Iran&#39;s nuclear ambitions
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Western powers are struggling to decide how to react to Iran&#39;s fledgling nuclear programme. Take a hard line, and the Iranian people may side with the hawks in their government, who want to develop nuclear weapons.
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Despite Iran&#39;s defiant attitude, the world&#39;s nuclear watchdog agency is giving the country&#39;s leaders one more chance to resolve doubts over an alleged forbidden weapons program.
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VIENNA, OCTOBER 6: Iran began processing uranium more than a week ago to prepare it for enrichment - a process that can be used to make nuclear weapons â-n defiance of the United Nationsâ nuclear watchdog, a diplomat said on Wednesday.
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Iran began processing uranium more than a week ago to prepare it for enrichment -- a process that can be used to make nuclear weapons -- in defiance of the United Nations
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The latest troubling news on Iran&#39;s burgeoning nuclear program should finally be enough to persuade the international community that it&#39;s time to rein in the authoritarian regime&#39;s ambitions before it acquires the capacity to deploy horrifying weapons in
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Iran seems determined to defy the international community and continue to develop a nuclear bomb. That&#39;s no longer in dispute.
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TEHRAN, Iran -- From this country's divisive political sphere to its disaffected streets, one thing binds Iranians of all ideologies: a fervent belief in the Islamic Republic's right to its nuclear program.
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Defying UN agency orders, Iran starts to enrich uranium. Is it for energy or a weapon? By Scott Peterson | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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Iran claims that it can produce enough weapons-grade uranium for a nuclear weapon within a year. According to Undersecretary of State John Bolton, &quot;We cannot let Iran, a leading sponsor
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Iran's nuclear weapon program has become a pressing issue, even more so after North Korea joined the exclusive club. There have been a lot of hand-wringing, negotiations and threatening involving Iran. But no action. And any action seems unlikely or - at the most - ineffective. In this article I argue that economic sanctions even if imposed will not be effective in stopping Iran's nuclear program, and that military intervention is unlikely. Therefore Iran will join the nuclear club and it is only a matter of time.
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A new report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) hardly lessens Western unease over Iran&#39;s possible nuclear intentions.
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VIENNA: Iran defied the UN yesterday by announcing it has begun converting a large amount of raw uranium to prepare it for enrichment, a process that can be used to develop atomic bombs.
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It is unclear if Iran&#39;s nuclear ambitions are entirely peaceful, but there is still no firm evidence that Tehran is secretly developing atomic weapons as Washington asserts, the UN nuclear watchdog said Tuesday.
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Major powers are considering proposals for sanctions on Iran's nuclear ambitions that include penalties against Tehran's Revolutionary Guards as well as the Tehran's state-owned Bank Sepah.
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TEHRAN: Iran pledged yesterday it was still committed to suspending parts of its sensitive nuclear activities as of today and that alarm over its last minute uranium conversion activities was merely US &quot;propaganda&quot;.
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The nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea were President Bush&#39;s chief concerns at the 21-nation summit in Santiago, Chile, along with trade and economic issues.
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Once again, Iran has sent out a clear signal that it intends to become a nuclear power, presenting President George W. Bush or his successor with the next major foreign policy dilemma.