Library Documents on Iran's Nuclear Program
May 18, 2006
The efforts of the United States and its allies to dissuade Iran from pursuing its long sought goal of attaining a nuclear weapons capability have so far failed to yield satisfactory results. Iran made temporary tactical concessions in October 2003 under strong international pressure to temporarily freeze its uranium enrichment operations and...
May 18, 2006
The United States, the international community and Iran are in crisis. The crisis broke out last year in the wake of Iran’s decision to proceed with its nuclear enrichment program and limit its cooperation withthe International Atomic Energy Agency. But the crisis runs deeper. It is rooted in broad international concern over Iran’s...
May 18, 2006
Yesterday, we heard from several well-informed witnesses on Iran’s nuclear program. We also heard about Iran’s motivations, the attitude of its population, and its vulnerability to economic sanctions. Today, I look forward to hearing about the options before us.
May 17, 2006
If Iran saw its nuclear program as essential to defending the country’s very existence – the way Israel and Pakistan view their nuclear programs – then economic considerations would make little difference to Iran’s calculations. But defense is not the principal factor behind the Iranian nuclear program. Rather, Iran’s principal motives for its...
May 17, 2006
Developments over the last 10 months – including Iran’s abrogation in July of its agreement with the EU3 (Britain, France, and Germany), its resumption in August of uranium conversion at Isfahan, the end of its voluntary implementation of the IAEA Additional Protocol, the weak U.N.
May 17, 2006
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here Tuesday said that Iran was open to any proposal to resolve the nuclear issue as long as it acknowledges its legal and inalienable right to pursue nuclear energy under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Mottaki made the remarks at a meeting with ambassadors and heads of foreign missions in Tehran as...
May 17, 2006
Mr. Chairman I am grateful for the opportunity to speak to you and your colleagues about a matter of grave importance to the United States, namely Iran’s behavior and its nuclear program. The committee has asked me to comment on three subjects: Can Russia and China be helpful in pressuring Iran to change its present course? What are the...
May 17, 2006
The Foreign Relations Committee meets today to examine the situation in Iran and options for U.S. policy. We will have a second hearing on this topic tomorrow. As the American people and policy makers debate our course in Iran, I am hopeful that this Committee can contribute by being a bipartisan forum for clarifying the diplomatic situation and...
May 17, 2006
SEN. RICHARD G. LUGAR (R-IN): This meeting of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is called to order. The committee meets today to examine the situation in Iran and options for United States policy. We will have a second hearing on the same topic tomorrow.
May 17, 2006
As with all writing about Iran’s political process, it is important to be humble about what we can know. Our sources of information about Iranian decision-making are miserable and the Iranian governmental process is labyrinthine and unpredictable even for the most subtle and knowledgeable observers inside Iran and out. Even Iran’s public opinion...