Iran Nukes

Don't Sacrifice Democracy in Iran Nuke Talks

Nathan Gardels | Posted 10.20.2009 | World


Nathan Gardels

What impact, if any, might nuclear energy negotiations have on the so-called democratic "green movement" in Iran?

U.S. Officials: How We Discovered Iran's Secret Nuclear Site

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 09.28.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence agencies hit paydirt several years ago when they searched for a hidden Iranian uranium-enrichment site, spotting ...

Iran To Allow UN Inspection Of Nuclear Site

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 09.26.2009 | World


TEHRAN, Iran — Iran said Saturday it will allow U.N. nuclear inspectors to examine its newly revealed, still unfinished uranium enrichment facil...

Obama Issues Ultimatum To Iran On Nukes

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The U.S. and its five allies trying to stop Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program plan to tell Tehran in a key meeting on Thursd...

Iran's Supreme Leader: U.S. Nuke Accusations Wrong

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics


TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's supreme leader said Sunday that U.S. officials know they are wrongly accusing Iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons. ...

Iran Could Expedite Nuclear Bomb, U.S. Says

The New York Times | DAVID E. SANGER | Posted 11.10.2009 | World


WASHINGTON--American intelligence agencies have concluded in recent months that Iran has created enough nuclear fuel to make a rapid, if risky, sprint...

Iran Says US Nuke Documents 'Forged'

AP | WILLIAM J. KOLE | Posted 10.20.2009 | World


VIENNA — Iran accused the U.S. on Friday of using "forged documents" and relying on subterfuge to make its case that Tehran is trying to build a...

Iran Is Ready For Nuclear Talks, Official Says

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 10.17.2009 | World


TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's top nuclear negotiator offered an opening Tuesday for possible compromise with the West, saying the Islamic regime is read...

Iran Has A New Nuclear Program

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 10.17.2009 | World


TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's top nuclear negotiator offered an opening Tuesday for possible compromise with the West, saying the Islamic regime is read...

Iran Calls For Ban On Striking Nuke Facilities

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 09.12.2009 | World


VIENNA, Austria — Iran, whose nuclear facilities are under threat of possible Israeli military strikes, proposed Wednesday that a 150-nation con...

Iran Ready To Build Nuclear Bomb, Just Waiting For Ayatollah Khamenei's Order: Times Of London

Times London | James Hider, Richard Beeston | Posted 09.02.2009 | World


ran has perfected the technology to create and detonate a nuclear warhead and is merely awaiting the word from its Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khame...

Iran: We Can Strike Israel's Nukes

Posted 08.25.2009 | World


(AP) TEHRAN, Iran - The head of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard said Saturday that his country has the capability to strike Israel's nuclear faciliti...

Ryan Grim

Cantor: Obama Mid-East Policy "Dangerous" And "Misguided"

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics


House Minority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) ripped President Obama's Middle East strategy Tuesday as "dangerous" and "misguided." Cantor hit Obama for m...

Report: Iran Has Enough Nuclear Fuel For One Atom Bomb

New York Times | WILLIAM J. BROAD and DAVID E. SANGER | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics


Iran has now produced roughly enough nuclear material to make, with added purification, a single atom bomb, according to nuclear experts analyzing the...

Russia Prepares To Launch Iran's Nuclear Plant

AP | VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics


MOSCOW — The Russian state-run company building Iran's first nuclear plant said Monday that preparations for the reactor's launch had entered th...

Iran Now Has 6,000 Centrifuges For Uranium: Report

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 08.03.2008 | Politics


TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's president said Saturday his country now possesses 6,000 centrifuges, a significant increase in its nuclear program that is...

Bush Supports Israeli Plan For Strike On Iran: Report

Huffington Post | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics


Last month Seymour Hersh of the New Yorker reported that the Bush Administration has stepped up covert operations inside Iran. Now the Times of Londo...

Israel Pushing US To Strike Iran

CBS News | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics


Joint Chiefs Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen leaves Tuesday night on an overseas trip that will take him to Israel, reports CBS News national security co...

Iran Vows Resistance in Nuclear Standoff

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


TEHRAN, Iran — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that Iran has brought world powers "to their knees" and successfully resisted U.S.-l...

Bush Warns Middle East: Confront Iran "Before It's Too Late"

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


President Bush said Sunday that Iran is threatening the security of the world, and that the United States and Arab allies must join together to confr...

Report: Iran Says It Will Receive Missile System From Russia

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Iran's defense minister said on Wednesday that Iran had agreed to buy an S-300 surface-to-air missile system from Russia, Iranian media reported. "T...

Report: Iran Would Suffer Up to 20 Million Casualties in Nuclear War With Israel

Fox News | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


An estimated 16-20 million Iranians would die in a nuclear war with Israel, according to a report issued by a respected Washington think tank. The C...

Jason Linkins

New Intelligence Report Says Something, Maybe, About Iran Nukes That Nobody Can Really Agree On

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Naturally, we get a hastily delivered missive from national security adviser Stephen Hadley that basically asserts that the new N.I.E. only reflects the fact that the administration has been right all along.

Experts: No Evidence Of Iranian Nuclear Weapons Program

McClatchy Newspapers | Jonathan Landay | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Despite President Bush's claims that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons that could trigger "World War III," experts in and out of government say there's...