Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Iran

UN Nuclear Team To Visit Iran Next Month

IAEA Director-General Muhammad el-Baradei (L) and Ali Larijani in Vienna earlier this month (official site)

June 30, 2007 -- A team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will visit Iran next month to discuss how to resolve questions about Tehran's disputed nuclear program.

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June 30, 2007

Iran's ISNA news agency said today that the visit would take place on July 11-13.

The IAEA last week said Iran had invited it to send a team after Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, agreed a "plan of action" for clearing up issues with the United Nations agency.

(Reuters, AP)

Battling Nuclear Proliferation

A nuclear-capable, short-range missile on display in Islamabad, Pakistan, in March (AFP)

IS PROLIFERATION INEVITABLE? On June 18, RFE/RL hosted a briefing featuring Henry Sokolski, executive director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center. Sokolski discussed the challenges to the global nonproliferation regime and what Western countries can do to strengthen it.

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