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1 Jan 2012

Iran denies test-firing long-range missiles in Gulf

Iran has denied reports by state media that it test-fired long-range missiles during military exercises in the Gulf. "The exercise of launching missiles will be carried out in the coming days," Iran's senior navy commander is quoted as telling Iran's Press TV. Earlier the semi-official Fars news agency and other outlets reported that land-to-sea missiles had been fired. The naval exercises come at a time of increased tensions between the West and Iran over its nuclear ambitions. On Tuesday Iran threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil export route, if new sanctions were imposed over its nuclear programme.
Iran has denied reports by state media that it test-fired long-range missiles during military exercises in the Gulf....
5 Dec 2011

Has the War with Iran Already Begun?

Two incidents that occurred on Sunday - Iran's claim of a shoot-down of a U.S. drone, and an explosion outside the British embassy in Bahrain - may have been unrelated. But they appear to add to growing evidence that an escalating covert war by the West is under way against Iran, and that Tehran is retaliating with greater intensity than ever. Asked whether the United States, in cooperation with Israel, was now engaged in a covert war against Iran's nuclear program that may include the Stuxnet virus, the blowing-up of facilities and the assassination or kidnapping of scientists, one recently retired U.S. official privy to up-to-date intelligence would not deny it.
Two incidents that occurred on Sunday - Iran's claim of a shoot-down of a U.S. drone, and an explosion outside the...

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30 Nov 2011

Blast at Isfahan damaged nuclear facility

The Times reported on Wednesday that the mysterious explosion that rocked the city of Isfahan two days ago struck the uranium conversion facility located just outside Iran's third-largest city. According to the British newspaper, satellite images clearly show billowing smoke and destruction, despite Iran's claim that no such blast had taken place.
The Times reported on Wednesday that the mysterious explosion that rocked the city of Isfahan two days ago struck the...

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30 Nov 2011

Photos show Iran base decimated by blast

A recent deadly explosion at a missile base in Iran caused major devastation and will take much longer to repair than a top Iranian general has predicted, according to an analysis of new satellite photos of the site. In commercial satellite photos released by a private Washington institute, the sprawling compound west of Tehran looks decimated, with buildings seriously damaged or completely wiped out from the November 12 explosion.
A recent deadly explosion at a missile base in Iran caused major devastation and will take much longer to repair than a...
25 Nov 2011

The Iranian threat

The brutal clerical regime is doubtless a threat to its own people, though it does not rank particularly high in that respect in comparison to US allies in the region. But that is not what concerns the military and intelligence assessments. Rather, they are concerned with the threat Iran poses to the region and the world. The reports make it clear that the Iranian threat is not military. Iran's military spending is "relatively low compared to the rest of the region", and of course minuscule as compared to the US. Iranian military doctrine is strictly "defensive, designed to slow an invasion and force a diplomatic solution to hostilities". Iran has only "a limited capability to project force beyond its borders". With regard to the nuclear option, "Iran's nuclear programme and its willingness to keep open the possibility of developing nuclear weapons is a central part of its deterrent strategy".
The brutal clerical regime is doubtless a threat to its own people, though it does not rank particularly high in that...

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23 Nov 2011

China says it opposes Western sanctions on Iran

China's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday said it opposes unilateral sanctions against Iran,days after several Western countries announced new measures against Tehran to halt its nuclear program. The United States, Britain and Canada announced new measures against Iran's energy and financial sectors on Monday and France proposed "unprecedented" new sanctions, including freezing the assets of its central bank and suspending purchases of its oil.
China's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday said it opposes unilateral sanctions against Iran,days after several Western...

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22 Nov 2011

Iran: New Western nuclear sanctions ‘in vain’

Iran has dismissed new Western sanctions imposed against it because of growing concerns about its nuclear programme. A senior Iranian official said the sanctions would unite the Iranian people, would have no impact and would be "in vain". On Monday, the US, UK and Canada announced new measures targeting Iran.
Iran has dismissed new Western sanctions imposed against it because of growing concerns about its nuclear programme. A...
19 Nov 2011

Iran and the I.A.E.A.

