Iran News Roundup 11/17
Top Story Action on Iran at the UN: With the IAEA Board of Governors meeting today, the Washington Post is reporting that China and Russia have agreed to sign on to a resolution condemning Iran, over the IAEA’s most recent report that will not include the harsher language that the U.S. had sought (Washington Post 11/17). […]
Iran News Roundup 11/15
Details and questions about explosion near Tehran that killed IRGC general Skepticism is emerging about Tehran’s claims that the recent explosion in Iran was an accident and not an Israeli attack. The NY times reported one of the casualties in the explosion was a Revolutionary Guard general who was a key figure in developing Iran’s […]
Congress Playing Dangerous Game on Iran Sanctions
Are Congress and the White House on a collision course over Iran? That’s looking increasingly likely, as Congressional proponents of the “nuclear option” of sanctions — sanctioning the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) — try to force President Obama to pull the trigger. But the White House has reportedly decided against the nuclear option, saying […]
Iran News Roundup 11/8
Israeli war talk continues amidst ex-Mossad chiefs’ objections and world leaders’ concern Israel plans on issuing a statement calling for tougher sanctions on Iran in response to expected IAEA report. Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak said “lethal” sanctions required and until then “we continue to recommend to our friends in the world and to ourselves, not to […]
New IAEA report on Iran nuclear program
Available here. For analysis, check out the ISIS report here. Special Bonus: CRS report on Iran’s ballistic missile available here.
Who are we supposed to believe?
Yesterday’s IAEA report on Iran’s nuclear program caused quite a stir about when Iran might reach a so-called “breakout capacity” for nuclear weapons development. According to William Broad and David Sanger of the New York Times: Iran has now produced roughly enough nuclear material to make, with added purification, a single atom bomb. The nuclear […]
New IAEA report issued on Iran nuclear program
The IAEA released its latest report on the Iranian nuclear program today. I haven’t had a chance to look at it yet, but will post some thoughts later. More to come…