Library Documents on Iran's Nuclear Program
February 23, 2005
President Mohammad Khatami on Wednesday called on Europeans to secure guarantees for Iran`s continued peaceful nuclear technology and activities.
Speaking at a press conference at the end of a cabinet session, Khatami said Iran would in return guarantee that would not deviate from the path for peaceful use of nuclear energy.
February 23, 2005
Vice-Chairman of the China National People's Congress (NPC) Jiang Zhenghua on Tuesday expressed support for Iran's nuclear stance and hoped the case would be settled within the framework of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
In a meeting with the Iranian delegation of the two countries' parliamentary friendship group, headed by...
February 23, 2005
Iranian foreign minister, Dr Kamal Kharrazi, on Wednesday, after cabinet meeting told reporters: We are decided to continue uranium enrichment; and others cannot stop this process.
He spoke of continuation of Iran`s talks with the three European countries (France, Germany and Britain) on nuclear issues, and said: We are being involved in...
February 17, 2005
Wednesday`s explosion in the southern Iranian province of Bushehr has not affected the work of Russian specialists who are building a nuclear power plant in this region.
"Russian specialists and the plant itself were not affected by the explosion," an official at the personnel department ofAtomstroiexport, the project general contractor, told Itar...
February 17, 2005
Iranian Ambassador to the UK, Mohammad Hossein Adeli, has suggested that a successful outcome to the ongoing discussions to reach long term arrangements on Iran`s nuclear program could redress the imbalance between the EU and US." Effective European negotiation with Iran maybe one way by which Europe could revive some balance," Adeli told...
February 17, 2005
Minister of Defense said here Wednesday that any aggression to the Iranian territory, wether, nuclear or non-nuclear centers will elicit a swift response.
Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani also denied rumors of a military attack on the `Daylam` located at 200-kms of the southern city of Bushehr. "There has not been any incidents in this area, he added...
February 17, 2005
Just north of the Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF) at Esfahan, Iran is constructing a tunnel facility. The tunnel is fairly long, and has two entrances, separated by less than half a kilometer. Construction on the tunnel began in September or October 2004, and Iran is working very hard to finish the project.
February 16, 2005
This is the third time I report to you that Defense Intelligence is engaged in a war on a global scale. Most of the forces and issues involved in this war were addressed in my testimony last year. Several increased in severity or changed in composition. Few, unfortunately, decreased.
February 16, 2005
When it comes to Iran’s nuclear program, most U.S. and allied officials are in one or another state of denial. All insist it is critical to prevent Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Yet, few understand just how late it is to attempt this. Iran is now no more than 12 to 48 months from acquiring a nuclear bomb, lacks for nothing technologically...
February 16, 2005
REP. HENRY HYDE (R-IL): The committee will be in order. The Committee on International Relations meets today on the United States policy toward Iran, next steps. Unlike our hearing last week on the Middle East peace process, this topic is one with respect to which good news is quite scarce. Except for the ongoing conflict in Iraq, the difficulties...