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Iran
at the Crossroads
Tehran insists that its nuclear program, launched before the Islamic revolution, is aimed solely at generating electricity for a growing population. Iran announced in April 2006 it was enriching uranium to levels required to produce atomic energy.
The United States and its allies accuse Iran of using its nuclear program to hide a quest for atomic weapons
On Sunday, December 24, 2006 Iran remained defiant over the newly imposed "illegal" UN sanctions, vowing to press ahead with its nuclear program and warning that full cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was no longer guaranteed.
On Thursday, March 15, 2007 Diplomats at the UN have reached agreement in principle on a package of new sanctions against Iran, following its refusal to stop enriching uranium.
What awaits Iran? Where will Iran's nuclear steps go to? This folder presents Iran's nuclear ambition and the challenges before it.
Iran
and the World:
Security
Council Action on Iran Urged
UN
Security Council permanent members France and Britain pressed on Thursday,
February 22, for further actions by the world body against Iran, shortly after
the UN nuclear watchdog reported Tehran's failure to comply with a demand to
halt uranium enrichment activities.
US
Pinpoints Iran Targets
Despite
Whitehouse’s repeated denial of any imminent attack on Iran, military planners
of the US wartime administration's have already completed the attack plan and
selected their targets within the Islamic republic, the BBC has revealed
UK
Think Tanks, Charities Fear Iran War
A
coalition of 17 independent British think tanks and faith organizations warned
on Monday, February 5, that any military adventure against Iran would unleash
disastrous consequences for the Middle East and the wider world, urging a
diplomatic approach
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Iran's
Side of Things:
Iran's
Nuclear Ambitions
Iran’s
recent decision to halt all United Nations inspections of its nuclear sites for
the next month…
Iranian
Nuclear Facilities
The
university of Tehran has two research reactors, one supplied during the Shah's
rule by he United States , the other by Argentina…
Iranian Water Just Got Heavy
Defiant
of a deadline presented by the West, Iran inaugurated a heavy water plant on
August 26, 2006...
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Profile
of Iran:
Iran:
Man, Environment, and Belief
Referring
to the Iranian people, the Umayyad Caliph Sulayman bin `Abdul-Malik said, “I
am amazed at those non-Arabs: While we could not do without them for an hour
during our 100-year rule, they ruled for 1,000 years and were never in need of
us.”
Civil
Society in Iran: A Critical Review
Civil
society has been one of the most prominent concepts in the study of political
science for the last 20 years. As part of the interest in the third wave of
democracy that flooded Eastern Europe and — in later years — the Middle East
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Nuclear
Energy?
Power
Talk: Ask IAEA on Nuclear Energy
Countries
currently take one of three approaches to dealing with their spent fuel. Some
recycle it to extract usable uranium and plutonium…
The
Basics of Nuclear Power
Nuclear
energy is formed through the artificially induced splitting of Uranium 235 and
Plutonium 239 atoms (fission). This fission produces energy...
Nuclear
Energy and the Right to Opt for Peace
There
are more than 440 commercial nuclear reactors around the world and another 30
under construction…
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Nuclear
Terrorism...How Realistic Is It?!
Plutonium:
How Money and Power Put Us at Risk
The
Nuclear Monopoly: Shrouded in Conspiracy
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