Library Documents on Iran's Nuclear Program
May 15, 2003
Most analyses of Iran's nuclear program are riveted on Iran's covert efforts and the question of when Iran might get its first bomb. While interesting, this question tends to downplay a much more important point: Iran can come within weeks of acquiring a large arsenal of weapons without breaking the rules of the NPT or IAEA and perhaps do so even...
May 6, 2003
The Islamic Republic of Iran which took its first serious step in this field in the mid 1950s by establishing the Atomic Center of Tehran University has based its nuclear development program on peaceful use of this advanced technology. My country's nuclear development plan has been subject to variations from time to time, but because of the...
April 24, 2003
THE MINISTER - Let me say first how pleased I am to be in Iran today.
Following my visits to Jordan and Turkey, I've had intensive and very constructive talks with Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi and am very pleased shortly to be having meetings with President Khatami and the Chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council, the former Iranian...
April 1, 2003
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The Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) hereby submits this report in response to a Congressionally directed action in Section 721 of the FY 97 Intelligence Authorization Act, which requires:
"(a) Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 6 months thereafter, the Director of...
March 17, 2003
In February 2003, he [the Director General of IAEA] had visited the Islamic Republic of Iran at the invitation of the Government to discuss its plans for the use of nuclear power and also information that had come to the Secretariat's knowlege in September 2002 regarding the development of nuclear fuel cycle facilities there.
March 17, 2003
Our agenda for this meeting covers a broad range of issues, once again touching on all three Agency pillars - technology, safety and verification. I will discuss a number of topics related to each of these pillars, as well as a number of management issues.
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Visit to Iran Last month
March 14, 2003
On the Upcoming 4th Meeting of the Russian-Iranian Intergovernmental Commission and a Meeting of the Trade Promotion Working Group in Teheran
The 4th meeting of the Russian-Iranian Intergovernmental Commission and a meeting of the Trade Promotion Working Group (within the Commission) will be held in Teheran on March 16-18.
March 14, 2003
Iran is building a high security uranium enrichment facility using gas centrifuges near Natanz. This site is about 40 kilometers southeast of Kashan and about 150 kilometers north of Isfahan. The IAEA has characterized the centrifuges at this site as sophisticated and the culmination of a large, expensive effort.
February 20, 2003
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohammad El Baradei, is making a critical visit to Iran this weekend. His visit could reveal much about whether Iran intends to obtain nuclear weapons, or whether Tehran is willing to take the necessary steps to convince the international community that its nuclear program is peaceful, as...
February 20, 2003
The clerical regime is taking advantage of the current crisis in the region, and accelerated its efforts to obtain nuclear weapons. The mullahs' strategy is bent on acquiring weapons of mass destruction, especially nuclear weapons to change the balance of power in the region in its favor and pave the way for exporting fundamentalism and terrorism.