economic issues remains narrow and is essentially limited to which candidate can better manage Iran's government dominated economy. Recent examples of currency [...]
2009-04-23 12:00:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNECON EFIN ETRD PGOV IR
09RPODUBAI187IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOW ON IRAN - MAY 6,
[...] (S/NF) Election Update - Let's Make a Deal: During a May 5 meeting with IRPO Officers, a Tehran-based businessman who travels regularly to Dubai detailed several important backstories for the upcoming presidential elections. (This contact is a former IRGC officer who was based in Khuzestan du [...]
2009-05-06 13:18:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV ECON IR
09RPODUBAI200IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - MAY 13,
[...] [S/NF] Iranian Media Largely Ignore Saberi's Release: Iranian official and semi-official media provided minimal reporting on the court decision to free Roxanna Saberi. IRNA, for example, limited its coverage to a short, factual story quoting from foreign press sources. Judiciary spokesman Alir [...]
2009-05-13 12:59:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR CASC ECON
09RPODUBAI217IRAN ELECTION SCENESETTER: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LIST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-20 13:27:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KDEM IR
09RPODUBAI218IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOW ON IRAN - MAY
[...] (SBU) Candidate Snapshot of the Iranian Presidential Election: The Ministry of Interior today announced the Guardians Council-approved final candidate list. As expected, the four leading candidates - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hosein Mousavi, Mehdi Karrubi, and Mohsen Reza'i - are the only sanc [...]
2009-05-20 13:34:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV ECON
09RPODUBAI223IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOW ON IRAN - MAY
[...] (S/NF) Trilateral Iran-Afghanistan-Pakistan Summit in Tehran: On May 24 the presidents of Afghanistan and Pakistan participated in a trilateral summit hosted by the IRIG intended to, in the words of Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki, develop mechanisms to find "regional solutions for regional [...]
2009-05-28 12:59:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR
09RPODUBAI232IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOW ON IRAN - JUNE
[...] (S/NF) Rivals Eroding AN's Purportedly Solid Base of Support: After discussing election developments with a broad range of contacts, it appears that in combination, AN's three rivals can strip him of a substantial number of votes from his base. A few of this week's entries refer to this situa [...]
2009-06-03 13:23:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR
09RPODUBAI233IRAN: THE GLOVES COME OFF IN AHMADINEJAD-MOUSAVI DEBATE
[...] (C) Summary: The much-anticipated live debate between President Ahmadinejad and his chief rival, former Prime Minister Mir Hossein Mousavi, was a watershed event in which Ahmadinejad broke long-standing taboos by leveling allegations of corruption at senior regime officials and attacking the ac [...]
2009-06-04 13:44:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR
09RPODUBAI235IRAN’S FIRST FAN: DISSATISFACTION WITH AHMADINEJAD MAY
[...] (C) Summary: As emotions run high following a week of adversarial debates between Iran's four presidential candidates, the outcome of the national soccer team's World Cup qualifying match against the UAE could add to voters' dissatisfaction with Ahmadinejad just 36 hours before they head to the pol [...]
2009-06-09 14:24:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM IR
09RPODUBAI244FACTORING THE ECONOMY INTO IRAN'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Conversations with Iranian businessmen and financial consultants held in the past week reveal an overwhelming preference among our contacts for Mohsen Rezai's economic proposals, but most intend to vote for Mir Hossein Mousavi for political and social reasons. Our contacts admit t [...]
2009-06-11 12:19:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD IR
09RPODUBAI245IRAN'S ELECTION: URBAN VOTERS MOBILIZING TO OUST
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The overwhelming last-minute mobilization of the urban vote will likely lead to President Ahmadinejad's defeat, as many Iranians who typically stay home on election day now view Friday's election as a rare chance to exert some influence over the direction of their country. IRPO [...]
2009-06-11 13:19:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR
09RPODUBAI247IRAN'S REFORMISTS BRAND ALLEGED ELECTION FRAUD AS TREASON,
[...] (S/NF) In reftel, we suggested the two most likely outcomes for the Iranian election were a Moussavi win in the first round, or a massively fraudulent Ahmadinejad win in the first round. (Winning in the first round requites winning more than 50 percent of the nationwide vote.) It appears both took [...]
2009-06-13 12:29:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PROP PINS IR
09RPODUBAI249IRAN'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: KEY INDICATORS OF FRAUD
[...] (S/NF) Iran analysts, both Iranian and foreign, have reacted with incredulity to the results of the Iranian presidential election and accused the IRIG of grossly rigging the election and falsifying the resuls. The Iran Regional Presence Office's review of Iran's recent presidential elections a [...]
2009-06-15 14:51:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL IR
09RPODUBAI255IRAN'S ELECTION: ACADEMICS HIGHLIGHT IMPORTANCE OF FRIDAY
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Five Iranian academics seeking visas in Dubai spoke with IRPO regarding the unfolding drama in Iran. They consider the demonstration coinciding with Supreme Leader Khamenei's Friday Prayers to be the most important rally yet because the demonstrators will have the opportunity s [...]
2009-06-18 13:50:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM IR
09RPODUBAI258IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOW ON IRAN - JUNE
[...] (S/NF) Participant in Saturday Demonstration Describes Security Forces: A long-standing IRPO contact who splits his time between Tehran and Dubai described witnessing at least four different groups of security forces on the streets of Tehran during the demonstrations Saturday that were violent [...]
2009-06-23 13:39:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL IR
09RPODUBAI261IRAN: UNREST RATTLES BUSINESS CONFIDENCE, BUT OVERALL
[...] (C) Summary: Other than the Tehran Stock Exchange's steep decline, the initial impact of the post-electoral unrest on the economy appears to be more psychological than real. Iran's oil production remains steady and major business centers open. Despite repeated rumors that the Mousavi-led oppos [...]
2009-06-24 14:01:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV ECON IR
09RPODUBAI269IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOW ON IRAN - JULY
[...] (S/NF) Unconfirmed Detention of Dual National American Citizen in Iran: An Iranian-American journalist (please protect) who was covering the presidential election for Tehran Bureau from inside Iran until his credentials were revoked several days ago said he personally witnessed the arrest of a [...]
2009-07-01 13:01:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV CASC IR
09RPODUBAI273IRAN ELECTION AFTERMATH: OPPOSITION ATTACKS GOVERNMENT'S
[...] (C) Summary: The Guardians Council formally certified Ahmadinejad's landslide reelection on June 29, theoretically closing the door to any further challenges of the results. Nevertheless, the key opposition leadership figures categorically rejected the verdict and vowed publicly to fight on, o [...]
2009-07-02 13:52:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPREL PGOV IR
09RPODUBAI280IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOW ON IRAN - JULY
[...] (S/NF) Continuing Anger at Government, Growing Impatience with Mousavi: IRPO contacts recently returned from Iran to Dubai describe widespread frustration among the general populace and noted a sharp escalation in the anti-government rhetoric during casual conversations. The visible security [...]
2009-07-08 14:01:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV ECON IR
09RPODUBAI281IRAN: RURAL INDUSTRIALIST PESSIMISTIC ON AGRICULTURE,
[...] (C) Summary: A fertilizer factory owner who was applying for a visa in Dubai recently spoke with IRPO regarding Iran's agriculture sector, the role of economics in the presidential election, and subsidy reform. He considered Iran's water shortage and limited access to capital for fixed investme [...]
2009-07-09 12:21:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAGR ECON ETRD IR
09RPODUBAI285IRAN: BUSINESSMEN POST-ELECTION: THINGS HAVE COME TO A HALT
[...] (C) Summary: Several Iranian business contacts told IRPO that business was on hold in the aftermath of the election, and all doubted that their businesses could survive much longer. Goods are not clearing customs, clients are not placing orders, no money is moving out, revenues are falling, and [...]
2009-07-14 12:35:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNECON EFIN EINV EIND ETRD ETTC PGOV IR
09RPODUBAI288IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOW ON IRAN - JULY
[...] (S) Iranian Doctor Alleges Many More Deaths Than Officially Acknowledged: A gynecologist applying for a visa in Dubai described a frenetic scene in the hospitals during the unrest sparked by the disputed election. He was called in to provide support and ended up working three straight shifts - [...]
