Iran Begins War Games To Protect Nuclear Facilities
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Sunday began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from attack, state TV reported,...
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Sunday began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from attack, state TV reported,...
AP | SLOBODAN LEKIC | Posted 11.20.2009 | World
BRUSSELS — Representatives of six world powers urged Iran on Friday to accept a U.N. plan aimed at delaying its ability to build a nuclear weapo...
Azeem Ibrahim | Posted 11.20.2009 | World
There is a real danger that if Iran had nuclear weapons capability it could transfer that to other groups. But the particular threat that Israel is talking up -- that of a conventional nuclear strike from Iran -- is overblown.
AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 11.19.2009 | World
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran will not ship its low-enriched uranium out of the country for processing, its foreign minister said Wednesday, once again re...
Richard W. Parker | Posted 11.18.2009 | World
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?
Russ Wellen | Posted 11.17.2009 | World
The field of nuclear weapons has long needed fresh perspectives. For decades there was deterrence, and then disarmament. Finally, there is a group with potential to break new ground.
AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 11.17.2009 | World
VIENNA — Iranian construction of a previously secret uranium enrichment site is at an advanced stage, with high-tech equipment already in place ...
Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 11.13.2009 | World
While the technical revelations regarding the Qum nuclear enrichment facility filter out as the IAEA prepares its final report to the U.N., the U.S. is at a crossroads regarding Iran's nuclear program.
Posted 11.12.2009 | World
VIENNA (Associated Press) -- Iran's recently revealed uranium enrichment hall is a highly fortified underground space that appears too small to house ...
The Guardian | Julian Borger, Diplomatic Editor | Posted 11.06.2009 | World
The UN's nuclear watchdog has asked Iran to explain evidence suggesting that Iranian scientists have experimented with an advanced nuclear warhead des...
Reza Pahlavi | Posted 11.03.2009 | World
The international community must stand in solidarity with the people of Iran through a palpable commitment to their struggle to institute true democracy and respect for human rights.
nytimes.com | MICHAEL SLACKMAN | Posted 11.03.2009 | World
CAIRO - Iran's leadership has once again equivocated after agreeing to a deal that would ease its nuclear standoff with the West. But this time, that ...
BBC NEWS | Posted 10.27.2009 | World
Iran will accept a UN deal on its nuclear programme, but only if "very important changes" are made, Iranian state media have reported....
csmonitor.com | Howard LaFranchi | Posted 10.22.2009 | World
Washington - The tentative agreement reached in Vienna on Wednesday to substantially reduce Iran's stockpile of low-enriched uranium raises a tantaliz...
AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 10.21.2009 | World
VIENNA — A top Iranian negotiator praised a plan Wednesday that would ship most of his country's uranium abroad for enrichment and limit its abi...
Nathan Gardels | Posted 10.20.2009 | World
What impact, if any, might nuclear energy negotiations have on the so-called democratic "green movement" in Iran?
MJ Rosenberg | Posted 10.18.2009 | Media
Cirincione's piece should deliver a knockout blow to the Iran hawks, assuming neocons care about facts -- which they don't. Iran, not Iraq, is the war they really want!
Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 10.17.2009 | World
At a time when both Russia and China are trying to readjust their diplomatic bearings with Washington, why not join the West for a while in toughening sanctions against Tehran?
MJ Rosenberg | Posted 10.15.2009 | World
Nuclear war is only John Bolton's dream -- something to hope for but not really expect to get.
Heather Robinson | Posted 10.14.2009 | World
American leaders have a habit of voicing support for democracy movements and then abandoning their champions, failing to provide them with economic or strategic support.
Melody Moezzi | Posted 10.13.2009 | World
It's clear that Iran's strongest adversary today remains within its own borders. The current Iranian regime has far more to fear from its own people than it does from any foreign powers.
AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 10.09.2009 | World
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran will "blow up the heart of Israel" if the United States or the Jewish state attacked it first, a top official with Iran's mo...
Leon T. Hadar | Posted 10.07.2009 | World
By counting on the Americans to protect them against a nuclear Iran, the French, the Saudis and the Israelis are avoiding assuming the responsibility for their own security.
ABC News | Jonathan Karl | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics
Is the U.S. stepping up preparations for a possible attack on Iran's nuclear facilities? The Pentagon is always making plans, but based on a little-n...
Eric Margolis | Posted 10.06.2009 | World
Tehran's mullahs actually seem to be cooperating with UN inspections, pulling the rug out from under the feet of the war party in Washington and its right-wing allies abroad.
AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 11.22.2009 | World