I've been reporting on Iran and the bomb for The New Yorker for the past decade, with a focus on the repeated inability of the best and the brightest of the Joint Special Operations Command to find definitive evidence of a nuclear-weapons production program in Iran. The goal of the high-risk American covert operations was to find something physical - a "smoking calutron," as a knowledgeable official once told me - to show the world that Iran was working on warheads at an undisclosed site, to make the evidence public, and then to attack and destroy the site.
I've been reporting on Iran and the bomb for The New Yorker for the past decade, with a focus on the repeated inability...

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17 Nov 2011

Iran nuclear program – 5 key sites

Iran s nuclear program is the subject of constant scrutiny by the international community, particularly the United States and Israel. Here are five of Iran s most important nuclear sites.
Iran s nuclear program is the subject of constant scrutiny by the international community, particularly the United...

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10 Nov 2011

China Iran’s New Best Friend

Following this week's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report concluding that Tehran appears to be well on its way to developing the possibility of manufacturing a nuclear weapon, the next step for world powers is to seek tougher sanctions in the United Nations Security Council. But meaningful restrictive measures are not likely to happen, say many analysts, considering China's close relationship with Iran, in part to satisfy China's great thirst for oil. Today, Chinese and Russian diplomats announced that they believe no new sanctions on Iran are necessary.
Following this week's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report concluding that Tehran appears to be well on its...

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10 Nov 2011

Nuclear Smuggler Or Kidnapped Iranian Businessman

Amir Sairafi was an Iranian trader doing business in Dubai, the free-wheeling Middle East commerce hub. When he flew to Germany to take his oral exams for his master s degree, he ran into the U.S. crackdown on illicit trade with Iran.
Amir Sairafi was an Iranian trader doing business in Dubai, the free-wheeling Middle East commerce hub. When he flew to...

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8 Nov 2011

IAEA Iran Report Thrives on Laptop of Lies

According to a cable released by the Wikileaks in October 2009, "Amano reminded [the] ambassador on several occasions that he would need to make concessions to the G-77 [the developing countries group], which correctly required him to be fair-minded and independent, but that he was solidly in the US court on every key strategic decision, from high-level personnel appointments to the handling of Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program."
According to a cable released by the Wikileaks in October 2009, "Amano reminded [the] ambassador on several occasions...

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4 Nov 2011

Israel engaged in war of signals over nuclear Iran

The possibility that Israel may launch a military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities is heading the Jewish state's public agenda again, dominating news reports and generating debate and analysis. It began Friday, when respected veteran journalist Nahum Barnea published an article entitled 'Atomic Pressure,' which asked whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Ehud Barak have already decided to launch a strike.
The possibility that Israel may launch a military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities is heading the Jewish state's...

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3 Nov 2011

UK military steps up plans for Iran attack amid fresh nuclear fears

Britain's armed forces are stepping up their contingency planning for potential military action against Iran amid mounting concern about Tehran's nuclear enrichment programme, the Guardian has learned. The Ministry of Defence believes the US may decide to fast-forward plans for targeted missile strikes at some key Iranian facilities. British officials say that if Washington presses ahead it will seek, and receive, UK military help for any mission, despite some deep reservations within the coalition government.
Britain's armed forces are stepping up their contingency planning for potential military action against Iran amid...

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2 Nov 2011

The west’s previous attempts to derail Iran’s nuclear programme

For many years US, British, German and Israeli intelligence agencies are said to have helped to supply Iran with faulty parts designed to self-destruct and cause damage to surrounding equipment.
For many years US, British, German and Israeli intelligence agencies are said to have helped to supply Iran with faulty...

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27 Oct 2011

Zakaria: How to deal with Iran’s nuclear future

Obama should return to his original approach and test the Iranians to see if there is any room for dialogue and agreement. Engaging with Iran, putting its nuclear program under some kind of supervision and finding areas of common interest (such as Afghanistan) would all be important goals....
Obama should return to his original approach and test the Iranians to see if there is any room for dialogue and...

