Iran
Iranian influence seeping into Iraq
Iranian influence seeping into Iraq
Details emerged on the IAEA report on Iranian efforts to develop nuclear weapons including the use of computer models and foreign experts. The Israeli president warned that an attack on Iran was becoming more likely. Russia warned against military action and France said such actions would be destabilizing.
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The IAEA will release a report next week on Iran’s efforts to develop nuclear weapons. There are two different views on the outcome: the report will be damning and drive several nations to consider military action; or the talk of war is “overheated rhetoric” and diplomatic efforts to restrain Iran’s nuclear program will likely continue.
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Plausible Culpability
US Justice Department officials indicted five people and four companies for exporting radio equipment to Iran for use in roadside bombs in Iraq. The US Secretary of State encouraged the Iranian opposition to seek international support “as Libya rebels did.”
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Iran’s nuclear program has suffered more serious setbacks recently. The US and the UK have frozen the assets of five men accused of an Iranian plot to kill the Saudi ambassador. Iran has secretly executed hundreds of prisoners.
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Iran acknowledged that the American accusation of an Iranian plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s ambassador in Washington might not be a total fabrication. The UN Secretary-General sent the case to Security Council.