Article published in Amauta with permission from the author by Ray McGovern Here we go again.  A report issued Thursday by the new Director General of the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano, has injected new adrenalin into those arguing that Iran is developing a nuclear weapon. The usual suspects are hyping—and distorting—thin-gruel language [...]

Source: Newsweek An Interview With Mohamed El Baradei by Jerry Guo December 11, 2009 Before he stepped down last month, Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, as the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), had to deal with some of the world’s toughest regimes, including Syria, Iraq, Iran, and North Korea. El Baradei met with Newsweek’s Jerry Guo last week [...]

Source: McClatchy Newspapers by Margaret Talev and Nancy A. Youssef November 27, 2009 Washington – The United Nations nuclear agency blasted Iran in a resolution Friday for obstructing investigations into its suspected nuclear-weapons program and demanded that the Islamic Republic stop enriching uranium at a once-secret facility. In response, the Obama administration suggested that world powers might be moving [...]

by Glenn Greenwald September 26, 2009 Anonymous Obama officials yesterday dictated to Helene Cooper and Mark Mazzetti of The New York Times their version of the dramatic and exciting behind-the-scenes events that led to the administration’s announcement this week about Iran’s nuclear facility — a late-night strategy session; secret consultation with allies; high-level diplomatic wrangling; the White [...]

The U.S., Iran, and Nuclear Terror by Anthony DiMaggio September 26, 2009 Iran’s admission that it is enriching uranium at a second nuclear site was greeted with alarm in the halls of Washington and in American newsrooms on Friday.  Obama has long warned about the “existential threat” that Iran poses to the U.S. and its allies.  Concern over [...]

por Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, 25 sep (IPS) – Al acusar a Irán de construir una central nuclear subterránea para enriquecer uranio en secreto, Estados Unidos, Gran Bretaña y Francia elevaron la tensión pocos días antes de una reunión programada entre representantes de esos países, Alemania, China y Rusia. La denuncia pública fue formulada por el presidente estadounidense [...]

Ahmadineyad rechaza crítica de EE.UU. como juego político por Al Jazeera y agencias 26 de septiembre, 2009 El presidente de Irán ha negado que su gobierno haya violado las reglas del Organismo Internacional de Energía Atómica (OIEA) después de revelar la existencia de una nueva instalación de enriquecimiento de uranio al organismo de control de la ONU. Hablando en [...]

by David E. Sanger and William J. Broad September 26, 2009 WASHINGTON — The Obama administration plans to tell Iran this week that it must open a newly revealed nuclear enrichment site to international inspectors “within weeks,” according to senior administration officials. The administration will also tell Tehran that inspectors must have full access to the key [...]