US, Iran trade barbs at U.N. nuclear agency meet: What We're Reading Now
Sep 19, 2011
IRAN
US envoy blasts Iran's nuclear 'deceit'
George Jahn, The Associated Press - September 19, 2011
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu accused Iran of nuclear "denial, deceit and evasion" on Monday, warning that Tehran's decision to move some uranium enrichment facilities to an underground bunker brings it closer to being able to producing the fissile core of a warhead.
US, Iran trade barbs at U.N. nuclear agency meet
Fredrik Dahl and Michael Shields, Reuters Alertnet - September 19, 2011.
he United States and Iran traded accusations at a meeting of the U.N. atomic agency on Monday, underlining the deep deadlock between the two adversaries in a long-running dispute over the Islamic state's nuclear programme.
Analysis: West fears possible Iran-North Korea nuclear links
Fredrik Dahl, Reuters - Semptember 17, 2011
Last year, a U.N. report suggested that impoverished, reclusive North Korea might have supplied Iran as well as Syria and Myanmar with banned atomic technology. In what could be a sign of this, a German newspaper last month reported that North Korea had provided Iran with a computer program as part of intensified cooperation that could help the Islamic state build nuclear weapons.
NORTH KOREA
China calls for resumption of six-party talks
Paula Hancocks, CNN - September 19, 2011
China is calling Monday for the resumption of six party talks on North Korea's nuclear disarmament two days before planned inter-Korean talks. "We are happy to see that there have been some new, positive interactions between the parties concerned surrounding the restart of the six party talks," Foreign minister Yang Jiechi told a seminar in Beijing. "The parties must seize these opportunities."
Nuclear envoys of two Koreas to meet in Beijing next week: What we're reading
Sep 16, 2011
IRAN
Belarus Seen Aiding Breaches of Iran Sanctions
Global Security Newswire - September 15, 2011
Western nations believe Belarus has assisted Iran in circumventing U.N. Security Council resolutions aimed at halting the growth of the Middle Eastern nation's atomic and ballistic missile activities, Reuters reported on Thursday
Belarus denies violating U.N. sanctions on Iran
Reuters Africa - September 15, 2011
Belarus on Thursday denied news reports that it was helping Iran skirt U.N. sanctions aimed at preventing Tehran from building up its ballistic missile and nuclear programs.
Iran's 'damaged' president heads for UN spotlight
Brian Murphy, Associated Press - September 15, 2011
There was a time when Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad used his annual trip to the United Nations for two big objectives: Basking in the attention of America's media hub and personally delivering the views of the Islamic Republic to Western leaders. The spotlight seeking is still there. But what's missing this year is any sense that Ahmadinejad is still a trusted messenger for the ruling clerics after trying to expand the limits of his power and being batted down harshly.
U.S. men in Iran to be freed soon with Talabani help: envoy
Reuters - September 15, 2011
Two U.S. citizens convicted of spying in Iran will be freed soon after Iraqi President Jalal Talabani negotiated their release with Iranian officials, an Iranian daily quoted an Iraqi envoy to Tehran as saying.