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Iran now willing to discuss swapping its enriched uranium

Iran wants to reopen talks about a nuclear fuel swap,  guardian.co.uk, Julian Borger, 19 April 2010, As a new sanctions resolution is discussed at the Security Council, Tehran has sent signals it might still be prepared to strike a deal over its uranium stockpile….. Continue reading →

April 20, 2010 Posted by | Iran, politics international | , , , , | Leave a comment

France’s nuclear commercial empire spreading to Kuwait

Kuwait, France ink nuclear deal, AMEinfo.com Kuwait: 18 April 2010, Kuwait has signed agreements with France to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, Reuters has reported. The agreements centre on developing nuclear energy to provide electricity and water desalination, the two countries said in a joint statement. Kuwait, France ink nuclear deal | Energy, Oil and Gas | AMEinfo.com

April 19, 2010 Posted by | business and costs, MIDDLE EAST | , , , , , | Leave a comment

Depleted uranium causing infertlity in Israeli soldiers

Research by an Israeli doctor shows a significant drop in sperm count level and sperm motility among young Israeli soldiers in recent years.

Israel’s Declining Sperm Quality Tied to Depleted Uranium Exposure,  Atlantic Free Press, by Tim King, 16 April 2010 Israel’s population is facing a dire threat: a drastic depopulation, from the use of weapons that leave behind Depleted Uranium (DU). Depleted Uranium leads to the word Omnicidal, as DU kills everything in the food chain, everywhere the wind blows. Experts say the dramatic drop in Israel’s sperm count could eliminate their ability to reproduce. Continue reading →

April 17, 2010 Posted by | health, Israel | , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Iran holding disarmament conference, and preparing for next New York one.

the conference would serve as preparation for the next NPT review meeting in New York early next month, which Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki plans to attend.

Ahmadinejad to give opening speech at Iran nuclear summit, Google News hosting, (AFP) – 17 April 2010, TEHRAN — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will give the opening speech at a weekend nuclear disarmament conference to be attended by 24 foreign and deputy foreign ministers, official media reported….. Continue reading →

April 17, 2010 Posted by | Iran, politics international | Leave a comment

Obama wants Israel to sign Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

Obama: Israel should sign nuclear non-proliferation treaty – Haaretz – Israel News, By Natasha Mozgovaya and Agencies 14 April 2010, U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged all countries, including Israel, to sign the international Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, or NPT.
“Whether we’re talking about Israel or any other country, we think that becoming part of the NPT is important,” Obama said. Continue reading →

April 15, 2010 Posted by | Israel, weapons and war | , , | Leave a comment

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