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“The Father of Iran’s Nuclear Programme”

From On April 4, 2013 · Leave a Comment

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by Peter Jenkins

Last week the BBC’s “Today” programme carried an interview with Dr. Akbar Etemad, who was in charge of Iran’s fledgling nuclear program between 1974 and 1978 and who has lived outside Iran since the Revolution.

Dr. Etemad spoke frankly of the instructions he received from Shah [...]

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2012 Predictions of war with Iran that didn’t Happen (20th Anniversary Edition)

From On January 2, 2013 · Leave a Comment

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It’s June 15, 1992. A news nugget on page A-12 of the Washington Post reports that the chief of Israel’s Air Force believes military action might be necessary to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons:

Maj. Gen. Herzl Budinger told Israeli television that if Iran’s intensive effort to develop [...]

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Al-Monitor: U.S. National Intelligence Estimate on Iran is from 2010, experts say

From On August 12, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Laura Rozen clears up the cloud of confusion over Ehud Barak’s comments last week implying that a new U.S. intelligence assessment on Iran that shares Israel’s assessment of Iran’s nuclear program had been released:

Several American former officials told Al-Monitor Thursday that they believed what Israeli officials may [...]

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Q&A with the ACA’s Daryl Kimball about Iran’s Nuclear Program

From On June 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Since 2001, Daryl Kimball has been the the executive director of the Arms Control Association, a private, non-profit membership organization dedicated to public education and support of effective arms control measures. Mr. Kimball’s expertise includes nuclear nonproliferation issues, the Nonproliferation Treaty and he is a frequent commentator on Iran’s nuclear program. He recently took [...]

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Q&A with the ACA’s Daryl Kimball about Iran’s Nuclear Program

From On February 13, 2012 · 2 Comments

Since 2001, Daryl Kimball has been the the executive director of the Arms Control Association, a private, non-profit membership organization dedicated to public education and support of effective arms control measures. Mr. Kimball’s expertise includes nuclear nonproliferation issues, the Nonproliferation Treaty and he is a frequent commentator on Iran’s nuclear program. He recently took [...]

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Thielmann: Anything New In 2011 NIE?

From On February 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment

The Arms Control Association’s Greg Theilmann looks at some of the information creeping out of this year’s new National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), and deducts that it doesn’t look like there will be many surprises about Iran.

The administration of Barack Obama has taken its sweet time preparing the report, perhaps because a consensus opinion [...]

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Does Iran Want a Bomb? State Spox: "Ask Ahmadinejad"

From On February 18, 2011 · 1 Comment

The official position of the U.S. on Iran is still – rightfully — that no one can be sure that the Iranians are bent on making a nuclear weapon.

In a briefing yesterday, acting State Department spokesperson Mark Toner put an exclamation on this when he was asked if the Iranians “want a bomb or [...]

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Iranian Bomb Won't Trigger Mid East Nuclear Arms Race

From On September 23, 2010 · 3 Comments

Two proliferation experts had a provocative piece in the International Herald Tribune, the global edition of The New York Times, on Wednesday. William Potter and Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova of the Monterey Institute conducted a multi-year study examining declassified national intelligence estimates (NIEs), and concluded “if one nation should decide to disavow its nonproliferation commitments, [...]

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The Daily Talking Points

From On September 22, 2010 · 1 Comment

News and views relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for September 22.

Politico: Former Amb. Stuart Eizenstat and Mark Brzezinski, a former Clinton NSC official and Obama campaign adviser, write an opinion piece raising the curtain on the upcoming National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran. They call the 2007 NIE, which said Iran had halted [...]

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