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18 Oct 2011

Iran’s Nuclear Facility Losing Power, Experts Say

Washington diplomats and American nuclear experts suspect Iran's illicit quest for a nuclear weapon, still suffering from a cyberattack of unknown origins last year, has hit a new set of production and engineering troubles
Washington diplomats and American nuclear experts suspect Iran's illicit quest for a nuclear weapon, still suffering...
11 Oct 2011

Why Tehran Cannot Stop Nuclear Enrichment

Iran has posed the most serious nuclear challenge to the international community, and experts believe that it is only steps away from getting the nuclear weapons capability. Yet, international efforts have to date failed to stop the mullahs and evidence shows that they are carrying out secret work to further enrich uranium.
Iran has posed the most serious nuclear challenge to the international community, and experts believe that it is only...

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6 Oct 2011

SPIEGEL Interview with Former Nuclear Watchdog: The Iranians ‘Tricked and Misled Us’

In a SPIEGEL interview, Olli Heinonen, the former deputy director of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, offers his first assessment of his 27 years at the global nuclear watchdog. He addresses Iran's nuclear program, his concerns about the security of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal and mistakes made in Fukushima.
In a SPIEGEL interview, Olli Heinonen, the former deputy director of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna,...

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25 Sep 2011

Iran’s nuclear setbacks More than just bad luck

Iran's star-crossed nuclear and energy programs have suffered a rash of setbacks, mishaps and catastrophes in the past two years. Assassins killed three scientists with links to Iran's nuclear programs. The Stuxnet computer worm that infected computers worldwide zeroed in on a single target in Iran, devices that can make weapons-usable uranium.
Iran's star-crossed nuclear and energy programs have suffered a rash of setbacks, mishaps and catastrophes in the past...

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20 Sep 2011

US Again Slams Iran Over Nuclear Aims

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu criticized Iran Monday for its nuclear activities, accusing the Islamic Republic of "denial, deceit and evasion.'' Iran has moved some of its uranium enrichment operations to an underground bunker. The West fears it is a first step in building a core for a nuclear warhead.
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu criticized Iran Monday for its nuclear activities, accusing the Islamic Republic of...

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18 Sep 2011

Must America Accept A Nuclear Iran

The world learned to its horror the price of appeasement when, fearing war, it allowed Adolf Hitler to ignore the Treaty of Versailles in his quest to establish a Thousand Year Reich. More than 50 million people paid that price in death. Now the world is facing another mad dictatorship in an Iran bent on mass destruction.
The world learned to its horror the price of appeasement when, fearing war, it allowed Adolf Hitler to ignore the Treaty...
13 Sep 2011

Exclusive interview with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad The president of Iran on his release of the hikers, his next nuclear plan, the Palestinian statehood vote, and more.

The following is an edited transcript of Washington Post senior associate editor Lally Weymouth's interview with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran. The interview was conducted in Tehran on Sept. 13.
The following is an edited transcript of Washington Post senior associate editor Lally Weymouth's interview with...

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7 Sep 2011

New clues – but no proof – on Iran’s illicit nuclear trade

Given that both Iran and North Korea are pursuing nuclear weapons capabilities in defiance of UN mandates, it would seem logical for the two outlaw programmes to share their respective know-how. After all, each is prevented by UN sanctions from legally acquiring the material and technological wherewithal needed to develop nuclear weapons that can be reliably delivered.
Given that both Iran and North Korea are pursuing nuclear weapons capabilities in defiance of UN mandates, it would seem...

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6 Sep 2011

As Arab Spring unfolds, who is watching Iran?

While everyone is watching events unfold in Libya, Syria and the rest of the Arab world, Iran is watching, too. And the leaders in Tehran may decide that this is the time to rush for the bomb. Moammar Gadhafi gave it up. Bashar Assad fell short of getting it. Would they be next?
While everyone is watching events unfold in Libya, Syria and the rest of the Arab world, Iran is watching, too. And the...

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1 Sep 2011

Iran Is Said to Be Trying to Shelter Nuclear Fuel Program

Iran is moving its most critical nuclear fuel production to a heavily defended underground military facility outside the holy city of Qum, where it is less vulnerable to attack from the air and, the Iranians hope, the kind of cyberattack that crippled its nuclear program, according to intelligence officials.
Iran is moving its most critical nuclear fuel production to a heavily defended underground military facility outside the...

