A top Iranian official say the country now has 4,000 working nuclear centrifuges.
Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Reza Sheik Attar made the claim to Iranian state media Friday, saying another 3,000 centrifuges will soon be installed at Iran’s main nuclear site in Natanz.
The centrifuges could significantly boost Iran’s ability to produce enriched uranium.
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Iran Claims to Have 4,000 Working Nuclear Centrifuges
Posted by Matt in August 29th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Iran, Nuclear, Ali Reza, Foreign Minister, Iran Nuclear, Iranian Official, Sheik, Uranium
Olmert to Obama: By late 2009, early 2010 Iran will be able to assemble nuclear bomb
Posted by Matt in July 23rd, 2008 | no comment
Published in Iran, Nuclear, Barack Obama, Ehud Olmert, Iran Nuclear, Israeli Prime Minister, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Military Option, Nuclear Bomb, Prime Minister Ehud, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Senator Barack Obama, Wednesday Night
Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert told visiting US Senator Barack Obama Wednesday night, July 23 that within little more than a year, Iran would be able to assemble all the components for a nuclear bomb. He said the international penalties to force Iran to give up its nuclear plans must be speeded up without removing [...]
Iran Orders Secret Network of Civilian Companies to Resume Nuclear Weapons Production
Posted by Matt in July 14th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Iran, Nuclear, Amir Abad, Intelligence Reports, Intelligence Sources, Iran Network, Iran Nuclear, Nuclear Inspection, Nuclear Weapon, Nuclear Weapons Production, Outskirts, Private Companies, Proclamations, Residential Building, Resume, Scrutiny, Teheran, tehran, United Nations, Weapon Production, Western Experts
The private front companies, hidden on the outskirts of Teheran, are designed to operate undetected by the United Nations nuclear inspection teams. Concerns that nuclear weapon production will continue despite Iran’s proclamations of peaceful use only have circulated among Western experts.
One of the front companies will be located in Amir Abad, western Tehran, intelligence sources [...]
Greece assists Israel as war with Iran looms
Posted by Matt in July 14th, 2008 | 1 comment
Published in Iran, Israel, 300 Spartans, Air Radar, Air Tactics, Batteries, Battle Of Thermopylae, Battle Of Thermopylae In 480 Bc, Greece, Greek Air, Ground Radar, Hartford Courant, Initial Reports, Iran Nuclear, Iranian Air, Israeli Air Force, Jerusalem Post, jets, Jewish State, Moscow Times, New York Times, Nuclear Threat, Persian Army, Play With Fire, Potemkin, Radar Systems, Russian System, S 300, S Media, Spartan, Tiny Land
Greece has the same Russian S-300 ground-to-air radar systems as Iran. A June 2008 exercise with Israel may be preparation for strike.
While the Israeli-Greek air tactics were amply reported in the world’s media after initial reports in the New York Times, the pivotal information from Greece’s S-300 batteries has remained below the radar. By swarming [...]
Europe faces Russian nuclear missile threat
Posted by Matt in July 12th, 2008 | 3 comments
Published in Europe, China, Cuba, Europe, Europeans, Faces, Interceptor Missiles, Iran, Iran Nuclear, Military Capabilities, Missile Defense System, Missile Threat, Missiles In Cuba, Nuclear Missiles, Nuclear Programs, Rogue State, Rogue States, Russia, Russian Nuclear Missile, Venezuela
How would we like it if Russia placed interceptor missiles in Cuba or Venezuela? That question is disingenuous. Both Russia and China have been quietly helping Iran with its missile and nuclear programs. And now they’re mad that we actually want to protect ourself from a rogue state that they’ve been helping for years. That’s [...]
More Iran Missiles Launched, Israel Shows Off New Spy Plane
Posted by Matt in July 10th, 2008 | no comment
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Iran claimed to have launched a fresh battery of missiles in war games near the strategic Strait of Hormuz in a muscle-flexing exhibition meant to demonstrate its willingness and ability to defend itself against an invasion by Israel or the United States.
