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US Swagger Equals Foreign Policy Disaster

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 12.14.2009 | Politics


Sharmine Narwani

If Iran offers to swap its low-enriched uranium for higher grade uranium, does the US have the right to dismiss it because it doesn't meet our conditions?

Waking the Sleepy Nuclear Watchdog

Sam Black | Posted 12.04.2009 | World


Sam Black

The former head of the international nuclear watchdog, IAEA, Mohamed ElBaradei, has left his successor, Yukiya Amano of Japan, with an underfunded and politically charged agency.

Rescuing Nuclear Talks with Iran

Richard W. Parker | Posted 12.02.2009 | World


Richard W. Parker

The Iran talks don't need hot heads, moralistic rhetoric and ominous reminders that we're "running out of time." What is needed is leaders with the pragmatism and vision to know a workable deal when they see it

Iran: UN Criticism Prompted New Nuclear Plans

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI and JASON KEYSER | Posted 12.01.2009 | World


TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's announcement of plans to build 10 more uranium enrichment facilities is largely bluster after a strong rebuke from the U.N...

Iranian Lawmaker: Iran Could Leave Nuclear Treaty

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 11.29.2009 | World


TEHRAN, Iran — A conservative Iranian legislator warned Saturday that his country may pull out of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty after a U....

Eleventh-hour CPR On Iran Nuclear Talks

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 11.27.2009 | World


Sharmine Narwani

If Iran announced a complete halt of its uranium enrichment program and ordered an immediate dismantling of its nuclear facilities ... we would still not cut the Islamic Republic any slack.

Iran Censured At UN Nuclear Meeting

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 11.28.2009 | World


VIENNA — In a blow to Iran, the board of the U.N. nuclear agency on Friday overwhelmingly backed a demand from the U.S., Russia, China and three...

IAEA Chief: Iran Investigation At 'Dead end'

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 11.27.2009 | World


VIENNA — The outgoing head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said Thursday his probe of Iran's nuclear program is at "a dead end" and th...

Is a Deal with Iran Finally Taking Shape?

Richard W. Parker | Posted 11.18.2009 | World


Richard W. Parker

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?

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 12.03.2009 | 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 12.02.2009 | 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 12.02.2009 | 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 11.30.2009 | 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 11.29.2009 | 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 11.27.2009 | 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 11.17.2009 | 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.