Iran Nuclear: An interview that Amano missed to read before publishing the latest IAEA's report

ReportIran
10 November 2011
Though rather old but the interview can shed light on many questions raised recently in the report published by IAEA on Tuesday, 8th November 2011. 

Interviewed by: Oliver Meier
Conducted on 27 September 2011

Representing Iran at the IAEA: Ambassador Ali Asghar Soltanieh Speaks with Arms Control Today

Iran provides basic answers to the questions about its nuclear program

10 November 2011
Tehran Times

Iran's envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali-Asghar Soltanieh has offered the (Non-Aligned Movement) NAM critical information about Iran's nuclear program amid a publicity hype following the publication of the report by the IAEA on 9th Novemebr on Iran's nuclear activities.

In a session of the NAM, held upon Iran's request on Tuesday, Ali-Asghar Soltanieh responded to 20 critical questions about Tehran's nuclear program and a host of related issues.

IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano's latest report on Iran's nuclear activities was circulated among 35 members of the Board of Governors of the agency on Tuesday evening, almost 10 days ahead of the seasonal meeting of the board, due to take place in Vienna on November 17 and 18.

This is a report that you normally do not see in the mainstream media such as BBC and CNN.
See the full report @ Tehran Times

Lord Patten vows to save the World Service from cuts

The new chairman of the BBC has signalled he is prepared to axe sports events and a digital television channel – but vowed to fight to save the World Service from spending cuts.

Lord Patten vows to save the World Service from cuts
By Jonathan-Lynne-jones

The new chairman of the BBC has signalled he is prepared to axe sports events and a digital television channel – but vowed to fight to save the World Service from spending cuts.

US Ambassador privately admits Iran's nuclear ambition is not for weapon

WikiLeaks and The Guardian

26 January 2011

In a classified cable dated 29 April 2009, Ambassador Gregory L. Schulte confirms that Iran had no weapon programme in its nuclear activities. In his cable, he says, "Recalling the U.S. Intelligence Community's assessment in the 2007 NIE that Iran halted its nuclear weapons work in 2003, France asked about information in DDG Safeguards Olli Heinonen's February 2008 technical briefing, which indicated some activities had taken place in 2004. The U.S. responded that the information in Heinonen's February 2008 briefing was consistent with the 2003 weaponisation halt assessment, since some activities were wrapping up in 2004."

Toward a Negotiated Solution – Solving the Iranian Nuclear Puzzle

by Charles D. Ferguson
Jan 26, 2011

Last week, I spoke at a meeting of the Arms Control Association on the Multilateral “P-5+1” talks with Iran over its nuclear program. How can we improve IAEA monitoring and verification so that we can have sufficient confidence that Iran’s nuclear fuel-cycle activities are not used for weapons purposes?

Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett on Iran

Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett on Iran in the Charlie Rose show

Interviewer and broadcast journalist Charlie Rose put the former CIA analyst on the roundtable to discuss about latest Iran's situation right after the Iranian New Year Nowruz. The two guests strongly support Ahmadinejad. They also indicate that they have recently (two weeks earlier) visited Iran and met many people, including some Iranian Revolutionary Guard officials.

Mebane: Signs of Fraud on Iran Presidential Election

A report by a Michigan Professor

Walter R. Mebane Jr, the election forensics expert who continues to wade through the official vote count from the Iranian elections, has his starkest conclusion yet: that there was "extensive ballot box stuffing on Ahmadinejad's behalf."

The title of the report is "Note on the presidential election in Iran", and you can find it in 27 pages here.

Survey of official Iran results casts serious doubt on victory claims

a report by Chatham House
21 June 2009
Authors:
Ali Ansari, Daniel Berman and Thomas Rintoul,

A survey of Iran's election results, published today by Chatham House and the University of St Andrews, raises serious questions about the plausibility of the claimed victory and demonstrates irregularities in the official results.

According to this report:
Even the official statistics - obtained from the Ministry of the Interior - indicate that:

CSIS report: An Israeli strike against Iran would lack any success

A report by CSIS in Washington

During the last several months, the Burke Chair has carried out a detailed examination of Iran’s programs involving missiles and weapons of mass destruction. The key drafts involved are available on the CSIS website at:
http://www.csis.org/burke/reports/
A final comprehensive report will be published this summer as a CSIS book by the Praeger Press.

In Search of female prisoner 650 in the US custody

Press release:
Press TV Exclusive: First TV interview with Binyam Mohammed on The Agenda show, Thursday 2 April.

Torture victim, Binyam Mohammed has given his very first TV interview since his release from Guantanamo in February. In the interview with Press TV, he makes sensational claims about the plight of female detainees caught up in the war on terror.

His dramatic eyewitness account was aired this week on The Agenda, a lively political discussion show hosted by journalist Yvonne Ridley.

British Jewish MP denounces Israelis war criminals

Sir Gerald Kaufmann, a Jewish MP, denounces Israeli leaders as war criminals



In his speech at the British parliament recently, he said: "Israel was born out of Jewish Terrorism" Tzipi Livni's Father was a Terrorist. Astonishing claims in the House of Parliament. SIR Gerald Kaufman, the veteran Labour MP, yesterday compared the actions of Israeli troops in Gaza to the Nazis who forced his family to flee Poland.

Majority of Gazans are refugees of Israel occupation

Majority of the 1.5 million Gazans are refugees of Israel occupation

Rashid Khalidi
New York Times
7 January 2009,

NEARLY everything you’ve been led to believe about Gaza is wrong. Below are a few essential points that seem to be missing from the conversation, much of which has taken place in the press, about Israel’s attack on the Gaza Strip.


Most of the people living in Gaza are not there by choice. The majority of the 1.5 million people crammed into the roughly 140 square miles of the Gaza Strip belong to families that came from towns and villages outside Gaza like Ashkelon and Beersheba. They were driven to Gaza by the Israeli Army in 1948.

US should normalise low-level diplomatic relations with Iran

CFR Experts argued
20 December 08

As the Obama administration prepares to confront the challenges presented by Iran’s nuclear program, a new report co-authored by Council on Foreign Relations scholar Ray Takeyh and Brookings’ Suzanne Maloney advocates setting a new course for U.S.-Iranian relations. The report, titled “A New U.S. Policy toward Iran,” argues:

“The Obama administration may be tempted to take the easy way out by offering merely new rhetoric and modest refinements to the carrot-and-stick approach that has failed its five predecessors. This would be a mistake. Today, to deal effectively with a rising Iran, the United States must embark on a far deeper reevaluation of its strategy and launch a comprehensive diplomatic initiative to attempt to engage its most enduring Middle Eastern foe.”

The authors recommend “normalizing low-level diplomatic relations so that the U.S. government can gain familiarity with Iranian officials and achieve a better understanding of Iranian political dynamics. American officials are currently forbidden from direct contact with their Iranian counterparts, a stipulation that further degrades the already limited capacity of the U.S. government to interpret Iran.”

This report is part of the recently-published Saban Center at Brookings and Council on Foreign Relations book titled Restoring the Balance: A Middle East Strategy for the Next President. More information about the book can be found here: www.cfr.org/restoring_the_balance.

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