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  • August 2008

    • World to Iran: More Sanctions in Store

      Associated Press  |  Aug 4, 08 6:41 PM CDT

      World to Iran: More Sanctions in Store

      (Newser) - Iran faces new global sanctions after ignoring an offer designed to halt its uranium enrichment program, the AP reports. In a move intended to boost international pressure, the UN Security Council's permanent members, plus Germany, agreed today that their only option is to turn up the heat. "Iran has a clear choice: engagement or isolation," a US State Department spokesman said. More »

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      Iran  • nuclear weapons  • sanctions  • nuclear enrichment  • UN Security Council

  • July 2008

    • Ahmadinejad Upbeat Despite Sanction Threats

      Reuters  |  Jul 20, 08 8:52 AM CDT

      Ahmadinejad Upbeat Despite Sanction Threats

      (Newser) - After nuclear talks in Geneva ended in a deadlock yesterday, major powers gave Iran a two-week deadline to halt uranium enrichment or face tougher EU and UN sanctions, Reuters reports. But Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today presented an upbeat analysis of the discussions. "Any negotiation that takes place is a step forward," the Iranian president told state media reporters. More »

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      Iran  • United Nations  • European Union  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  • nuclear enrichment  • uranium enrichment  • Geneva  • international sanctions  • Saeed Jalili  • Javier Solana  • William Burns

    • Iranian Official Balks at Start of 6-Nation Talks

      Associated Press  |  Jul 19, 08 7:40 AM CDT

      Iranian Official Balks at Start of 6-Nation Talks

      (AP) - Tehran has ruled out freezing its uranium enrichment program, casting doubt over the value of talks between Iran and six world powers less than an hour after they started. The Geneva talks—with the US in attendance for the first time—had raised expectations of possible compromise on a formula under which Iran would agree to stop expanding its enrichment activities, which can produce either fuel for nuclear power stations or the material used in warheads. More »

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      Iran  • United States  • nuclear enrichment  • UN sanctions  • UN Security Council  • uranium enrichment  • six party talks

    • Iran Considering Nuclear Talks: Foreign Minister

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 2, 08 10:12 AM CDT

      Iran Considering Nuclear Talks: Foreign Minister

      (Newser) - Iran’s foreign minister turned heads yesterday with optimistic talk about nuclear negotiations with the international community, the Wall Street Journal reports. Tehran is “carefully examining” an offer of economic incentives, Manouchehr Mottaki said, and won’t rule out halting enrichment work during negotiations. “We see the potential for a new round of talks,” he said, with both sides trying to “arrive at a new modality.” More »

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      Iran  • nuclear  • nuclear enrichment  • nuclear disarmament  • diplomat  • negotiation  • Manouchehr Mottaki

  • June 2008

    • US: Israeli Exercise Was Dry Run for Iran Strike

      New York Times  |  Jun 20, 08 6:36 AM CDT

      US: Israeli Exercise Was Dry Run for Iran Strike

      (Newser) - A recent Israeli exercise looked to US officials very much like a rehearsal for a strike on Iran, the New York Times reports.   The Pentagon also believes the massive exercise in the first week of June, involving over a hundred fighter jets, was a message to the world that Israel is ready to use force if Iran's nuclear program cannot be halted by peaceful means . “There’s a lot of signaling going on at different levels,” one Pentagon official tells the Times. More »

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      Iran  • Israel  • nuclear facilities  • nuclear enrichment  • fighter jet

    • Bush, Sarkozy Warn Iran Over Spurned Nuke Offer

      Associated Press  |  Jun 14, 08 8:09 PM CDT

      Bush, Sarkozy Warn Iran Over Spurned Nuke Offer

      (Newser) - Iran said no to an incentive offer today to stop making uranium, sparking a warning from President Bush and Nicolas Sarkozy not to build nuclear weapons, the AP reports. "Our allies understand that a nuclear-armed Iran is incredibly destabilizing," Bush said. Even before an EU official delivered the six-nation offer of economic, educational, and other rewards, Tehran had rejected it. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Iran  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • nuclear weapons  • Tehran  • nuclear enrichment

    • Amid Pressure, Helping Iran on Nuke Power More Popular

      Boston Globe  |  Jun 10, 08 2:45 PM CDT

      Amid Pressure, Helping Iran on Nuke Power More Popular

      (Newser) - Even as US and European leaders warned today of new sanctions, a controversial plan to help Iran build an internationally run nuclear enrichment facility is gaining traction in Washington, the Boston Globe reports. The Bush administration rejected the proposal from MIT scientists 3 years ago, but now legislators from both parties, as well as Iranian officials, think it could help break the deadlock. More »

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      Iran  • United Nations  • nuclear proliferation  • nuclear facilities  • nuclear enrichment

  • May 2008

    • UN Nuke Watchdog Accuses Iran of Hiding Data

      BBC  |  May 26, 08 8:04 PM CDT

      UN Nuke Watchdog Accuses Iran of Hiding Data

      (Newser) - The UN's nuclear watchdog blasted Tehran today for hiding data on its nuclear weapons program, BBC reports. The UN said Iran had blocked access to documents and experts while running 3,500 centrifuges, which can enrich uranium for nuclear weapons. Iran quickly vowed to keep enriching uranium and said it had "left no question unanswered." More »

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      Iran  • United Nations  • nuclear weapons  • Tehran  • nuclear facilities  • nuclear enrichment

    • Iran Rejects Nuclear Incentives

      Reuters  |  May 5, 08 12:27 PM CDT

      Iran Rejects Nuclear Incentives

      (Newser) - Iran has rejected an international package of incentives to stop its nuclear enrichment program, and Tehran won’t accept any proposal of that kind, the foreign ministry said today. “Those incentives that violate the Iranian nation's right in any form will not be reviewed,” a spokesman said, referring to the pursuit of nuclear technology. But foreign diplomats are skeptical, Reuters reports. More »

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      Iran  • diplomacy  • nuclear enrichment  • incentive plans

  • April 2008
  • March 2008
  • December 2007

    • Russia Gives Iran Nuclear Fuel

      BBC  |  Dec 17, 07 7:58 AM CST

      Russia Gives Iran Nuclear Fuel

      (Newser) - Russia delivered nuclear material to Iran yesterday, the BBC reports, ignoring Washington’s protests. Russia says it has assurances that the plutonium will only be used for the nuclear power plant in Bushehr, which is being built by a Russian company, but the US says that spent uranium could be used in weapons development. The plant could be operational within six months. More »

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      Russia  • Iran  • United Nations  • nuclear program  • uranium  • Tehran  • nuclear enrichment  • plutonium  • Busheh