Library Documents on Iran's Nuclear Program
June 4, 2003
On Iran, we have seen for some time indications of a clandestine program to develop nuclear weapons. The United States and its allies expressed concern at the Evian G-8 Summit about Iran''s covert nuclear weapons program, stating that "we will not ignore proliferation implications of Iran''s advanced nuclear program" and that "we offer our...
June 4, 2003
REP. HYDE: The committee will come to order. And we will begin the second panel. And I take great pleasure in welcoming John R. Bolton, the undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Bolton was senior vice president of the American Enterprise Institute, and has spent many years in public...
June 2, 2003
In the wake of September 11, 2001, and last week's terrorist bombings in Riyadh, America's relationship with Saudi Arabia has sunk to new lows. On the right, neoconservatives rail against Saudi support for extremist Islam and fume over the kingdom's refusal to allow American airmen to fly sorties from Prince Sultan Air Base during the Afghan war....
May 30, 2003
Iranian foreign minister Dr Kamal Kharrazi said on Friday that Tehran will sign the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)'s additional protocol if sanctions against it are lifted.
Dr Kharrazi told reporters on the sidelines of the 30th session of the foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Conference in Tehran on Friday that if all...
Kharrazi Holds Press Conference at the End of a Meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Countries
May 30, 2003
Negotiations between Iran and the U.S. is meaningful only when based on mutual respect and principle of equality, said Iranian foreign minister , Dr Kamal Kharrazi in a press conference held Friday, at the end of the 30th session of the foreign ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Countries (OIC) in Tehran.
May 29, 2003
This PolicyWatch is the third in a three-part series. Part I, by Michael Eisenstadt, examined the political and military challenges of preventing an Iranian nuclear breakout; Part II, by Michael Knights, examined the operational challenges of preemptive action.
May 28, 2003
This PolicyWatch is the second in a three-part series. Part I (PolicyWatch No. 760, "The Challenges of U.S. Preventive Action," by Michael Eisenstadt) examined the political and military challenges of preventing an Iranian nuclear breakout; Part III, by Jeffrey White, will examine potential Iranian responses to preemption.
Background
May 27, 2003
This PolicyWatch is the first in a three-part series. Future PolicyWatches by Michael Knights and Jeffrey White will examine the operational challenges of prevention, and potential Iranian responses.
May 27, 2003
Below, you will find hitherto undisclosed aspect of the Iranian regime's determined drive to acquire nuclear weapons. The information was compiled after extensive investigation by highly-placed sources of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) and put at the disposal of the National Council of Resistance of Iran.
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...