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27 Aug 2011

Iran launches production of banned carbon fiber

Iran has inaugurated its own production of carbon fiber, a material under UN embargo because of its potential use in the country's controversial nuclear program, the official IRNA news agency reported Saturday.
Iran has inaugurated its own production of carbon fiber, a material under UN embargo because of its potential use in the...

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18 Aug 2011

Iran’s covert war with Israel in Caspian

A senior Iranian general has warned zerbaijan about getting too close to Israel, underlining fears in Tehran that the Jewish state could use Iran's northern neighbor to launch pre-emptive strikes against Iran's nuclear program.
A senior Iranian general has warned zerbaijan about getting too close to Israel, underlining fears in Tehran that the...

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15 Aug 2011

Iran’s nuclear partner Russia seeks to revive global talks

Russia will look to revive nuclear talks between Iran and the world's biggest economic and military powers this week, hoping its special relationship with Tehran can help jolt back to life negotiations that some analysts consider "dead in the water".
Russia will look to revive nuclear talks between Iran and the world's biggest economic and military powers this week,...

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11 Aug 2011

US Senators urge sanctions on Iran finances

An overwhelming majority of the US Senate urged President Barack Obama on Tuesday to impose "crippling sanctions" on Iran's financial system in a bid to hinder its suspect nuclear programme.
An overwhelming majority of the US Senate urged President Barack Obama on Tuesday to impose "crippling sanctions" on...

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4 Aug 2011

Iran’s dangerous concoction of nuclear ambitions and Shiite Messianism

Ahmadinejad s ambitions for achieving nuclear capabilities are hardly one of Iran s great state secrets. Yet it is far less widely known that the Iranian president seats himself within a strongly messianic and indeed apocalyptic strand of Shiite Islam.
Ahmadinejad s ambitions for achieving nuclear capabilities are hardly one of Iran s great state secrets. Yet it is far...

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4 Aug 2011

Iran Claims Progress Speeding Nuclear Program

Moves by Iran to deploy more-advanced centrifuge machines for the production of nuclear fuel are raising new concerns that Tehran could significantly shorten the time it would need to produce nuclear bombs.
Moves by Iran to deploy more-advanced centrifuge machines for the production of nuclear fuel are raising new concerns...

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3 Aug 2011

The march toward a nuclear Iran

For years it was assumed that economic sanctions and diplomacy would produce a pliable negotiating partner in Iran. But Iran s truculence has effectively undermined the once-popular notion, while a degree of confusion and consternation has gripped the international community. The often-unstated hope is that denial of critical technologies and sabotage can slow the Islamic Republic s nuclear program until, somehow, an alternative strategy, or an agreement, emerges.
For years it was assumed that economic sanctions and diplomacy would produce a pliable negotiating partner in Iran. But...

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2 Aug 2011

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, ‘Moderate’

In the ongoing clash between Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and its president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, analysts persist in trying to determine who's the more moderate: the Holocaust-denying Ahmadinejad, or Khamenei, the patron of Tehran's murderous revolutionary guards?
In the ongoing clash between Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and its president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,...

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27 Jul 2011

Killing Focuses Attention On Iran’s Nuclear Program

Iran says a scientist killed in Tehran over the weekend was not connected with the country's nuclear program, but the daylight killing and recent announcements by Tehran of nuclear advances have renewed scrutiny of the country's nuclear effort.
Iran says a scientist killed in Tehran over the weekend was not connected with the country's nuclear program, but the...

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23 Jul 2011

Iranian President Wants to Openly Develop Nukes

Iran's president wants to shed the nation's secrecy and forge ahead openly with developing nuclear weapons but is opposed by the clerical leadership, which is worried about international reaction to such a move, says an intelligence assessment shared with The Associated Press.
Iran's president wants to shed the nation's secrecy and forge ahead openly with developing nuclear weapons but is...

