Library Documents on Iran's Nuclear Program
January 12, 2014
We've taken a critical, significant step forward towards reaching a verifiable resolution that prevents Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.On January 20, in just a few short days, we will begin implementation of the Joint Plan of Action that we and our partners agreed to with Iran in Geneva.
January 9, 2014
...QUESTION: Can I go to Iran --MS. PSAKI: Sure.QUESTION: -- the talks in Geneva?MS. PSAKI: Mm-hmm.QUESTION: So the talks began today, but we’re hearing from our team on the ground that there hasn’t been any meeting between Wendy Sherman and her Iranian counterpart. Would you be able to fill us in on exactly what happened?
January 9, 2014
When asked about the Iranian nuclear issue in his recent exclusive interview with Al Jazeera, Foreign Minister Wang Yi stated that the agreement reached by the P5+1 and Iran on the Iranian nuclear issue has removed the most urgent concern of the international community and what matters now is to properly implement the agreement.
January 6, 2014
In a letter today, a bipartisan group of senior foreign policy luminaries urged senators not to pass new sanctions against Iran, warning that additional sanctions would jeopardize ongoing diplomatic efforts and potentially move the U.S. closer to war. The letter’s nine signers include Ryan Crocker, former Ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan, Daniel...
December 20, 2013
Q ... Democrats, particularly in the Senate, [seem] a little rambunctious and independent of you, which is evidenced most clearly in the debate over the Iran sanctions. It looks like Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has expedited consideration of an Iran sanctions bill for January, even as your administration -- and you have been trying to...
December 19, 2013
...QUESTION: So Menendez and Kirk have introduced a bill to institute sanctions if a broader deal isn’t reached. The State Department has urged against this kind of action. Is it the position of the State Department that if such a bill were to pass, the deal – interim deal would be off?
December 19, 2013
U.S. Sens. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), joined by 25 U.S. Senators, introduced the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act, bipartisan legislation proposing prospective sanctions on Iran should the regime violate the interim Joint Plan of Action agreed to in Geneva or should Iran fail to reach a final agreement.
December 17, 2013
...General comments:1. As the IAEA Director General's report indicated once again, Iran's nuclear activities remains peaceful and under the full-scope safeguards of the IAEA.