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14 Mar 07
Moscow Holds Off Nuke Fuel Delivery
UN in Last Stages of Sanction Talks - Meanwhile, Talks with USA Could Ease Tension
IRN Pres Says He Wants to Talk to UN (But Hasn't Asked)
12 Mar 07
IRN Pres Wants to Make Case Straight to UN - More - more - more
10 Mar 07
IRN Big Wig Defected? - Financial Times - Belfast Telegraph -NZ Herald - Said to Have Goodies With Him? - More - Maybe Even Nuke Info? - Might Be in DEU - Maybe @ NATO Base - More
6 Mar 07
IRN Testing Air Def at Nuke Site - Target: Ishfahan Nuclear Technology Center - MILNEWS.ca Google Map - Federation of American Scientists Profile - Map, Large - Various Maps/Imagery
UN Urges IRN to Open Up Nuke Pgm to Inspectors - El Baradei Calls Situation Unique - IRN Denies Stop to Uranium Enrichment
UN Envoys Consider New Sanctions - No Agreement Among Reps, Though - EU Agrees to Keep The Pressure On
2 Mar 07
Ex-USA Envoy Warns IRN in Interview
New Framework for UN Res'n Good to Go?
IRN Neighbours Worried About Coming War
1 Mar 07
Sy Hersh Says USA Planning Strikes - New Yorker Piece - Cranking Up Visits by Spec Ops?
Rocket Launch=Show of Prowess?
Opinion - USA Has Nothing to Lose Talking with IRN
IRN's Positive Spin on IAEA Report
28 Feb 07
USA Changes Course, Offers to Talk with IRN, SYR - Telegraph (UK) - Associated Press - Times Online (UK)
USA Worried About More than JUST IRN's Nukes - RUS Says They'll Prevent Use of USA Force Against IRN
IRN Fracas Keeps Crude Oil Prices High
27 Feb 07
IRN Calls on West for 'Confidence Building Measures'
Critics Don't Like Western Push on IRN
Fmr UN Nuke Inspector Says IRN Worried About Security
26 Feb 07
UK Paper Says US Generals Will Quit if IRN Attacked
World Working on Resolution Against IRN (Maybe By Thursday?) - Agence France Presse - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - Reuters - Voice of America - Associated Press - Financial Times
Hans Blix Says West 'Humiliating' IRN
IRN Leaders Bash IRN's President - More
25 Feb 07
IRN Announces Space Rocket Launch - Agence France Presse- Associated Press - United Press Int'l - The Scotsman (UK) - Xinhua - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - Opinion - MORE Proof of Need for Sanctions
Brits Say it Feels Like the Old Days Off the Coast
IRN Remains Defiant - More - IRN Plays Down Threat of US Mil Action
24 Feb 07
USA Ships Gettin' Ready to Kick Butt?
23 Feb 07
IAEA: Latest UN Report Out - News Release - IAEA Report (.pdf) - IRN Expanded Enrichment Work - IRN Says Nothing Wrong with Nuke Activities - Suspending Enrichment=Attack on IRN Rights? - Tough UN Talk Coming - US Wants Tougher Sanctions
22 Feb 07
Here's What USA'll Hit, and What'll Make 'Em Go - US Navy Moving to Protect Oil Shipments
21 Feb 07
IRN Not Budging - More - more - IRN Offer - We'll Stop, if You Stop - More- USA - Uh, Yeah, Right.... - Still, USA Trying Nice-Nice Approach
19 Feb 07
IRN Dashes Hopes of Compromise
UN Secur Council Expected to be Cool to Next Report on IRN
18 Feb 07
IRN Says It's Not Stopping Enrichment - We Can Handle Anything The West Throws at Us - After All, SYR's Our Bud!
