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Iran has produced Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU)

Iran announces batch of higher enriched uranium, Google News Hosting, (AP) – 15 April 2010, TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi says his country has produced five kilograms of 20 percent enriched uranium, a move in open defiance of the U.N. demands to halt the controversial program.

Iran says it needs the material for a medical research reactor, and the level of enrichment is far below the more than 90 percent pure uranium needed to build a nuclear weapon. But U.S. officials have expressed concern the process could be a step toward greater enrichment.The U.S. and its allies accuse Iran of seeking to build a nuclear weapon, a claim Iran denies. The Associated Press: Iran announces batch of higher enriched uranium

April 15, 2010 Posted by | Iran, politics international | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Iran scorns U.S. nuclear strategy, hosts alternative disarmament conference

Iran dismisses new U.S. nuclear strategy as propaganda. China News TEHRAN, April 7 (Xinhua) — Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Wednesday dismissed the new U.S. nuclear strategy as ” propaganda” and urged Washington to fulfill its promise on nuclear disarmament.

“We consider the latest position and comment of the United States as propaganda … We urge the United States to fulfill its promise on nuclear disarmament in the whole world,” Mottaki said at a press conference in Tehran…..He also said that the upcoming international conference of nuclear disarmament, dubbed “nuclear energy for all, nuclear weapons for none,” scheduled to held in Tehran on April 17 and 18, will push for a global nuclear disarmament. Iran dismisses new U.S. nuclear strategy as propaganda

April 10, 2010 Posted by | Iran, politics international | , , | Leave a comment

Israeli nuclear scientists refused USA visas

Obama Administration Denies Visas to Israeli Nuclear Scientists  PAJAMAS MEDIA, Roger L. Simon 9 April 2010, The Obama administration is now denying U.S. visas to Israeli scientists who work at that nation’s Dimona nuclear reactor. This startling reversal of traditional policy was reported April 7, 2010, in the Israeli website/newspaper NRG/Maariv (link to the original Hebrew here and to an exclusive Pajamas Media translation here). This could be yet another flashpoint in the increasingly sensitive relations between the administration, the American Jewish community, and Israel……

Roger L. Simon » BREAKING: Obama Administration Denies Visas to Israeli Nuclear Scientists

April 9, 2010 Posted by | Israel, politics international | , | Leave a comment

Israeli Prime Minister pulls out of nuclear summit

Netanyahu Said to Cancel U.S. Trip for Nuclear Summit By Calev Ben-David April 9 (Bloomberg) –– Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled a planned visit to the U.S. next week to attend a nuclear summit, a government official said. Continue reading →

April 9, 2010 Posted by | Israel, weapons and war | , , , | Leave a comment

Israel’s secret nuclear weapons ‘no problem’ at nuclear proliferation summit meeting

Following a policy it calls “nuclear ambiguity,” Israel has never confirmed whether it possesses nuclear arms.

PM: Israel to face no pressure at nuclear meeting – Google News The Associated Press 8 April 2010, JERUSALEM — Israel’s prime minister says his country will not face new pressure over its alleged nuclear program at a high-profile conference next week because the world knows Israel is not a “terrorist regime.” Continue reading →

April 8, 2010 Posted by | Israel, politics international | , , , , | Leave a comment

A network of illicit sales of nuclear equipment to Iran

Iran has managed to substantially advance its nuclear-weapons program in recent years by using a network of middlemen to carry out illicit purchases of nuclear equipment in other countries.

Germany Charges Two Over Iran Equipment Deal THE WALL STREET JOURNAL By DAVID CRAWFORD APRIL 8, 2010 BERLIN—Federal prosecutors in Germany have charged two men with delivering to Iran embargoed tools that were intended to build missiles capable of carrying a nuclear payload. Continue reading →

April 8, 2010 Posted by | Iran, safety | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Syria’s research nuclear reactor to be inspected by IAEA

IAEA allowed access to Damascus research reactor, Business News,

By Veronika Oleksyn, AP April 6th, 2010, VIENNA — Experts from the U.N.’s atomic watchdog have been allowed to re-inspect a Syrian research reactor in the country’s capital Damascus linked to suspicions of a secret nuclear program, diplomats said Tuesday…….

Syria denies hiding nuclear activities and has put forward several explanations for the source of the uranium at the bomb site and of uraniumtraces found at its Damascus research reactor, which IAEA inspectors say would not normally be found at such a facility.

