Library Documents on Iran's Nuclear Program
December 10, 2008
Thank you, Mr. President. The United States welcomes Ambassador Grauls' briefing on the activities of the Iran Sanctions Committee. Today, I would to focus on three points. First, I note that the IAEA Director General's most recent report on Iran contains troubling findings that deserve the Council's attention.
December 1, 2008
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NEWSWEEK: On Iran, what realistic hopes do you see of bringing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the table and persuading him to give up Tehran's nuclear ambitions? And how far will you be willing to push?
November 30, 2008
Iran on Sunday proposed regional states to form a consortium for developing nuclear power plants in the region.
The proposal was made by head of Iran Atomic Energy Organization Reza Aqazadeh in his address to the opening session of the first International Seminar on 'Nuclear Power Plants, Environment and Sustainable Development'.
The seminar...
November 30, 2008
Deputy head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Mohammad Saeedi said on Sunday that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is now monitoring 5,000 operating centrifuges in Natanz facilities.
Saeedi made the remark on the sidelines of the First International Seminar on 'Nuclear Power Plants, Environment and Sustainable Development' in...
November 28, 2008
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Ryabkov received on November 28 the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Moscow, Mahmoud Reza Sajadi. The situation surrounding the Iranian nuclear program was discussed in the light of the latest IAEA report on this issue.
November 27, 2008
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Implementation of Safeguards in the Islamic Republic of Iran
You have before you my report on the Implementation of Safeguards in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Agency has been able to continue to verify the non-diversion of declared nuclear material in Iran. However, Iran has not implemented the Additional Protocol, which is essential -...
November 26, 2008
Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Reza Aqazadeh said here Wednesday that more than 5,000 centrifuges are now operating in the country.
"At present, we have more than 5,000 centrifuges operating," Aqazadeh told reporters on the sidelines of his tour of the Exclusive Exhibition on Nuclear Industry Achievements.
Aqazadeh said suspension...
November 26, 2008
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QUESTION: Secretary Rice, on - on Iran.
SECRETARY RICE: Yes.
QUESTION: There's a report today quoting a senior Iranian official as saying that the Iranians now have 5,000 working centrifuges spinning. One, do you have any reason to believe that that report is true, or do you view it as an exaggeration?
November 22, 2008
Majlis speaker Ali Larijani on Saturday criticized the International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Mohamed ElBaradei for raising baseless concerns in his latest report on Iran.
Calling ElBaradei's report as ambiguous, Larijani said: "So, it seems we will hear double-standard statements from the agency forever."
He told IRNA that the report...
November 21, 2008
Earlier this week, Director General Mohamed ElBaradei released reports on the IAEA's investigation of Iran and Syria.