2009-07-15 11:52:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM ECON IR
09RPODUBAI293IRAN: RAFSANJANI'S FRIDAY PRAYERS SERMON REIGNITES
[...] (C) Summary: With his call on the government to "restore the people's trust" in the Islamic Republic's leadership after the disputed election, Rafsanjani used the Tehran Friday Prayers pulpit to defy both public expectations and the Supreme Leader's edict to accept Ahmadinejad's win. His unexp [...]
2009-07-20 12:24:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL IR
09RPODUBAI297IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOW ON IRAN - JULY
[...] (S) IRGC Assumes Control: An Iranian journalist working for a Western wire service told us July 18 that the IRGC had asserted its authority "to protect the revolution" and assumed control of the IRIG's response to the protest. In the process, he said, the Ministry of Intelligence and Security [...]
2009-07-22 13:44:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV ECON IR
09RPODUBAI301IRAN: SUPREME LEADER-AHMADINEJAD TUSSLE OVER NOMINEE BRINGS
[...] (C) Summary: Supreme Leader Khamenei's intervention in a dispute among conservatives over President Ahmadinejad's pick for first vice president has further strained his status as the unchallenged arbiter of Iranian politics. Though Ahmadinejad did ultimately bow to the Supreme Leader's directi [...]
2009-07-27 14:07:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM IR
09RPODUBAI302IRAN: WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE IRGC IS GOOD FOR IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Iranian businessmen who have experience with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps's (IRGC) economic activities maintained that its involvement is increasing economic inefficiencies and discouraging the private sector. They lamented that without a strong challenger and President [...]
2009-07-27 14:20:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPGOV PREL ECON EFIN EIND EINV ETRD IR
09RPODUBAI305IRAN: WELCOMING AMERICANS EVEN AS POST-ELECTION CRISIS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-29 09:24:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CASC IR
09RPODUBAI306IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOW ON IRAN - JULY
[...] (C) Week Ahead Holds Flashpoints for Unrest: July 30 is the fortieth day after the death of the demonstrators killed on June 20, including the now-iconic Neda Soltan, whose death was captured by cell phone video. Fortieth day mourning services are traditional within Islam and provided critical [...]
2009-07-29 12:52:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM IR
09RPODUBAI315IRANIAN JEWISH YOUTH "CONFESSES" TO SPYING FOR ISRAEL;
[...] (S/NF) Summary: A former Jewish MP said that at least one Jewish youth was among the hundred defendants subjected to the first show trial that began August 1 and the 18-year old has already made a videotaped confession to spying on behalf of Israel. His arrest has sparked fears that more membe [...]
2009-08-03 10:51:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPHUM PGOV SOCI IR
09RPODUBAI316IRAN: AHMADINEJAD'S STAR FADING IN THE ARAB WORLD?
[...] (U) This is a joint cable by the Iran Regional Presence Office and the Dubai Regional Media Hub. 2. (S/NF) Summary: Since Iran's June 12 presidential elections, Arab media have intensely focused their coverage on the demonstrations in Iran and the international community's response to t [...]
2009-08-03 11:25:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PROP PGOV PINR IR
09RPODUBAI317IRAN: ECONOMIC CHALLENGES MOUNT AS AHMADINEJAD BEGINS SECOND
[...] (C) Summary: As President Ahmadinejad enters his second term in office, his administration will likely be hamstrung by a strained budget, falling GDP growth, the global economic slowdown, and sanctions. Dealing with Iran's budget deficit currently is the government's main priority, though IRPO [...]
2009-08-03 11:58:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNECON EFIN EIND EINV ETRD PGOV IR
09RPODUBAI318IRAN: TRIAL INDICTMENT ALLEGES VAST CONSPIRACY AGAINST IRIG
[...] (C) Summary: The August 1 trial of more than a hundred individuals arrested in the wake of the disputed presidential election continued the IRIG's efforts to re-assert control via repression. In a sprawling indictment, the IRIG linked US and Iran-based NGOs, Israel, foreign media outlets, the [...]
2009-08-03 12:46:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM IR
09RPODUBAI319IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI:WINDOW ON IRAN-AUGUST 5,
[...] (S) Endorsement, Inauguration Initiate Ahmadinejad's Second Term: Supreme Leader Khamenei officially endorsed Ahmadinejad for the presidency on August 3 and today Ahmadinejad took the oath of office during his inauguration. Both events have been scrutinized for their clues to the elite infight [...]
2009-08-05 12:41:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EINV ENRG EPET ETRD SOCI IR
09RPODUBAI327IRAN: PROTESTER DESCRIBES POST-ELECTION IRIG INTIMIDATION
[...] (C) Summary: An Iranian woman from Shiraz seeking refugee status in the West spoke with IRPO regarding the IRIG harassment she faced after participating in post-election protests. Her background made her a likely target for the IRIG; she is an English teacher, has friends in the US and UK, and [...]
2009-08-11 08:36:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREF PGOV PHUM IR
09RPODUBAI329RESEARCHER DESCRIBES HIV/AIDS SITUATION IN IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: An Iranian HIV/AIDS researcher in Dubai applying for a visa sat down with IRPO to discuss the HIV/AIDS situation in Iran. Less than 1 percent of the Iranian population is infected, though developing accurate statistics is difficult because the leading causes of HIV/AIDS in Iran, in [...]
2009-08-12 10:52:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI ECON KHIV IR
09RPODUBAI331IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOWN ON IRAN-AUGUST
[...] (S) Shahroudi's Term Approaches its End: An IRPO contact with indirect access to senior Iranian officials told us that Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi was leaving his office frustrated that he had been unable to make significant changes to strengthen Iran's justice system. [...]
2009-08-12 12:18:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPGOV PREL ECON EAGR SOCI TSPL IR
09RPODUBAI334IRAN: ANONYMOUS CLERICS CALL FOR SUPREME LEADER'S DISMISSAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 15 an anonymous open letter to the Assembly of Experts from "a group of seminary students in Qom, Mashhad and Esfahan," called for the removal of Supreme Leader Khamenei, claiming that he no longer met the qualifications for the position as stipulated by the Iranian Cons [...]
2009-08-17 13:08:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR
09RPODUBAI335IRAN: AHMADINEJAD NAMES INTEL AND TWO FEMALE MINISTERS
[...] (C) Summary: In a live August 16 televised address, President Ahmadinejad discussed the criteria for his cabinet selections and named six of the 21 ministers. Of note is Ahmadinejad's candidate for the Ministry of Intelligence, Hojjat ol-Eslam Heydar Moslehi, who has ties to both Supreme Lead [...]
2009-08-17 13:21:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR
09RPODUBAI340IRAN: REGIME STALWARTS TURNS OUT IN FORCE AT JUDICIARY HAIL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. IRIG regime stalwarts showed up in force at an August 17 ceremony to greet the new head of the Judiciary Hojjatoleslam Sadegh Larijani (brother of Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani) and to bid farewell to the previous Judiciary head Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi. This was [...]
2009-08-19 11:47:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR
09RPODUBAI341IRAN: AHMADINEJAD NAMES ADDITIONAL CABINET MEMBERS
[...] (C) Summary: Ahmadinejad delivered the names of 18 of his 21 proposed cabinet ministers to the Majlis today. The remaining three-for the ministries of defense, commerce, and justice-had not yet been finalized, although legally today is the deadline for such a submission. Of note, the incumbent [...]
2009-08-19 14:37:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR
09RPODUBAI347IRAN: RAFSANJANI'S COMMENTS RE: KHAMENEI: RECAPITULATION NOT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The August 23 comments by Expediency Council President Ayatollah Rafsanjani in which he urged fealty to Supreme Leader Khamenei, was not so much a capitulation to the Supreme Leader as it was a rhetorical dressing of his more substantive comments, in which he continued to call for [...]
