NYT: "Iran Said to Have Nuclear Fuel for One Weapon"
Wed, 11/19/2008 - 20:00 | by uaniadmin<!--[if gte mso 9]>
<![endif]-->The New York Times reported that Wednesday's International Atomic Energy Agency report indicates that Iran "has now produced roughly enough nuclear material to make, with added purification, a single atom bomb." "'They clearly have enough material for a bomb,' said Richard L. Garwin, a top nuclear physicist who helped invent the hydrogen bomb and has advised Washington for decades. 'They know how to do the enrichment. Whether they know how to design a bomb, well, that's another matter.'" Read More
Bloomberg highlighted the IAEA report's finding that Iran and Syria have failed to cooperate with the IAEA regarding their respective nuclear activities. "'Iran has not offered any cooperation with the agency' to clear up allegations that it has sought to develop a weapon, the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency said in a report." Read More
Reuters wrote that Iran and the IAEA are now in a "silent standoff" over Iran's nuclear program. "'We had gridlock before but until September at least we were talking to each other. Now it's worse. There is no communication whatsoever, no progress regarding possible military dimensions in their program,' a senior United Nations official said. ... 'Our questions are there and they need to be addressed. There is no point in writing them again every week. We are just awaiting their response,' said one senior official." Read More
Iranian press interviewed Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Ali-Asghar Soltaniyeh about the IAEA report. SOLTANIYEH: "Therefore, those who have got the Security Council involved should be blamed for [the cessation of Iran's extensive cooperation with the agency], and the Director General should blame them not Iran." Read More
Bloomberg reported on President Amhadinejad's speech yesterday where the Iranian President "signaled that the Persian Gulf country will press ahead with its nuclear program". Read More
AFP covered the White House's reaction to the IAEA report. "'The Iranian government's failure to comply with the IAEA and UN is unfortunate and disappointing,' spokesman Gordon Johndroe said after the latest International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report on Tehran." Read More
The Guardian reported on the Iranian economy, President Ahmadinejad, and the upcomming election. "Ahmadinejad is best known in the west for his stance on Israel and the Holocaust, defiance of American hegemony and pursuit of Iran's nuclear ambitions, which he insists are peaceful.... But at home he is far more often blamed for the economic mismanagement that is the result of his spendthrift populism. And now his chance of re-election for a second term may be under threat - and with it, his enemies hope, the three-year ascendancy of Iran's hardline conservatives and clerics." Read More
Iranian press quoted a commander saying Iran could "triple" its naval forces in a time of war. "Iran has the capacity to triple its forces in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz in times of war, says a senior Basij official." Read More
Reuters quoted Stuart Leavey expressing concern about Iranian banks that are still oberating in the U.A.E. "The United States is holding discussions with the United Arab Emirates which include issues important for Dubai if it is to become a trusted financial center, said Stuart Levey, U.S. Treasury undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence. 'There is a challenge in the (United Arab Emirates) especially because of deep commercial ties between the UAE and Iran,' he said." Read More
Sky News reported that "Iran has blocked access to more than five million internet sites because they are 'immoral and anti-social,' according to reports." "Internet service providers have been told over the years to block access to political, human rights and women's sites, as well as anything deemed pornographic or anti-Islamic. The country's 21 million internet users will now also be prevented from viewing weblogs expressing dissent, along with popular sites as Facebook and YouTube." Read More
UK Times reported that "A prominent Iranian blogger, nicknamed the Blogfather for spawning Iran's spectacular blogging revolution, has been arrested in Tehran and accused of spying for Israel." Read More
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