10 Feb 07
UN Cams Set Up in Nuke Plant After All- More
IAEA Cuts Iran Aid Projects by Half
6 Feb 07
IRN Hardliners ACHING for USA Attack
5 Feb 07
More on USA Sec Def Not Planning War on IRN - Brit Groups Says Mil Strike on IRN Would Be Disastrous
IRN Says Cameras Will Be Allowed Where New Eqpt is Going - IRN Challenges All Nuke Powers to Put Cams into Plants
3 Feb 07
IRN Insalls Eqpt for Lotsa Nuke Processing
USA Def Sec Says Not Planning War Against IRN - World Socialists Think Different
2 Feb 07
IRN Blocks UN Cameras at Major Nuke Site
1 Feb 07
Everyone Needs to Focus on Why US is Focussed on IRN
31 Jan 07
Worries About IRN War to be Sparked - More - more
Leadership-Cleric Rift in IRN Continues
EU, Russia resist U.S. on Iran sanctions
EU, Russia resist U.S. on Iran sanctions
West dismissive of call for 'timeout' in Iran nuclear crisis
30 Jan 07
El Baradei Calls for 'Time Out' Break - More - RUS Likes the Idea, Too - RUS Seen as Mediator by IRN?
Inspectors Arrive in IRN Over Weekend
29 Jan 07
IRN Wants Time to Consider UN Nuke Plan - More
US Letter on Sorting Things Out - Not ONLY Message USA is Sending
RUS Sends IRN Message to Strengthen Ties
28 Jan 07
IRN Says Moving Forward with Nuke Development... - ...Or Is It? - More - more
Diplomacy Remains Main Avenue for Dealing With Iran, Bush Says
SAU Security Official Supports IRN's Nuke Push
27 Jan 07
ONE Reason IRN May Want Nukes (or Even One)
26 Jan 07
IRN Ready to Launch Satellite?
IAEA Asks IRN to Reverse Ban on Nuke Inspectors
Former IRN Pres Calls for Cooler Heads All Around
25 Jan 07
El Baradei Says IRN Could be Five Years Away from Nuke - Says Talk-Talk Still Best Option - Shooting War Would Be Bad
ISR Says Time to Act, Says They're Good to Go
IRN Receives Air Def Missiles from RUS - Tor M1 9M330 Air Defense System
More on Some Trying to Get a Grip on IRN President - More
24 Jan 07
PRK Helping IRN Do Own Nuke Test
USA Tells IRN to Cool Their Jets
IRN Still Co-operating with IAEA (Despite Inspector Restricted) - They're Talking By Phone - Even RUS Says 'Let Them Inspect!'
23 Jan 07
USA Squeezing IRN's Influence - Int'l Pressure Working, But IRN Pres Remains Defiant - Meanwhile, Reformers Squeeze Hardliners Internally
22 Jan 07
Dubya Reportedly Good to Go if IRN Gets Nuke Wpns - Meanwhile, USA Legislators Want Congressional Permission Before Strike
IRN Leaders May Be Going More Moderate on Nukes to Ease Tensions? - IRN Pres Still Talking Tough, Though
IRN Says IAEA Sees No Diversion into Nuke Wpns Pgm
20 Jan 07
IRN Defiant on Sanctions, Plans Mil Ex
RUS,CHN Drifting Away from Supporting IRN?
11 Jan 07
IAEA Inspectors Checking Things Out in IRN - More - IRN Media Account
CHN Tells ISR They Don't Want IRN to Have Nukes
GBR FM Calls This \"Moment of Choice\" for IRN - IRN Pissed at Comments
10 Jan 07
USA Clamps Down in IRN Bank for Helping Nuke Pgm (Statement) - More - more - more - more - more
IRN Says They're Still Prepared to Co-operate with IAEA
8 Jan 07
IAEA to Report on Whether to Continue Nuke Aid to IRN
7 Jan 07
IRN Says They WON'T Stop Co-operation with IAEA - More - IRN Press Take
ISR Has Nuke Strike Plans for IRN? - Reuters - Times of London - ISR Denies - More - IRN - Don't Do It.... - Using Hezbollah as Proxy?
