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Is a Deal with Iran Finally Taking Shape?

Richard W. Parker | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

Read More: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran, Mohamed ElBaradei, Natanz, Mahmoud-Ahmedinejad, Iaea, Tehran, Iran Nuclear Program, IAEA Iran, Iran Nuclear Weapons, World News

Will Iran accept the kind of deal ElBaradai is said to be seeking -- a deal that gives Iran limited enrichment in exchange for a form of nationwide surveillance?

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Iran: Uranium Counteroffer Draws Harsh Rebuke

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

Read More: Mohamed ElBaradei, Iran, Foreign Affairs, Iran Uranium Deal, Iran Nuclear, Iran Uranium, Iaea, World News

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

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UN Nuclear Inspectors In Iran To Visit Site

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 10.26.2009 | World

Read More: France, Russia, Iran, Negotiations, Nuclear Weapons, Qom, Tehran, Nuclear Proliferation, Un, Iaea, Nukes, World News

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

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Obama in the Thicket of "Afghaniranistan"

William Bradley | Posted 10.21.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Britain, Cia, France, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Mi-6, Nobel Peace Prize, Iaea, Mossad, Moscow, Tehran, Israel, Iraq, Vienna, Special Forces, Taliban, Sayeret, Al Qaeda, Revolutionary Guard, Iranian Nuclear Program, Abdullah Abdullah, Hamid Karzai, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Soviet Union, Jihadism, Post-Soviet Space, Somalia, Cairo Address, John Kerry, World News

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.

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IAEA Report: Iran Has Data To Make Nuclear Bomb

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

Read More: ElBaradei, Nuke, Negotiations, Pakistan, Un Report, Sanctions, Obama, Iran, IAEA Report, Nuclear Weapons, Tehran, Diplomacy, Nuclear Bomb, Un, Iaea, World News

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

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Iranian Crisis: Progress, Problems

William Bradley | Posted 10.02.2009 | World

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

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Hope, Hype, and the Many Faces of Barack Obama

Hamdan Azhar | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Hugo Chavez, Israeli Settlements, Human Rights, Nuclear Weapons, Middle East, Afghanistan, Iaea, Richard Goldstone, Muammar El-Qaddafi, United Nations, Iraq, Barack Obama, Politics News

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.

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Iranian Crisis: The Run-Up To Negotiation

William Bradley | Posted 09.30.2009 | World

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?

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Iran's Nuclear Program: Crunch Time

David Harris | Posted 09.29.2009 | World

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.

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U.S. Seeking Tougher Sanctions Against Iran

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

Read More: Khamenei, Qom, Trade, Sanctions, Obama, Oil, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ahmadinejad, Embargo, Robert Gates, Nuclear Weapons, U.N., Tehran, Israel, Un, Iaea, World News

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

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Iran Can Make Nuclear Bomb: Atomic Watchdog

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 11.17.2009 | World

Read More: Atomic Watch Agency, Atomic Watchdog, Atomic Energy Agency, Nuclear Weapons, Iran-Weapons, Iran Nuclear, Iran, Iran Nuclear Talks, Atomic Warhead, Iran Nuclear Program, Iaea, Iran Nuclear Weapons, World News

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...

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

AP | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: Iran Bomb, Iran, Iran Nuclear, IAEA Iran, International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Iaea, Glyn Davies, World News

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

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Diplomats: Iran's Enriched Uranium Output Stagnates

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 09.25.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, Nukes, Enriched Uranium, Tehran, Nuclear Warheads, Nuclear Bombs, World, Nuclear Power, Iaea, Uranium, World News

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...

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Yukiya Amano: IAEA Chooses Japanese Diplomat As New Head

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 08.02.2009 | World

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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 ...

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

Bradley Burston | Posted 07.17.2009 | World

Read More: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Bomb, Bradley Burston, Nuclear, Un, Iaea, World News

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.

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

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 07.04.2009 | World

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

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Spurred by Iran, Arab World Witnesses Nuclear Renaissance

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 06.27.2009 | World

Read More: Energy, Jordan, Nuclear Power, Renewable Energy, Arab League, Obama, Iran, Barack Obama, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Dubai, Arabs, Nuclear Weapons, Egypt, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Iaea, Oil, Geopolitics, Iraq, Uae, World News

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.

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

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 06.26.2009 | World

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Nuclear Weapons, U.N., Mohamed ElBaradei, Nuclear Proliferation, United States, Iaea, Mikhail Gorbachev, North Korea, World News

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

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IAEA Chief ElBaradei Potential Replacements Being Examined

New York Times | Posted 06.26.2009 | World

Read More: Abdul Samad Minty, Mohamed ElBaradei, UN Nuclear, Luis Echavarri, Un Nuclear Inspectors, Elbaradei Replacement, Foreign Affairs, United Nations, Ernest Petric, Yukiya Amano, Elbaradei Replacements, UN Nuclear Watchdog, International Atomic Energy Agency, Jean-Pol Poncelet, Iaea, Advocacy, World News

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

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Dirty Nuclear Business

Joe Cirincione | Posted 05.16.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Nuclear Proliferation, Obama National Security, Nuclear Weapons, Ukraine, Terrorism, Nuclear Policy, Iaea, World News

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.

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North Korea Expels Nuclear Inspectors, Vows To Restart Reactors

AP | JEAN H. LEE | Posted 05.15.2009 | World

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

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Will Iran Come Out Of The Nuclear Closet?

Jamal Dajani | Posted 04.13.2009 | World

Read More: War With Iran, Admiral Mike Mullen, Jamal Dajani, David-Ben-Gurion, Iran, Amos Yadlin, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Arabs, Robert Gates, Middle East, Iaea, Iraq-Iran War, Iraq, Israel, Israel Nuclear Weapons, World News

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?

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Brazil Flips The Switch On Uranium Enrichment Plant

Jessicah Curtis | Posted 04.02.2009 | World

Read More: Brazil Nuclear Ambitions, Brazil Nuclear, Brazil Nuclear Energy, Uranium Enrichment, Brazil, Iaea, Resende Facility, Resende Brazil, Brazil Nuclear Power, Brazil Uranium Enrichment, Enriched Uranium, Nuclear Power, Uranium, Huffington Post Resende, World News

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 ...

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Restoring America's Global Image: Strengthen the United Nations

Sam Sedaei | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Susan Rice, George W. Bush, United Nations, 9/11, Treaty of Versailles, Hillary Clinton, Unsc, Iaea, China, Barack Obama, UN General Assembly, Politics News

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.

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

NY Times | ELAINE SCIOLINO | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Russian Scientist, Iranian Nuclear Program, Foreign Affairs, United Nations, Iaea, War Wire, Iran, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Politics News

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

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