Library Documents on Iran's Nuclear Program
June 21, 2006
Following is the text of United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the Conference on Disarmament:
June 20, 2006
Document covering Iran’s challenges, nuclear activities, options for moving forward, and the U.S. diplomatic course.
June 19, 2006
The European Union expects a reply from the Islamic Republic on its new package by the end of this month and not before the EU-US summit to take place in Vienna on Wednesday.
"Our expectations are that Iran should respond soon, not before the (EU-US) summit, but by the end of the month,'' EU sources told reporters in Brussels Monday.
Speaking on...
June 19, 2006
SPIEGEL: Minister Steinmeier, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has described the international proposal for negotiations over Tehran's nuclear program as a "step forward." How do you interpret the signals from Iran?
Steinmeier: We haven't seen a definite sign or real reaction yet. However, it is encouraging that we are apparently experiencing...
June 18, 2006
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Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi here Sunday expressed hope for talks with Europe without any preconditions. He made the above remark in response to a question about the extent to which Iran hopes to start talks with EU3 on its nuclear issue without any preset conditions, given the West`s proposal for suspension of uranium...
June 14, 2006
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi here Wednesday expressed optimism that future talks with Europe on the nuclear issue would bear fruit in a reasonable way.
Asefi made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an open session of Majlis on Wednesday.
"We are hopeful with regard to future negotiations if carried out...
June 13, 2006
Europe's package of incentives offered to Iran does not talk of sanctions, an MP said here Tuesday.
The rapporteur of Majlis' National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, Kazem Jalali, made the remarks while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an open session of parliament.
June 13, 2006
Secretary of Iran Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) said here Monday that Iran is ready to cooperate fully to resolve the concerns of Persian Gulf nations.
Speaking at a press conference Ali Larijani, responding to a question on whether Persian Gulf countries' concerns are real or stems from US pressure, said "We do not make judgments on...
June 12, 2006
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Implementation of Safeguards in the Islamic Republic of Iran
The Board has before it a progress report regarding the implementation of safeguards in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The report makes it clear that the Agency has not made much progress in resolving outstanding verification issues. I would continue to urge Iran to provide the...
June 12, 2006
Mr. Chairman,
Last September, the IAEA made two important findings:
first, that Iran had violated its safeguards obligations under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty; and
second, that Iran had lost international confidence that its nuclear program is exclusively peaceful.
The IAEA and the UN Security Council have called on Iran to cooperate,...