Posts about Iran Nuclear Program as of October 29, 2009

The Latest from Iran (29 October): Opposition Momentum? Receive our latest updates by email or RSS SUBSCRIBE TO OUR FEED Buy Us A Cup of Coffee? Help Enduring America Expand Its Coverage and Analysis We noted in our updates yesterday the emerging news of a recent meeting between Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi. Khordaad 88 has now provided an English translation of the account from the Mousavi-linked newspaper Kalemeh: At the start of the meeting, Mehdi Karroubi recalled the events in the exhibition for Journalism [Tehran Media Fair].

Iran has delivered a response on a UN-backed proposal seen as crucial to easing diplomatic tensions over its nuclear programme, Iranian media say. Under the plan, most of Iran’s enriched uranium would be sent abroad to be turned into fuel rods for research use. Iran’s president said earlier his country was ready to co-operate with the proposal. Iran [...]

October 29th, 2009Contrary to what the west has been telling us they’re doing, Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad bragged to a crowd today that the west is now helping Iran develop their nuclear program according to the Associated Press/Fox News Channel;“Today we reached a very important point,” Ahmadinejad said, speaking at a rally in the northeastern city of Mashhad. “Ground has been paved for nuclear cooperation” and Tehran is ready to now work on nuclear fuel supplies and technical know-how with the U.N.

For years we’ve been trying to get the world to stop Iran from building nukes. Threats, boycotts, rewards. All were tried. Iran was always taking two steps forward and one step back. And that one step back always seemed to satisfy the pussies of the world who’d rather talk than slap the bat snot out of a recalcitant Iran. Well, thanks to Barack HUSSEIN Obama (mmm, mmm, mmm) Iran’s just been allowed to take 199 steps forward.

This is a syndicated post. Original article from BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition, available at BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition. Iran has delivered a response on a draft deal for it to enrich nuclear fuel abroad, according to Iranian state media.

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Iran’s hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad struck a rare conciliatory note Thursday, saying that the Islamic republic was ready for nuclear cooperation with Western powers.

Iran’s hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad strikes a rare conciliatory note, saying that the Islamic republic is ready for nuclear cooperation with the West. More here:  Ahmadinejad: Iran ready for nuclear cooperation

AP – U.S. National Security Adviser James Jones met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday, opening a day of negotiations expected to focus on downsizing nuclear arsenals and the Iran issue. Go here to see the original: (AP)”> (AP)”>US security adviser in Moscow nuclear arms talks (AP)

A new World Bank report says that Russia is likely to bear the brunt of changes to regional climate brought on by global warming.  Gazprom, currently  feuding with Rosneft  over blocked access to energy infrastructure, may rework its ‘ tough line ‘ of fining European customers that do not buy the minimum-stated amount of gas each month.  Rosneft has outlined plans for  $6 billion worth  of offshore investment for the next few years.  The question of Iranian nuclear capability continues to be debated in the press.

Oct29 News Anchor Reuters – Iran will not retreat “one iota” on its nuclear rights but is ready to cooperate on issues regarding atomic fuel, power plants and technology, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday.Read the Full StoryIran ready to cooperate on nuclear fuel (Reuters) Share and Enjoy:Related News PostsOctober 28, 2009 — Iran wants big changes to nuclear deal with powers (Reuters) – 1880th Top News ItemOctober 27, 2009 — Iran wants big changes to nuclear deal with

Oct29 News Anchor Reuters – Secretary of StateHillary Clinton’s Pakistan charm offensive rolled into a wall of suspicion at one of the country’s top universities on Thursday as students drilled her on whether America was truly ready to be a steadfast partner in a time of crisis.Read the Full StoryClinton charm offensive runs into suspicions in Pakistan (Reuters) Share and Enjoy:Related News PostsOctober 28, 2009 — Clinton promises new page in Pakistani relations (Reuters) – 2024th

