Library Documents on Iran's Nuclear Program
November 5, 2004
Iran`s suspension of uranium enrichment is negotiable only for confidence-building but not for an indefinite period, said an Iranian official. "Islamic Republic rejects any suspension which obliges the country to terminate its peaceful nuclear programme," head of Supreme National Security Council`s foreign policy committee Hossein Mousavian told...
November 2, 2004
Threats of nuclear weapons proliferation emerge episodically on the world scene like Steven Bochco cop dramas.
In the 1980s and early '90s, the world watched anxiously as Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, Taiwan, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus either acquired or were trying to acquire the bomb. Each episode ended happily, as the United States and...
November 1, 2004
The General Assembly today affirmed its confidence in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and urged global cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, following the annual address by Agency Chief Mohamed ElBaradei.
Adopting a resolution by a recorded vote of 123 in favour to one against (Democratic People's Republic of Korea)...
November 1, 2004
The Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) hereby submits this report in response to a congressionally directed action in Section 721 of the FY 1997 Intelligence Authorization Act, which states:
(a) Reports
The Director of Central Intelligence shall submit to Congress an annual report on -
(1) The acquisition by foreign countries during the...
November 1, 2004
What makes the nuclear discussion sensitive is that the nuclear technologies and technologies related to the [nuclear] fuel cycle are particularly sensitive technologies. This is because having fuel cycle capability almost means that the country that possesses this capability is able to produce nuclear weapons, should that country have the...
October 28, 2004
Supreme leader of Islamic revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei received here on Wednesday heads of three branches of government, chairman of expediency council, cabinet ministers, MPs, judiciary officials and other senior civil and military officials. In the meeting, the Supreme leader said, "The more the system`s officials should pursue...
October 27, 2004
A group of reporters from Iran, U.S., the Netherlands and Germany inspected Iran`s Qatran nuclear site of Qatran or Arak Heavy Water. Head of the Research and Development (R&D) Department at Arak Qatran Complex Manouchehr Madadi said the complex is Iran`s first heavy water plant, meeting 99.8 percent of domestic requirements, including in the...
October 25, 2004
Iran is voluntarily cooperating with the U.N. nuclear watchdog to show to the world that U.S. allegations on Tehran`s secret programs to develop nuclear weapons are totally baseless and sheer lies, said a top security official here Monday. Talking to reporters after a Majlis session Monday, Secretary of Iran`s Supreme National Security Council...
October 25, 2004
Government spokesman Abdollah Ramezanzadeh refuted Monday reports that Iran had categorically rejected a European proposal to end standoff over Tehran`s nuclear program. The statements came a day after Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi described the proposal as `unbalanced`, triggering speculations among world media, amid reports that...
October 25, 2004
The Prime Minister has outlined the government's law and order agenda in his monthly press conference.
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QUESTION: Given that Iran is Opec's second largest oil exporter and that we and the Americans need that oil to drive our cars, how much pressure can we really put on the Iranians over their nuclear programme?