I am just now getting the chance to write some comments about Peter Scoblic’s TNR article about nuclear proliferation. [full disclosure: Peter was the editor of Arms Control Today when I first began working at ACA.] These are just some thoughts I had while reading the piece, rather than a proper review. Overall, it’s very …
Inside Iran's UCF
by | 2005-08-14 | No Comments
Iranian news agencies are really showing off the Uranium Conversion Facility at Esfahan (Isfahan), where Iran has resumed fuel cycle activities. The Fars news agency photographs Iran’s uranium conversion facility, inside and out. Check it out. Conservative daily Keyhan (full text via World News Connection) details the history of the facility, including failed negotiations with …
Rowhani Out; Larijani In
by | 2005-08-14 | No Comments
As previously rumored here at ACW, conservative Ali Larijani will replace Hasan Rowhani (Rohani) as Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC)—becoming Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator. Larijani has had some very tough things to say about EU-Iran negotiations. Update: The Iranian Students News Agency reported on 11 August 2005 that Larijani was headed to …
Got Gas? Iran Stinks at Making UF6
by | 2005-08-13 | 9 Comments
Iran’s Uranium Conversion Facility is the weak point in Iran’s nuclear fuel cycle. That was a victory for US nonproliferation policy under, gasp, the Clinton Administration. The new NIE on Iran’s nuclear program contains a pair of substantive revelations. Dafna Linzer in the Washington Post reported that a new NIE suggsts Iran may be further …