PAK Backs IRN Nuke Plans - More - more
IRN Reformists Don't Like IRN's Nuke Policy - Blame IRN Pres for Sanctions - IRN Media Says Reformists Blast USA
4 Jan 07
Russia To Spur Bushehr Nuclear Project
3 Jan 07
IRN Cutting Down Natural Gas to Turkey to Meet Own Needs
IRN Pres Says Nuke Fuel for Industrial, Not Weapon Use
Whining in the Streets Against Sanctions
2 Jan 07
IRN Pres Says They're Pressing On with Nuke Pgm
Trying New Approach to IRN - NY Times Login, if needed - USA Wants EU Outta the Picture on Dealing with IRN Nuke File
1 Jan 07
Caller on Line One - Do You Want IRN to Have Nukes, or Not? - NY Times Login, if needed
31 Dec 06
IRN Claims Nuke Assessments Missing Key Information - IRN Def Min Says Sanctions Not Affecting Military
Of COURSE NATO Interested in IRN Nukes!
29 Dec 06
Former Leaders Bash IRN Pres on Hardline Stance
IRN Mil Official Says IRN Following the Rules
Gold Prices Soaring with IRN Uncertainty
Should ISR Attack, or Accept a Nuke IRN?
IRN to Instigate Distrubances at Haj Pilgrimage?
28 Dec 06
IRN Parliament Agrees to IAEA Drift - More - More - IRN Confirms Committee to Reassess Relationship with IAEA
USA Warns IRN Not To Cut Ties with IAEA - More
IAEA May Meet in January to Discuss Latest
Expert Says Lose-Lose Situation
27 Dec 06
Will USA, EU Get Tougher on IRN with UN Res'n in Place?
Opinion - World Speaks on IRN Nuke Threat
26 Dec 06
IAEA Boss Calls for Talks on IRN Nukes
IRN Defiance=Rising Gold Prices - Oil, Too
IRN Parliament Reviews How Much They'll Co-operate with IAEA
24 Dec 06
UN Security Council Agrees to Sanctions - More - UN News Release - PAK Religious Leaders Against Sanctions
IRN Says They'll Press On With Enrichment - The Target - IND Supports IRN's Nuke Plans
23 Dec 06
USN Buildup Pondered in Persian Gulf Against IRN - Brits, Too
UN Security COuncil Voting Today on IRN Res'n - More - Draft Circulated Before Vote
19 Dec 06
RUS Says They're OK With Latest Draft of UN Security Council Res'n
IRN Ready to Celebrate Nukes in Feb?
18 Dec 06
IRN Pres: Nuke Case Closed - Hints They Already Have Nukes? - IRN Says Nukes Will Continue, Even With Sanctions - More
RUS Getting Ready to Fuel IRN Nukes?
15 Dec 06
USA Experts Split on Whether to Engage IRN or Not
13 Dec 06
IRN Said to Be Ready for Talks
IRN Nukes May Push Neighbours to Getting Their Own
RUS Optimistic, but Pushing for Changes to EU Res'n on Sanctions
8 Dec 06
Report - How RUS Hasn't Helped on IRN
3 Dec 06
ISR Creates New Ministry to Deal with IRN Threat
Hush-Hush Deal between RUS, PRK?
30 Nov 06
IAEA Boss Says IRN Nuke Intent 'Murky'
27 Nov 06
Iran to produce enough fuel for Bushehr in 4-5 years
26 Nov 06
IRN Still Insists on Enriching Uranium
22 Nov 06
IRN Protecting Nuke Sites with RUS Missiles
16 Nov 06
Iran Dismisses U.N. Report on Uranium - UN Still Can't Confirm IRN Almost Ready for Nukes Yet
IRN Convinced West Will Accept a Nuke IRN
14 Nov 06
IAEA Finds Plutonium in IRN Waste Facility - More - more - more
USA Eyeing Pre-emptive Strike on IRN, PRK?