And Israel put its latest spy plane on display, which it claims can track [...]
US Pentagon doubts Israeli intelligence over Iran’s nuclear programme
Posted by Matt in July 5th, 2008 | 2 comments
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Pentagon chiefs fear that Israeli plans for an attack on Iran’s nuclear programme will fail to destroy the facilities because neither the CIA nor Mossad knows where every base is located.
American commanders worry that Israel will feel compelled to act within the next 12 months with no guarantee that they can do more than slow [...]
Iran and Washington’s Israeli option
Posted by Matt in July 3rd, 2008 | no comment
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Will Israel attack Iran? I see the probability of an Israeli attack at less than 50% with the Olmert government.
Olmert knows he needs to stop Iran from producing nuclear weapons, but he just doesn’t have the will to pull off an attack on Iran.
The bottom line - we need to wait for a new Israeli [...]
‘Israel Will Not Stand By While Iran Builds the Bomb’
Posted by Matt in July 1st, 2008 | no comment
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Isaac Ben-Israel, a former Israeli Air Force general and now member of the ruling Kadima party, spoke with SPIEGEL about the limits of sanctions in dealing with Iran’s nuclear program. He says Israel is prepared to mount a military strike against the mullah regime if diplomacy fails. more…
Israel has a year to stop Iran bomb, warns ex-spy
Posted by Matt in June 28th, 2008 | no comment
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A former head of Mossad has warned that Israel has 12 months in which to destroy Iran’s nuclear programme or risk coming under nuclear attack itself. He also hinted that Israel might have to act sooner if Barack Obama wins the US presidential election.
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Israel and Iran: It’s Later Than You Think
Posted by Matt in June 26th, 2008 | no comment
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WITH oil prices at their present highs and Iraq at last making tentative progress towards stability, the last thing anyone wants to hear is that conditions in the Middle East could be about to take an abrupt turn for the worse. Unfortunately, they could. Recent weeks have brought a spike in chatter about the prospect [...]
Syria planned to supply Iran with nuclear fuel, Israel says
Posted by Matt in June 24th, 2008 | no comment
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Iran to get ICBMs before missile shield deployed
Posted by Matt in June 24th, 2008 | no comment
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Meanwhile experts believe Iran will be able to produce inter-continental ballistic missiles capable of reaching Europe, and possibly America, by 2015. Some intelligence reports suggest Iran will have obtained the amount of uranium needed for a nuclear weapon much sooner.
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The articles below show Iran developing the technology to enrich uranium, build a [...]
Exclusive: Israel’s air maneuver did not simulate possible Iran strike strategy
Posted by Matt in June 23rd, 2008 | no comment
Published in Iran, Israel, Military, Attack, Blitz, Capability, Conjunction, Crete, Greek Air Force, helicopters, Iran Nuclear, Israel, Israel Nuclear, Israeli Air Force, Long Distance, Maneuver, Military Sources, natanz, Nuclear Facilities, Reactor, Rehearsal, Tactic, Uranium Enrichment Plant, Warplanes
DEBKAfile’s Western military sources do not believe that if Israel does attack Iran’s nuclear facilities, it will resort to the old-fashioned aerial blitz tactic employed in 1981 for bombing Iraq’s Osirak reactor. They therefore challenge the US officials’ conclusion that Israel’s aerial exercise in conjunction with the Greek Air Force over Crete in early June [...]
Syria, NKorea helped Iran develop nuclear programme: German report
Posted by Matt in June 21st, 2008 | no comment
Published in Iran, Koreas, Nuclear, Syria, damascus, Der Speigel, Der Spiegel, German Report, Iran, Iran Nuclear, Israel, Kibar, Last September, Nkorea, North-Korea, Nuclear Bomb, Own Territory, pyongyang, Scientists, Spiegel, Syria
Damascus and Pyongyang helped Iran to develop its nuclear programme through the construction of a suspected nuclear site in Syria that Israel destroyed last September, Der Spiegel reported.
