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Iranian Alert - November 24, 2004 [EST] "Clarifying and Strengthening The Iran-EU Nuclear Accord"
Regime Change Iran ^ | 11.24.2204 | DoctorZin

Posted on 11/23/2004 11:55:06 PM PST by DoctorZIn

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CHRONOLOGY-Iran atomic programme: revelations and diplomacy

24 Nov 2004 17:35:39 GMT
Source: Reuters
VIENNA, Nov 24 (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog's board of governors will discuss Iran's nuclear programme when it meets in Vienna on Thursday.

Below is a chronology of the revelations and diplomacy surrounding Iran's nuclear programme over the past two years. August 2002 - Exiled Iranian opposition group the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) says Iran is hiding a massive uranium enrichment facility at Natanz and a heavy water plant at Arak, later confirmed by the United Nations. December 2002 - Satellite photos of Natanz and Arak are published. The United States accuses Iran of "across-the-board pursuit of weapons of mass destruction".

February 2003 - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohamed ElBaradei travels to Iran with inspectors to visit nuclear sites and discuss Tehran's atomic programme.

June 2003 - IAEA issues first report on its probe of Iran, saying Tehran has failed to comply with its obligations under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and that Tehran's failure to report nuclear materials, facilities and activities is a "matter of serious concern".

July 2003 - Diplomats tell Reuters the IAEA has found traces of weapons-grade highly-enriched uranium (HEU) at Natanz but say it is possible they came from contaminated imported parts.

August 2003 - IAEA report confirms HEU contamination found at Natanz.

September 2003 - IAEA board sets Iran an Oct. 31 deadline to provide an exhaustive declaration of its nuclear activities.

IAEA finds weapons-grade HEU traces at a second site in Iran, the Kalaye Electric Company.

October 2003 - Iran tells French, British and German foreign ministers it will suspend all enrichment-related activities, a promise it never fully kept. Iran also says will accept intrusive, short-notice nuclear inspections.

Iran provides what it says is a full declaration of its nuclear activities but fails to include some important information, such as work on advanced P2 centrifuges, the machines that enrich uranium.

November 2003 - ElBaradei's report to the IAEA board says there is "no evidence" to date of a weapons programme in Iran.

December 2003 - Iran signs protocol allowing snap inspections of its nuclear facilities. Tehran agrees to act as if it is in force though parliament has yet to ratify it.

January 2004 - Reports that Iran has continued activities related to its uranium enrichment programme cause the deal with the European Union's 'big three' to unravel.

February 2004 - IAEA report says Iran experimented with polonium-210, which can be used to trigger the chain reaction in a nuclear bomb. Iran has not since explained the experiments.

The report also announces that Iran has agreed to suspend its uranium enrichment activities again, but this is never fully implemented.

March 2004 - IAEA board "deplores" Iran's omissions of key atomic technology from its October declaration, says will decide in June how to respond to the omissions.

June 2004 - IAEA report says Iran imported parts for centrifuges and that it made "enquiries" for 4,000 magnets for P2 centrifuges, enough to equip 2,000 machines.

IAEA board "deplores ... the fact that, overall ... Iran's cooperation has not been as full, timely and proactive as it should have been".

Satellite pictures show Iran razed a site at Lavizan in Tehran that U.S. officials say was connected to a nuclear programme.

September 2004 - IAEA report says Iran has announced it will begin preparing a large amount of uranium for enrichment. IAEA board tells Iran to suspend enrichment programme immediately.

November 2004 - Iran promises EU three it will suspend its enrichment programme and invites IAEA to verify suspension, likely thwarting U.S. efforts to have the IAEA board refer Iran to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions.

21 posted on 11/24/2004 12:16:02 PM PST by DoctorZIn (Until they are Free, "We shall all be Iranians!")
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CIA Details Iran's Nuke Activity

Wednesday, November 24, 2004

WASHINGTON — Iran's demand that it be allowed to make an exception in its commitment to freeze all uranium enrichment (search) activities so it can operate about two dozen centrifuges (search) likely comes as no surprise to the Bush administration, which has accused Iran of developing nuclear weapons under the guise of an atomic energy program.

In fact, Iran's request comes just as a new CIA report details how Tehran is continuing to pursue programs to produce nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.

The annual report submitted to Congress reveals that Iran continues to pursue a nuclear weapons program. Iran denies it is involved in a nuclear buildup but says it is developing a civilian nuclear energy program.

The CIA reports that Iran received significant help in pursuing its nuclear ambitions from Pakistani scientist A.Q. Khan (search), the father of Pakistan's nuclear program. The agency says Khan's network provided Iran with nuclear enrichment technology, complete with designs for "Pakistan's old centrifuges, as well as designs for more advanced and efficient models and components."

The report, which appears on the CIA's Web site, does not say if Khan's network sold plans for nuclear warheads to Iran.

Over the weekend, President Bush attended the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (search) summit in Santiago, Chile. He talked to the 21 Pacific Rim leaders and discussed how the United States remains convinced that Tehran has been pursuing a clandestine nuclear weapons program. Bush said the global War on Terror is being waged successfully in exposing threats, thwarting attacks and breaking up terror networks. height=1 width=1 border=0 src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/pagead/imp.gif?client=ca-foxnews_440x100&event=noscript"/>

"And over the past years we've had notable successes — most particularly, the disruption of the A.Q. Khan network and its willingness and capacity to spread deadly technology," Bush said at the Chile summit.

The CIA report also indicates that it remains concerned about Al Qaeda's ambition for using and acquiring nuclear weapons. The agency is still trying to determine whether Khan provided any assistance to the terror network and what role he may have played in providing help to North Korea's nuclear buildup.


22 posted on 11/24/2004 1:04:39 PM PST by DoctorZIn (Until they are Free, "We shall all be Iranians!")
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CIA Details Iran's Nuke Activity

Wednesday, November 24, 2004
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23 posted on 11/24/2004 1:38:20 PM PST by DoctorZIn (Until they are Free, "We shall all be Iranians!")
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Oh, the UN will fix this.

Oh, the EU will fix this.

Oh, France and Germany will fix this.

No, but a series of air strikes would indeed fix this.

Gee, but Putin promised he'll get the fuel rods back--and he was so much help with Iraq, and shows so much integrity in Ukraine right now. . .

. . .or not.

24 posted on 11/24/2004 4:32:08 PM PST by PhilDragoo (Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
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25 posted on 11/24/2004 10:41:43 PM PST by DoctorZIn (Until they are Free, "We shall all be Iranians!")
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