Library Documents on Iran's Nuclear Program
August 9, 2006
Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani said in Tehran that for the US, Iranian nuclear issue is just an excuse.
In an interview with New Delhi-based 'The Hindu' to be published on Saturday, he said, "Iran is a member of the NPT [Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty] and all our nuclear energy activities are within its...
August 6, 2006
Iran will reject both the resolution adopted by the United Nations Security Council on Tehran's nuclear case and he suspension of uranium enrichment, said Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Larijani here Sunday.
"The resolution is illegal because we have not made any violation (of the NPT) to suspend our enrichment...
August 3, 2006
In my letter of 28 July 2006, I had requested to be given an opportunity to speak before the Council takes action, so that the Council would be appraised –for the first time, of the views of the concerned party before it adopts a decision. You may recall that my previous request to speak before the Council, when it adopted its Presidential...
August 2, 2006
SEN. RICHARD G. LUGAR (R-IN): This hearing is a Senate Foreign Relations Committee is called to order. Today, the Committee meets to consider the nomination of John Rood to be Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Non-proliferation.
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August 1, 2006
On July 31 (Mon) New York time, the United Nations Security Council adopted resolution 1696, demanding that Iran shall suspend all enrichment-related and reprocessing activities. Japan highly values this adoption as demonstrating the determined stance of the international community toward Iran's nuclear issue and as an important step in resolving...
August 1, 2006
[Unofficial translation from Russian]
On July 31 the UN Security Council passed a resolution on the Iranian nuclear problem.
The Council had to take this step because in spite of the IAEA's attempts over three years to fully clarify the details of the Iranian nuclear program certain information gaps make it impossible for the Agency to draw the...
August 1, 2006
I welcome the adoption by the UN Security Council on 31 July 2006 of a firm resolution making mandatory the suspension of all of Iran's uranium enrichment activities.
The resolution underscores the seriousness of international concern about Iran's nuclear activities, and demonstrates the international community's strong commitment to see these...
July 31, 2006
The Security Council, seriously concerned that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was still unable to provide assurances about Iran's undeclared nuclear material and activities after more than three years, today demanded that Iran suspend all enrichment-related and reprocessing activities, including research and development, and gave it...
July 31, 2006
Mr President, preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is one of the Security Council's vital roles in carrying out its responsibility for maintaining international peace and security. Iran's nuclear activities and its history of concealment raise pressing questions about whether the Iranian programme is, as she claims, solely...
July 31, 2006
Adopted by the Security Council at its 5500th meeting, on 31 July 2006.