Library Documents on Iran's Nuclear Program
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
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
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 16, 2006
Unofficial translation from Russian
Foreign Minister Lavrov: Good afternoon, esteemed colleagues. Important events were held yesterday and today, first in Shanghai and then in Beijing. In Shanghai the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers' session took place, the principal task of which was preparations for the upcoming summit of this organization...
May 16, 2006
. . .
IRAN/NUCLEAR ISSUE
Q - According to diplomats, proposals are in the air for the EU to offer Iran a nuclear plant built by Siemens and Areva. Can you confirm that this is being considered?
May 14, 2006
Iran will never give up its legitimate rights as stipulated by Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in return for a package of incentives offered by the European states, deputy head of Majlis Commission for National Security and Foreign Policy, Mohammad Nabi Roudaki said on Sunday.
He told reporters that France called for guarantee for securing Iran...
May 13, 2006
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in Bali, Indonesia on Saturday that the report on Iran's uranium enrichment higher than 4.8 percent is false.
He told reporters at the venue of Summit of Eight Developing States (D8) in reaction to the media speculations that inspectors of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have found traces of uranium...
May 10, 2006
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here Wednesday that Iran will reject decisions of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) or UN Security Council on its nuclear programs which it believes are against international law, rules or regulations.
Ahmadinejad, who arrived in Jakarta, Indonesia, at the head of a high-ranking politico-...
May 9, 2006
Mr George Bush,
President of the United States of America
For sometime now I have been thinking, how one can justify the undeniable contradictions that exist in the international arena -- which are being constantly debated, specially in political forums and amongst university students. Many questions remain unanswered. These have prompted me to...