IAEA inspectors allowed to revisit Syrian nuclear research reactor

April 7, 2010 Posted by | politics international, Syria | Leave a comment

Allegations of horror radiation tests in Iranian prisons

Gamma Radiation and Ultra-Violation, World Threats, Ryan Mauro, Cyrus News Agency – April 5, 2010 – This report was disclosed by a group of Iranians working in a medical center in a former Soviet country.There is evidence that shows that women in Iranian prisons are used for Gamma ray research. Continue reading →

April 7, 2010 Posted by | Iran, secrets,lies and civil liberties | , , , , , | Leave a comment

Iran confronting world with its own nuclear disarmament conference

Iran will be reminding sympathetic capitals of the inherent inequities of the NPT between nuclear haves and have-nots,

Iran issues challenge to the world’s nuclear powers, World news | guardian.co.uk, 1 April 2010, Tehran’s call for its own nuclear conference just after Washington’s will be an important test of strength The Iranian government has announced its own international disarmament conference on April 17 and 18, four days after Washington concludes Barack Obama’s nuclear security summit, and a couple of weeks before the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) comes up for review in New York. Continue reading →

April 6, 2010 Posted by | Iran, politics international | , , | Leave a comment

Uranium enrichment hardware acquired by Iran

Report: Iran gets parts needed for uranium enrichment, Wall Street Journal says little-known Tehran firm linked to Islamic Republic’s nuclear program was able to acquired special hardware despite sanctions News agencies  04.03.10,  Ynetnews The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and western intelligence agencies are probing how an Iranian firm linked to Tehran’s nuclear program acquired special uranium enrichment hardware, despite sanctions intended to keep such equipment out of Iran. Continue reading →

April 5, 2010 Posted by | Iran, weapons and war | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Israel might use tactical nuclear weapons on Iran

Israel could use tactical nuclear weapons on Iran Israel Matzav, March 28, 2010, The Washington Post reports that a Washington think tank suggests that Israel could use tactical nuclear weapons in a strike against Iran. Despite the 65-year-old taboo against carrying out — or, for that matter, mooting — nuclear strikes, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) says in a new report that “some believe that nuclear weapons are the only weapons that can destroy targets deep underground or in tunnels

Israel Matzav: Israel could use tactical nuclear weapons on Iran

March 29, 2010 Posted by | Israel, weapons and war | , , , | Leave a comment

Iran building more nuclear sites?

Iran Suspected of Planning More Nuclear Sites FOXNews March 28, 2010 Comments recently made by a top Iranian official reportedly prompted U.N. inspectors to search for at least two more nuclear sites in the country.
Western intelligence agencies and U.N. inspectors suspect Iran is planning to build more nuclear sites despite international demands that it open up its operations for inspection, The New York Times reported. Continue reading →

March 29, 2010 Posted by | Iran, weapons and war | , , | Leave a comment

Israel might use a tactical nuclear warhead on Iran

Report: Israel Could Launch Low-Radiation Attack On Iran, MyStateLine.com,  VERTEXNews/Newsroom Solutions March 26 2010 (Jerusalem) — A Washington, DC-based think tank says Israel might be able to thwart Iran’s nuclear ambitions with a nuclear first strike of its own. The Center for Strategic and International Studies says in a new report that a tactical nuclear warhead aimed at Iranian uranium enrichment plants might not release much radioactive fallout to the surrounding area. The CSIS says that nukes, quote, “are the only weapons that can destroy targets deep underground or in tunnels.” Continue reading →

March 27, 2010 Posted by | Israel, weapons and war | , , , | Leave a comment

Iraq’s babies pay the price of depleted uranium weapons

GENOCIDE BY DEPLETED URANIUM IN IRAQ Bruce Gagnon Monday, March 22, 2010 By Jalal Ghazi

Forget about oil, occupation, terrorism or even Al Qaeda. The real hazard for Iraqis these days is cancer. Cancer is spreading like wildfire in Iraq. Thousands of infants are being born with deformities. Doctors say they are struggling to cope with the rise of cancer and birth defects, especially in cities subjected to heavy American and British bombardment. Continue reading →

March 24, 2010 Posted by | health, Iraq | , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Infant victims of depleted uranium weapons

VICTIMS OF URANIUM MUNITIONS USED BY THE US FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN: Creative-i /23 March 2010, Warning – Horrific Images aution: The images presented here are so horrific that it had me in tears just dealing with the ‘technics’ of uploading them. As with the Gaza victims file, I have left them off the Home Page. If you wish to view them click on the Continue Reading link. And I urge folks to do something about this, how can we stand aside? It is after all, being done in OUR name….. Continue reading →

March 23, 2010 Posted by | Afghanistan, depleted uranium | , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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