Showing posts with label nuclear ambitions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nuclear ambitions. Show all posts

Monday, May 16, 2011

Inside Story: North Korea and Iran's Missile Power

Inside Story, discusses with James Wylie, director of the Strategic Studies Programme at the University of Aberdeen; Bjornar Simonsen, an international counselor for the Korean Friendship Association; and Joshua Goodman from the Transatlantic Inst.

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Video Dispatch: In Iran, Nuclear Inspections and an Overture from Turkey

Friday, November 23, 2007

Split Widens Over Iran’s Nuclear Plans

THE TELEGRAPH: International divisions over Iran's nuclear ambitions deepened yesterday after the world's nuclear watchdog pleaded for more time for its inspections regime despite admitting international knowledge of Teheran's nuclear programme had diminished.

Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), endorsed Iranian pledges to provide better access to its clandestine atomic programme within "several weeks" even though Iran had failed to bridge a "confidence deficit" with inspectors.

But America, which is leading a campaign for a new round of sanctions on Iran, warned that Iran had shown no signs of compliance. "We have seen this before: promises of full co-operation under pressure, selective co-operation and backsliding when the pressure comes off," said Greg Schulte, the US ambassador at the IAEA.

"Despite four years of intensive investigation and the launch of this work plan four months ago, the IAEA remains unable to confirm the absence of undeclared nuclear activities in Iran." Split widens over Iran’s nuclear plans (more) By Damien McElroy

Mark Alexander

Monday, October 15, 2007

Hillary Would Use Force on Iran to Ensure Compliance

THE GUARDIAN: Hillary Clinton today moved to secure her position as the most hawkish Democrat in the 2008 presidential race, saying she would consider the use of force to compel Iran to abandon its nuclear programme.

In an article for Foreign Affairs magazine intended as a blueprint for the foreign policy of a future Clinton White House, the Democratic frontrunner argues that Iran poses a long term strategic challenge to American and its allies, and that it must not be permitted to build or acquire nuclear weapons.

"If Iran does not comply with its own commitments and the will of the international community, all options must remain on the table," Ms Clinton said. Clinton would use violence against Tehran (more) By Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington

Mark Alexander