Library Documents on Iran's Missile Program
March 11, 2013
Congress has long been concerned about whether U.S. policy advances the national interest in reducing the role of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and missiles that could deliver them. Recipients of China’s technology reportedly include Pakistan and countries said by the State...
March 6, 2013
...9- The report in its introductory part for the first time entered into a legal qualification and judgment that is absolutely not on discretion and responsibility of the Director General of the IAEA. Defining unilaterally obligations on a sovereign state is beyond mandate of the Director General. As clearly described above, the DG has deviated...
February 27, 2013
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Ed Royce, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Eliot Engel, the Committee’s Ranking Member, will introduce bipartisan sanctions legislation aimed at preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability, and further increasing economic pressure on Iranian leaders as the regime develops its...
February 27, 2013
Summary: House Foreign Affairs Chairman Royce and Ranking Member Engel are sponsoring bipartisan Iran sanctions legislation that will: broaden economic sanctions; target human rights violators; and increase oversight of the implementation and enforcement of current sanctions. This legislation tightens existing sanctions on Iran to adapt to a...
February 11, 2013
SUMMARY: A determination has been made that a number of foreign persons have engaged in activities that warrant the imposition of measures pursuant to Section 3 of the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act. The Act provides for penalties on entities and individuals for the transfer to or acquisition from Iran since January 1, 1999; the...
January 10, 2013
Foreign Minister Bob Carr today announced further Australian sanctions on Iran, affecting the financial, trade, energy and transport sectors.“These sanctions further increase pressure on Iran to comply with its nuclear non-proliferation obligations and with UN Security Council resolutions and to engage in serious negotiations on its nuclear...
December 13, 2012
Today the Secretaries of State and Treasury have imposed sanctions on seven Iranian private sector companies and five individuals for proliferating weapons of mass destruction pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13382. These entities and individuals were designated because they provide the Iranian government goods, technology and services that...
December 7, 2012
Our reviews of open sources published between January 1, 2009 and September 30, 2012 identified a total of 17 foreign firms that were reported to have sold refined petroleum products to Iran during that same time period (see enclosure II). Our review of open sources published from January 2012 through September 2012 indicated that only 1 of these...
December 6, 2012
Iran has long been a source of concern for the United States and other countries because its goals are at odds with core U.S. objectives in the Middle East. Although it is not certain that Iran has made the decision to develop a nuclear weapon, it is taking steps to drastically reduce the time needed to obtain nuclear weapons should...