Iran Nuclear Weapon

UN Inspectors Push Iran On Military Site Access

Reuters | Posted 05.15.2012

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By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA, May 14 (Reuters) - A senior U.N. nuclear official said Iran must give his inspectors access to info...

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Reading Tuchman in Tehran

Mark Jacobson | Posted 05.08.2012

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Mark Jacobson

The current tension between Israel and Iran, including incredibly heated rhetoric calling for preemptive actions and assassinations is eerily reminiscent of the period before the summer of 1914, when the sense of "inevitability" of war seized national leaders.

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Israel Cautiously Welcomes Nuclear Talks

Reuters | Posted 05.07.2012

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By Dan Williams JERUSALEM, March 7 (Reuters) - Israel on Wednesday cautiously welcomed the planned resumption of big-power nuclear ta...

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How the Presidential Election Could Lead to an Israeli Strike on Iran

Joshua Gleis | Posted 05.06.2012

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Herein lies the major debate taking place in Israel, the United States, and around the world: how long will the Jewish state be willing to wait for all diplomatic options to be exhausted before it makes the decision to launch a preemptive strike on Iran's nuclear program?

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UK Foreign Minister: Iran Strike Would Have 'Enormous Downsides'

AP | By RAPHAEL SATTER | Posted 04.19.2012

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LONDON -- An attack on Iran would carry huge costs, Britain's foreign minister warned Saturday. British Foreign Secretary William Hague said in a new...

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UN Weapons Experts Going To Tehran

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 03.28.2012

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VIENNA — The U.N. nuclear agency is including two senior weapons experts on its next mission to Tehran in an unusually clear statement on the te...

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Iranian Supreme Leader Warns Those Behind Scientist Murder

Reuters | Posted 03.13.2012

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TEHRAN, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday that those behind the killing of a nuclear scientist in Teh...

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Paul, Santorum Mislead On Key Issue

Posted 01.02.2012

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The Following post first appeared on FactCheck.org. Iran is very much in the news, with President Obama signing legislation that imposes new sa...

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Republican Candidates Attack Obama On Key Issue

AP | By BRADLEY KLAPPER | Posted 11.16.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential hopefuls are focusing on Iran as a weak spot in President Barack Obama's foreign policy record, and they're revi...

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Iran Blames Israel For Killing Its Nuclear Scientists

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 11.20.2011

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VIENNA — Blaming Israel for assassinating its nuclear scientists, Iran said Tuesday it would not retaliate for the "ugly phenomenon" but would s...

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Iran Offers Full Supervision Of Nuclear Program In Return For Lifting Sanctions

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 11.05.2011

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's nuclear chief on Monday proposed to allow the U.N. nuclear watchdog "full supervision" of its nuclear activities for five ...

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U.N.: Credible Evidence Iran Is Working On Nuclear Weapon

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 11.02.2011

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VIENNA — The U.N. nuclear agency said Friday it is "increasingly concerned" about a stream of intelligence suggesting that Iran continues to wor...

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Iran and the Myth of Deterrence

William Wunderle | Posted 05.25.2011

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William Wunderle

The real issue isn't whether Iran can be deterred from the use or transfer of a nuclear weapon, but rather how a weapon would enable Iran to transform into a true global power posing a threat.

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