Library Documents on Iran's Nuclear Program
October 5, 2005
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QUESTION: A question on Iran?
MR. MCCORMACK: Yes.
QUESTION: Yes, Sylvie.
Do you have any sense from your European counterparts that they are preparing to restart talks with Iran?
MR. MCCORMACK: I don't have any update for you on that. We've encouraged the Iranians to return to talks with the EU-3, but I don't have any particular update for...
September 30, 2005
Text of speech by Supreme National Security Council Secretary HassanRohani to the Supreme CulturalRevolution Council; place and date not given: ʺBeyond the Challenges Facing Iran and the IAEA Concerning the Nuclear Dossierʺ Rahbord (in Persian), 30 September 2005, pp 7‐38.
September 29, 2005
GERECHT: ... let me state the obvious, which isn't often stated, and that is, American foreign policy toward the Islamic Republic since 1979 has largely been successful.
America certainly should not take a lot of credit for the failure of Iran's revolution. And let's be perfectly clear. For the vast majority of Iranians, including the clergy,...
September 29, 2005
Before I describe the serious and growing problems we have with clerical Iran, let me state the obvious: America’s foreign policy toward the Islamic Republic since 1979 has largely been successful. America certainly should not take a lot of credit for the failure of Iran’s revolution—and let us be perfectly clear, for the vast...
September 29, 2005
It is my view that Iran is on the rise. No other country in the region can rival it and Iran’s influence is strong. As the new Iranian President’s speech at the United Nations demonstrated, Iran intends to pursue its nuclear program – whether or not it is sanctioned by the international community – and it is willing to...
September 28, 2005
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.
Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran on the Resolution of IAEA Adopted by a Group of Members of the Board of Governors.
The Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency finally put to vote on 24 September 2005 Resolution Gov/2005/70, while...
September 28, 2005
Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Larijani here Wednesday said that Iran in order to have access to nuclear technology has no alternative but to resist pressures by big powers.
September 27, 2005
Iran on Tuesday said it may discontinue all its voluntary measures and include other actions on its agenda if the un nuclear watchdog and the European states refuse to correct their mistake.
Foreign ministry spokesman Asefi made the remark in his weekly press conference while referring to a statement issued by the foreign ministry Monday night on...
September 26, 2005
This forty-ninth session of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency comes less than two weeks after the World Summit in New York.
September 26, 2005
Iran has been a troublesome state for the West since the Iranian revolution of 1978 deposed the Western-oriented Shah, Muhammad Reza Pahlavi. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who emerged eventually as the unchallenged leader of revolutionary Iran, preached a messianic form of Shi’i Islam that he conceived as waging a continuous struggle against the...