2009-08-24 14:43:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR
09RPODUBAI348IRAN: IN CABINET AHMADINEJAD CHOOSES LOYALTY AND IDEOLOGY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Ahmadinejad's nominees for his second-term cabinet showcase his preference for loyalty over expertise, as most clearly have longstanding ties to the President. Although most of the 21 these nominees generally lack significant experience for their respective ministries, [...]
2009-08-24 14:58:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR
09RPODUBAI349IRAN: TEHRAN SHOW TRIAL AGAIN CITES USG EXCHANGE PROGAMS AS
[...] (C) Summary: The inclusion of USG public diplomacy programs and IRPO in a recent indictment read during the second show trial in Tehran is not a new allegation of US plotting for the overthrow of the Islamic Republic. Such claims have been made before, most recently in January, and contain many acc [...]
2009-08-25 08:14:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM SCUL IR
09RPODUBAI361IRAN: THE POLITICS OF BREAD
[...] (C) Summary: Traditional flat breads are a staple of the Iranian diet and offer a window into the problems of Iran's economy. Iranians eat flat bread daily, particularly 'nan-e sangak', and its importance has made bread prices a political issue, particularly as prices have doubled since approx [...]
2009-08-31 12:42:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ECON IR
09RPODUBAI362IRAN'S JUDICIARY CHANGES - LESS THAN MEETS THE EYE
[...] (C) Summary: Since taking over the Judiciary in mid-July, Hojjatoleslam Sadeq Larijani has taken steps seemingly designed to assuage ongoing public anger over the government's brutal treatment of detainees and opportunistic persecution of the hardliners' political foes. Foremost among these st [...]
2009-08-31 14:11:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL IR
09RPODUBAI363KHAMENEI'S AND AHMADINEJAD'S TALKING POINTS ON POST-ELECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent public speeches both Supreme Leader Khamenei and President Ahmadinejad have each repeated key talking points about the post-election unrest. Both have emphasized that this unrest is the result of a vast long-planned conspiracy by Iran's foreign enemies to besmirch the [...]
2009-09-02 06:28:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR
09RPODUBAI366IRAN OFFICIALS, PRESS SPIN IAEA REPORT ON EVE OF P5+1
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Though Iran's envoy to the IAEA Ali Asghar Soltanieh and the head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi took the nominal lead in spinning the August 28 IAEA report as a vindication of Iran's positions, their public comments offered little new insight to the I [...]
2009-09-02 14:43:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPGOV IR PREL PARM
09RPODUBAI369MAJLIS PASSES 18 OF 21 AHMADINEJAD CABINET PICKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Majlis today approved 18 of Ahmadinejad's 21 cabinet nominees, including his controversial choice for Defense Minister. The two-week run-up to the vote featured much public grumbling by Conservative Majlis members about both lack of prior executive branch consultation on the n [...]
2009-09-03 14:20:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV IR
09RPODUBAI373IRAN: IRIG EFFORTS TO SHUT DOWN THE OPPOSITION
[...] (C) Summary: The IRIG is pursuing several strategies simultaneously to cow the opposition and to prevent further protests. Some elements of this strategy include the ongoing show trials of prominent reformers, pressuring opposition leaders by arresting or threatening family members, canceling [...]
2009-09-08 13:58:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR
09RPODUBAI375IRAN TURNS THE SCREW TIGHTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With a series of raids and arrests on September 7 and 8, the government moved aggressively to stop efforts by the Iran 'Green Path' opposition and human rights advocates to document and publicize allegations of detainee abuse and extrajudicial killings by the security forces in th [...]
2009-09-09 13:41:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL IR
09RPODUBAI377IRAN: CABINET VOTE'S AFTERMATH HIGHLIGHTS GOVERNMENT'S
[...] (C) Summary: Ahmadinejad and Iran's media heralded the Majlis' vote confirming 18 of his 21 cabinet nominees as a boon for Iran's unity and national interests. However, the confusion surrounding Ahmadinejad's aborted second-round nominations for the Ministries of Education and Energy and the r [...]
2009-09-10 13:18:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV IR
09RPODUBAI378IRAN: KARRUBI'S ARREST APPEARS IMMINENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: There is widespread speculation that the government of Iran is moving closer to arresting Hojjatoleslam Mehdi Karrubi, the former Majlis Speaker and presidential candidate who has become the most vocal and persistent critic of the ruling establishment since the June 12 election. T [...]
2009-09-14 12:25:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM IR
09RPODUBAI379IRAN: KHAMENEI SAYS SYSTEM WILL "ACT DECISIVELY" AGAINST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 11 Supreme Leader Khamenei gave the main Tehran Friday Prayer sermon. In his comments Khamenei sought to characterize his treatment of opposition in line with the practices of both the first Shia Imam Ali and also with that of his predecessor Ayatollah Khomeini. He [...]
2009-09-14 13:44:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR
09RPODUBAI382IRAN: AHMADINEJAD TAKES ANOTHER RUN AT GASOLINE SUBSIDY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Ahmadinejad has opened his second term intending to pursue gasoline subsidy reform. Although the Majlis refused to endorse the proposed reforms at the end of his first term, this time Ahmadinejad seems to have the support of Supreme Leader Khamenei, and the government i [...]
2009-09-16 11:10:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL IR
09RPODUBAI384IRAN: QODS DAY BECOMES DOMESTIC BATTLEFRONT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This year's Qods Day - traditionally a government-orchestrated display of solidarity with Palestinians - has morphed into a domestic political contest in the wake of the disputed presidential election as oppositionists attempt to co-opt the sanctioned rallies by mobilizing their s [...]
2009-09-17 14:30:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR
09RPODUBAI385IRAN: IRIG SEES ROOT CAUSES OF OPPOSITION IN THE CLASSROOM
[...] (C) Summary: Supreme Leader Khamenei and the IRIG have signaled their intention to move beyond the arrests of opposition figures and attack the perceived intellectual basis of the opposition. This initiative seems to be at least a two-pronged approach -- limiting the ability of universities to [...]
2009-09-17 15:02:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI IR
09RPODUBAI386IRAN'S QODS DAY ENDS IN A DRAW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Tens of thousands of opposition supporters marched in Iran's Qods Day celebrations on September 18, defying government threats that anti-government protesters would be dealt with severely. Despite the warnings and significant efforts by the state to prevent large-scale anti-governm [...]
2009-09-20 08:27:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM IR
09RPODUBAI389IRAN: CLERICAL CONFAB STIFFS RAFSANJANI FOR SUPREME LEADER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Oppositionist hopes that Iran's clerical class would mobilize to oppose Supreme Leader Khamenei's post-election policies appear sharply diminished in the wake of the first Assembly of Experts meeting since the June 12 Presidential election. Not only did the Assembly, which has the [...]
2009-09-24 14:20:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR
09RPODUBAI393IRAN WANTS CONGRATULATIONS, NOT CONDEMNATION OVER SECOND
[...] (C) Summary: Iranian media and public statements by officials have maintained the IRIG's official line that the IRIG has not only not violated the NPT, but has gone beyond its IAEA obligations in its early disclosure of the second uranium enrichment facility near Qom. President Ahmadinejad, a [...]
2009-09-28 13:40:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PROP PARM IR
09RPODUBAI394IRAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS BUY MAJOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 27 the Iran Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC)-affiliated 'Etemaad-e Mobin Consortium' (EMC) bought a 50 percent plus one share stake in the Telecommunications Company of Iran (TCI) for an amount equivalent to USD 7.8 billion. The sale, the largest in the Tehran Stock E [...]
2009-09-28 14:31:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PREL
09RPODUBAI395IRAN: UNIVERSITY PROTESTERS HECKLE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 28 an estimated two thousand students dressed in green marched through the University of Tehran chanting "death to the dictator" as senior IRIG officials, including the controversial Higher Education Minister, were heckled while entering a (closed to students) ceremon [...]
2009-09-29 13:59:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR PHUM
09RPODUBAI398IRAN: NO HINT OF COMPROMISE ON THE EVE OF NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: On the eve of negotiations with the US and other P5+1 members, Iranian officials insisted that they will neither surrender the country's nuclear rights nor bow to threats of further sanctions. Iranian officials balanced these uncompromising statements with expressions of Iran's go [...]