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he reports cited by Der Speigel claimed that North Korea was to help Iranian scientists to advance their nuclear programme, and that Al-Kibar was to have been used [...]
U.S. Says Exercise by Israel Seemed Directed at Iran
Posted by Matt in June 19th, 2008 | 1 comment
Published in Iran, Israel, American Officials, Iran Nuclear, Israel, Israel Nuclear, Military Exercise, Nuclear Facilities, Nuclear Program, Rehearsal, Seriousness, Strikes
Israel carried out a major military exercise earlier this month that American officials say appeared to be a rehearsal for a potential bombing attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
Several American officials said the Israeli exercise appeared to be an effort to develop the military’s capacity to carry out long-range strikes and to demonstrate the seriousness with [...]
Rising Risk of a Military Confrontation between Israel and Iran?
Posted by Matt in June 18th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Iran, Israel, War, Boycott, diplomacy, Doable, Europeans, Failure, Flames, German Magazine, Hat Tip, Iran Nuclear, Israel, Israelis, Maximus, Middle East, Military Confrontation, Nuclear Facilities, Sanctions Regime, Spiegel, tehran, Un Sanctions, Year End
Is there a significant chance that Israel will attack by year end Iran’s nuclear facilities? The German magazine Spiegel argues so in a two-part article “Mission Doable“ and “‘We Will See a Middle East in Flames’“ (hat tip to Fabius Maximus):
While the Europeans continue to pin their hopes on diplomacy and are convinced that [...]
Iran says West fails to stop nuclear advances
Posted by Matt in June 11th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Iran, Nuclear, Broadcast, China, Enemies, European Union, God, God S Help, Iran Nuclear, Iran Nuclear Crisis, Iranian Nation, Islamic Republic, Nuclear Program, sanctions, State Television, United States, Victory, Western Pressure
Western pressure has failed to stop Iran’s nuclear program from advancing, its president said on Wednesday, a day after the United States and the European Union warned of more sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
“With God’s help today (the Iranian nation) have gained victory and the enemies cannot do a damned thing,” Ahmadinejad said in a [...]
Growing talk of Iran attack
Posted by Matt in June 6th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Conflict, Iran, Israel, Nuclear, Bbc, Bush, Confrontation, Fears, Foreign Minister, Germany, haaretz, Iran Nuclear, Jeremy Bowen, Members Of The Un, Members Of The Un Security Council, Messrs, Middle East, Mr Fischer, Olmert, Speculation, Talks With Iran, Un Security Council
The BBC’s Middle East Editor, Jeremy Bowen, looks at increasing speculation that Iran may come under attack because of its nuclear programme.
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The talk has alarmed, among others, the former German Foreign Minister, Joshka Fischer.
Germany has, with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, taken the lead in talks with Iran about its nuclear [...]
Inspectors Discover Iran’s Nuclear Weapon Instruction Book
Posted by Matt in June 2nd, 2008 | no comment
Published in Iran, Nuclear, Allegations, Bomb, Cnn, Discover, Discovery, Exposed, Hemispheres, Intelligence, Iran Nuclear, Iran Nuclear Weapon, Nuclear Warheads, Nuclear Weapon, Page Document, Radical Islam, tehran, Uranium Metal
UN inspectors were shocked by the recent discovery of an Iranian document describing the process for making the potential core of a nuclear weapon.
Tehran called the allegations of pursuing bomb-making “baseless” and claimed that the intelligence was fabricated. However, the 15-page document appears to be the recipe for the process of machining uranium metal into [...]
Iran on track for nuclear milestone
Posted by Matt in May 31st, 2008 | no comment
Published in general, Big Strides, Iran Nuclear, Milestone, Nuclear Weapons Capability, Scientists, Threshold
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