Oct29 News Anchor AFP – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that “conditions are ready” for a nuclear deal with world powers following a change in Western policy from “confrontation to cooperation.”Read the Full StoryConditions ready for nuclear cooperation: Ahmadinejad (AFP) Share and Enjoy:Related News PostsSeptember 24, 2009 — Netanyahu attacks Ahmadinejad’s Holocaust denial (Reuters) – 1120th Top News ItemSeptember 24, 2009 — Netanyahu attacks Ahmadinejad’s

AP – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday that Tehran will not give up its nuclear program, but noted that the West and Iran are now cooperating — remarks that appear to reinforce Iran’s support for the general outline of a U.N.-drafted nuclear deal. See original here:  (AP)”> (AP)”>Ahmadinejad says West now cooperating with Iran (AP)

TODAY : Markelov’s assassins to be arrested?  Stalin monument reports ‘baseless’; UK and Russia to try and mend relations; Russia not supplying Iran with missiles; abstinence-based AIDS strategy not working; nuclear spaceships. Mikhail Markelov, the brother of Stanislav Markelov, the human rights lawyer murdered in January of this year, said he has conducted an investigation parallel to the official one and that those responsible for the killing are known to the authorities and will be arrested soon.

World. Iran will not retreat “one iota” on its nuclear rights, but is ready to cooperate on issues regarding atomic fuel, power plants and technology, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday.

NEW Iran: The Supreme Leader’s Threat — Strength or Weakness? NEW Video: The Announcements for the 13 Aban Marches Iran: Towards 13 Aban — The University Protests Latest Iran Video: Families of Detainees Protest (28 October) Iran: Are There Billions of Dollars Missing? The Latest from Iran (28 October): The Supreme Leader Jumps In Receive our latest updates by email or RSS SUBSCRIBE TO OUR FEED Buy Us A Cup of Coffee? Help Enduring America Expand Its Coverage and Analysis 1110 GMT: Another note on the Ahmadinejad Nuclear Play (0850 and 1040 GMT).

Ahmadinejad says West now cooperating with Iran TEHRAN, Iran ? Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday that Tehran will not give up its nuclear program, but noted that the West and Iran are now cooperating ? remarks that appear to reinforce Iran’s support for the general outline of a U.N.-drafted nuclear deal. The speech by Iran’s president came on [...]

BBC News IAEA team back from Iran inspection The Associated Press VIENNA, Austria — A team of UN nuclear inspectors returned Thursday from a visit to a previously secret Iranian uranium enrichment site, with their chief saying that they had a good trip. The Fordo site is near the holy city of Qom. … Sanctions unlikely soon, Kremlin says Washington Post IAEA had “good trip” to Iran enrichment site Reuters South Africa UN chief hails Iran’s nuclear cooperation PRESS TV TIME Related posts: UN Nuclear Inspectors to Tour Iran’s Second Enrichment Plant Near Qom – NIMBRUNG.NET ABC News UN Nuclear Inspectors to Tour Iran’s Second…

From JPostThe American people’s strong support for Israel remains constant and their support for action to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power has substantially increased, according to a new nationwide survey released by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Monday.The survey’s findings demonstrate that Americans recognize Israel as a strong and loyal US ally, are skeptical about “peace dividends” that would be realized by Israel stopping all settlement construction and believe that a

From JPost The American people’s strong support for Israel remains constant and their support for action to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power has substantially increased, according to a new nationwide survey released by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Monday. The survey’s findings demonstrate that Americans recognize Israel as a strong and loyal US ally, are skeptical about “peace dividends” that would be realized by Israel stopping all settlement construction and believe that a Palestinian state must not be established until the Palestinians demonstrate a commitment to end violence and accept Israel’s legitimacy.

Former Sen. Chuck Hagel, notorious RINO, has been  named co-chair of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, joining such other notorious anti-Israel appointees as Samantha Power and General Jones.YID WITH LIDreports Hagel will be charged with overseeing the work of the intelligence agencies for the president and investigating violations of law by the clandestine community.