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23 Jul 2011

Survivor of Attack Leads Iran’s Nuclear Acceleration

Eight months after he narrowly survived an assassination attempt on the streets of Tehran, Fereydoon Abbasi, the nuclear physicist whom Iran s mullahs have put in charge of the country s Atomic Energy Organization, is presiding over what intelligence officials in several countries describe as an unexpected quickening of Iran s production of nuclear material.
Eight months after he narrowly survived an assassination attempt on the streets of Tehran, Fereydoon Abbasi, the nuclear...

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21 Jul 2011

Sanctions aren’t slowing Iran’s nuclear progress

ACCORDING TO a recent story in The Post, the Obama administration is quietly toasting the success of international sanctions against Iran. The Islamic republic is having increasing difficulty arranging imports, including food, and the central bank is reportedly short of hard currency. Billions of dollars in foreign investment projects have been canceled, and few banks, insurance companies or shipping firms are willing to do business with Tehran.
ACCORDING TO a recent story in The Post, the Obama administration is quietly toasting the success of international...

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13 Jul 2011

Iran prepares for nuclear work in bunker

Iran is preparing to install centrifuges for higher-grade uranium enrichment in an underground bunker, diplomatic sources say, a development that is likely to add to Western worries about Tehran's atomic aims.
Iran is preparing to install centrifuges for higher-grade uranium enrichment in an underground bunker, diplomatic...

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13 Jul 2011

Iran’s Nuclear Moves Point to Increased Tensions

The conflict over Iran's nuclear program appears to be getting worse. In June, Iran decided to relocate 20 percent enrichment at its fortified Fordow enrichment plant near Qom and install advanced centrifuges that would triple its enrichment output.
The conflict over Iran's nuclear program appears to be getting worse. In June, Iran decided to relocate 20 percent...
12 Jul 2011

Iran’s nuclear threat is escalating

On 8 June, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, Fereydoun Abbasi Davani, announced plans to triple Iran's capacity to produce 20% enriched uranium, transferring enrichment from Natanz to the Fordo plant. Inside Iran this announcement by a discredited regime drew little comment and was quickly overshadowed by the domestic political theatre of the latest high-profile tussles between Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. But it was an important statement because it makes even clearer the fact that Iran's programme is not designed for purely peaceful purposes.
On 8 June, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, Fereydoun Abbasi Davani, announced plans to triple Iran's...

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8 Jul 2011

Busting Iran’s New Missile Bunkers

Iran's got a long history of developing homegrown weapons. Now we can add an allegedly-impenetrable missile silo to the list. Thing is, Iran's homemade hardware - silos included - is never as impressive as Tehran claims. And in each case, the U.S. already has a countermeasure.
Iran's got a long history of developing homegrown weapons. Now we can add an allegedly-impenetrable missile silo to the...

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7 Jul 2011

Three men accused of exporting nuclear technology to Iran

Three men were accused in an alleged conspiracy to illegally export nuclear technology to Iran, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday. The three suspects, a Los Angeles resident and two Iranians, violated trade sanctions imposed on Iran, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Three men were accused in an alleged conspiracy to illegally export nuclear technology to Iran, federal prosecutors said...

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1 Jul 2011

U.S. Fails to Find Suppliers to Iran

A U. S. government agency on Thursday reported it hasn't found any government-contracted information technology companies selling censoring gear to Iran - illustrating the difficulties in identifying vendors of online repression.
A U. S. government agency on Thursday reported it hasn't found any government-contracted information technology...

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16 Jun 2011

Analysts Dispute Iran’s Uranium-Enrichment Claims

"This is the kind of enrichment that is still not usable in a nuclear weapon, but it gives them a platform from which, if they made a decision to make a nuclear weapon, they could do so in a much shorter amount of time," Hingerstein noted.
"This is the kind of enrichment that is still not usable in a nuclear weapon, but it gives them a platform from which,...
14 Jun 2011

Iran Without Nukes

I do. It s been two years since the Iranian people rose up to protest a stolen election with a bravery that stirred the world and presented Americans with a truer image of a young and highly educated nation than the old specter of the bearded Islamic zealot. The Green Movement was suppressed through barbaric violence but its example helped kindle the Arab Spring.
I do. It s been two years since the Iranian people rose up to protest a stolen election with a bravery that stirred the...
11 Jun 2011

Iran Nuclear Progress Report

For six months, global attention has fixed on the historic upheavals roiling the Arab world from Tunisia to Bahrain. But the biggest Middle Eastern story continues to be the steady progress Tehran has made toward acquiring the components of a deliverable nuclear weapon. The most recent news is disquieting, to say the least.
For six months, global attention has fixed on the historic upheavals roiling the Arab world from Tunisia to Bahrain. But...

