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Iran Nuclear Weapons

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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Iran, North Korea and the Technology Fantasy

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 07.04.2009 | World

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Michael B. Laskoff

I believe in the power of technology. I'm typing this blog on my laptop while sitting in a café, something that would have been considered extraordin...

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Obama: Iran Nuclear Energy Concerns Legitimate

AP | NANCY ZUCKERBROD | Posted 07.03.2009 | World

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LONDON — President Barack Obama reiterated that Iran may have some right to nuclear energy _ provided it takes steps to prove its aspirations ar...

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123 Agreement for Nuclear Energy in the UAE: An Unprecedented and Responsible Step

Thomas Graham | Posted 07.03.2009 | World

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Thomas Graham

This agreement is significant because it codifies unprecedented steps the UAE is taking to prevent proliferation. It also enables the US to send an important message to the region.

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North Korea Nuclear Test Raises the Stakes on Nuclear Abolition

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 06.29.2009 | World

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Sarah van Gelder

As the world comes to terms with the dangerous possibilities of a nuclear-armed North Korea and Iran, perhaps the obligations of the current nuclear power to work towards abolition will get the attention required for action.

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What if the Israelis Were to Bomb Iran?

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 06.27.2009 | World

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Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

Baghdad, Monday, February 29, 2010, almost ten months in the future, and Israel has attacked Iran's nuclear facilities. What might the consequences be...

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Maybe We Should Take the North Koreans at Their Word

Tad Daley | Posted 06.27.2009 | World

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Tad Daley

Does the Obama administration really think we can retain nuclear weapons for 50 more years and dodge the bullet of nuclear accident, terror or crisis?

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Spurred by Iran, Arab World Witnesses Nuclear Renaissance

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 06.27.2009 | World

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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.

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Iran's Forgotten Movement

Shirin Mohammadi | Posted 10.08.2009 | World

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Shirin Mohammadi

As the international community continues to focus its attention on Tehran's nuclear activities, the efforts of the Iranian student movement are being widely ignored.

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Ahmadinejad Challenges Obama To Debate At U.N.

AP | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics

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TEHRAN, Iran — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad proposed on Monday a face-to-face debate with President Barack Obama at the United Nations if he is re-electe...

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Iran's Ahmadinejad Rejects Western Nuclear Proposal

Reuters | Posted 06.25.2009 | World

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Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejected on Monday a "freeze-for-freeze" proposal put forward by the West in a bid to resolve a row over the Isla...

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Ahmadinejad: Ballots and Missiles

Jamal Dajani | Posted 06.22.2009 | World

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Jamal Dajani

The competition in the Iranian presidential election is heating up, or so it seemed until recently on Iranian government-sponsored television.

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A Fictional Iran Intel Account of the Obama-Netanyahu Summit

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 06.20.2009 | World

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Amb. Marc Ginsberg

Holy Imam: The following report summarizes our Washington intelligence unit's assessment of Monday's summit meeting between the Zionist leader (Prime Minister Netanyahu) and the American President Barack Obama.

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John Bolton: North Korea Will Test Nukes Again

Wall Street Journal | Posted 06.20.2009 | World

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The curtain is about to rise again on the long-running nuclear tragicomedy, "North Korea Outwits the United States." Despite Kim Jong Il's explicit th...

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Why Iranians Want Nukes: Analysis

Foreign Policy | Posted 06.19.2009 | World

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In their talks today, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Barack Obama will no doubt have discussed the uncomfortable subject...

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Iranian Military Vows To "Wipe Israel Out Of Existence" If Attacked

Huffington Post | Posted 06.19.2009 | World

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Video news coverage of interviews with Iranian military officials conducted in early May reveal the troubling increased contentiousness between the Is...

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No Linkage Between Iran and Palestinians

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 06.11.2009 | World

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Alan Dershowitz

Rahm Emanuel recently linked American efforts to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons to Israeli efforts toward establishing a Palestinian state. This is a dangerous linkage.

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Iran's Aggression Could Join Arabs and Israelis

Mort Zuckerman | Posted 06.11.2009 | World

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Mort Zuckerman

For the first time in a century, Arabs and Jews alike fully appreciate the menace in Iran's hegemonic ambitions to dominate the Muslim world.

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Decision 2009 -- Iran's June 12 Elections

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 06.08.2009 | World

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Amb. Marc Ginsberg

As President Obama calibrates his engagement policy with Iran and plans his next steps with the vexing Islamic Republic, that nation will go to the polls on June 12 to elect a president.

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"Regional peace" -- A New Idea for the Middle East!

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 06.05.2009 | World

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Amitai Etzioni

If you thought that after all these years there could not possibly be a new idea for making peace between Israel and the Palestinians, well, as the cliché goes, think again.

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The Pianist: Polish Political Protest

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.29.2009 | World

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Shirin Sadeghi

There is something profoundly venerable about an artist who is not afraid to speak up. Krystian Zimerman spoke out against President Obama intention to press ahead with George W.'s plans to install a missile-defense shield in Poland.

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Netanyahu's Deal: Bushehr for Settlements

Jamal Dajani | Posted 05.18.2009 | World

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Jamal Dajani

It hasn't taken Benjamin Netanyahu long to show his true colors by creating new hoops for the Palestinians to jump through in order to resume peace ne...

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First Iran, Now Arabs Going Nuclear (Q&A with Richard Falk)

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 05.17.2009 | World

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Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

I spoke to Richard Falk, Chair of the Board at the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, about Iran's nuclear program and whether the Middle East is entering a nuclear arms race.

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Iran Open To Better US Ties: 'Circumstances Have Changed'

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 05.16.2009 | World

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's president on Wednesday sent the clearest signal yet that the Islamic Republic wants warmer ties with the U.S., just one da...

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Iran's Rockets To Be New And Improved: Ahmadinejad

AFP | Posted 05.15.2009 | World

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that Tehran was working on manufacturing rockets that can carry satellites heavier than the one ...

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