Kevin Davis sat at the wooden table in the small front room writing in a notebook: “How do I explain in this diary, how the world came to an end?” Sighing deeply he looked up to where his wife Sally, and their best friends, Dave and Katy Bevan, were seated together on the small sofa, one of the few pieces of large furniture that they had been able to bring with them.

CBC.ca Why Iran Will Push Back on the West’s Nuclear Offer TIME Delegates look on at the meeting of representatives from France, Iran, Russia and the United States at the Agency’s Headquarters in Vienna on Oct. 19,2009 As the world has waited for Iran’s response to the latest … Iran to Respond to UN Nuclear Deal by Thursday Voice of America UN chief says Iran should accept uranium plan The Associated Press What if Bush signed Iran gasoline bill? PRESS TV Reuters Related posts: Iran to Respond to UN Nuclear Deal by Thursday – NIMBRUNG.NET Voice of America Iran to Respond to UN Nuclear…

Oct29 News Anchor Reuters – Iran’s envoy to the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency will present Tehran’s position on a draft nuclear fuel deal with three powers in Vienna on Thursday, a semi-official Iranian news agency said on Wednesday.Read the Full StoryReport: Iran to respond to atomic deal on Thursday (Reuters) Share and Enjoy:Related News PostsOctober 28, 2009 — Iran wants big changes to nuclear deal with powers (Reuters) – 1880th Top News ItemOctober 27, 2009 — Iran wants big changes

Jpost: “There is no doubt he is our friend,” Turkey’s prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, says of Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, even as he accuses Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman of threatening to use nuclear weapons against Gaza. These outrageous assertions point to the profound change of orientation by Turkey’s government – for six decades the West’s closest Muslim ally – since Erdogan’s AK party came to power in 2002.

Iraq war plan, carried out despite getting opposition from all over the world, has been prepared at least a dozen years ago by Israeli strategists. In an attempt to realize the strategy pemecahbelahan attenuation or Arab countries the Middle East, Israel included Egypt, Syria, Iran and Saudi Arabia in the next hit list. When the writing is organized, the United States (U.S.) has started penggempuran against Iraq. Despite the fact that most countries around the world, even most U.S.

Shocka! There appears to be “Daylight” between America & Israel on Iran IDF Chief of Staff Ashkenazi was in Germany this week speaking at a Holocaust remembrance memorial, he gave an inspired speech. There are a number of reasons to examine the text; Ashkenazi as head of the IDF is probably the 3rd most powerful man in Israel. Ashkenazi is intensely popular, trusted & respected by an Israeli public which will support his judgment.  Ashkenazi is intensely popular, trusted & respected by an IDF which will also support his judgment.

The problem with modern-day liberals’ penchant for implementing functions not allowed in the Constitution isn’t just that they’re sticking their noses where they shouldn’t; it’s that it’s distracting them from sticking their noses where they should. Fresh out of the gate, President Obama decided to continue President Bush’s plan to take over the nation’s largest car companies and banks by tempting them with bailout funds, then tightening the noose and micromanaging them from Washington.  Soon after, Obama decided to force taxpayers to guarantee virtually all U.S.

Dear CIGAs, Don’t worry. Everything is going to be as we anticipated it.   Jim Sinclair’s Commentary The recent new derivative regulations exempt those large dealers that claim the status as hedgers. I suspect the Saudis drop of West Texas Intermediate as the measure of price is a step away from the huge US interest that with the use of highly sophisticated computer programs and infinite finance are able to adjust the price of world energy. Any move away is an effort to untangle that relationship.

Opinia.US SAN FRANCISCO — In a speech in Bucharest, Romania, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden categorically denied that President Obama’s new missile defense proposal was meant to appease Russia. “Some — maybe even understandably — jump to the conclusion that this new missile defense approach was meant to appease Russia at the expense of Central Europe. Nothing could be further from the truth. That is absolutely wrong. Missile defense is not about Russia.

