Can Iran produce 20 percent-enriched uranium?

Posted by Matt in February 8th, 2010 | 1 comment

Published in Iran, Nuclear, Centrifuge Equipment, centrifuges, defiance, Enrichment Plant, Enrichment Plants, Fuel Enrichment, Fuel Rods, Grade Material, Heu, Inefficiencies, Intelligence Services, Iran Iran, Leu, Reactor, Small Quantities, Stockpile, Technical Prowess, U 235, Uranium, Weapon Grade

Yes. Though Iran may encounter some challenges, it is technically equipped to produce 19.75 percent enriched uranium at the Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant (note, any uranium enriched to under 20 percent U-235 is classified by the IAEA as LEU; uranium enriched to 20 percent or greater is classified as high enriched uranium (HEU).
If Iran were [...]

DEBKAfile – Ahmadinejad taunts Israel, says Iran will enrich uranium to 20 percent

Posted by Matt in December 2nd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Censure, defiance, Enrichment Plant, Enrichment Plants, Iran, Iranian President Mahmoud, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Israel, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Taunts, tehran, Uranium, Watchdog

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday, Dec. 2, that Iran will enrich uranium to 20 percent. His latest show of defiance, focusing on the US and Israel, follows Tehran’s announcement of plans to build another 10 enrichment plants capable of producing 300 tons of enriched uranium a year in response to the UN nuclear watchdog’s [...]

Chinese oil demand fueling Iranian defiance

Posted by Matt in September 30th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Iran, Oil, China, Chinese Oil, defiance, Economy, Energy Industry, Iran, Oil Demand, Oil Oil, sanctions, Tough Talk, Trump Card

Despite tough talk from Washington, China needs Iran’s oil too much to support sanctions that might actually bite.
But the kind of sanctions that would really hit Iran’s economy – sanctions against its energy industry – are thought to be off the table because China and other nations are too reliant on Iran’s oil.

Oil: Iran’s trump [...]

DEBKAfile – Too late to stop Tehran, Obama aims to stifle an Israeli attack

Posted by Matt in September 27th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Barack Obama, Concealment, Confrontation, defiance, Histrionics, Iran, Islamic Regime, Israeli Attack, Maestro, Nuclear Capabilities, Nuclear Weapons Program, tehran, Uranium Enrichment Plant, Water Off A Duck

Maestro Barack Obama’s histrionics in New York and Pittsburgh Thursday and Friday, Sept. 24-25 – and his threat of “confrontation” for Iran’s concealment of its nuclear capabilities – were water off a duck’s back for Tehran, whose nuclear weapons program has gone too far to stop by words or even sanctions.
The Islamic regime only responded [...]

Iran’s nuclear ambitions threaten economic meltdown – Telegraph Blogs

Posted by Matt in September 25th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, China, defiance, Eminating, Enrichment Facility, Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Iran Nuclear, Nightmare Scenario, Nuclear Ambitions, Nuclear Meltdown, Revelations, Ruination, Russia, sanctions, Shock, Soil, Telegraph, Un Security Council, Uranium Enrichment, World Economy

The biggest threat to recovery in the world economy has long seemed to me to be not that of a further leg in the financial crisis or even the fiscal ruination of developed economies, but some kind of geo-political shock, most likely eminating from Iran.
Revelations of a second, covert uranium enrichment facility on Iranian soil [...]

Cleric says Iran in crisis, police fight protesters | GlobalPost

Posted by Matt in July 17th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Blogged, Central Tehran, Cleric, defiance, Disputed Election, Dissent, Flock Browser, Followers, Hardline, Islamic Republic, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Mousavi, Opposition Leader, Prayers, Protesters, Reuters, Supreme Leader, Tens Of Thousands, Weeks Clashes, Wide Margin

TEHRAN (Reuters) – In apparent defiance of Iran’s supreme leader, a powerful cleric declared the Islamic Republic in crisis after a disputed election, and tens of thousands of protesters used Friday prayers to stage the biggest show of dissent for weeks.
Clashes erupted in central Tehran between police and followers of opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi, who [...]

North Korea fires sixth missile and restarts nuclear plant

Posted by Matt in May 27th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Koreas, Missiles, Bloomberg, Bolton, Bridges, China Russia, Debates, defiance, East Coast, East Sea, Fires, Foxnews, Los Angeles Times, Missiles, New York Times, North-Korea, Nuclear Plant, Nuclear Tests, Ocregister, pyongyang, Range Missile, Regime, United States

North Korea is reported to have restarted its nuclear plant and fired another short-range missile in defiance of warnings from the United States that it would “pay the price” for its actions.
“The North appears to have launched a ground-to-ship missile into the East Sea shortly after 9pm Tuesday,” said the unnamed defence official. Pyongyang had [...]

North Korea has begun harvesting more plutonium

Posted by Matt in April 25th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Koreas, Nuclear, arsenal, Communist Nation, defiance, Fuel Rods, North-Korea, Nuclear Plant, plutonium, Rogue Program

North Korea said Saturday it has begun harvesting plutonium from spent fuel rods at its main nuclear plant to build up its atomic arsenal. The move, in defiance of tightening U.N. sanctions, threatened to further damage efforts to dismantle the communist nation’s rogue program.
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How to Overthrow a Government Without Guns

Posted by Matt in September 13th, 2008 | no comment

Published in general, Animosity, Array, Authorities, Bookstores, Brazil Uruguay, Brutal Nature, Chile, defiance, democracy, Democratization, Dictatorship, dictatorships, East Germany, Estonia Latvia, Farsi, Fires, Former Soviet Union, Guns, Hugo Chavez, Intrigue, Iranian Government, moscow, Nonviolent Resistance, Nonviolent Revolution, Opposition Activists, President Hugo Chavez, Repressive Regimes, Revolution, Russian Translations, South-Korea, Target, Unrest, Venezuela, Venezuelan President Hugo, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Wsj

Download English Version – Dictatorship to Democracy
In February, the Iranian government showed a fictionalized video on the dangers of foreign plots against the state. One of its stars: a mysterious American named Gene Sharp.
In June 2007, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez publicly accused Mr. Sharp of stirring unrest in Venezuela. Last year in Vietnam, authorities arrested [...]

Rising Gulf

Posted by Matt in July 28th, 2007 | no comment

Published in Dubai, Middle East, Arab States, Better Business, Borders, Civil War, defiance, Different Story, Dubai, Flat Screen Tvs, Gulf, Gulf Times, Israel Trade, Kuwait City, Middle East, Muscat, Palestinians, Persian Gulf, Phenomenon, Political Conflict, riyadh, Spits, Trade Barbs, Unprecedented Boom

An unprecedented boom is changing the regionâ€”and echoing far past its borders.
Aug. 6, 2007 issue – We all know the headlines by now: the Middle East is burning, right? So it seems, as Palestinians and Iraqis wage civil war, Lebanon seethes, Syria and Israel trade barbs and Iran spits defiance. Yet beyond the smoke a [...]