IRN Says They'll Talk to USA (When USA Changes Attitude)
IRN Still Pushing for 'Early Nuclearization' - Building 60,000 Centrifuges
USA Stymied @ UN, Will Try Pressing IRN Thru IAEA - IRN Still Bobbing & Weaving Against IAEA
13 Nov 06
IRN May Want to Sell Nuke Expertise to Neighbours - IAEA Not Likely to Approve Tech Aid
ISR Taking Harder Line Against IRN
12 Nov 06
IRN Promising Lots More Centrifuges by March 2007
IRN Disses Security Council over Sanctions - Says They've Had No Offer of Talks with USA Yet
ISR Says IRN Needs to Get Scared - IRN Warns of Payback if Attacked by ISR
Whitehouse Brands IRN, Hezbollah 'Nexus' of Terror
11 Nov 06
No Progress in First Day of IRN-RUS Nuke Talks
More 'IRN Won't Stop Enrichment' Talk
10 Nov 06
ISR Def DM Hints Strike on IRN Not Out of Question
IRN Asking for IAEA Help on Nuke Complex? - Profile of Arak Facility - More Arak Information - Google Map View
IRN Could Break from IAEA if RUS Sanction Ideas Not Adopted
9 Nov 06
IRN Leader: We're Pressing Forward - More
IRN Nuke Negotiator to Visit RUS - May Talk About RUS Offer to Enrich
IRN Calls Draft Res'n 'pscyhological move' - IRN Envoy to RUS Says Issue Should be Back to IAEA, Not Security Council
ISR Worries Democratic Win in USA Could Soften IRN Stance - More
8 Nov 06
RUS Rejects EU Sanctions, But Promises Own Pressure on IRN
USA Wants UN to Declare IRN 'Threat to Peace'
7 Nov 06
IRN Preparing Suicide Bombers if USA Attacks
PAK Says They'll Never Support Attack on IRN
USA Int Needs Better Political Insulation to Avoid IRN Disaster
6 Nov 06
IRN Ready to Share Missile Systems with Neighbours - Even With LBN
U.N. Inspectors Visit Iran Enrichment Cascades
IRN Says It's Open to Talks With USA - NYT Login, if needed
4 Nov 06
More IRN Msl Tests; IRN Says Shows Its Strength
3 Nov 06
UN Big Six Back to the Table to Talk Sanctions - RUS, CHN Won't Back Sanctions - NYT Login, if needed - RUS, IRN as 'Brother in Arms' - CHN Playing PRK Hand
IRN May Limit Co-op with IAEA if Sanctioned
LBN Editorial - Perils of Mil Strike Against IRN
2 Nov 06
IRN Testing Ballistic Missiles in Ex - RUS Says IRN Can't Make ICBM's Though
RUS Won't Support 'Isolation' of IRN
1 Nov 06
RUS Official Says They May Back West's UN Res'n on IRN - More
RUS Defends Air Def Msl Deal with IRN
31 Oct 06
El Baradei - IRN Still a Big Worry - IAEA Still Hoping for Talks
IRN Says Sanctions'll Hurt Others, Too - More - NYT - CHN May Be Pressing PRK With Oil - NYT Login, if needed
Analysis - Living with a Nuke PRK
RUS Tells IRN to Talk - USA Wants Guarantees Over Proposed RUS Reactor for IRN - Wash Post Login, if needed
Report - CHN Helped PRK With Nukes - Full Report Available onilne 16 Nov 06
29 Oct 06
Iran says will press on with nuke work - More - Says It's In Line with IAEA Rules
IRN Thanks RUS, CHN for Opening Up Split in Consensus
IRN Crying Over US Naval Ex Starting Nearby Tomorrow - Ex Aimed At Preventing Smuggling of Nuke Weapons - The Proliferation Security Initiative - Statement of Interdiction Principles
28 Oct 06
27 Oct 06
Big Six Debating UN Resolution - More - CHN Says This One Should Do It - Split on Resolution - USA Ready to Go It Alone for Sanctions
RUS Says Proposed New Nuke Plant for IRN Delayed
'The strategic case for talking with Iran'
26 Oct 06
El Baradei Warns Sanctions Could Crank Up Hardliners - Connie Presses for Harder UN Action
Europeans Flogging Their Own Resolution (Without USA) at UN
25 Oct 06
IRN Keeping an Eye on PRK Fracas
USA Says IRN 'Courting Isolation' with its Approach
24 Oct 06
IRN Envoy to RUS Says They May Consider Talk-Talk - More - But Won't Give Up Enrichement Rights?
