Iran’s web of secret wars

Posted by Matt in February 19th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Iran, Combating Terrorism, Conflict, Conflicts, Cooperation, Eritrea, Gaza, International Security, Iran, Lebanon, Liaisons, Minimal Involvement, Nuclear Program, Rebels, Regimes, S System, Somalia, Tie Down, Uranium Enrichment, Wages, Western Resources

As the world focuses on Iran’s uranium enrichment and its stance on the nuclear program there is a potentially much larger threat of Iranian power to international security taking place. Iran fuels conflict within the Middle East and beyond in an attempt to consolidate its influence and tie down western resources in these conflicts. This [...]

Iran couples upped uranium enrichment with violent threats

Posted by Matt in February 9th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Iran, Ali Khamenei, Arrogance, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Bahman, Couples, Echoes, Espionage, God, Insult To Injury, Iran, Iran Nuclear, Iranian Nation, Nuclear Test, Open Defiance, Percent Grade, Ruler, tehran, Terrorism Security, Unity, Uranium Enrichment, Violent Threats

Could we see Iran’s first nuclear test on Feb. 11th? Something big is coming up on Feb. 11th based on the comment by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Apparently, it will leave us stunned. That sounds like a nuclear test to me.
Tehran followed through on its leaders’ promise to start home-processing of uranium up to 20 percent [...]

West pushes for ’strong sanctions’ against Iran

Posted by Matt in February 8th, 2010 | no comment

Published in general, Bbc, Bbc News, International Sanctions, Sanctions Against Iran, Uranium Enrichment

Pressure is building in the West for new international sanctions against Iran, following its announcement that it will step up uranium enrichment.
BBC News – West pushes for ’strong sanctions’ against Iran

Pakistani scientist depicts more advanced nuclear program in North Korea – washingtonpost.com

Posted by Matt in December 28th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Koreas, Nuclear, Pakistan, 1990s, Atomic Bomb, Bomb Program, North-Korea, Nuclear Program, Nuclear Weapons, Pakistan, pyongyang, Scientist, Uranium Enrichment, Washingtonpost

North Korea has constructed a plant to manufacture a gas needed for uranium enrichment, according to a previously unpublicized account by the father of Pakistan’s atomic bomb program, a development that indicates Pyongyang opened a second way to build nuclear weapons as early as the 1990s.
Pakistani scientist depicts more advanced nuclear program in North [...]

IsraCast: Iran’s Smoking Gun Nears Mushroom Cloud!

Posted by Matt in December 18th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Nuclear, American Evaluation, Bomb, Enrichment Facility, Foreign Intelligence Service, Iran Nuclear, Iranian Regime, iranians, Isracast, Israeli Officials, Last September, Missile Delivery System, Mushroom Cloud, Nuclear Test, Nuclear Weapons, Prevarication, Proof, Revelation, Smoking Gun, Uranium Enrichment

At the time, this American evaluation staggered Israeli officials, who noted that the Iranians were still pursuing their uranium enrichment and the third component, the development of a missile delivery system. But the revelation about Iran’s clandestine nuclear trigger, as did the uncovering of the secret uranium enrichment facility being constructed near Qom last September, [...]

Iran making new model centrifuges

Posted by Matt in December 18th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Nuclear, Atomic Energy Agency, Enriching Uranium, International Atomic Energy, International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran Nuclear, Iranian Officials, Models, New Model, Nuclear Program, Salehi, Uranium Enrichment, Watchdog

Iran’s nuclear chief said Friday the country has started making more efficient models of centrifuges for nuclear program by early 2011.
Salehi said that more than 6,000 centrifuges are currently enriching uranium — 2,000 more than the figure mentioned in the November report by the U.N. watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Iranian officials have claimed [...]

How Iran’s secret A-plant was exposed | The Jewish Chronicle

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

Published in Iran, Nuclear, Accuracy, Allies, Arab States, Bomb, centrifuges, Clock, Egypt, Grade Quality, Iran, iranians, Jewish Chronicle, Jordan, Main Objective, Missiles, Nuclear Device, Research Efforts, solid-fuel, Technology, Threshold, Uranium Enrichment

“Iran’s technological clock has almost finished turning,” he said. “In 2008 they mastered the technology of uranium enrichment and in 2009 they accumulated enough uranium for a first bomb, though it is not enriched so far to a military-grade quality of 93 per cent. “So far they have 1,700 kilos of low-grade enriched uranium and [...]

Brazil follows Iran’s nuclear path, but without the fuss

Posted by Matt in December 14th, 2009 | 2 comments

Published in Americas, Brazil, Iran, Nuclear, Brazil, Capability, Constitution, Eakin, Enrichment Center, Fuss, Iran Nuclear, Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, Nuclear Plants, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Technology, Nuclear Weapons, Peaceful Purposes, Raw Material, Secrecy, South-America, superpower, Uranium Enrichment, Use Of Nuclear Energy, Vanderbilt University

Did you wonder why Brazil is getting friendly with Iran? Perhaps Iran can help Brazil become the rightful superpower of South America. And the way to do that is to become a nuclear power.
04/20/06 RESENDE, Brazil (AP) – As Iran faces international pressure over developing the raw material for nuclear weapons, Brazil is quietly preparing [...]

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 [...]

Salehi: We’re planning new centrifuges for 2nd nuclear site | Iranian – Iran News | Jerusalem Post

Posted by Matt in October 6th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Centrifuge, centrifuges, International Concerns, Iran News, Iranian News, Iranian Newspaper, Jerusalem Post, News Iran, Nuclear Work, Uranium Enrichment

Iran plans to install a more advanced type of centrifuge at its newly revealed uranium enrichment site, an Iranian newspaper reported Tuesday, a development certain to add to international concerns about the country’s nuclear work.
Salehi: We’re planning new centrifuges for 2nd nuclear site | Iranian – Iran News | Jerusalem Post