War Games Explore Military Options for Iran

Posted by Matt in February 7th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Iran, War, Confrontations, Hardline, Iran, Iranian Nuclear Threat, Leadership, Military Options, Nuclear Issue, Nuclear Weapons Issue, Prospects, Regime, Serious Games, tanks, Vengeance, War Games

What if Iran’s hardline leadership emerges from the current confrontations at home strengthened and emboldened? If so, the nuclear issue will be back with a vengeance. And three recent war games focused on the Iranian nuclear weapons issue suggest that the prospects for halting the regime’s progress toward nuclear weapons are not good.
The games — [...]

Videos About The Iranian Threat

Posted by Matt in December 5th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Videos, Diplomats, Entire World, Iran, Israel, NATO, Nato Headquarters, Nuclear Issue, Organization, Parameters, Peace And Security, Persian Gulf, Videos, Viewpoint

One official said that if the Iranian nuclear issue is not resolved, “It may develop into a threat to the peace and security of the entire world, not only in a specific region [like the Persian Gulf or Israel].” When asked whether NATO would defend states in the event of an Iranian assault he said [...]

Iran Is No Existential Threat | Foreign Policy

Posted by Matt in December 5th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Authors, Catastrophe, Cooperation, European Partners, Foreign Policy, Futility, IAEA, Insistence, Intransigence, Iran Nuclear, Nuclear Diplomacy, Nuclear Issue, Nuclear Program, Nuclear Technology, Nuclear War, sanctions, tehran, United States, Uranium Enrichment

The authors imply that Iran’s intransigence is effectively the fault of the West. If the West could just be a little nicer then the problem will go away.
The West’s inability to solve the Iranian nuclear problem will ultimately be a catastrophe for the West along the lines of nuclear war.
These developments again demonstrate the counterproductive [...]

IAEA shows photos alleging Iran nuclear missile work

Posted by Matt in September 16th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Iran, Missiles, Nuclear, Amp, bushehr, Detonator, Final Preparations, guardian, Guardian Co Uk, Guardian Uk, High Altitude, High Explosives, Hindu, IAEA, Intelligence, Iran Nuclear, Long Distance, Nuclear Blast, Nuclear Issue, Nuclear Missile, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Program, Nuclear Warhead, Photos, Revelation, Russia, U S News, Uranium

The IAEA wants Iran to clarify intelligence material pointing to links between Iranian projects to process uranium, test high explosives and modify the cone of its long-distance Shahab-3 missile in a way suitable for a nuclear warhead.
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Western concern was heightened by a revelation in the IAEA report that Iran may have had “foreign expertise” helping [...]