A couple of days ago, I noted that Iranian negotiator Hossein Mousavian was deviating from the talking points by declaring a “preliminary agreement” when everyone else was keeping to “considerable progress.” Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi joined Mousavian in lauding…
Vision of the Islamic Republic of Iran Network, via FBIS, has a discussion with a pair of parliamentarians of the Majlis bill obligating the Iranian governrment to resume uranium enrichment. The guests agree that the bill obligates Iran to resume…
Mohamed “ElBaradei plans to say in his November report to the IAEA that the agency has so far found no evidence of diversion” to a nuclear weapons program, a diplomat has told Reuters. ElBaradei “will balance that by saying that…
Confusion continues to reign over whether or not a bill recently passed by the Iranian parliament actually requires the resumption of uranium enrichment. The New York Times has a dreadful story, based on an Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) story,…
Reuters is reporting talks between Iran and Europe will resume on November 5, with hints that Iran will agree to an interim suspension of uranium enrichment by November 10 in order to avoid referral to the Security Council. Tehran is stalling to see if the upcoming presidential election produces a coherent US policy.
Apparently we do have an Iran policy: be very, very vague. Check out these headlines: U.S. Signals Opposition to Light-Water Reactor Offer to Iran; Tehran Expected to Offer Deal to Europeans (Global Security Newswire, October 21, 2004) US presses Iran…
I’ve just finished a paper for the ISA Conference in Montreal suggesting that we should support (and probably expand) Air Force Space Command proposals to provide satellite tracking data and analytic support to foreign and commercial entities. If we don’t…