Josh Rogin reported today that former Senator Chuck Hagel will serve as co-chair of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board. Hagel was also the keynote speaker at last night’s J Street gala dinner. Naturally, Hagel is not a big supporter of Israel (this seems to be a theme among J Street speakers).

The United Nations has approved a draft resolution proposed by the Islamic Republic of Iran on destruction of nuclear weapons under international supervision. Read the full article at Press TV .

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Today’s headlines: “Pakistan-Iran tensions rising,” Dubai TV, UAE; “US Official Resigns Over Policy in Afghanistan,” Press TV, Iran; “Israel ‘Restricting’ Access to Water for Palestinians,” IBA TV, Israel; “Israeli Settlers Consider Palestinian Olive Harvest a ‘Provocation’,” IBA TV, Israel; “Iran May Accept ‘Framework’ of Nuclear Agreement,” Al Arabiya TV, UAE; “German on Trial Over Muslim [...]

Writing for the Wall Street Journal, Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov calls for President Barack Obama to face the reality of Russia’s interests in continued high tensions in the Middle East, and to take a serious stance in talks with Moscow over Iran’s nuclear program. Russia Worries About the Price of Oil, Not a Nuclear Iran The Obama administration’s foreign-policy goodwill has yet to be repaid in kind.

Aside of this warmongering neocon’s undisguised hope that Israel bombs Iran’s nuclear facilities, listen to what this bozo says starting at around 4:10 on the video vis-à-vis the Arab world’s secret “relief” that Iran would not have nuclear weapons: On the other hand, Bozo Boulton, do you believe that the Arab world is relieved that Israel has nuclear weapons??!! (Damn! There I go again. I apologize. I keep forgetting—Israel doesn’t have any nuclear weapons.) And of course if Israel attacks Iran, Iran won’t retaliate.

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SofiaEcho: Turkey’s prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused the West of treating Iran unfairly over its nuclear programme.Erdogan told the UK’s Guardian newspaper that Western fears Iran wanted to build the bomb were merely “gossip”.His comments come shortly before a trip to Iran and a meeting with president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the country’s Supreme Leader. “There is no doubt he is our friend,” said Erdogan of Ahmadinejad.

Because in Erodgan’s eyes, we are morally equivalent to Iran. However, I do not recall our President ever pulling any stunt like this.BBC: Turkey’s prime minister has accused the West of treating Iran unfairly over its nuclear programme.Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Britain’s Guardian newspaper Western fears Iran wanted to build the bomb were “gossip”. His comments come as a team from the UN nuclear watchdog continues its inspection of a previously secret uranium plant near the city of Qom.

Strike…them…now Israel Matzav The chief of the IDF’s military intelligence research division Yossi Baidatz said on Tuesday that by the end of 2009, Iran will have the  technological ability to build a nuclear bomb. The Times of London made a  similar assessment on Monday. Baidatz said that while Iran’s behavior had been cautious, it was continuing to enhance its nuclear power, Israel Radio reported. Baidatz added that the atmosphere in the international community was that of accepting that the Islamic republic would eventually have nuclear weapons.

What are Russia’s main interests in the Middle East and the Gulf Region? If you look at Russia’s position today and over the past few years, since it recovered from the terrible ’90s, one of the major issues in Russian foreign policy has been to regain recognition as a major power; with not just a marginal voice in international affairs, but a real vote and a real veto. To be a party that other major powers, namely the United States, come to in order to consult when they want to address major issues on the international agenda.

February 5, 2009: Russia’s state nuclear corporation announced that Russia would complete Iran’s first nuclear power plant in the city of Bushehr by the end of 2009. Russia launched the estimated $1 billion project in 1995 and began supplying the plant with enriched nuclear fuel in December 2007. The fuel deliveries were completed in January 2008. February 13, 2009: During a four-day visit to Russia, Turkish President Abdullah Gul signed a joint declaration with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev.

