Library Documents on Iran's Nuclear Program
February 2, 2006
Danielle Pletka: Good morning, everyone. Thanks for your patience. I'm Danielle Pletka. I'm the Vice President for Foreign and Defense Policy Studies here at the American Enterprise Institute. We are having, which we often do, but I'm pleased that we're having an especially timely event today. The Board of Governors of the International Atomic...
February 2, 2006
The Permanent Mission of Islamic Republic of Iran to the International Atomic Energy Agency presents its compliments to the Agency's Secretariat and has the honour to request the letter of Ambassador Soltanieh together with the enclosed text of the message of H.E. Dr. Larijani, the Secretary of Supreme Security Council of Islamic Republic of...
February 2, 2006
President Bush has made clear on numerous occasions that the paramount security challenge of our time is to prevent the world’s most dangerous weapons from falling into the hands of the world’s most dangerous regimes. We have reoriented U.S. national security policy to confront this challenge, and Iran today provides a key test of our efforts....
February 1, 2006
An air attack on Iran by Israel or U.S. forces would be aimed at setting back Iran’s nuclear program by at least five years. A ground offensive to terminate the regime is not feasible given other commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan. Though such attacks would severely damage Iran’s nuclear and missile programs Iran would still retain...
February 1, 2006
Since August 2002, when a controversial Iranian opposition group disclosed previously unknown details of Iran’s clandestine efforts to develop a nuclear capability, the world has been jolted awake to a new threat: the frightening specter of a nuclear Iran. Three-and-a-half years on, much is still unknown about the Islamic Republic’s atomic...
February 1, 2006
Crafting an effective strategy for dealing with a nuclear Iran is likely to be one of the most difficult defense and foreign policy challenges facing the United States in the coming decade.
February 1, 2006
This morning the committee is meeting to consider the implications of a nuclear Iran. A nuclear Iran would radically alter the security situation in the Middle East at the same time it called into question the continued relevance of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and our efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. The big question, of...
February 1, 2006
In a world with many contestants for “the most important challenge we face,” I believe none is more important than integrating Iran into the mainstream of modern international society. Iran is the biggest, most economically capable country in Southwest Asia. It has the most vibrant civil society in the region (outside of Israel). This civil...
February 1, 2006
An explanatory memorandum, and a draft resolution on the implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran, submitted by the Resident Representatives of France, Germany and the United Kingdom, by letter dated 1 February 2006, are herewith circulated.
February 1, 2006
HUNTER: The committee will come to order. We'll get started quickly so let me make just a very brief comment here. We obviously are focusing on the war-fighting theaters as we come into this new year and a lot of us have been over the theater here recently to look at the requirements and progress, at the projections, but at the same time we need...