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Iran: Uranium Counteroffer Draws Harsh Rebuke

AP | NASSER KARIMI and SLOBODAN LEKIC | Posted 10.30.2009 | World


TEHRAN — Iran insists on simultaneously exchanging its low-enriched uranium for nuclear fuel produced overseas, the state news agency said Frida...

UN Nuclear Inspectors In Iran To Visit Site

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 10.26.2009 | World


TEHRAN, Iran — U.N. inspectors entered a once-secret uranium enrichment facility with bunker-like construction and heavy military protection tha...

Obama in the Thicket of "Afghaniranistan"

William Bradley | Posted 10.21.2009 | World


William Bradley

Obama is in a multi-faceted complex of geopolitical crises. He is actively using military force in two of the countries, and has threatened, at the least, tough sanctions in the third.

IAEA Report: Iran Has Data To Make Nuclear Bomb

New York Times | William J. Broad And David E. Sanger | Posted 10.03.2009 | World


Senior staff members of the United Nations nuclear agency have concluded in a confidential analysis that Iran has acquired "sufficient information to ...

Iranian Crisis: Progress, Problems

William Bradley | Posted 10.02.2009 | World


William Bradley

There was some good progress in Thursday's international negotiation sessions with Iran. But anyone who imagines the problem is solved is quite delusional.

Hope, Hype, and the Many Faces of Barack Obama

Hamdan Azhar | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics


Hamdan Azhar

We will fondly remember our nation's potential to be a force for good in the world under President Obama, but we will always wonder why that potential was never actualized.

Iranian Crisis: The Run-Up To Negotiation

William Bradley | Posted 09.30.2009 | World


William Bradley

There's a point in the Iran situation where semantics come into play. Is Iran on a path to nuclear weapons-capable technology? Yes. Is it producing nuclear weapons? No. Does it intend to produce nuclear weapons?

Iran's Nuclear Program: Crunch Time

David Harris | Posted 09.29.2009 | World


David Harris

Iran has been caught in yet another act of deception. Faced with the prospect of being outed by the U.S., Tehran's leaders informed the IAEA of a second uranium enrichment facility.

U.S. Seeking Tougher Sanctions Against Iran

The New York Times | MARK LANDLER | Posted 09.27.2009 | World


The Obama administration is scrambling to assemble a package of harsher economic sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program that could include a ...

Iran Can Make Nuclear Bomb: Atomic Watchdog

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 09.18.2009 | World


VIENNA — Iran experts at the U.N.'s nuclear monitoring agency believe that Tehran has the ability to make a nuclear bomb and worked on developin...

IAEA Session: US Says It Has "Serious Concern" That Iran Can Create A Bomb

AP | Posted 11.09.2009 | World


VIENNA — The United States says it has "serious concerns" that Iran is deliberately trying – at a minimum – to preserve a nuclear we...

Diplomats: Iran's Enriched Uranium Output Stagnates

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 09.25.2009 | World


VIENNA — Iran's output of enriched uranium is stagnating even as its production capacity increases, a sign that Tehran may be running out of the...

Yukiya Amano: IAEA Chooses Japanese Diplomat As New Head

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 08.02.2009 | World


VIENNA — The world's top nuclear watchdog chose Japan's Yukiya Amano as its next head on Thursday _ and he touched on the devastation U.S. atom ...

In Iran, Upheaval in the Streets, But Nuclear Business as Usual

Bradley Burston | Posted 07.17.2009 | World


Bradley Burston

Even if a recount should topple Ahmadinejad, Mousavi is firmly on record as supporting the nuclear program, and opposing changes aimed at barring Iran from using it to produce weaponry.

Iran Nuclear Assessment May Have Been Tainted By Iranian Intelligence "Ruse"

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 07.04.2009 | World


WASHINGTON, Jun 3 (IPS) - A report on Iran's nuclear programme issued by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last month generated news stories p...

Spurred by Iran, Arab World Witnesses Nuclear Renaissance

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 06.27.2009 | World


Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

As North Korea restarts its main nuclear plant and Iran continues to flex its nuclear muscles, a less publicized nuclear renaissance is underway in the Middle East.

The Mantra of 20 nuclear Weapon States -- Why 20?

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 06.26.2009 | World


Evelyn Leopold

Today there are eight nuclear weapons states. North Korea, which just tested its second device, makes nine.

IAEA Chief ElBaradei Potential Replacements Being Examined

New York Times | Posted 06.26.2009 | World


With their qualifications under heightened scrutiny following North Korea's second nuclear test, five candidates began campaigning on Tuesday to repla...

Dirty Nuclear Business

Joe Cirincione | Posted 05.16.2009 | World


Joe Cirincione

A foiled plot in Ukraine shows the gaping holes in efforts to contain deadly radioactive materials that could be used in dirty bombs. It is time to crack down on this trade. Obama needs to push his plan now.

North Korea Expels Nuclear Inspectors, Vows To Restart Reactors

AP | JEAN H. LEE | Posted 05.15.2009 | World


SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Tuesday it was restarting its rogue nuclear program, booting U.N. inspectors and pulling out of disarmamen...

Will Iran Come Out Of The Nuclear Closet?

Jamal Dajani | Posted 04.13.2009 | World


Jamal Dajani

If the Israeli nuclear program grew out of fear of its neighbors and the conviction that the Holocaust justified any measures Israel took to ensure its survival, from where does Iran's justification come?

Brazil Flips The Switch On Uranium Enrichment Plant

Jessicah Curtis | Posted 04.02.2009 | World


Jessicah Curtis

Brazil has become one of just a handful of states to enrich uranium in a controversial bid to boost nuclear power production and ensure future energy ...

Restoring America's Global Image: Strengthen the United Nations

Sam Sedaei | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics


Sam Sedaei

The U.N. is like the Titanic, and just as one cannot turn around the Titanic quickly, reforming the United Nations will also not be easy.

Iranian Nuke Program May Have Advanced With Help From Russian Scientist, UN Says

NY Times | ELAINE SCIOLINO | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics


PARIS -- International nuclear inspectors are investigating whether a Russian scientist helped Iran conduct complex experiments on how to detonate a n...

North Korea Bars UN Inspectors, Prepares To Restart Nuclear Facility

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics


VIENNA, Austria — North Korea moved closer Thursday to relaunching its nuclear arms program, announcing that it wants to reactivate the facility...