2009-09-30 13:17:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PROP IR
09RPODUBAI407IRAN: INITIAL IRANIAN PRESS REPORTS ON GENEVA MEETINGS
[...] This cable repeats ref e-mail. 2. Inititial Iranian press coverage of the P5+1 negotiations in Geneva and the bilateral meeting between U/S Burns and Iranian negotiator Jalili has been factual, without editorial comment. Coverage in the sources we checked was positive, drawing on statem [...]
2009-10-04 13:56:00Iran RPO DubaiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PARM IR
09RPODUBAI409IRAN: IRGC ACQUIRES BANK LICENSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) recently approved bank licenses (one preliminarily) for two financial institutions affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Cors (IRGC),Ansar Finance and Credit Institute (AFCI) and Mehr Finance and Credit Institute (MFCI). The licenses allow [...]
2009-10-05 12:56:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON IR PGOV PREL
09RPODUBAI411IRAN: NEW MILITARY APPOINTMENTS INDICATE ONGOING IRGC
[...] (C) Summary: According to Iranian press the IRIG is set to merge the Basij Resistance Force into the IRGC Ground Forces. In a move assumed by Iranian press to be related, on October 4 Supreme Leader Khamenei announced four high-level personnel changes within the IRGC, including appointing Brig [...]
2009-10-05 15:01:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR
09RPODUBAI415IRAN OFFSHORE OIL PRODUCTION DECLINING, FAILING TO MEET
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Recent statistics in Iranian press indicate Iran's current offshore oil production in the Persian Gulf is declining. This decline comes despite ambitious growth plans for offshore production in the current Five-Year Development Plan, which has the target of one million barrels per [...]
2009-10-06 13:59:00Iran RPO DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PGOV PREL
09RPODUBAI424IRAN: P5+1 TALKS A NATIONAL SUCCESS
[...] (C) Summary: Iranian officials continue to give positive assessments of the outcome of the October 1 Geneva P5+1 meeting. Statements by Iranian officials, as well as editorial commentary by state and semi-official media, have focused on these themes: The negotiations were conducted under Iran' [...]
2009-10-08 12:52:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PROP PARM PGOV IR
09RPODUBAI430IRAN PRESS: MFA SPOKESMAN SAYS QOM FACILITY, 20 PERCENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-12 14:26:00Iran RPO DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PGOV PREL PARM
09RPODUBAI432IRAN PRESS: AEOI SAYS IRAN WILL PROVIDE TEHRAN RESEARCH
[...] (U) On October 10 the Iranian press service ISNA reported comments by AEOI Spokesman Ali Shirzadian on Iran's options for acquiring fuel for the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR). 2. (U) The ISNA article's title was: "AEOI Spokesman in Talk with ISNA: Various Ways of Procuring Fuel for the T [...]
2009-10-13 11:53:00Iran RPO DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PGOV PREL PARM
09RPODUBAI433IRAN PRESS: AHMADINEJAD WEBSITE GOES 'BEHIND THE SCENES' IN
[...] (U) "Sanyehnews" (sanyehnews.com) is an Iranian website closely affiliated the views of President Ahmadinejad. On Monday, October 12 it posted a story titled, "What Wasn't Said and Published About the Geneva Talks," that puts forward a version of the October first Geneva negotiations that is [...]
2009-10-13 12:09:00Iran RPO DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PGOV PREL PARM
09RPODUBAI435IRAN: AHMADINEJAD'S MAJLIS SUPPORT LIMITED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Two early October incidents illustrate both the continuing gulf between the Majlis and President Ahmadinejad and Ahmadinejad's failure to garner support among the Majlis' Principlist faction, the conservatives who dominate the legislature. On October 6 an Ahmadinejad ally failed [...]
2009-10-13 14:12:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR
09RPODUBAI438IRAN PRESS/NUCLEAR: FOREIGN MINISTER MOTTAKI, MAJLIS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-14 12:46:00Iran RPO DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PGOV PREL PARM
09RPODUBAI439IRAN: OBSCURE ROYALIST GROUP DRAWS REGIME DEATH SENTENCES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Reports from Iran indicate that as many as five people listed in the indictments issued in the wake of post-election unrest have been sentenced to death by Tehran revolutionary courts. Though details surrounding the individual cases are murky the convictions do not in fact appear [...]
2009-10-14 14:20:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM IR
09RPODUBAI444IRAN PRESS/NUCLEAR: FRENCH-IRAN DISAGREEMENT CAUSES DELAY OF
[...] (U) October 19 Iranian press reports of the first day of Vienna IAEA negotiations cited IAEA Director General's characterization of the talks as "very constructive" and "a good start." However other Iranian press, to include two October 19 'PressTV' pieces titled "Iran Rejects 'Direct Talks' wi [...]
2009-10-20 13:07:00Iran RPO DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL IR PARM
09RPODUBAI450IRAN PRESS/NUCLEAR: FOREIGN MINISTER MOTTAKI'S OCTOBER 20
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-21 08:18:00Iran RPO DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PGOV PREL PARM
09RPODUBAI455IRAN PRESS/NUCLEAR: INITIAL IRAN PRESS REACTION TO GENEVA
[...] (SBU) The following is a sampling of October 22 Iranian press coverage of the October 19-21 Vienna talks. Initial reporting was mostly factual, and coverage uniformly relayed the basic points of the draft agreement, in addition to IAEA Director General al-Baradei's post-negotiation comments. [...]
2009-10-22 14:02:00Iran RPO DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PGOV PREL PARM
09RPODUBAI456CORRECTION: IRAN PRESS/NUCLEAR: INITIAL IRAN PRESS REACTION
[...] (SBU) The following is a sampling of October 22 Iranian press coverage of the October 19-21 Vienna talks. Initial reporting was mostly factual, and coverage uniformly relayed the basic points of the draft agreement, in addition to IAEA Director General al-Baradei's post-negotiation comments. [...]
2009-10-22 14:06:00Iran RPO DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PGOV PREL PARM
09RPODUBAI459TEHRAN NUCLEAR FUEL DEAL DRAWING DOMESTIC POLITICAL FIRE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 26 press conference Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki said Iran would "soon" be announcing its decision on the IAEA proposal to exchange stockpiles of its own enriched uranium in exchange for smaller amounts of more highly enriched uranium to be used by the Tehran Rese [...]
2009-10-26 12:55:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR PARM
09RPODUBAI46IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - JANUARY 20,
[...] [U] This January 20, 2009 edition of Window on Iran was sent out on that date via classified e-mail. 2. [S/NF] Up Against Twenty Billion Dollars of Support, Reformists Wary of AN Fraud: According to a Tehran and Dubai-Iranian businessman close to reformist presidential candidate Mehdi K [...]
2009-02-02 13:21:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR IR
09RPODUBAI462IRAN TO ANSWER IAEA PROPOSAL OCTOBER 29, WANTS "IMPORTANT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran press reports that Iran's Supreme National Security Council is meeting October 28 to decide Iran's position on the draft IAEA fuel proposal, with the decision to be announced October 29. Iranian Majlis deputies and press continue to speak out against the IAEA draft proposal [...]
2009-10-28 12:57:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PREL PARM
09RPODUBAI466IRAN PRESS/NUCLEAR: IRAN SEEKS GRADUAL NUCLEAR FUEL EXPORT,
[...] (U) As of 1600 hours (Tehran time) October 29, no Iranian official has made any substantive public comments on Iran's response to the IAEA draft proposal to provide fuel to the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR),although IRIG IAEA Representative Ali Asghar Soltanieh has been quoted in the Iranian p [...]
2009-10-29 12:31:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPGOV PREL PARM IR
09RPODUBAI467IRAN'S WOMEN'S MOVEMENT FACES EASIER, HARDER TIME AFTER JUNE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Two active members of Iran's leading women's rights organization told IRPO the disputed presidential election has both dramatically increased public receptivity to the One Million Signature Campaign's calls for gender equality, and simultaneously constrained its ability to train a [...]
