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Iran nuclear weapons within one to three years: Pentagon

Iran nuclear weapons within one to three years: Pentagon

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, recently warned that Iran may be prepared to make a nuclear weapon within a period of one to three years. He believes that time is running out for diplomacy. In an interview, he said that if the assumptions with which they work are confirmed, Iran is ‘moving in this direction clearly, and [...]
Iran to dialogue on its nuclear program, insists uranium enrichment is for fuel production

Iran to dialogue on its nuclear program, insists uranium enrichment is for fuel production

Iran says it is willing to continue negotiations on the future of its nuclear program, but clarifies that the international community must adjust to the new reality and the changes that have occurred in this area. This was transmitted during a telephone conversation on Monday by the main Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili to Javier Solana, the [...]
Iranian supreme leader to Obama: “You change, our behavior will change.”

Iranian supreme leader to Obama: “You change, our behavior will change.”

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranian supreme leader, has responded to the message of peace sent by US President Barack Obama. The response after the offer of dialogue via a video: The Islamic Republic of Iran will change only if the US president changes his country’s position towards Iran. “In practice we have not seen changes,” says Ayatollah Khamenei, [...]
Obama gave Iran the biggest offer of dialogue over the last thirty years

Obama gave Iran the biggest offer of dialogue over the last thirty years

Aware of the Iranian determination to enrich enough uranium to produce the country’s own atomic bomb, Barack Obama’s Nowruz video is an unprecedented move to offer dialogue with a nation that the US has been having difficult relations with. Taking advantage of the celebrations of the traditional Persian New Year, the US president made a display [...]
Doublespeak and Political Pleasantries: Iran receives Obama’s message in good faith but says reconciliation requires concrete steps

Doublespeak and Political Pleasantries: Iran receives Obama’s message in good faith but says reconciliation requires concrete steps

In good faith, Iran receives US President Barack Obama’s conciliatory message to the Iranian people but the country feels that any reconciliation needs ‘a concrete step forward.’ This is according to Ali Akbar Javanfaker, one of the closest advisers to Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Javanfaker said, “We receive the message in good faith, [...]