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Iran, Nuclear Energy, and the US Threat of War on Iran
(2006-05-11) The New York Times reported on May 10, 2006, "U.S. and Europe plan new offer to entice Iran away from arms", and that Ms. Rice had said that negotiations would take several weeks to design an offer that would allow the Iranians to have a civil nuclear program. Meanwhile we hear rants on radio and TV about how Iran has violated the Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) and saying that if the UN is not ready to do something, the U.S. has to take the matter into its hands. The reason that the U.S. and its European allies are coming up with incentives, is that Iran has not violated any of the NPT regulations. If it were in violation, a resolution could be passed against it. No UN Security Council resolution exists against Iran. So, Iran has not violated any UN Security Council resolution. On February 4th, 2006, the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), under pressure from the U.S., and to deflect its threat of war, agreed to report to the Security Council on its findings on Iran. In March, the Security Council received a report on Iran, which included no violation, but which requested that Iran stop its enrichment program. Iran was given a month to comply with this request. [Full Article]
US ready to talk directly with Iran
(2006-06) The announcement on May 31, 2006 by the US government that they are ready to talk directly to Iran represents the failure of the US attempt to isolate Iran. In fact, the Washington Post reported on June 1 that Germany and a growing number of foreign policy experts have been advising the White House to deal with Iran directly. China, Russia and the director of the IAEA have been asking for US direct involvement for a while. [Full Article]
Bush Goes to India, 2006-03-03 (indexed 2006-07-23).
Unity of the Movement (date doesn't matter because is of ongoing relevance).
Responding to Torture (even more relevant in 2006-07 than when written).