2009-10-29 13:21:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM IR
09RPODUBAI468IRAN: AHMADINEJAD GETS HALF OF WHAT HE WANTS ON SUBSIDY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran's Majlis has vigorously debated and ultimately approved the first part of President's Ahmadinejad's proposed subsidy reform bill. The bill is a two-part program intended to end state subsidies on energy, utilities and basic food items and channel the savings as cash payment [...]
2009-10-29 13:38:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON IR PGOV PHUM PREL
09RPODUBAI469IRAN: OPPOSITION LEADERS CALL SUPPORTERS OUT FOR ANNIVERSARY
[...] (C)SUMMARY: Iran's opposition is poised to again co-opt one of the Islamic Republic's cherished rituals - the annual commemoration of the 1979 student takeover of the U.S. Embassy - to publicly protest the disputed presidential election and to undermine Ahmadinejad's 'coup' government. The Nov [...]
2009-11-02 13:39:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR
09RPODUBAI47IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - JANUARY 17,
[...] [U] This January 13, 2009 edition of Window on Iran was sent out on that date via classified e-mail. 2. [S/NF] Russians Offer Iran Security Inducements to Shun US Negotiations: According to a former Guardian Council member and as corroborated by a former IRGC general, Russia has reported [...]
2009-02-02 13:39:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR IR
09RPODUBAI472IRAN'S DOMESTIC POLITICS PREVENTING IAEA ACCORD
[...] (C) SUMMARY. After initial vague expressions of Iranian support for the outcome of the October 19-21 Vienna nuclear fuel negotiations, a rising tide of domestic opposition to the IAEA deal from across the Iranian political spectrum has led official Iran to distance itself from the draft agreem [...]
2009-11-03 12:42:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PREL PARM
09RPODUBAI474IRAN: GOVERNMENT CLASHES WITH PROTESTORS ON 30TH ANNIVERSARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: First reports from Iran indicate that security forces moved aggressively against 'Green Path' opposition supporters who took to the streets in a bid to co-opt the government-sanctioned commemoration of the 1979 seizure of the American Embassy in Tehran on November 4, with anecdota [...]
2009-11-04 13:00:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR PHUM
09RPODUBAI475IRAN: KHAMENEI TROTS OUT THREADBARE REVOLUTIONARY RHETORIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Supreme Leader Khamenei's November 3 anti-US comments in a speech commemorating the 'National Struggle Against Global Arrogance Day' were similar in tone and content to his remarks from previous years' speeches on this occasion. Shorn of the rhetorical frills, Khamenei said that e [...]
2009-11-04 13:32:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PREL PARM
09RPODUBAI478IRAN: MASS RETAILER'S CAUTIOUS ENTRY YIELDING POSITIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In September the Middle East's sole franchisee for Carrefour, the Majid Al Futtaim Group (MAFG) of Dubai, launched Iran's first hypermarket in a new shopping mall on the outskirts of Tehran. At the request of Carrefour's French corporate headquarters, the outlet was launched under [...]
2009-11-05 14:06:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETECON IR PREL PGOV
09RPODUBAI479IRAN: OPPOSITION DEFIES THREATS, DEMONSTRATES RESILIENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: One day after the November 4 official ceremony and 'Green Path' protests, Tehran and other Iranian cities where protests occurred were quiet. Based on reporting from several sources on the November 4 protests, it appears that protests were smaller in Tehran than on Qods Day, but [...]
2009-11-05 14:17:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PHUM PREL
09RPODUBAI48IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - JANUARY 27,
[...] [U] This January 27, 2009 edition of Window on Iran was sent out on that date via classified e-mail. 2. [S/NF] More on Russia-Iran Security Ties: In a follow up discussion with a former IRGC general regarding Russian security cooperation with Iran, he explained that Russia saw Iran as a [...]
2009-02-02 13:43:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR IR
09RPODUBAI481IRAN PRESS: INITIAL IRAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF PRESIDENT OBAMA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As of late November 5, Iranian press coverage of President Obama's November 4 statement on Iran has been scant, with most domestic coverage focused on the November 4 "National Struggle Against Global Arrogance Day" events. What coverage there has been was relatively factual, w [...]
2009-11-08 11:26:00Iran RPO DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PGOV PREL
09RPODUBAI482IRAN PRESS/NUCLEAR: TEHRAN FRIDAY PRAYER SPEECHES FOCUS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-09 14:22:00Iran RPO DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PGOV PREL PARM
09RPODUBAI485IRAN: MAGAZINE PUBLISHER DISCUSSES BUSINESS, SANCTIONS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The publisher of a monthly computer magazine in Iran discounted the effects of U.S. sanctions on the availability of U.S.-origin computers and products in Iran. She explained that such computers are easily available and relatively inexpensive because the included software is large [...]
2009-11-10 11:07:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM IR
09RPODUBAI486IRAN: JUSTICE GETS PERSONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran's Revolutionary Courts have issued preliminary sentences for roughly half of the more than one hundred political prisoners detained by the regime in the wake of the disputed presidential election. In terms of severity, the sentences run the gamut from Canadian/Iranian citize [...]
2009-11-10 13:40:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM IR
09RPODUBAI492IRAN: AHMADINEJAD'S COMPLETED CABINET AGAIN INCLUDES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Majlis on November 15 confirmed the final three nominees for President Ahmadinejad's cabinet. After his initial three selections were rejected in September, on November 8 Ahmadinejad nominated Sadeq Mahsuli as Welfare and Social Security Minister, Majid Namju as Energy Minist [...]
2009-11-16 13:21:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR
09RPODUBAI493IRAN PRESS/NUCLEAR: NOVEMBER 16TH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The following contains November 15-16 nuclear-related statements as reported in the Iranian press by: A. Expediency Council Secretary Mohsen Rezai B. Chief of Joint Armed Forces Major General Hassan Firouzabadi C. Senior Ahmadinejad advisor (and former First VP) Par [...]
2009-11-16 13:24:00Iran RPO DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL IR PARM
09RPODUBAI494IRAN: IRGC CONSTRUCTION UNIT WINS ANOTHER BIG TENDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 11 the IRGC's Khatamolanbia Construction Company (Gharargah Sazandegi Khatam-ol Anbia - GHORB),won a USD 2.5 billion tender to build a railway network in southeastern Iran, beating out six other bidders, five of which included foreign partners. This award follows rece [...]
2009-11-17 08:10:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETECON IR PGOV PREL
09RPODUBAI495IRAN PRESS/NUCLEAR: NOVEMBER 17: IRAN INITIAL REACTION TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The following contains November 16-17 nuclear-related statements as reported in the Iranian press by: A. IRIG IAEA Rep Soltanieh: 'Fordo Inspection Confirms Iran's Information' B. Head of Majlis Foreign Relations Subcommittee of the National Security Committee: 'Iran [...]
2009-11-17 15:45:00Iran RPO DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PGOV PREL PARM
09RPODUBAI497IRAN: VISA APPLICANTS IN DUBAI COMMENT ON THEIR ECONOMIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian visa applicants in Dubai are generally from higher socioeconomic levels than average Iranians. Still, their economic situations vary significantly. Income, at the low end of the range, is roughly several hundred dollars/month for teachers, young employees, and retirees li [...]
2009-11-18 12:38:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON IR
09RPODUBAI498IRAN: THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED
[...] (C) Summary: The IRIG has for some time considered Western media -- both press and entertainment -- as part of the "soft war" it claims is being waged against it. Despite these claims, and laws declaring satellite receivers illegal, the IRIG has tolerated a Western media presence in the countr [...]
2009-11-18 12:58:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PROP IR
09RPODUBAI50IRIG SEES U.S. EXCHANGES AS INTENT ON SOFT OVERTHROW
[...] (C) Summary: Since September, every International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) group from Iran has cancelled its travel to the United States, often at the last minute. Our access to participants is limited, but some have told us explicitly that they have been refused permission to travel o [...]
