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Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The U.N. says that satellite photos show that Iran began constructing the recently-disclosed nuclear site at Qom in 2002. Iran maintains that construction began in 2007 in response to U.S. threats. The Los Angeles Times explains the significance of this lie: “The discrepancy in dates is a significant measure of Iran’s sincerity. Iran has long argued that because its parliament refused to...
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What Really happened (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) published new evidence Monday that Iran had been building “contingency centres” in the event of a U.S. bombing attack as early as 2002, years before it began building the second enrichment facility at Qom. But the latest report on Iran’s nuclear programme by the agency appeared to reject Iran’s account of how and when it had decided...
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1913 Intel (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
DEBKAfile’s military sources report that the UN inspectors’ October visit to Iran turned up dual-track progress in support of its nuclear weapons program: Feverish activity was registered in the production of plutonium at Isfahan as an alternative to the Fordo enriched uranium plant near Qom which starts up in 2011. DEBKAfile - Iran is advancing on [...]
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What Really happened (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
UN experts will visit a uranium enrichment plant south of Tehran on Thursday, as US President Barack Obama warned of "consequences" after Iran dismissed a UN-brokered nuclear fuel deal. "This site will from now on be under the IAEA. And for your information there will be another inspection tomorrow of this site in order to make sure that we are fully cooperating," Soltanieh told...
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FreeThoughtManifesto (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
By Gareth Porter, November 18, 2009 Courtesy Of Anti-War News The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) published new evidence Monday that Iran had been building "contingency centers" in the event of a U.S. bombing attack as early as 2002, years before it began building the second enrichment facility at Qom. But the latest report on Iran’s nuclear program by the agency appeared...
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France24 (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
UN inspectors were expected to visit Iran's controversial second uranium enrichment plant on Thursday, a day after Tehran rejected a Washington-backed nuclear fuel deal. The visit by the International Atomic Energy Agency team to the plant, which is being built near the Shiite holy city of Qom, was announced on Wednesday by Iran's envoy to the IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh. The inspection is the second...
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David Lindsay (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The Morning Star is not always right, but it certainly is this time : If you've been taking the US and Britain's recent pronouncements on Iran seriously, you're probably just about ready to stock up on canned food and start digging a fallout shelter in your back garden. Secret underground nuclear facilities? Breaches of non-proliferation rules? Dark hints of military action to stop the mad mullahs...
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Palestinian Pundit (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
By Gareth Porter Asia Times "Evidence produced by the International Atomic Energy Agency suggests that Iran's Qom uranium enrichment plant was constructed on one of many sites earmarked as early as 2002 as a "contingency center" in the event of a United States air attack. The big issue now is at what point the center evolved from a series of tunnels into a nuclear facility, and whether...
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Middle East Watch (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Reuters : "Building a second uranium enrichment site is a 'political message' from Iran that neither sanctions nor possible military attack will ever halt its nuclear program, a senior Iranian official said on Tuesday. In an interview, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's envoy to the U.N. nuclear watchdog, told Reuters the agency's concern Tehran may be hiding more nuclear work after it unveiled the...
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Israel Matzav (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The New York Times reports that the IAEA is 'highly skeptical' that the Qom facility is the only Iranian nuclear facility that had not been reported to the IAEA as of September. In unusually tough language, the International Atomic Energy Agency appeared highly skeptical that Iran would have built the enrichment plant without also constructing a variety of other facilities that would give it an
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Phronesisaical (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Ten days ago, news reports and blogs characterized the Qom site in Iran as “just a hole in a mountain.” This seems to have originated in a quote from Mohamad ElBaradei, which Reuters gives as “nothing to be worried about.” That’s probably accurate and cautiously directed at not upsetting the Geneva talks. Reuters’ headline, however, is “IAEA found nothing serious...
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What Really happened (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
The United Nations atomic watchdog said Iran could be constructing a number of covert nuclear installations in addition to a secret uranium-enrichment facility the Obama administration disclosed in late September. The International Atomic Energy Agency also said in a quarterly report released Monday that Iranian officials have told the U.N. that Tehran plans to begin operating the previously unknown...
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Memri Latest Blogs (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
The Iranian daily Jomhouri-e Eslami, which is close to the religious seminaries in Qom, has defined the criticism of Iran expressed by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during his meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama as a threat. The paper ... November 17, 2009, 10:12 am
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
The IAEA wants to know if Iran has other nuclear secrets - starting with a uranium conversion plant A short note on the IAEA's report to its board of governors on Iran yesterday. It is marked by the impatient and sceptical language that has become an increasingly regular feature of the agency's Iran reports. That scepticism shines brightest in the section about the Qom enrichment plant which IAEA...
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New English Review/The Iconoclast (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
From VOA: U.S. President Barack Obama says Iran will face consequences if it fails to show its nuclear program is peaceful and transparent. President Obama told a news conference in Beijing Tuesday that the U.S and China agree that Iran must provide assurance of its peaceful intentions to the international community. China and the U.S. are among six world powers (known as the P5+1) seeking a negotiated...
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