Library Documents on Iran's Nuclear Program
August 17, 2014
IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano visited the Islamic Republic of Iran on 17 August 2014, and held meetings with the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Dr. Hassan Rouhani; Vice-President and Chairman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Dr. Ali Akbar Salehi; and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Mohammad Javad Zarif.
During a...
July 29, 2014
When we announced the JPOA last year, we said that we did not expect the relief package in the JPOA to materially improve the Iranian economy. And it has not. The depths of Iran’s economic distress – distress that resulted in large measure from the collaborative efforts of Congress, the Administration, and our international partners – dwarfed the...
July 29, 2014
In my testimony, I will focus on the verification aspects of elements needed in a comprehensive nuclear agreement with Iran, which is being negotiated as a next stage to the Joint Plan of Action (JPOA) concluded in Geneva on 24 November 2013. I base my remarks on the implementation of the comprehensive safeguards agreement (CSA) and relevant UN...
July 29, 2014
Chairman Menendez, Ranking Member Corker, and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to discuss the United States’ diplomatic efforts to end the threat posed by Iran’s nuclear ambitions. I have closely followed the P5+1 talks since their inception – first as an aide to the Secretary of State, then as the official responsible for Iran...
July 24, 2014
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July 24, 2014
...QUESTION: Shi Larasteve (ph), Voice of America, Persian TV. Yesterday, a group of Republican lawmakers unveiled a legislation which forces – if passed, forces the Administration, President Obama, to seek approval from the Congress for any final deal with Iran. What is the Administration’s strategy against these maneuvers?
July 23, 2014
The death from natural causes of an old man in North Korea this month should have been the closing chapter of the tale of Pakistan's nuclear and missile cooperation with the Hermit Kingdom. Instead, it may mark the next episode in the saga of Iran's controversial nuclear program.
Jon Pyong Ho, who was 88, had been a highly decorated general in...
July 22, 2014
The Joint Plan of Action has given us the time and space to work to negotiate a comprehensive solution that will assure the world that Iran will not obtain a nuclear weapon and that its program is exclusively peaceful.
Over the last six months, we have made meaningful progress on some key issues, although we remain far apart on others. Today, we...
July 21, 2014
On November 24, 2013, the United States and its partners in the P5+1 (China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, coordinated by the European Union's High Representative) reached an initial understanding with Iran, outlined in a Joint Plan of Action (JPOA), that halts progress on Iran's nuclear program and rolls it...