2009-02-02 14:47:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM SCUL IR
09RPODUBAI500IRAN PRESS: NUCLEAR: FM MOTTAKI ON VIENNA IAEA DEAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 12:41:00Iran RPO DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PGOV PREL PARM
09RPODUBAI501IRAN'S EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATIVE SUBSIDIES TUG OF WAR CONTINUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Passage of the targeted subsidy reform bill has stalled in the Majlis over President Ahmadinejad's demand his administration have full control over how subsidy savings are spent. The Majlis and Ahmadinejad have been unable to come to a compromise after an impasse in the Majlis and [...]
2009-11-19 14:24:00Iran RPO DubaiUNCLASSIFIEDECON IR PGOV PREL
09RPODUBAI502IRAN: SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF DETAINEE ABUSE WITNESS REIGNITES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The suspicious death of a 26-year old doctor assigned to a notorious detention facility during the aftermath of the government's crackdown on election protest has refocused attention on detainee abuse and the lengths to which the regime will go to suppress criticism of its behavio [...]
2009-11-19 14:31:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM IR
09RPODUBAI503IRAN'S EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATIVE SUBSIDIES TUG OF WAR CONTINUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Passage of the targeted subsidy reform bill has stalled in the Majlis over President Ahmadinejad's demand his administration have full control over how subsidy savings are spent. The Majlis and Ahmadinejad have been unable to come to a compromise after an impasse in the Majlis and [...]
2009-11-19 14:37:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON IR PGOV PREL
09RPODUBAI504IRAN PRESS/NUCLEAR: IAEA REPRESENTATIVE SOLTANIAH ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-22 13:45:00Iran RPO DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PGOV PREL PARM
09RPODUBAI506IRAN PRESS/NUCLEAR - NOVEMBER 23 - SUPREME COUNCIL FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-24 12:56:00Iran RPO DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PGOV PREL PARM
09RPODUBAI507IRAN PRESS/NUCLEAR NOVEMBER 24: NSC HEAD JALILI, MFA
[...] NSC HEAD JALILI: WE WANT IRONCLAD GUARANTEES; P5+1 STILL DITHERING National Security Council Secretary Saeed Jalili told press on November 24 that: - Iran it must have ironclad guarantees for fuel procurement and if they aren't provided, it has other options it will put forward. [...]
2009-11-24 15:13:00Iran RPO DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL IR PARM
09RPODUBAI51IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - FEBRUARY 3,
[...] [S/NF] Election Update - Rumors of Ahmadinejad's Delusions May Hurt His Chances, Khatami Poised to Enter, Velayati May Be Compromise Choice: Several of our Iran and Dubai based contacts have noted Ahmadinejad is facing a major reelection challenge, and that only the Supreme Leaders' active supp [...]
2009-02-03 13:49:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR SOCI IR
09RPODUBAI513IRAN: CONSERVATIVE IN-FIGHTING ALIVE AND WELL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Three months into President Ahmadinejad's second term, the dominant ruling faction in Iran (''Osulgarayan,' aka 'Principlist') remains divided by competition for power and resources. At its core are personal rivalries and the settling of political scores but there are also broader [...]
2009-11-25 13:15:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPREL PGOV PARM IR
09RPODUBAI514IRAN RESPONDS (ADQRSELY) TO IAEA BOG RESOLUTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Initial IRIG reaction to the November 27 IAEA Board of Governors' resolution came from its IAEA representative Ali Asghar Soltanieh, who expressed 'deep concern and disappointment,' and from the Iranian Majlis, whose members threatened to 'review' Iran's NPT membership. Subsequen [...]
2009-11-30 17:19:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PREL PARM
09RPODUBAI521IRAN: INITIAL REPORTS SHOW STUDENT DAY CONFRONTATION,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Initial reports indicate that violent clashes between security forces and protestors are underway in Tehran, despite the government's aggressive moves to prevent anti-government demonstrations on Students' Day. Tehran University, typically the center of student protests, is repor [...]
2009-12-07 13:12:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV IR PREL
09RPODUBAI522IRAN PRESS/NUCLEAR: DECEMBER 7: IRAN NEEDS 20 SITES, WON'T
[...] (U) Headlines: - Iraq Environment Minister Doesn't Want Nearby Nuclear Sites - Majlis'er Says Enemies Want Iran to Withdraw from NPT - Salehi: We Need 20 Enrichment Sites, Won't Withdraw From NPT 2. (U) IRAQ ENVIRONMENT MINISTER DOESN'T WANT NEARBY IRANIAN NUCLEAR SITES [...]
2009-12-07 14:53:00Iran RPO DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PGOV PREL PARM
09RPODUBAI525IRAN: REGIME TAKES STUDENT DAY PROTESTS IN STRIDE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran's December 7 'Student Day' demonstrations appear to have been largely confined to campuses and their immediate surroundings, but drew significant participation and in several cases ended in violent confrontations between protestors and security forces and/or government support [...]
2009-12-08 15:05:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM IR
09RPODUBAI531IRAN: GUARDIAN COUNCIL RETURNS SUBSIDY REFORM HOT POTATO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 9 Iran's Guardian Council (GC) announced that it would not ratify President Ahmadinejad's targeted subsidies bill but instead return it to the Majlis for more work. The GC has not yet said why it rejected the bill, but did signal earlier in the week it would do so aft [...]
2009-12-10 14:21:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON IR PGOV
09RPODUBAI532IRAN'S RAFSANJANI REDUCED TO PLAYING A WAITING GAME?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 9 speech to Qom seminary students, Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi accused Assembly of Experts (AoE) Chairman Hashemi Rafsanjani of working with Iran's enemies against the government. Earlier in the week, pro-IRGC media accused Rafsanjani's daughter Faezeh of se [...]
2009-12-10 14:37:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL IR
09RPODUBAI534IRAN: RIPPED KHOMEINI PIC PUTS OPPOSITION ON ITS HEELS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 14 the Tehran Prosecutor General announced the arrest of several unnamed individuals accused of desecrating a portrait of the Islamic Republic's revered founder 'Imam' Khomeini, purportedly filmed during the December 7 anti-government protests on Student Day. The Decem [...]
2009-12-14 12:29:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PHUM PREL
09RPODUBAI537OFFICIAL IRANIAN REACTION TO CHARGES OF OCCUPYING IRAQI OIL
[...] (SBU) According to Iranian press IRIG officials have consistently denied Iranian military forces have crossed into Iraq and seized an oil well on December 18, with Iran claiming that foreign press reports of the seizure were intended to disrupt the friendly relations between the two countries. [...]
2009-12-20 13:46:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG PBTS IR
09RPODUBAI539Iran: Grand Ayatollah Montazeri, Prominent Dissident Cleric,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Iranian press in early morning December 20, 87 year-old Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri died of natural causes in his Qom residence. Prominent reformist clerics have gone to his house to pay their condolences, and his funeral ceremony will occur December 21 in Qo [...]
2009-12-20 14:16:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV IR
09RPODUBAI541IRAN: IRGC COMPANY PROFITING FROM SOUTH PARS' WOES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 19 Rostam Qassemi, the head of the the IRGC's largest business subsidiary (Khatamolanbia Construction Headquarters, aka 'Qorb'),announced that a presidential economic committee has agreed to transfer USD one billion in foreign reserves to Qorb from Iran's Oil Stabiliza [...]
2009-12-22 14:11:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR ECON ENRG
09RPODUBAI543Iran Opposition Hopes Montazeri's Death Will Help The Cause
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The December 21 funeral of Grand Ayatollah Montazeri brought tens of thousands of mourners to Qom streets but resulted in no appreciable clash with the substantial security forces turned out for the occasion. Official statements of condolences ranged from perfunctory ones by regime [...]
2009-12-22 14:59:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV IR PREL
09RPODUBAI545IRAN OPPOSITION PLANS TASUA AND ASHURA PROTESTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran's 'Green Path' opposition expects the religious holidays Tasua and Ashura on December 26th and 27th to be the movement's next significant protests. These holidays commemorate the martyrdom of Hossein, the Prophet Mohammad's grandson, and typically create an emotionally charge [...]
