Relying on Computer, U.S. Seeks to Prove Iran's Nuclear Aims

Saturday, 12 November 2005

The Laptop By WILLIAM J. BROAD and DAVID E. SANGER The New York Times, November 12 - Nuclear analysts at the international atomic agency studied the laptop documents and found them to be credible evidence of Iranian strides, European diplomats said. A dozen officials and nuclear weapons experts in Europe and the United States with detailed knowledge of the intelligence said in interviews that they believed it reflected a concerted effort to develop a warhead. "They've worked problems that you don't do unless you're very serious," said a European arms official. "This stuff is deadly serious."

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Iran may still be hiding atomic activity: Germany

Thursday, 10 November 2005

Reuters, November 10 - Iran is not being fully open with U.N. inspectors about its nuclear program and may still be hiding something from the international community, Germany's designated foreign minister said on Thursday.

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Iran-Nuclear: Covert nuclear activities in Iran

Thursday, 10 November 2005

NCRI, November 9 - Following the adoption of a harshly worded resolution by the European Union on Monday setting out the conditions to continue talks with the Iranian regime, and threats of it being referred to the UN Security Council for not complying with IAEA's requirements, Ali Larijani, secretary of mullahs' Supreme National Security Council, told reporters today: "Iran cannot be intimidated by the Security Council. We do not take such threats seriously."

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Iran-UK: Britain's Straw warns Iran on nuclear compliance

Wednesday, 09 November 2005

Reuters, November 9 - British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw on Wednesday said referring Iran to the U.N. Security Council remained an option if Tehran did not comply with international obligations on its nuclear activities. Speaking after talks with the Russian leadership on Tehran's nuclear program, Straw told reporters: "I say this on behalf of the EU3 (Britain, France and Germany): We do not wish to see Iran referred to the Security Council."

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Canada pushes for adoption of UN resolution on human rights in Iran

Wednesday, 09 November 2005

Canadian Press, UNITED NATIONS, November 9 - Canada has introduced a UN resolution expressing concerns over the violation of human rights in Iran, Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew said Tuesday. The General Assembly is expected to vote on it this week, perhaps as early as Wednesday. The resolution, co-sponsored by 38 other countries, calls upon the Iranian government to abide by its international obligations on human rights, Pettigrew said in a news release.

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Iran-Nuclear: UN nuclear watchdog chief says Iran must be more transparent

Monday, 07 November 2005

Agence France Presse, WASHINGTON, November 7 - UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei has called on Iran to be more transparent about its atomic energy program to ease international fears that it is aiming to obtain a nuclear weapon. At an international nongovernmental conference here marking the 60th anniversary of the first official nonproliferation proposal, ElBaradei said Tehran must come clean on its nuclear intentions.

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Iran-UK: Iran Preventing Mideast Progress - Blair

Monday, 07 November 2005

Associated Press, London, November 7 - British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Monday that Iran's support of terrorism was preventing political progress being made in the Middle East and elsewhere. Blair, addressing a monthly news conference Monday, said: "We know Iran supports terrorism around the Middle East it should stop it; until it stops it, there will be a deep dismay about the Iranian regime right 'round the world. They've just got to accept that," Blair said.

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Italy Upbraids Iran on Israel Stance

Sunday, 06 November 2005

Associated Press, November 6 - Italy said Sunday that Iran was isolating itself with its call for the destruction of Israel — the latest retort reflecting increasing diplomatic tensions between the two countries. "No one wants to isolate Iran," Italy's Foreign Ministry said. "On the contrary we all hope that Tehran, adopting responsible conduct, wants to play a role of stabilization in its region, but it is Iran which inevitably isolates itself the moment it denies the right to exist to another state and other people."

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Iran-Nuclear: European diplomat rejects Iranian talks request

Sunday, 06 November 2005

Agence France Presse, VIENNA, November  6 - A European Union diplomat said an Iranian request Sunday to resume nuclear talks with the EU was unacceptable since Iran has still not suspended all nuclear fuel work. "No, definitely not," the diplomat from one of the three EU countries that had been negotiating with Iran said about talks resuming on giving the Islamic Republic trade and other benefits in exchange for guarantees Tehran is not trying to make nuclear weapons.

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