Library Documents on Iran's Nuclear Program
May 20, 2019
Natanz, May 20, IRNA -- Spokesman for Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi said on Monday that Iran’s 3.67-percent uranium production capacity has grown by four times.
May 15, 2019
[...]Federal President of Austria Alexander Van der Bellen (retranslated): [...] We had an interesting conversation about yesterday’s visit of Secretary of State Pompeo, in part, as regards the Iranian issue, what this will or may mean for EU-Russia relations and so on.You know, big regrets were expressed here over the JCPOA cancellation and the ...
May 14, 2019
[...]QUESTION: (Via interpreter) Thank you. Natalia Litovko, Russia 24 Channel. Question to both ministers about possible personal meeting between President Putin and President Trump. We see contradictory information there. Could you please clarify whether such a meeting will take place? We hear about Osaka, but is it planned and when and where?
May 13, 2019
[...]Q: On Iran and JCPOA implementation?You know very well the European Union position. First of all, we continue to fully support the nuclear deal with Iran and its full implementation. We will have also today in the margins of the Foreign Affairs Council a meeting between myself and the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany and the UK to discuss...
May 13, 2019
[...]We touched on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action to resolve the Iranian nuclear programme issue now that the United States has withdrawn from the agreement. China and Russia are convinced of the importance of maintaining this agreement. We confirmed the illegitimate nature of Washington’s unilateral anti-Iran sanctions aimed, in...
May 13, 2019
A group of experienced and respected nuclear experts from Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs travelled earlier this year to Israel to examine the trove of documents on Iran’s nuclear program that had been obtained via a clandestine operation. They recently published their assessment of that material in the...
May 13, 2019
The Iranian Nuclear Archive shows that Iran planned on using a relatively sophisticated neutron source, or initiator, to trigger a chain reaction in the weapon-grade uranium core of its nuclear weapons. This source was made by combining natural uranium and deuterium into uranium deuteride (UD3). In essence, the natural uranium serves as the...
May 11, 2019
[...]Germany, France and the UK have just failed in the conflict on the nuclear agreement with Iran.I see that differently. Donald Trump did not manage to divide us Europeans or to push us into withdrawing from the agreement. All EU member countries unanimously support our stance.But now Iran has threatened Europe with withdrawal. Was Germany...
May 10, 2019
SummaryIran’s nuclear program began during the 1950s. The United States has expressed concern since the mid-1970s that Tehran might develop nuclear weapons. Iran’s construction of gas centrifuge uranium enrichment facilities is currently the main source of proliferation concern. Gas centrifuges can produce both low-enriched uranium (LEU), which...
May 9, 2019
Fact Sheet on Iran’s Reduction of Some JCPOA CommitmentsThe Iranian Foreign Ministry has released a fact sheet on the country"s decision to suspend implementing part of its commitments under the Iran nuclear deal, also known as JCPOA.In the Name of GodFact Sheet on Islamic Republic of Iran"s Decision to Suspend Part of Its Commitments under JCPOA...