How SOME of the Technology Got to IRN
22 Oct 06
No Brit Tourists (Human Shields?) to be Shown IRN Nuke Sites
21 Oct 06
IRN Says 'Carrot & Stick' Approach Doomed - Not Willing to Implement Freeze - Condemns UN for Any Future Sanctions - But Hints at Possible IRN Compromise are There - More
19 Oct 06
ISR Says IRN Needs to be Intimidated - IRN Chief Negotiator Warns Against Sanctions
18 Oct 06
ISR Discusses IRN with RUS - ISR Says RUS Could Help - More - ISR Says They Don't Know of RUS Sneaking Nuke Stuff to IRN - Any Sanctions Would Exempt RUS Plans to Build Reactor in IRN - RUS For Min Says IRN Not a Threat
IRN Not Intimidated by EU Demands to Stop Enrichment - IRN Warns Sanctions Would Wreck Chances of Compromise - More
Bahrain Says They'd Comply with Any Sanctions Against IRN - Gulf Arabs Form Reserve Against Iran
'Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses' - Congressional Research Service report #RL32048, 4 Oct 06 (370K .pdf)
17 Oct 06
EU to Admit Talk-Talk Failed, Will Seek UN Sanctions - DEU Will Pursue Sanctions
16 Oct 06
IRN Still Going Ahead with Nukes Despite PRK Sanctions - NYT Login, if needed
15 Oct 06
Opinion: Are PRK Sanctions REALLY Aimed at IRN? - USA Says IRN Should Take Warning - Experts Say Not Necessarily a Precedent - MILNEWS PRK Nuke Test Page
13 Oct 06
IRN Negotiator says Talks the Only Answer
IRN Remains Defiant after PRK Nuke Test - More - MILNEWS PRK Nuke Test Page
9 Oct 06
UN Insp Team Headed to IRN 15 Oct 06
USA Claims There's Agreement on Sanctions
7 Oct 06
USA Attack on IRN=Hezbollah Attacks on USA?
5 Oct 06
'A plausible outline for attacking Iran's nuclear capabilities'
IRN Could Have Nukes in Four Years
3 Oct 06
USA Warns IRN to Stop Enrichment, or Else Sanctions Coming - More - Suggestion that FRA Enrich IRN's Uranium - More - more - more
Reports of Talk-Talk Resuming This Week
2 Oct 06
Opinion - USA Should Keep Mil Option Open
1 Oct 06
Dubya Signs IRN Sanctions Bill - Statement to Congress - IRN Freedom Support Act (.pdf)
- IRN Not Happy - Int'l Herald Tribune - Associated Press - Xinhua (China) - Al Jazeera - Pakistan Times
30 Sept 06
IRN Tech Glitch=More Time for Talk-Talk - Wash Post Login Co-ordinates
29 Sept 06
Talk-Talk Over, Hope Dims? - Maybe a Touch of Optimism - More - More Talk-Talk Coming - IRN Still Full Steam Ahead on Nukes
RUS Sees No Problem Continuing to Help IRN with Nuke Power - Part of Bigger Plans on RUS's Part
USA Survey Says: Talk-Talk Prefered
28 Sept 06
Some Talk-Talk Begins - Last Chance?
USA Attack on IRN Coming Before November Election?
ISR Not So Coy About Its Nukes to Push IRN - IRN Learning Nuke Lessons from ISR? - Wash Post Login Co-ordinates
IRN Pres - We're Not Backing Down
27 Sept 06
RUS, IRN Sort Out Timetable for New Reactor
26 Sept 06
IRN warns it can finish nuke plant without RUS
24 Sept 06
France Says There's LOTS of Time to Jaw-Jaw with IRN
23 Sept 06
CENTCOM Boss - IRN Could Block Oil, Dispatch Terrs if USA Hits Them
22 Sept 06
IRN Shows Off Big Missile, Warns West - Part of 'N-Swagger' - More - Still, A Bit of Give in IRN's Statements (Maybe)
USA Now Questioning Harder on IRN's Nukes
Austria Keen on Talk-Talk - Countries Planning on Sanctions - More
Pentagon Denies Plans in Place for Attack on IRN
Why the USA is Loosening Up on the Timeline
21 Sept 06
IAEA Worries About Repeat of IRQ in IRN Nuke Situation
USA Allowing More Time, Opens Door for More EU Talks - Talking a New Timeline - More - more - more - FRA Still in a Bit of a Hurry
IRN Nuke Negotiator Says IAEA Supervision Best Option?
