Feb 11, 2003

NICOSIA [MENL] -- Iran has opened a facility for the production ofsolid-fuel for missiles and rockets.

Feb 21, 2003

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Iran is said to have withdrawn equipment from a secretnuclear site in advance of a scheduled inspection by the InternationalAtomic Energy Agency.

Feb 24, 2003

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States has touted the new Aegis sea-basedmissile defense system as capable of intercepting Iran's new Shihab-3intermediate-range missile.

Feb 28, 2003

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Iran and North Korea are said to be major partners inthe development and production of intermediate-range missiles.A new book by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace assertsthat Iran and North Korea are believed to be