The Bush administration has bugged the communications of UN International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei in an effort to find evidence that could be used to oust him from his position and replace him with someone more to...
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Dutch arrest man wanted by US for supplying lethal chemicals to Saddam
Dutch authorities announced Monday that they have arrested a man on the FBI's "Most Wanted" list (see this listing from 2000) for supplying lethal chemicals to Saddam Hussein's Iraq in the 1980s. Frans van Anraat, now 62, is said...
Judge Richard Posner, University of Chicago Law School:"The U.S. invasion of Iraq, the U.S. decision not to invade Afghanistan before the 9/11 attacks, and concern with the apparent efforts of Iran and North Korea to obtain nuclear weapons raise acutely...
Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Resolution adopted by the International Atomic Energy Agency, November 29, 2004 [policing Iran's promise to freeze all programs linked to uranium enrichment and welcoming Iran's suspension of sensitive...
Reuters is reporting that the International Atomic Energy Agency has passed a resolution on policing Iran's promise to freeze all programs linked to uranium enrichment. The watered-down resolution welcomes Iran's suspension of sensitive nuclear activities as "a voluntary, non-legally...
Iran backs down on centrifuges, putting nuclear accord back on track
Iran has given up its demand to retain 20 uranium enrichment centrifuges, a move that had threatened to derail a draft nuclear disarmament put forward at the UN by the UK, Germany and France. Iran sent a letter to...
EU, Iran downplay accord, while report says Pakistani scientist gave Iran nuclear material
Both the EU and Iran Wednesday sought to condition a tentative agreement on Iran's suspension of uranium enrichment on further cooperation between both sides. Iran warned that it would halt its suspension if further progress was not made when...
Iran's suspension of enrichment activities meets IAEA demands
Iran's promise to suspend its uranium enrichment activities (see this report on JURIST's Paper Chase) will satisfy some demands of the International Atomic Energy Agency, according to a confidential IAEA report. In the report, Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the...
Iran announced Sunday that it has submitted a letter to the UN stating that it would suspend uranium enrichment activities as part of a deal with the European Union to avoid UN Security Council sanctions. Iran's chief nuclear negotiator,...
Iranian judiciary officials announced Tuesday that a group of pro-reform journalists will stand trial next week on charges of spreading propaganda against the Islamic government. The journalists, who wrote for Internet-based news organizations or maintained web logs, have all...