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Category Archives: Iran
Richard Silverstein presents a possible narrative of what happened to Ben Zygier, the Mossad agent who died mysteriously in prison. I’m not following that story in detail, but something from Silverstein’s account (which he points out is partially speculative) hit … Continue reading
The standoff continues between Iran and the IAEA about an inspection of the Parchin facility that is suspected of holding a containment tank for explosives tests related to nuclear weapons development. Robert Kelley has renewed his objection that such a … Continue reading
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This is only a short part of the recording of Mitt Romney’s remarks to a select group of wealthy donors. David Corn gets the central issue right: that it sounds like Romney doesn’t know the difference between a nuclear bomb … Continue reading
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The CIA has declassified a retrospective report on what went wrong in its assessment of Saddam Hussein’s WMD capabilities. Even now, a great deal of the released document is classified and blanked out. It’s worth looking at to see if … Continue reading
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No, I’m not going to argue that Iran has nuclear weapons. Deterrence goes beyond nuclear weapons, although the discussions of the Cold War seem to have inextricably combined the two words into “nuclear deterrence” and substituted the combined concept for … Continue reading
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Also sort of incredible. The anonymous official is most likely (again) Ehud Barak, or possibly someone close to Barak or Binyamin Netanyhu. Here are the ransom demands:
Claims and counterclaims on Iran’s nuclear program continue. Here’s a sampling from Iran this week.
I’ve been thinking that it might be a good idea to upload Iran’s position paper, which I’ve been using from a dropbox address, although it is available elsewhere. Now Scott Peterson makes the PowerPoint slides from Iran’s presentation available at … Continue reading
The Parchin story continues to complicate. Gareth Porter would like to believe that there is no explosives testing chamber at all, and indeed we have no photographic proof that one is there. This somewhat undermines Porter’s earlier story, however, of … Continue reading
Kenneth Waltz argues that an Iranian nuclear weapon is likely to stabilize the Middle East as a counterbalance to Israeli nuclear power. His Foreign Affairs article is behind a paywall, but USA Today published a summary. Waltz sees the world … Continue reading
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