2009-12-23 08:44:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR
09RPODUBAI547Iran: Initial Reports Indicate Violent Ashura Clashes
[...] (U) SUMMARY: As of December 27, 1800 hours Tehran time, initial indications from Iran indicate that antigovernment demonstrations on the Shiite holiday of Tasua (Saturday, December 26) were minimal, although crowd violence initiated by pro-government/Basij elements forced former President Khata [...]
2009-12-28 08:41:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV IR PREL
09RPODUBAI549IRAN'S ASHURA DAY VIOLENCE BRINGS REGIME TO CROSSROADS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 27 tens of thousands of 'Green Path' oppositionists transformed the 'Ashura' religious holiday into anti-regime and anti-Khamenei demonstrations in cities throughout Iran, triggering the most violent confrontations with security forces since the June 12 presidential ele [...]
2009-12-28 15:36:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV IR PREL
09RPODUBAI551IRAN'S ASHURA AFTERSHOCKS CONTINUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Two days after the violent December 27 Ashura demonstrations in Tehran and other cities, the government continues to arrest and detain more, largely 'second-tier' reformists and their friends and family (to include Shirin Ebadi's sister),while regime stalwarts have begun condemnin [...]
2009-12-29 13:17:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR PREL
09RPODUBAI56IRAN'S HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM - AN INSIDE LOOK
[...] (C) Summary: Iran's best universities largely focus on engineering, which the country's top students pursue for its supposed financial reward. Our interlocutors ranked Iran's best schools similarly, starting with Sharif University of Technology and generally concluding with the Islamic Azad U [...]
2009-02-05 09:18:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ECON SOCI SCUL IR
09RPODUBAI57IRANIAN WOMEN'S MOVEMENT CLAIMS SUCCESSES AMID IRIG
[...] (C) Summary: Four leading Iranian women's rights activists described a robust, growing movement that is expanding its reach beyond young professional women, despite an aggressive crack-down by hardliners on individual activists. The struggle for women's equality in Iran has become more focuse [...]
2009-02-05 12:19:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KWMN PHUM KDEM IR
09RPODUBAI58IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - JANUARY 27,
[...] [U] This January 27, 2009 edition of Window on Iran was sent out on that date via classified e-mail. 2. [S/NF] More on Russia-Iran Security Ties: In a follow up discussion with a former IRGC general regarding Russian security cooperation with Iran, he explained that Russia saw Iran as a "j [...]
2009-02-08 05:38:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR IR
09RPODUBAI71KHATAMI'S IN - BUT CAN HE WIN?
[...] (C) Summary: Though Khatami's decision to run for president gives reformist factions in Iran a cohesive leader with undeniable brand recognition, the former president faces a vastly different political landscape than in 1997, when he rode a tidal wave of popular support to victory. After two t [...]
2009-02-10 11:01:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL ECON IR
09RPODUBAI72IRAN'S ELECTION: KHATAMI IS IN, BUT CAN HE WIN?
[...] (C) Summary: Though Khatami's decision to run for president gives reformist factions in Iran a cohesive leader with undeniable brand recognition, the former president faces a vastly different political landscape than in 1997, when he rode a tidal wave of popular support to victory. After two t [...]
2009-02-10 11:39:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM IR
09RPODUBAI75IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - FEBRUARY
[...] [S/NF] Larijani's Speech at Munich Security Conference Calls for Strategy Change: In his speech to the conference on 9 February, Iranian Majles Speaker Ali Larijani listed the failures of US and Western strategy on a wide array of issues, but welcomed the opportunity for a strategic reset unde [...]
2009-02-10 12:45:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON KDEM IR
09RPODUBAI76DUBAI THINKTANK PLANNING TRACK II TALKS ON IRAN
[...] (U) This is a joint message from Embassy Abu Dhabi, ConGen Dubai, and IRPO. 2. (S/NF) On February 5, Ambassador met with Riad Khawaji, founder and CEO of the Dubai-based defense think tank the Institute for Near East and Military Analysis (INEGMA). Among other things, he told Ambassa [...]
2009-02-11 12:00:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR PREL IR TC
09RPODUBAI84IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - FEBRUARY
[...] [S/NF] Khatami Scares Hardliners Into Compromise?: Former president Khatami's recent entry into the presidential race has spurred hardliners and conservatives into action. Two days after his entry, Khatami was menaced by street thugs tied to the Basij chanting "we don't want an American gover [...]
2009-02-17 12:56:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL KDEM ECON IR
09RPODUBAI94IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - FEBRUARY
[...] [S/NF] Russia Reportedly Provides Iran Missile Technology for ICBM: An Iranian businessman with strong links to government/security circles through his status as former IRGC commander in XXXXXXXXXXXX and former senior official for the XXXXXXXXXXXX told IRPO on February 22 that the Russians pro [...]
2009-02-24 12:14:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINS KDEM SNAR IR
09RPODUBAI95IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - FEBRUARY
[...] [S/NF] Russia Reportedly Provides Iran Missile Technology for ICBM: An Iranian businessman with strong links to government/security circles through his status as former IRGC commander in Khuzestan and former senior official for the Bonyad-e Shahid told IRPO on February 22 that the Russians pro [...]
2009-02-24 12:44:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPINS PGOV PREL SNAR KDEM IR
10RPODUBAI1IRAN:MOUSAVI MESSAGE SPLITS PRINCIPLISTS?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 1 Green Path Opposition (GPO) leader Mir Hossein Mousavi issued his 17th declaration, titled "The Events of Ashura and the Following Days." Decrying Ashura-day regime brutality and describing as futile government efforts to end the current crisis via mass arrests and sup [...]
2010-01-03 14:33:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV IR PREL
10RPODUBAI11IRAN: 'BUTCHER OF TEHRAN' TO BE SACRIFICIAL LAMB?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A January 10 Majlis report placed blame for the death of three post-election detainees at the South Tehran 'Kahrizak' detention facility squarely on former Tehran Prosecutor General Saeed Mortazavi, whom the commission also accused of lying A Majlis 'Special Commission' formed in A [...]
2010-01-12 13:40:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR PREL
10RPODUBAI13IRAN'S GREEN PARTY OPPOSITION: ITS BIRTH AND EVOLUTION (1/3)
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran's Green Path Opposition (GPO) came into being as a result of the fixed June 12 Presidential election. What started as a movement to annul the election now gives shelter both to those seeking the full set of rights guaranteed them by Islamic Iran's Constitution and others seeki [...]
2010-01-12 14:38:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV IR PREL
10RPODUBAI15IRAN DOMESTIC POLITICS: 'FROM CRISIS TO STALEMATE' (2/3)
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At this point the Green Path Opposition (GPO) is more of a persistent problem for the regime than an existential threat, and it is unrealistic to assume that the GPO will be able to effect any 'regime change' in the short-term. Iran's ruling regime is likely to continue seeing in [...]
2010-01-13 13:12:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV IR PREL
10RPODUBAI17IRAN: PRESIDENT FINALLY SUBMITS FIVE-YEAR DEVELOPMENT PLAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an address heavy on nationalism, revolutionary fervor and religious sentiment, on January 10 President Ahmadinejad formally presented the Fifth Five-Year Development Plan (FYDP) to the Majlis. Ahmadinejad's comments suggest that (unlike the Fourth FYDP, approved in 2004) seekin [...]
2010-01-14 08:04:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR ECON PREL
10RPODUBAI19Iran Finally Passes Targeted Subsidies Bill
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 5, the Majlis passed the Ahmadinejad administration's Targeted Subsidies Plan (TSP),with the Guardian Council approving it on January 13 and the President signing it into law on January 24. The bill stipulates that subsidies be removed and prices on staple goods, fue [...]
2010-01-27 14:08:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR PREL ECON
10RPODUBAI21IRAN INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL LAYS BLAME (WIDELY) FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a January 27 meeting with Iranian press, an unnamed Deputy Intelligence Minister provided details on some of the arrests made in connection with the December 27 Ashura-day demonstrations. He ascribed the Ashura-day 'rioting' to (inter alia) the German government, Western int [...]
