NUCLEAR WEAPONS

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testifies at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill

US Intelligence Community Doesn't See Iran Moving to Build Nukes

Amid UN nuclear inspectors' findings that Iran has accelerated its enrichment of uranium, the U.S. intelligence community maintains that no hard evidence exists that Tehran has decided to build a nuclear weapon, according to current and former American officials interviewed by the New York Times.

Iran's Uranium 'Discrepancy' Still Unresolved: U.N. Watchdog

Iranian students form a human chain around the Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF) to show their support for Iran's nuclear program in Isfahan, 450 km (280 miles) south of Tehran November 15, 2011.
Iran has yet to clarify a discrepancy in uranium quantities at a Tehran research site, as measurements by international inspectors last year failed to match the amount declared by the laboratory, according to a United Nations nuclear watchdog report released Friday.
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Obama and Peres

Obama to Meet with Israeli President on Iran Issue

President Barack Obama has scheduled a meeting with Israeli President Shimon Peres for early March, in which the main topic of conversation will surely be Iran. Will it be practice for Obama's meeting with Netanyahu the next day?
Strait of Hormuz

US Gas Prices Soar on 'Fear Factor'; 'Sky is the Limit' if War Erupts

The United States at present has plenty of supply and only light demand, yet gas prices are steadily rising. Americans, while still addicted to oil, are driving more fuel-efficient cars, so why are there predictions of $5-a-gallon gas by year's end? The answer is fear -- mainly of war with Iran, a major oil producer.
Arizona Republican Presidential Debate 2012: Grading the Candidates

Grading the Candidates: Romney Tops Santorum

Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney duked it out at CNN's Republican debate Wednesday night in Arizona, but Romney came out on top at what will likely be the final debate of the primary season.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Israel Strike on Iran Nuclear Facilities Would Need 100 Planes

Speaking to the New York Times, Lt. Gen. David A. Deptula said the operation to simultaneously attack multiple sites in Iran would require planes Israeli jets to fly 1000 miles across unfriendly airspace and complex air-to-air refueling maneuvers if it were to succeed.
Iranian president

UN's Nuclear Inspector Arrives in Tehran

Deputy Director General of the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Herman Nackaerts arrived for the second time in Tehran to discuss Iran's nuclear program.Nackaerts said that his team's main priority is to clarify the possible military dimensions of Iran's nuclear program.
Netanyahu and Ahmedinejad

Rising Likelihood of Israeli Strike on Iran: U.S. Official

In the wake of U.S. National Security Advisor Tom Donilon's visit to Israel to discuss Iran's nuclear program with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a U.S. official has indicated that there is an increasing likelihood that Israel would initiate military action against Iran.
Pakistan's PM Gilani and Iran's President Ahmadinejad shake hands before their meeting in Islamabad

Iran and Pakistan: Nuclear Partners?

Given that Pakistan has extensive experience with nuclear weapons technology, is it conceivable that they would offer any assistance with Iran’s embryonic atomic project?
Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (L), Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari (C) and Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad listen to a question during joint news conference in the President House in Islamabad on February 17, 2012.

Iran's Nuclear Push May Pull Region into Arms Race: UK Diplomat

Iran is clearly trying to develop nuclear-weapons capability -- and if it succeeds, then it will set off a dangerous round of nuclear proliferation across the Middle East -- British Foreign Secretary William Hague said in an interview published on Saturday.

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