Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has acknowledged that much of the P5+1 nuclear agreement with Iran remains secret. Officials said the White House has withheld many details of the interim nuclear agreement between Iran and Western powers. They said a detailed summary was issued to Congress with extracts released to the public. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Western powers, led by the United States, have agreed to suspend billions of dollars worth of sanctions on Iran’s energy and other sectors for the next six months in exchange for a reduction in Teheran’s enriched uranium stockpile. Under an agreement reached on Nov. 24, the so-called P5+1 pledged to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — A leading U.S. think tank has assessed that Iran was ready to assemble its first nuclear weapon. The Institute for Science and International Security, which reviewed a series of scenarios, determined that Iran was one month away from full nuclear weapons capability. In a report, the Washington-based institute said Teheran, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — The Iranian opposition said Teheran was moving a nuclear weapons research and development center to a Defense Ministry complex. The National Council of Resistance of Iran, on the eve of nuclear talks in Geneva on Oct. 15, identified the facility as SPND and said it employs 100 researchers. “There is […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey It is increasingly apparent that there is no appetite in either the United States or Israel at this time to go to war with Iran by attacking the Iranian nuclear facilities. For the time being, the June elections in Iran are used as a reason not to attack, on […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — The International Atomic Energy Agency has raised the prospect that Iran transferred uranium to the military for weapons development. In a report, IAEA said uranium metal has gone missing from a research facility in Teheran. The United Nations agency said Iran has not provided an explanation. “The discrepancy remains to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Western intelligence agencies continue to target Iran’s nuclear sector. On Jan. 11, Iran reported the assassination of another senior nuclear scientist, an attack blamed on Israel. Officials said two men on a motorcycle attached magnetic bombs to the car of a director at the Iranian uranium enrichment facility at Natanz, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States must plan for a campaign to destroy Iran’s nuclear weapons program, a leading think tank said. The American Enterprise Institute stated that the United States is unlikely to stop Iran’s nuclear program either through sanctions or deterrence. As a result, the Washington-based institute said in a report […]