The presidents’ call for cooperation on the question of how to jointly address Iran’s nuclear ambitions is also a positive step. The London statement included a number of initiatives in this vein, including a demand that Iran cooperate fully with resolutions passed by the U.N. Security Council and the IAEA, and support for ensuring that all states ratify the IAEA additional protocol. The language was tougher than what Russia has agreed to in the past.

Three Americans arrested after apparently straying into Iran are being questioned by police, Iranian state television has reported. “We don’t know whether they are tourists or not. We are questioning them,” said a local security official. Iranian officials have accused the three of ignoring warnings from border guards and crossing over from Iraq’s Kurdish region on Friday. The frontier between Iran and Iraq in the region is said to be poorly marked.

By Fariba Amini , a human rights activist and a journalist (THE GUARDIAN, 04/08/09): When Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made his first visit to the US as president of Iran, I attended a ceremony at the Manhattan Hilton where he was speaking. Having gone there out of sheer curiosity, I sat listening, with some 450 others. After reciting a few verses from the Qur’an, Ahmadinejad spoke of the greatness of the Iranian nation and its equally great achievements under the Islamic republic.

The 2007 National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) report on Iran continues to distort public debate and understanding. As Emanuele points out in discussing a Times of London article on Iran’s progress toward a weapon, the 2007 NIE was designed to make the 2003 suspension of Iran’s weaponization program its memorable point.

Sibel Edmonds Court Documents Shed Light on CIA Illegal Operations in Central Asia Using Islam & Madrassas Sibel Deniz Edmonds is a former FBI translator who says she saw evidence of “ criminal activities involving U.S. officials . S he grew up in Iran and  Turkey, later worked for the FBI, witnessing serious misconduct among her co-workers, and discovering that senior State Department and Pentagon officials were seemingly involved in corruption and Turkish elements of the nuclear black market.

By Simon Tisdall , an assistant editor of the Guardian and a foreign affairs columnist (THE GUARDIAN, 04/08/09): Barack Obama’s decision to send Bill Clinton to North Korea will be seen as a gamble by both fans and critics of the US administration’s policy of engagement with “states of concern”. While Clinton’s primary aim is to secure the release of two American journalists arrested last March , this unexpectedly bold demarche will inevitably be viewed strategically as yet another attempt by Washington to bring the enigmatic panjandrums of Pyongyang in from the cold.

The detentions follow attempts by Washington to increase pressure on the Islamic state over its nuclear drive. WRH permalink

Analyst Ilan Berman says Tehran using hikers for leverage, could be very close to nuclear weapons.

How about this for a New Rule: Not everything in America has to make a profit. It used to be that there were some services and institutions so vital to our nation that they were exempt from market pressures. Some things we just didn’t do for money. The United States always defined capitalism, but it didn’t used to define us. But now it’s becoming all that we are. Did you know, for example, that there was a time when being called a “war profiteer” was a bad thing? But now our war zones are dominated by private contractors and mercenaries who work for corporations.

Apparently, we, as a country, are engaging upon another build up of war materials; this time it is massive destruction by non-nuclear means. Taking a page from the Russians, having demonstrated super massive bombs a couple of years ago, the United States has decided to embark upon the same type of weapon, improving on the ‘bunker-buster’ bombs used in Iraq. from Slashdot “Published reports today say the Pentagon is rattling swords in the direction of North Korea and Iran by speeding the development a 20-foot, 30,000-lb bomb known as Massive Ordnance Penetrator.

For generations, Americans have had the deserved image when abroad of being self-centerred and arrogant as far as understanding and respecting that they are in another country. Americans travel with the attitude that everywhere ought to be exactly like the US as far as customs and laws, except when the customs are quaint enough to attract their tourists’ curiosity. They think freedoms of access, speech, the press, innocent until provent guilty, ad nauseum are the way the world ought to be, so they behave as if it is.