IAEA Report Released: Iran’s Nuclear Weapon Program
IAEA warns in part that Iranian government has expertise and materials needed to build nuclear weapon after receiving support from foreign scientists
Wednesday, November 09, 2011
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* IAEA has the following posted on their website today…
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Wednesday, November 09, 2011
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An IAEA report on nuclear verification in Iran was circulated on 8 November 2011 to the Agency's Board of Governors and the UN Security Council.
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The Agency's 35-member Board of Governors will consider the report at its next meeting in Vienna from 17 November 2011. The document's circulation is currently restricted to IAEA Member States and unless the IAEA Board decides otherwise the Agency cannot authorize its release to the public.
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The report, Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and Relevant Provisions of Security Council Resolutions in the Islamic Republic of Iran, was issued by the IAEA Director General. It covers developments since the last report on 2 September 2011, as well as issues of longer standing.
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Needless to say the IAEA report was leaked and you can read it by clicking on the link at the bottom of this post. But for now we have the following reports below…
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* BBC had this report out Tuesday afternoon and it starts off like this… The words are dry and cautious. But Tuesday's report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)… the UN's nuclear watchdog… represents a serious indictment of Iran's nuclear activities… At the very least, Tehran has a troubling case to answer…
Read the full report at link below…
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- BBC also has this report out today on just how Russia is feeling on all of this Iranian mess and it goes in part like this… Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov told Interfax news agency that extra sanctions "will be seen in the international community as an instrument for regime change in Iran"… "That approach is unacceptable to us, and the Russian side does not intend to consider such proposals."… The Russian foreign ministry later issued another statement saying that the report "does not contain fundamentally new information"…
Read this report in full at link below…
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* The Washington Post had this report posted-up on their website Tuesday afternoon and it starts off like this… Intelligence provided to U.N. nuclear officials shows that Iran’s government has mastered the critical steps needed to build a nuclear weapon, receiving assistance from foreign scientists to overcome key technical hurdles, according to Western diplomats and nuclear experts briefed on the findings… Documents and other records provide new details on the role played by a former Soviet weapons scientist who allegedly tutored Iranians over several years on building high-precision detonators of the kind used to trigger a nuclear chain reaction, the officials and experts said. Crucial technology linked to experts in Pakistan and North Korea also helped propel Iran to the threshold of nuclear capability, they added…
Read the full report at link below…
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* HAARETZ.com has this report posted on their website this Wednesday afternoon and in this report… Prime Minister's Office says Israel studying report on Islamic Republic's nuclear activities… Will issue response later -- Netanyahu instructs ministers not to discuss report with media…
Read this report at link below…
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* JPOST.com reports…
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Last but least today…
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I say the endgame is up and as far as Iran being attacked goes… It’s not if… but WHEN!
AubreyJ………
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