Posted on November 18th, 2011 by Marian Houk
The IAEA has passed what appears to be a mild resolution in response to its toughest report yet about Iran’s nuclear program. The IAEA report suggested that there was no way to understand parts of Iran’s nuclear research other than to believe there was an aim to study how a nuclear weapon might be developed. [...]
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Filed under: International Atomic Energy Agency - IAEA, Iran, Nuclear technology and weapons, UN General Assembly, UN Security Council, US in UN
Posted on November 9th, 2011 by Marian Houk
The latest and much-anticipated IAEA report on Iran was distributed to members of the Board of Governors in Vienna — and almost immediately leaked to the press. What does it say? It can be read in full here: here. It starts right out with this statement, rebuffing Iran’s efforts to negotiate or wheedle an arrangement [...]
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Filed under: International Atomic Energy Agency - IAEA, Iran, Nuclear technology and weapons, UN Security Council
Posted on March 19th, 2011 by Marian Houk
In a silly but revealing interview with CNN’s Piers Morgan, Israel’s Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu made several noteworthy quotes. The choice, for our Quote of the Day series, however, will go to his remarks explicitly saying that “several Palestinian terrorists” are responsible — though no one has yet been charged, much less tried or convicted [...]
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Filed under: Gaza, Iran, Israel, Journalism and Journalists, Lebanon, Palestine & Palestinians
Posted on December 4th, 2010 by Marian Houk
The Swiss Foreign Ministry has announced that it will host the talks on Iran’s nuclear program in Geneva on 6 + 7 December. The Swiss Government refers to these talks in the European fashion: E3+3, rather than P5+1. The Swiss announcement said that “The E3+3 delegation will be led by the EU High Representative for [...]
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Filed under: Iran, Negotiators and negotiations, Nuclear technology and weapons, Switzerland, USA
Posted on December 3rd, 2010 by Marian Houk
It has been reported that in an interview with the BBC’s Kim Ghattas, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said “that Iran could be permitted to maintain its own domestic uranium enrichment program, for civilian purposes, if and when it proves to the international community that it can be trusted to do so. ‘We’ve [...]
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Filed under: Iran, Nuclear technology and weapons, Switzerland, UN Security Council, USA
Posted on September 7th, 2010 by Marian Houk
For what it’s worth — because so few people are willing to listen to any analysis about this matter, as their minds are already made up — Angry Arab (As’ad AbuKhalil) ran this item on his blog last night about what Iranian President Ahmadinejad did — or did not — say: “A keen and knowledgeable [...]
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Filed under: Iran, Israel, Journalism and Journalists
Posted on June 29th, 2010 by Marian Houk
Hossein Mousavian, a former lead Iranian nuclear negotiator has relocated to America, taking up residence at Princeton University, the Wall Street Journal reported today. Actually, he’s apparently been at Princeton for ten months already. Mousavian was been Iran’s top nuclear negotiator, during the presidency of Mohammad Khatami [who preceeded the present President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad], then [...]
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Filed under: Academic studies and research, Ambassadors and other diplomats, Iran, Negotiators and negotiations, Nuclear technology and weapons
Posted on February 19th, 2010 by Marian Houk
Well, can it get clearer than this? Buried in an AP story that was headlined as a criticism of U.S. military moves, the reporter, Ali Akbar Dareini, reported that Iranos Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei [Khamene'i] “insisted his country is not seeking nuclear weapons, saying Islam forbids weapons of mass destruction. ‘Because of this reason, [...]
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Filed under: Iran, Journalism and Journalists, Nuclear technology and weapons
Posted on February 11th, 2010 by Marian Houk
Today is the anniversary of the 1979 “Islamic Revolution” in Iran. International tensions are running high about Iranian “intentions” as it continues its program to enrich uranium — for completely legal civilian purposes, Iranian officials continue to insist, while the U.S. says “prove it”. [Ahmedinejad gives his answer below...] A protracted Iranian negotiation is still [...]
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Filed under: International Atomic Energy Agency - IAEA, Iran, Nuclear technology and weapons, Sanctions
Posted on February 10th, 2010 by Marian Houk
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna has reported in a confidential one-page document that “Iran expects to produce its first batch of higher enriched uranium in a few days but its initial effort is modest, using only a small amount of feedstock and a fraction of its capacities”, according to a story from [...]
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Filed under: International Atomic Energy Agency - IAEA, Iran
