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What Would it Take for Iran to Build a Bomb?

From On April 16, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Interview with Colin Kahl by Garrett Nada

via USIP 

What steps would be necessary for Iran to build a nuclear weapon?

President Obama has estimated that it would take Iran “over a year or so” for Iran to develop a nuclear weapon. But that device would likely be crude and too large to fit on [...]

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Disappointed in Almaty

From On April 9, 2013 · Leave a Comment

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by Charles Naas

The second round of talks in Almaty, Kazakhstan between the P5+1 (the US, UK, France, Russia, China and Germany) and Iran ended just about where they started — no advance from the March talks and the glimmer of hope that perhaps some kind of momentum could be established. Unlike Almaty [...]

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Has Israel backed down?

From On November 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak’s recent comments indicating that Israel has delayed its attack-Iran timeline by 8-10 months is causing a stir among Iran watchers. From the Daily Telegraph:

Earlier this year, however, Iran delayed the arrival of that moment. Tehran has amassed 189kg of uranium enriched to 20 per cent [...]

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Obama Aides Launch Preemptive Attack on New Iran Plan

From On October 17, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Although the place and time of the next round of talks on Iran’s nuclear programme have not yet been announced, the manoeuvring by Iran and the United States to influence the outcome has already begun.

Iran sought support for a revised proposal to the talks during the United Nations General [...]

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Back to Basics

From On October 12, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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A recent incident reminded me of the strong emotions that underlie thinking about Iran by some officials and ex-officials in the United States and parts of Europe.

In this instance, an academic who had questionedwhether Iran’s safeguards agreement gives the International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) a right to demand that Iran [...]

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Sanger in the NYT: Iran’s 9-step nuclear plan dismissed by US

From On October 5, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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David E. Sanger reports for the New York Times that Iran sought to use its UN venue last week to “drum up support” for a negotiating strategy of lifting sanctions in tandem with a “nine-step plan” for “gradually suspending” uranium enrichment:

The Iranian plan is based on a proposal made [...]

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Please exhale: Israel is not going to attack Iran

From On August 14, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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By Gary Sick

Every few months there is a concocted “crisis” involving suggestions that Israel is just on the verge of attacking Iran. This cycle started almost a decade ago, and it has repeated itself roughly annually, though sometimes more frequently.

In the early days, these alarms typically began with [...]

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Who’s the stranger in Moscow?

From On June 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Song: “Stranger in Moscow” by the late and great, Michael Jackson

Julian Borger, Laura Rozen and Scott Peterson report on the “wide gap” and the “nitty gritty” details of the latest round of nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 (the five permanent members of [...]

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Iran nuclear talks offer opportunity if the US wants it

From On April 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment

By Peter Jenkins

Joby Warrick and Greg Miller reported in the Washington Post on 8 April that White House officials are confident that Iran is not engaged in making nuclear weapons.

To those who follow closely the Iranian nuclear controversy this came as no surprise: it’s what the Director of National Intelligence has [...]

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