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The Qom Enrichment Facility: Was Iran Legally Bound to Disclose?

by Daniel Joyner (source: JURIST) March 5, 2010


JURIST Guest Columnist Daniel Joyner of the University of Alabama School of Law says that, reflective of the central tension between nonproliferation and peaceful use, Iran has not clearly violated any legal obligations incumbent upon it in the timing of its disclosure of the existence of an intended uranium enrichment facility at Qom.... ››read more


AI und Iran - oder wie man einen Schurken macht

by Joachim Guilliard on Feb 24

How not to contain Iran

by Stephen M. Walt on Mar 5

Mullen Wary of Israeli Attack on Iran

by Ray McGovern (source: Consortiumnews.com) March 6, 2010


Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, came home with sweaty palms from his mid-February visit to Israel. Ever since, he has been worrying aloud that Israel might mousetrap the U.S. into war with Iran. ››read more


Clinton Strikes Out in Brazil: A Security Council Divided on Iran Sanctions

by Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett (source: The Race for Iran) March 4, 2010


Secretary of State Hillary Clinton traveled to Brasilia to mount a full court press on the Brazilian government to support a United Nations Security Council resolution imposing tougher sanctions against Iran over its nuclear activities. ››read more


A sober approach to sanctioning Iran

by David Ignatius on Mar 7

China, Iran und das Sanktionsmärchen

(Der Spiegelfechter) Mar 7, 2010


Der vor wenigen Tagen veröffentliche Iran-Bericht des neuen IAEA-Direktors Yukiya Amano ist Wasser auf den Mühlen der Hardliner in Washington, Paris und London. Schlägt der Japaner doch deutlich misstrauischere Töne gegenüber Teherans nuklearen Ambitionen an und äußert an den nicht-militärischen Absichten der iranischen Machthaber implizit Zweifel. ›››