Library Documents on Iran's Missile Program
May 6, 2009
SEN. KERRY: The hearing will come to order.
Thank you all for being here, and again, thank you for being here at this early hour.
Let me just announce ahead of time that we are going to have a little bit of a truncated hearing -- and I'm going to try to expedite it -- the reason being the United States Senate, in its wisdom, has scheduled 10 votes...
April 7, 2009
New York County District Attorney’s Office 118-count indictment of Chinese citizen Li Fang Wei and his company LIMMT for charges relating to the proliferation of illicit missile and nuclear technology to the Government of Iran.
April 7, 2009
Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau announced today a 118-count indictment of a Chinese citizen and his company for charges relating to the misuse of Manhattan banks and the proliferation of illicit missile and nuclear technology to the Government of Iran. The Chinese company, known as LIMMT, is a major supplier of banned weapons...
March 24, 2009
An Irish trading company and three of its officers have been charged with purchasing helicopter engines and other aircraft components from U.S. firms and illegally exporting them to Iran using companies in Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates. Among the alleged recipients of these U.S. goods was an Iranian military firm that has since been...
March 16, 2009
WASHINGTON - An Iranian citizen and his Tehran business have been charged with purchasing helicopter engines and advanced aerial cameras for fighter bombers from U.S. firms and illegally exporting them to Iran using companies in Malaysia, Ireland and the Netherlands. Among the alleged recipients of these U.S. goods was an Iranian military firm...
March 3, 2009
The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated 11 companies under Executive Order 13382 for their ties to Iran's Bank Melli. E.O 13382 is an authority aimed at freezing the assets of Weapons of Mass Destruction proliferators and those who support them. Bank Melli has been designated as a proliferator by the United States, the European Union...
February 12, 2009
The primary near-term security concern of the United States is the global economic crisis and its geopolitical implications. The crisis has been ongoing for over a year, and economists are divided over whether and when we could hit bottom. Some even fear that the recession could further deepen and reach the level of the Great Depression. Of course...
February 10, 2009
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Q: Mr. Secretary, there are reports that the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has reached out officially to President Obama and asked for a meeting with President Obama. Can you confirm that that has occurred through official channels or that the Iranians have reached out to other senior American officials at this time?
February 4, 2009
Washington - Top diplomats pledged continued unity in efforts to convince Iran to suspend its nuclear program and welcomed President Obama's willingness to engage with Tehran.
Representatives from the P5+1 - U.N. Security Council permanent members China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States, together with Germany - met in...
February 4, 2009
ran has an active interest in developing, acquiring, and deploying a broad range of ballistic missiles, as well as developing a space launch capability. This was spotlighted several times since 2008. In mid-July 2008, Iran launched a number of ballistic missiles during military exercises, reportedly including the medium-range Shahab-3.