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11 Jun 2011

Iran accelerates uranium enrichment Danger or bluff?

Iran s announcement this week that it plans to speed up its enrichment of uranium - and to move part of its enrichment process from the desert to a more defensible mountain site - has spawned wide-ranging speculation on Tehran s nuclear intentions.
Iran s announcement this week that it plans to speed up its enrichment of uranium - and to move part of its enrichment...

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9 Jun 2011

Iran to Test First Nuclear Bomb by 2012

According to sources in the Revolutionary Guards of Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei has ordered them to proceed immediately with the completion of the Iranian atomic bomb project, including testing and arming of missiles with nuclear payload.
According to sources in the Revolutionary Guards of Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei has ordered them to proceed immediately...

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9 Jun 2011

Iran Guard Anticipates Domestic Nuke Test

An Iranian nuclear-weapon test would be followed by "an ordinary day," Iran's Revolutionary Guard said in an April article seen by Western intelligence officials as an indicator of significant support within the Middle Eastern state for an atomic detonation, the Associated Press reported on Thursday (see GSN, June 8).
An Iranian nuclear-weapon test would be followed by "an ordinary day," Iran's Revolutionary Guard said in an April...

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8 Jun 2011

Iran Plans High Level of Uranium Enrichment

Iran declared Wednesday that it aims to triple production of nuclear fuel this year and, at a site that had been secret until 2009, increase enrichment to 20 percent. Enrichment at that level indicates technological progress that experts say would make the weapons-grade level of 90 percent enrichment much closer
Iran declared Wednesday that it aims to triple production of nuclear fuel this year and, at a site that had been secret...

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8 Jun 2011

Obama New sanctions against Iran may be coming

President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the United States and its allies may slap more sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, after Tehran vowed that no offer could halt its enrichment of uranium.
President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the United States and its allies may slap more sanctions on Iran over its nuclear...

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7 Jun 2011

Ahmadinejad No offer from world powers could halt Iran’s uranium enrichment

At a news conference held a day after the United Nations' atomic watchdog said there was new evidence about possible military dimensions to Iran's nuclear work, Ahmadinejad accused IAEA chief Yukiya Amano of following Washington's orders and said his comments had "no legal value".
At a news conference held a day after the United Nations' atomic watchdog said there was new evidence about possible...

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6 Jun 2011

Iran says no offer could stop it enriching uranium

Iran is willing to hold nuclear talks but its atomic advances have no brake and no reverse gear according to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Amid fears it is developing nuclear weapons, world powers want Tehran to stop enriching uranium. But when asked whether it could be offered any incentive to do so, Iran s president answered a reporter with just one word: 'No.'
Iran is willing to hold nuclear talks but its atomic advances have no brake and no reverse gear according to Mahmoud...
1 Jun 2011

Iran’s Nuclear Threat – Real or Not

Is Iran actively trying to develop nuclear weapons? Members of the Obama Administration often talk as if this were a foregone conclusion, as did their predecessors under George W. Bush. There's a large body of evidence, however, including some of America's most highly classified intelligence assessments, suggesting that the U.S. could be in danger of repeating a mistake similar to the one made with Saddam Hussein s Iraq eight years ago - allowing anxieties about the policies of a tyrannical regime to distort our estimates of the state's military capacities and intentions.
Is Iran actively trying to develop nuclear weapons? Members of the Obama Administration often talk as if this were a...
1 Jun 2011

Obama aides dismiss Seymour Hersh’s Iran story

There's no evidence that Iran is building nuclear weapons, Seymour Hersh writes in this week's New Yorker - but the Obama administration is pushing back strongly, with one senior official saying the article garnered "a collective eye roll" from the White House.
There's no evidence that Iran is building nuclear weapons, Seymour Hersh writes in this week's New Yorker - but the...

