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Iranian Opposition Leader Tells U.S. to Leave Nuclear Program Alone

By | 12.22.09 | 11:24 am

Once again, the Iranian opposition demonstrates that it’s comprised of Iranians. From The Times of London’s interview with Green leader Mehdi Karroubi:

In a surprising twist, however, Mehdi Karroubi warned the West against exploiting the regime’s weakness to strike a deal to halt a nuclear programme that was, he

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Iran’s Foreign Minister Rejects Vienna Uranium Deal

By | 11.18.09 | 4:41 pm

It’s still not a definitive rejection of the deal reached in Vienna to reprocess Iran’s uranium abroad into a matter unsuitable for a nuclear weapon, but it’s not nothing, either:

Iran’s foreign minister said in remarks reported Wednesday that he opposes sending the country’s enriched uranium abroad under a

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More Secret Iranian Nuclear Sites?

By | 11.17.09 | 8:48 am

The International Atomic Energy Agency, after inspecting the recently disclosed nuclear facility at Qom, suspects there may be more:

International inspectors who gained access to Iran’s newly revealed underground nuclear enrichment plant voiced strong suspicions in a report on Monday that the country was concealing other atomic facilities. [...]

Is the Vienna Deal Being Renegotiated?

By | 11.09.09 | 9:29 am

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton last week urged Iran to stop stalling and accept a proposal formally put forward in Vienna by the so-called P5+1 nations to enrich Iranian uranium in Europe to a form unsuitable for nuclear weapons. “We are not altering” the deal, she said. Well, More…