Library Documents on Iran's Nuclear Program
March 6, 2006
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QUESTION: I came in a little late. I didn't hear the opening bell.
There are a lot of questions about Iran and nuclear. One goes back to an article, I think it was in the Post on Saturday, the notion that the U.S. would seek a 30-day cooling off period or moratorium or whatever, and if Iran didn't do something about its nuclear program, then...
March 6, 2006
The items on our meeting agenda relate to nuclear technology, safety and verification - all three of the Agency's areas of activity. I will discuss a few issues related to each area.
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Nuclear Verification
Status of Safeguards Agreements and Additional Protocols
March 5, 2006
Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, I would like to thank you for inviting me here to address this year's Policy Conference. Your work to help to raise awareness and inform debates on issues vital to the national security of both the United States and Israel is a major and important contribution. No doubt some of the issues you will be...
March 5, 2006
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani in an exclusive interview with the weekly magazine 'Time' on February 27 said that Iran will consider talks with the US to address concerns over the country's peaceful nuclear activities as well as the issues of the Muslim world.
The Islamic Republic of Iran is ready to hold direct...
March 5, 2006
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Larijani here Sunday said that if its nuclear dossier is reported to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), Iran will resume uranium enrichment.
Briefing domestic and foreign reporters on latest developments in the nuclear issue, he added that Iran does not welcome being...
March 2, 2006
The Committee on Foreign Relations meets today to examine the challenges posed by Iran’s campaign to acquire nuclear weapons. After more than two years of negotiations, Iran’s recent decisions to limit International Atomic Energy Agency inspections and restart uranium enrichment represent a fundamental challenge to global stability and efforts to...
March 2, 2006
After the International Atomic Energy Agency on February 4 voted to report Iran to the UN Security Council because of its concerns over its nuclear program, the rituals of diplomacy persist. The international community sees the Security Council move as ratcheting up the pressure in order to deter Iran from moving closer to a potential weapons...
March 2, 2006
SEN. RICHARD G. LUGAR (R-IN): This hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is called to order. We apologize to the audience and to our first witness this morning for tardiness. The committee has been privileged however to have an intelligence briefing on the subject before us this morning with Ambassador Negroponte, and we are grateful...
March 2, 2006
Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Secretary Ali Larijani here on Thursday announced that Iran will hold talks with the EU3 before the next IAEA meeting on Iran's nuclear program.
At a press conference in the Iranian embassy in Moscow, he said Tehran was determined to negotiate with representatives of the three influential European states (...
March 2, 2006
Mr. Chairman, I thank you for scheduling this timely hearing and also for arranging the intelligence briefing that we received earlier this morning. The world’s effort to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons is entering a very delicate stage. • Iran may accept the Russian proposal to turn Iran’s uranium hexafluoride into nuclear reactor...