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In meetings with Iranian officials in Vienna this week, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) apparently intends to hold up agreement on a plan for Iran’s full cooperation in clarifying allegations of covert nuclear weapons work by insisting that it must first let the nuclear agency visit Parchin military base. That demand, coupled with the … Continue reading “IAEA Parchin Demand Puts Iran Cooperation Pact at Risk”

On Dec. 1, 2009, Yukiya Amano began his tenure as the director general (DG) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), after a bitter election in which he narrowly defeated the South African diplomat Abdul Minty. On Feb. 18, 2010, Amano issued his first report on Iran’s nuclear program. Analyzing the report in a piece … Continue reading “Yukiya Amano: Minion of the Empire”

VIENNA — The first detailed account of negotiations between the International Atomic Energy Agency and Iran last month belies earlier statements by unnamed Western officials portraying Iran as refusing to cooperate with the IAEA in allaying concerns about alleged nuclear weaponization work. The detailed account given by Iran’s permanent representative to the IAEA, Ali Asghar … Continue reading “Details of Talks with IAEA Belie Charge Iran Refused Cooperation”

News stories about satellite photographs suggesting efforts by Iran to “sanitize” a military site that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said may have been used to test nuclear weapons have added yet another layer to widely held suspicion that Iran must indeed be hiding a covert nuclear weapons program. But the story is … Continue reading “Photos of ‘Cleanup’ at Iran’s Parchin Site Lack Credibility”

The failure of a mission by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to get Iranian permission to visit a military testing site mentioned in its latest report has been interpreted in media coverage as a stall to avoid the discovery of confirming evidence of past work on nuclear weapons. But the history of Iranian cooperation … Continue reading “Iran Holds Up Access to Parchin for Better IAEA Deal”

Even as U.N. inspectors expressed disappointment about the results of their visit this week to Iran, a former chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) urged all parties to make greater efforts to defuse rapidly rising tensions over Tehran’s nuclear program to avert war. “We don’t expect too much now, but we need to … Continue reading “Ex-IAEA Chief Urges Talks to Defuse Threat of Attack on Iran”

Much of the U.S. media, with instigation from hawkish voices in Israel, France, the U.K., and the U.S., has been whipped into an anti-Iran frenzy over the last week surrounding the release of a much-ballyhooed report from the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The report, which expresses the director general’s “serious concerns … Continue reading “Iran’s Objections to the IAEA Report Deserve Consideration”

If you wade through the International Atomic Energy Agency’s much-awaited report [.pdf] on Iran’s alleged pursuit of nuclear weapons technology – a fate I wouldn’t wish on anyone – what you’ll find is a studious ambiguity. “May,” “might,” and “could” are words that modify practically every assertion of Iranian perfidy: “The information indicates that prior … Continue reading “Iran: Five Minutes to Zero Hour”