20 Sept 06
Hints of Coming USA Mil Blockade? - More - Already in Country? - Certainly Wouldn't Be Easy for ISR to Attack
IRN Plans Late-2007 Start for Nuclear Power Plant - More
USA, FRA Trying to Pull it Together
Opinion - USA Has to Guarantee They, ISR Won't Attack IRN?!?!?
IRN Pres Bashes USA in Address to UN - More - Says They're Entitled to Nukes - But It's a Peaceful Program, Ya Know... - ...And the World Socialists Say The Yanks Are All Lying Anyway
19 Sept 06
IDF Expert Says Tactical Nukes Needed for IRN Nuke Defences
ISR Bracing for WMD War With IRN? - Jerusalem Post
Not Much Hope for Talks when IRN Rep Fails to Show
FRA Calls for Lifting of Sanctions Threat
Solana Says He'll Meet with IRN Next Week, Says Talks Moving Ahead
18 Sept 06
ISR Says IRN 'Months' Away from Nuke Capability - More
ISR Paper Says It'll Be Yanks, Not Israelis, Who Attack IRN
17 Sept 06
IRN Int - Deja Vu All Over Again? - May 2006 Report on Int Gap
Europeans May Meet with IRN - Maybe Break Logjam???
How Close is USA to Attacking IRN? - One Commentator Says It's Inevitable - More
16 Sept 06
EU Still Confident Deal Possible with IRN
15 Sept 06
Expect More from IRN on the Issue in Next Coupla Days
IRN Urges USA to Chill Over Nuke Dispute - FRA In Support of More Talk-Talk
Split Inside IRN on Nuke Standoff?
14 Sept 06
Hints of More Naughty Nuke Activity? - More
IRN Says They're Open to 'New Conditions' Over Nuke Standoff - More
EU Says Talk-Talk, USA Says Sanctions - More - more
IAEA Pissed About US House Intelligence Committee Report on IRN Threat - More - 'Recognizing Iran as a Strategic Threat - An Intelligence Challenge for the United States' 23 Aug 06 (.pdf)
13 Sept 06
Nuke Powers Split on IRN - More
Sign Petition to Get UN to Stop IRN from Getting Nuke Weapons
12 Sept 06
Yanks Cool on Offer to Suspend Enrichment
Here's IRN's (Not Exactly Clear) Answer - More
IRN Offers to Stop Processing for Eight Weeks (Again)? - USA Doesn't Rule Out Talk-Talk Option
11 Sept 06
IAEA Says IRN Nuke Issue at 'Impasse' - El Baradei's Briefing - Text of IAEA Statement - French Wire - IAEA Says Talk-Talk with IRN Still Best Way to Go
Asian, EU Bosses Try to Get IRN to Stop Uranium Production
IAEA Panel to Hear Report on IRN Starting Today
UN Big Five+DEU to Discuss Sanction Plans
IRN's Negotiator Briefs El Baradei on EU Talks - EU Says Deal is Closer?
IRN Offering to Stop Nuke Processing for Two Months? - IRN Denies Report of Offered Suspension of Activity
10 Sept 06
Some Progress Reported in IRN-EU Talks - More - more
FMR IRN Pres Says Nuke Suspension Could be Discussed
RUS No Longer Quite so Tough on IRN After All
9 Sept 06
RUS Says They'll Stop Work on IRN's Nuke Plant if IRN Kicks Out UN Inspectors
'Iran's chances in playing the oil card'
8 Sept 06
USA Wants UN Res'n on IRN by Next Week - More
Opinion - Think Twice About IRN War
6 Sept 06
IAEA Says IRN Continuing Processing
EU-IRN Talks Delayed - More - more
5 Sept 06
4 Sept 06
IRN Media Says Negotiations on Nukes Coming?