2010-01-28 13:41:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR
10RPODUBAI23IRAN: Ahmadinejad Ally Mashaei Lightning Rod for Criticism
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Ahmadinejad's relationship with his Chief of Staff Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei has become a source of aggravation for Ahmadinejad's hardline supporters and an easy target for his political opponents. Mashaei has a long history of missteps and provocative comments, most recen [...]
2010-01-28 14:32:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR PREL
10RPODUBAI25IRAN: COMMODITY TRADER SAYS SANCTIONS GOOD FOR BUSINESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A Dubai-based plastics commodity trader contends that sanctions related to financing trade make doing business with Iran more lucrative, as Iranian importers are used to paying a premium to skirt them, and Iranian exporters (state-owned) prefer to sell plastic on the international [...]
2010-02-01 14:17:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR ECON
10RPODUBAI27IRAN EXECUTES TWO IN BID TO DETER FUTURE PROTESTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 28 Iran executed two men the government has sought to link with the "foreign hands" behind the post-Presidential election unrest. Their executions, coupled with the announcement that six other have also been sentenced to death, while still more detainees face charges l [...]
2010-02-02 15:03:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPGOV IR PHUM
10RPODUBAI29IRAN: AHMADINEJAD FIRESIDE CHAT MENTIONS NUCLEAR ISSUE, US
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 2 nationally televised talk that dealt mostly with economic issues, President Ahmadinejad mentioned (almost in passing) that he himself saw no problem with the IAEA proposal for the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR) fuel, i.e. Iran exporting 3.5 percent enriched uranium i [...]
2010-02-03 11:23:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPREL CASC PGOV PARM IR
10RPODUBAI3Iran Intelligence Ministry Releases (Soft) Enemies List
[...] (U) According to Iranian press, on January 3 the Intelligence Ministry's Foreign Deputy discussed 'the conspiracies of foreigners and espionage organizations, especially those of the US, UK and the Zionist regime' with Iranian press. This unnamed intelligence official said although the Islamic [...]
2010-01-05 12:40:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SCUL IR
10RPODUBAI31IRAN TELECOM EXEC GIVES TCI DEAL BACKSTORY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior executive at one of Iran's largest Internet service providers claims that while the IRIG had actively solicited his company's bid for the Telecommunications Company of Iran (TCI),immediately prior to the awarding of the contract in September 2009 IRIG officials requested [...]
2010-02-04 13:14:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV IR PREL
10RPODUBAI33IRAN: 22 BAHMAN - TAKING IT TO THE STREETS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Iranian government and the 'Green Path Opposition' (GPO) February 11 will once again face-off on the streets of Tehran and other cities as the country commemorates the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. On this holiday, the Iranian equivalent of our own Fourth of July, e [...]
2010-02-10 14:17:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR
10RPODUBAI35IRAN: TELECOM GROWTH VICTIM OF CONGESTION AND POLITICS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In Iran, a large number of private-sector telecom companies offer a multitude of services including mobile, Internet access, and Voice over IP. While the private sector offers a dynamic set of services, all telecom services terminate or are routed through the government-controlled [...]
2010-02-15 10:39:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV IR ECON PREL EINT
10RPODUBAI37Iran Pursues Cultural Evolution, Not Revolution
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In August 2009, Supreme Leader Khamenei condemned the teaching of Western social sciences and humanities and called for a second cultural revolution. With authorities concerned by the re-opening of universities providing new opportunities to protest the presidential election, Kha [...]
2010-02-15 11:29:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SCUL IR
10RPODUBAI39IRAN: AFTER GOVERNMENT 22 BAHMAN 'WIN,' NOW WHAT?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran's much-hyped February 11 anniversary celebration was cast by both the Islamic government and the 'Green Path Opposition' (GPO) as a potentially decisive day in their series of escalating confrontations. Although the day did not match such hyperbolic rhetoric, the IRIG did demo [...]
2010-02-16 15:04:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR PREL
10RPODUBAI41IRAN POLICE FORCE, LIKE IRGC, ALSO PLAYING PRIVATIZATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Iranian press the 'Naji Gharb' Company under the Mehregan Investment Company,' itself affiliated with the Law Enforcement Forces (LEF) Cooperative, bought 49 percent of the shares of the 'Iran Offshore Engineering and Construction Company' for USD 140 million in a ten [...]
2010-02-22 14:54:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR ECON
10RPODUBAI43Iran Press: Iran Captures Jondollah Leader Rigi
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran has announced its capture of Jundollah head Abdolmalek Rigi. While there are conflicting stories as to how and where he was captured, the Iranian Intelligence Minister in a February 23 press conference stressed Rigi's ties to US, UK and Israeli intelligence services and trum [...]
2010-02-23 13:48:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR PREL
10RPODUBAI45IRAN: GUARDIAN COUNCIL'S ROLE TAKES CENTER STAGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition leader Mehdi Karrubi's February 22 call for a national referendum on the role of the Guardian Council in vetting candidates for elected office follows on the heels of news that the Expediency Council, led by Chairman Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Secretary Mohsen Rez [...]
2010-02-23 14:15:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR PREL
10RPODUBAI47IRAN: SPAT BETWEEN POLICE AND IRGC SPILLS INTO PUBLIC VIEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After being abruptly dismissed as Tehran police chief after only fourteen months, Azizullah Rajabzadeh told guests and the media present at his February 22 'retirement' ceremony that the police had played only a minor role in putting down the post-election unrest. Rajabzadeh as [...]
2010-02-24 14:21:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR
10RPODUBAI49IRAN: CALLS FOR HIGHER WAGES SUGGEST BROADER GRIEVANCES, NOT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran's sole authorized national labor organization, Workers' House, called on the government's Supreme Council of Labor February 22 to raise the minimum wage 42 percent to bring wages in line with minimum poverty standards. Using figures from the Central Bank of Iran and the Minist [...]
2010-02-25 15:03:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR ECON PREL
10RPODUBAI5IRAN'S HARDLINERS NOT READY TO COMPROMISE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Hardline IRIG officials stepped up the rhetoric this week in a series of statements against the opposition. As court proceedings against the Ashura protest participants began, both the National Prosecutor General and the Tehran Prosecutor General signaled that the defendants could [...]
2010-01-05 13:09:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR PREL
10RPODUBAI51'KHAMENEI: NOW MORE THAN EVER' SAYS IRAN'S EXPERTS ASSEMBLY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The February 23-24 biannual meeting of the Assembly of Experts ended without incident, and despite the pre-meeting agitations of pro-Ahmadinejad elements, without any appreciable diminution of the political standing of its head, former President Hashemi Rafsanjani . The dominant t [...]
2010-02-25 15:05:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV IR
10RPODUBAI53'KHAMENEI: NOW MORE THAN EVER' SAYS IRAN'S EXPERTS ASSEMBLY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The February 23-24 biannual meeting of the Assembly of Experts ended without incident, and despite the pre-meeting agitations of pro-Ahmadinejad elements, without any appreciable diminution of the political standing of its head, former President Hashemi Rafsanjani . The dominant t [...]
2010-02-25 15:17:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV IR
10RPODUBAI7IRAN CLERICAL ORGANIZATION 'DEMOTES' OPPOSITIONIST SENIOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 2 the Qom Seminary Teachers Association announced that 72-year old Grand Ayatollah Yusef Sanei, one of the main senior reformist clerics supporting the Green Path Opposition (GPO),"did not meet the necessary criteria" to be considered a 'Source of Emulation'' (i.e. a r [...]
2010-01-05 14:37:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV IR PREL
10RPODUBAI9IRAN BANKING ON ROPES AS BAD LOANS HIT RECORD HIGH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A January 3 Central Bank of Iran (CBI) report indicates non-performing loans (NPLs) jumped from USD 40 billion to 48 billion from mid-September to mid-November. NPLs now account for nearly 26 percent of all outstanding domestic loans. CBI ascribed the increase in bad loans to the [...]
2010-01-07 10:46:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR ECON PREL
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