Library Documents on Iran's Nuclear Program
July 3, 2014
I’m sure you all saw Secretary Kerry’s op-ed in The Washington Post that outlined how we’re looking at where we are in the negotiations right now. As he wrote, we have over the past several months proposed a series of reasonable, verifiable, and we believe easily achievable measures that would ensure Iran cannot obtain a nuclear weapon and that...
July 2, 2014
The E3+3 (UK, US, Russia, China, France and Germany), led by Baroness Ashton, are meeting Iran in Vienna today for the start of the final round of negotiations aimed at reaching a comprehensive deal on Iran’s nuclear programme. The interim agreement reached in November last year is due to expire on 20 July. Speaking today, the Foreign Secretary...
July 1, 2014
INTRODUCTIONPURPOSEThis Report is submitted pursuant to Section 403 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2593a), which requires a report by the President on Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments.SCOPE OF THE REPORT
June 30, 2014
July 20, the deadline to negotiate a comprehensive agreement on Iran’s nuclear program, is fast approaching.All along, these negotiations have been about a choice for Iran’s leaders. They can agree to the steps necessary to assure the world that their country’s nuclear program will be exclusively peaceful and not be used to build a weapon, or they...
June 25, 2014
1. I have the honor to present the report of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), in accordance with paragraph 18 (h) of the same resolution. The present report covers the period from 20 March to 24 June 2014, during which time the Committee held one informal meeting, two “informal informal” meetings, and conducted...
June 20, 2014
MODERATOR: Good evening, everyone. Thank you for your patience. I know that this round, we’ve been a little more quiet in terms of the updates, so there’s been a lot going on. It’s been very intense, which [Senior Administration Official] will get into. But I just wanted to thank you for your patience and coming out here to attend this...
June 20, 2014
Hello, everyone, and thank you for your patience. Welcome to beautiful historic Vienna, which for me looks like the inside of a meeting room. My plan is to outline briefly what we have been doing and accomplished over the past few days and talk about our plans going forward. I’m very delighted to have Ambassador Anderson here with me, who is...
June 20, 2014
1. As foreshadowed in GOV/2014/2, this report provides information on the status of the Islamic Republic of Iran's (Iran's) nuclear programme in relation to the "voluntary measures" that Iran has agreed to undertake as part of the Joint Plan of Action (JPA) agreed between the E3+3 and Iran on 24 November 2013. According to the JPA, the first step...
June 19, 2014
The Consequences of No Agreement
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The failure to reach a diplomatic solution would have profound political implications inside Iran. It will certainly weaken moderates and embolden hardliners – which would most certainly impact human rights, political openness and freedoms, and other issues that concern us worldwide.
Moreover, if an agreement...
June 19, 2014
The nuclear negotiations between the United States, our partners in the P5+1, and Iran involve a large number of technical issues, ranging from the number and sophistication of Iran's gas centrifuges to the configuration of its heavy-water research reactor. It would be a mistake, however, to view any agreement between Iran and the P5+1 as merely...