IRN Says UN Doesn't Have Legal Right to Stop Them from Enriching - BBC Q&A on Enrichment
AGAIN With the, 'We're Still Going to Process Uranium'
Crime boss brokered nuclear-delivery missile sale to Iran
3 Sept 06
Kofi Confirms IRN Willing to Talk, But Not Willing to Suspend Nuke Enrichment
IRN Not Stopping Enrichment Unless More Talking Goes On - More - more
IRN - Sure We Can Help on LBN, If We ONLY Talk About Nukes
EU Gives IRN Two Weeks for FINAL, Final Answer - WU Members Want Solana to be More Open on This One - DEU Says Talk the Way Out
USA Wary of RUS Double Cross on IRN Sanctions
2 Sept 06
UN Hints at Talks, Not Sanctions - EU Wants the Same - Too Early to 'Punish' IRN
US Envoy Suggests Carrot Route the Way to Go - Why USA is Holding its Fire on IRN - Denying Mediation Under Way
World Figuring Out What to Do Next
'Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses' Kenneth Katzman, Congressional Research Service, 25 Aug 06 (345KB .pdf)
1 Sept 06
EU Working on Keeping Talk-Talk Alive - EU Cautions Against Hasty Action - DEU Still Hoping for Negotiated Deal - RUS Rejects Sanctions - USA Says Mil Option Still on Table
More on IRN Saying 'We Continue to Enrich' - More - more - more - USA Pushing for Sanctions
Summary of IAEA Report - USA - IRN Enrichment Pgm Not Without Problems, Though
Opinion - Security Council must meet Iran's challenge
Fmr IRN Pres Visits USA, Raises Hopes - USA Not Prepared to Meet, Though
31 Aug 06
It's Official - IRN Keeps Processing Uranium - What Happens Next
IAEA Issues IRN Report - Says IRN Hasn't Stopped Processing Uranium - Text of Report
USA Assumes IRN 5-8 Years Away from Building Nuke Wpn
The Countdown is Over... - ...and IRN is Still in the Nuke Club - More - more - more - more - more
Clock is Ticking... - ...and They're Still Enriching
Oil Climbing Up Again - EU Says They'll Keep Talking
Assessing IRN's Progress on the Nuke Front
UN Ain't Gonna Get to It For Another Couple of Weeks?
IRN Envoy to Philippines - We'll Go Nuke Free When EVERYONE Goes Nuke Free
Opinion - Force Only Way to Go
FRA, ITA Elbowing Each Other Here
30 Aug 06
UN nuclear watchdog to issue crucial report on Iran - El Baradei - Next Weeks Key To Settling Iran Issue
CHN Still Trying to Work with IRN on Nukes
Opinion - USA Can Use More Than Just Carrots, Sticks on IRN - IRN Menace Increasing
29 Aug 06
IRN Pres Remains Defiant - More - But Willing To Talk - Riiiiiiight......
IRN's Pres Will Catch Hell if USA Imposes Sanctions - CHN Warns Against Sanctions - CHN Has Big Interest in This...
IAEA Boss Says Next Few Weeks Critical
28 Aug 06
USA Says They Could Impose Sanctions Unilaterally
IRN REALLY Wants to Make Own Nuke Fuel - More
Analysis - War in LBN Stregthened IRN? - IDF Into LBN
27 Aug 06
Negotiations Not Out of Question Yet?
26 Aug 06
ISR Ordering New DEU Subs Won't Affect IRN Situation Soon
IRN Religious Types Reject Threats of Force Over Nukes - IRN Press - IRN Going Nuke, UN Can't Stop It
Arak Nuke Plant Making Progress - Arak Facility Profile - more - Map - Open Source SATINT
2003 Posting - CANDU Connection to IRN Nuke System?
25 Aug 06
Is IRN Planning a Nuke Surprise?
