In 1998, China backed out of a contract to build a Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF) for Iran—a victory for US nonproliferation policy during the Clinton Administration. Iran built the facility using the designs China had already provided. Apparently, there were some hard feelings between Tehran and Beijing. Dr Mohammad Saeidi (Saeedi or Sa’idi, pictured right), …
Gchine (Gehine)
by | 2005-09-04 | 1 Comment
Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran (GOV/2005/67) has several paragraphs devoted to Iran’s the Gchine uranium mine and mill, near Bandar Abbas. ElBaradei provided some background on the Gchine mine in 2004: In the south of Iran, near Bandar Abbas, Iran has constructed the Gchine uranium mine and its …
Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran, GOV/2005/67
by | 2005-09-03 | No Comments
IAEA Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei has submitted a report concerning the Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran (GOV/2005/67). The full text—marked “restricted distribution”—fell off a truck, digitally speaking. George Jahn with AP led with the revelation that Iran has produced 6,800 kg of uranium hexafluoride (UF6) gas. Iran has produced …
George Tenet Pep Talk
by | 2005-09-02 | 1 Comment
AP Special Correspondent Charles J. Hanley has a readable, accessible summary of the Iraq WMD debacle in the Guardian. Hanley opens with an anecdote that I haven’t seen before: Beneath the giant dome of a Baghdad palace, facing his team of scientists and engineers, George Tenet sounded more like a football coach than a spymaster, …