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31 May 2011

Woodland Hills man pleads guilty to trying to ship missile components to Iran

An Iranian man living in Woodland Hills has pleaded guilty to attempting to illegally export missile components and radio test sets from the United States to Iran. Davoud Baniameri, 38, pleaded guilty in federal court in Illinois to one count of conspiring to export goods and technology to Iran without a license and one count of attempting to export defense articles without a license.
An Iranian man living in Woodland Hills has pleaded guilty to attempting to illegally export missile components and...

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31 May 2011

Does Iran Now Have Nuclear Capable Warheads

According to reports from Iran, two missile warheads with nuclear capability have been delivered to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Based on reports received by the Green Experts of Iran, the range of the missiles, produced by the Ministry of Defense Industries, has also been boosted and can now travel a distance of 2,000 miles. Simultaneously, a joint military-industrial project with Iran, Pakistan, China and the Ukraine has begun to produce nuclear warheads, including the first manufactured nuclear-capable warheads. These are now in the possession of the Revolutionary Guards.
According to reports from Iran, two missile warheads with nuclear capability have been delivered to the Iranian...

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30 May 2011

Inspectors Pierce Iran’s Cloak of Nuclear Secrecy

The International Atomic Energy Agency last week presented a report to its board that laid out new information on what it calls 'possible military dimensions' of Iran s nuclear program, clarifying the central issue in the long clash between Tehran and the West over nuclear technology.
The International Atomic Energy Agency last week presented a report to its board that laid out new information on what...

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30 May 2011

German-based bank tied to Iran defies closure order

The Hamburg-based bank Europ isch- Iranische Handelsbank (EIH) defiantly announced on its website that it will not have to 'discontinue its operations.' According to a report in the German-language edition of the Financial Times on Thursday, EIH will mount a legal challenge to the European Union decision to sanction its operations because of its involvement in Iran s nuclear-proliferation program.
The Hamburg-based bank Europ isch- Iranische Handelsbank (EIH) defiantly announced on its website that it will not have...
30 May 2011

Nuclear talks call Iran’s bluff

Last week brought new indications that the leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran want to make a nuclear bomb. The disclosure was part of the newly released nine-page report by the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). It stated that "Tehran has conducted work on a highly sophisticated nuclear triggering technology that experts said could be used for only one purpose: setting off a nuclear weapon
Last week brought new indications that the leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran want to make a nuclear bomb. The...

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24 May 2011

Iran’s Bid For Africa’s Uranium

With the drama of the Arab Spring and the death of Osama bin Laden dominating the headlines, you might have missed the most important development in months surrounding Iran's nuclear program: Zimbabwe's emergence as a key enabler of the Islamic Republic's march toward the atomic bomb.
With the drama of the Arab Spring and the death of Osama bin Laden dominating the headlines, you might have missed the...

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24 May 2011

Watchdog Finds Evidence That Iran Worked on Nuclear Triggers

The world s global nuclear inspection agency, frustrated by Iran s refusal to answer questions, revealed for the first time on Tuesday that it possesses evidence that Tehran has conducted work on a highly sophisticated nuclear triggering technology that experts said could be used for only one purpose: setting off a nuclear weapon.
The world s global nuclear inspection agency, frustrated by Iran s refusal to answer questions, revealed for the first...

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15 May 2011

Iran, North Korea trade missile technology

A leaked UN report says North Korea and Iran have been exchanging ballistic missile technology in violation of UN sanctions, according to Reuters news agency. "Prohibited ballistic missile-related items are suspected to have been transferred between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Islamic Republic of Iran on regular scheduled flights of Air Koryo and Iran Air," the report said on Saturday.
A leaked UN report says North Korea and Iran have been exchanging ballistic missile technology in violation of UN...

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12 May 2011

Iran’s nuclear program still trying to overcome international sanctions

International sanctions are 'constraining' Iran's capacity to purchase supplies and equipment to develop nuclear and ballistic missile technology, but Tehran continues to actively seek way to overcome the measures, according to a new United Nations report.
International sanctions are 'constraining' Iran's capacity to purchase supplies and equipment to develop nuclear and...
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