ISR May 'Go It Alone' Against IRN
24 Aug 06
USA Doesn't Like IRN's Answer... - ....But Isn't Calling for Sanctions Just Yet - Bracing for Showdown? - Kissinger Says Compromise Possible
IRN Tries for Positive Spin - European Media Not So Positive
UN Putting Finishing Touches on Report Proving Uranium Enrichment
23 Aug 06
Oil Prices Ease After IRN's Call for Mo' Talk
IRN Attacks, Occupies ROM Oil Rig
EU Looking Over IRN's 'No' Response to Offer - More than Just EU Politicos Looking Offer Over - RUS Offers to be Go-Between
22 Aug 06
It's Official - No, Thanks - IRN News Agency - Persian Journal (IRN) - Reuters - Associated Press - Agence France Presse - BBC - Voice of America - National Public Radio (USA)
IRN Considering Barring Inspections (Again) - Preparing to Say No Today? - More - more - more
IRN Tests Missile During Ex as Clock Counts Down - Looks Like a 'We're Still Enriching, Baby!' Coming from IRN
21 Aug 06
UN Urges IRN to Say 'OK' to Int'l Offer
20 Aug 06
Iran will not suspend atomic work, says official - More
Big IRN Mil Ex Begins - More - Tests Short-Range Missile, Too - More
18 Aug 06
IRN Not Stopping Nuke Work.... - ....But Willing to Talk to EU?
USA Says to Expect Quick Response if IRN Says No
Iran plans large-scale exercise - More
17 Aug 06
IRN Threatens to Rocket ISR if Attacked
16 Aug 06
15 Aug 06
IRN Pres Launches Blog - ahmadinejad.ir (English version available by clicking on second flag from left on upper right hand corner of page)
Opinion - What Does IRN Need Civvy Nuke Capability For With All that Oil Available?
14 Aug 06
RFE/RL Analysis - IRN Gettin' Uranium from Africa?
IRN Likely to Say 'No, Thanks' to Nuke Package
IRN Threatens to Quit UN Nuke Agency
CHN Rep Headed to Tehran to Discuss Nuke Fracas
6 Aug 06
IRN to Expand Nuke Activity - More
IRN Hunting for Wpn Uranium in Africa
5 Aug 06
IRN Says Sanctions Won't Stop Nuke Work
4 Aug 06
IRN Clerics Call for End to United Nations
1 Aug 06
[|IRN Calls UN Res'n 'Useless']
IRN Threat to Cut Off Oil May Backfire
31 Jul 06
UN Secur Council Passes Res'n Calling on IRN to Suspend Nuke Production - UN News Release on Resolution 1696 - Text of Res'n 1696 (.pdf)
24 Jul 06
Latest Rumours of War from USA, GBR - More
IRN Calls for End to West's Pre-Conditions for Talks - More - more - more
IRN Says Security Council Res'n Could Lead to Retaliation - More - more
23 Jul 06
IRN Ready to Talk? - More - IRN Asks Swiss to Host Nuke Meeting
USA Trying to Isolate SYR from IRN
21 Jul 06
How IRN Uses Wars to Distract from Nukes
Opinion - Drums of War Sound for IRN
20 Jul 06
Still Circulating Drafts of UN Resolution
Statement by Top IRN Negotiator
19 Jul 06
Iran says six-nation package good start point for negotiations
17 Jul 06
'Knowing Why Not To Bomb Iran Is Half the Battle'
16 Jul 06
IRN Seems to be Officially Rejecting Halt on Enrichment - Still, They Sound Willing to Talk?
Even IRN Puts Nuke Issue as Hi Priority
14 Jul 06
RUS, CHN Falling into Line with USA on IRN - UN POwers Getting Impatient
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - When COULD IRN Get the Bomb?
13 Jul 06
IRN Could Face UN Slap on Wrist
12 Jul 06
EU Disappointed with Stall in Talks - EU Warns of UN Action
RUS Claims IRN Decades Away from Nuke Wpns
Oil Creeps Up as IRN Stands Firm on Nuke Program
11 Jul 06
Talks Stalled - More - IRN Seeks More Time - Says Deal Contains Ambiguities - EU Not Happy
IRN Negotiator in Brussels Today to Talk with EU Rep - Says There's No Reason for Pessimism - Also Deflects Deadline Talk
Talk Seems to Be Calming Oil Prices a Touch
10 Jul 06
IRN Gets Final Warning from Turk Envoy
Oil Prices Dropping a Bit as Tensions Ease a Bit - World's Oil Fields Pumping at Capacity?
ISR Not Putting up With IRN Nuke Threats - Knows USA is in ISR's Corner
RUS Has to Co-operate with USA on IRN to Get Nuke Deal - More
9 Jul 06