Library Documents on Iran's Nuclear Program
August 26, 2010
DETROIT, Aug. 26, 2010 - Iran's continued pursuit of nuclear capabilities is unacceptable in the eye of the U.S. government, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen said today.
August 21, 2010
Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt said today:
"The loading of Russian fuel into the Bushehr nuclear power reactor demonstrates that Iran can have the benefits of nuclear power. We have always respected Iran's right to develop an exclusively civil nuclear power programme.
The problem is Iran's continued refusal to satisfy the IAEA and...
August 20, 2010
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The secretary said he has served every president since Lyndon Johnson, and that in his career, Iran has proved "the most frustrating and challenging national security problems the United States has faced." If Iran acquires nuclear weapons, he said, an arms race will ensue in the region.
August 17, 2010
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QUESTION: On Iran and reports that they are - they have now announced some of the locations for the 10 new nuclear sites they plan to build, including some that will be built inside of mountains that would presumably defend them against aerial strikes, do you have any reaction to that - to their decision to go ahead with this?
August 16, 2010
WASHINGTON - In an op-ed piece published in Monday's Financial Times, Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Stuart Levey highlights Iran's use of its national maritime carrier, the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL), and the international shipping industry to evade international sanctions; announces the latest...
August 16, 2010
What is your reaction to Iran's announcement that it will start construction of a third uranium enrichment site in the first half of 2011?
The announcement made by Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization, regarding the construction of a new uranium enrichment site in the first half of 2011 only serves to exacerbate the...
August 6, 2010
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QUESTION: Let me start with something that the President said to the columnists. He said, "It's important to put before the Iranians a clear set of steps that we would consider sufficient to show that they are not pursuing nuclear weapons." And then he went on to say something like they need to know what we'll say yes to.
Now this is quite...
August 2, 2010
MODERATOR: Good afternoon ladies and gentleman, thank you for coming here to the Information Resource Center at the US Embassy in Seoul. It is my distinct pleasure and privilege to introduce to you the Special Advisor for Nonproliferation and Arms Control Mr. Robert Einhorn and the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Terrorist Financing and...
July 29, 2010
If there is one thing I think we can all agree on, it is that we must do everything we can to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. And we must cut off Iranian support of terrorism. I believe the key to doing that is through the financial services system.
July 29, 2010
The United States has banned nearly all trade with Iran. We have done so for good reason: the extremists who currently rule Iran are a major threat to the safety and security of their own people and to the rest of the world. It is vitally important to the national security of the United States and its allies to persuade the Iranian...