he added, noting, "They (inspectors) have so far come and investigated it whenever they have wanted, and from now on, can come and check that again a hundred times. We will never go after developing nuclear weapons."
A growing body of evidence leaves less and less doubt that Iran's drive to develop an indigenous, closed nuclear-fuel cycle is tied to the ambitions of its leadership to possess a nuclear weapons capability. Notwithstanding the protestations ...
In a startling declaration, an Iranian lawmaker has asserted that the Islamic Republic of Iran possesses atomic weapons but has refrained from officially acknowledging it. The revelation comes amid ongoing international scrutiny over Iran's nuclear program and its compliance with the Joint Comprehensive ...
"We are the first country to call for a Middle East free of nuclear weapons," he said. When the highest jurist and authority in the country's leadership issues a fatwa, this will be binding for all of us to follow. So, this fatwa will be our top agenda." Mehmanparast said Westerners...
want that, and there has been no decision to do that," Kharrazi told Al Jazeera. "In the past, and within just a few days, we were able to enrich uranium up to 60%, and we can easily produce 90% enriched uranium. But what we want is a Middle East without any nuclear weapons."...
TEHRAN, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Thursday that the Islamic republic is looking for "peaceful" use of nuclear energy, and "not for nuclear weapons," according to the leader's official website. ...
North Korea developed its first nuclear weapons in no more than 8 years. Unreported by the mainstream media are warnings that Iran might already have the bomb by such experts as former Director of Central Intelligence R. James Woolsey; former Chairman of the National Intelligence Council Fritz Er...
the Middle East, with Israel increasingly looking like it could attack Iran’s nuclear facilities. Whether or not the United Stateswill be drawn into such a conflictremains to be seen. The risk of a war between Israel and Iran begs the question, could Israel use nuclear weapon...
The US administration keeps "hoping the mullahs will leave before Iran gets a nuclear weapons capability," said an official familiar with policy discussion. Intelligence estimates are designed to alert the president of national security developments and help guide policy, the Post said. Enditem...
Mark Fitzpatrick, ``Lessons Learned from Iran's Pursuit of Nuclear Weapons,'' Nonproliferation Review 13 (November 2006), p. 527; George Perkovich, remarks at a panel discussion, ``Dealing with Iran's Nuclear Ambitions: What Future Strategy for the International Community?'' Carnegie Endowment ...