NuclearIran News
Archive: July 2010
Pressure Building on Iran (Corrected Version)
July 29, 2010
In recent weeks, Iran has been faced with a new round of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) sanctions, unilateral United States, European Union, Canadian, and Australian sanctions, and a resulting decreased ability to import gasoline, industrial, and consumer goods due to… Read More ›
Has Iran initiated a slow motion breakout to a nuclear weapon?
July 12, 2010
by David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Andrea Stricker
Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, announced today that Iran intends on producing 120 kilograms of 19.75 percent uranium by September 2011, purportedly for use in the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR). Salehi also announced that Iran is working on producing fuel… Read More ›
Salehi Says Sanctions May Slow Iran’s Nuclear Program; Lacks Measuring Equipment
July 7, 2010
In a somewhat surprising detour from the official line, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi, said today that United Nations sanctions could slow Iran’s nuclear program, and in particular, the enrichment program.