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Israel Tested Stuxnet Worm Before Iran Attack

Tests on centrifuges in Israel helped make worm to effective

(Newser) - The high-tech computer virus that derailed Iran's nuclear program last year was tested in Israel as part of a joint US-Israel program, reports the New York Times . Israel's Dimona complex, home to its hush-hush nuclear arms program, tested the Stuxnet worm on nuclear centrifuges nearly identical to the ones Iran...

Clinton: Sanctions Have 'Slowed Down' Iran

First such public comment from Obama admin that they're working

(Newser) - Sanctions against Iran’s nuclear program are "working," Hillary Clinton said today, marking the first such assertion by an Obama administration official, the Wall Street Journal notes. The sanctions “have made it much more difficult for Iran to pursue its nuclear ambitions,” the secretary of state...

Israel Spy Chief: Iran Won't Have Nuke Til 2015

Retired leader says Tehran is at least 4 years from weapon

(Newser) - Israel shouldn't rush to attack Iran because Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is still four years away from developing a nuclear weapon, says the newly retired spy chief of Mossad. He claims that certain "measures" have pushed back Tehran's timetable a few years, reports AP . He didn't say what those measures were...

Iran Snubs US With Nuke Tour Invites

Russia, China, EU states offered tour of facilities

(Newser) - Russia, China, and several European Union countries have been invited to tour Iran's nuclear facilities later this month—but the US has been snubbed. Diplomats were offered an all-expenses paid visit to Iran's nuclear sites in a copy of the invitation obtained by AP . Iranian officials say the invitations are...

Iran Nuclear Talks Recess Without Progress

Little hope for finding a consensus during remainder

(Newser) - Talks between Iran and six world powers recessed today with no sign that Tehran was ready to discuss UN Security Council calls to curb its nuclear activities, an official at the negotiations said. While the two sides were scheduled to meet again tomorrow, the official's description of today's meeting gave...

Iran: We Can Process Our Own Uranium

Claims independence in nuclear cycle a day ahead of Geneva talks

(Newser) - Iran is processing its first batch of home-grown uranium, the nation's nuke chief said today, claiming total independence in the nuclear fuel cycle just a day ahead of Geneva talks meant to dissuade the country from its nuclear program. "Today, we witnessed the shipment of the first domestically produced...

Iranian Nuclear Scientist Assassinated

Professor killed, another wounded in Tehran bomb attacks

(Newser) - One prominent nuclear scientist was killed and another wounded in separate attacks in Tehran today. Majid Shahriari, a member of the nuclear-engineering faculty at Tehran University, was killed when an attacker on a motorcycle attached a bomb to his car, AP reports. His colleague was injured in an identical attack...

Iran Begins Loading Nuke Reactor Core

Country's first nuclear plant set to supply power by 2011

(Newser) - Iran has moved a step closer to bringing its first nuclear reactor online, according to officials. State media reports that fuel rods have been loaded into the core of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran. The Iranian government says the plant—hit by delays including a leak and...

Ahmadinejad Threatens 'War Without Boundaries'

Iranian president promises retaliation for attacks on nuclear sites

(Newser) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad threatened a war with "no boundaries" if Western powers attack potential Iranian nuclear sites, ABC News reports. While in New York for a meeting of the UN General Assembly, the Iranian president again said his country would soon become a nuclear power, adding that the US and...

Iran's Uranium Could Fuel 2 Warheads: Inspectors

...But only if they enriched it

(Newser) - Iran’s uranium stockpile would be sufficient to build two nuclear warheads if Tehran was able to further enrich it, according to a new report from the International Atomic Energy Agency. But Iran’s enrichment activities actually appear to be slowing; it fed uranium into only about 43% of its...

Iran Begins Fueling Nuclear Reactor

What UN sanctions?

(Newser) - Trivialities like UN sanctions aside, Iran began loading fuel into its first nuclear reactor today—with Russian engineers assisting to ensure the plant produces only energy and not, say, warheads. The plant at Bushehr itself apparently doesn't concern the outside world so much as Iran's other uranium enrichment activities, but...

Iran: We're Building a New Nuke Site

Construction to start in March

(Newser) - Iran will begin building a new site to enrich uranium by March, moving ahead with a plan that defies international efforts to curb its nuclear development. Last year Iran claimed it would build 10 new enrichment plants, and today's announcement said the locations for the sites have now been determined...

Iran Will Fire Up Nuke Plant
 Iran Will Fire Up Nuke Plant 
Aug 13, 2010 6:55 AM CDT

Iran Will Fire Up Nuke Plant

Russian will load the uranium fuel next week

(Newser) - Russia's nuclear agency said today that it will load fuel into Iran's first nuclear power plant next week, defying US calls to hold off the start of the launch. The uranium fuel will be loaded into the Bushehr reactor on Aug. 21, beginning the startup process. "From that moment...

Israel Will Probably Attack Iran Within a Year
Israel Will Probably Attack
Iran Within a Year
analysis
Aug 11, 2010 12:58 PM CDT

Israel Will Probably Attack Iran Within a Year

'Better than 50% chance,' says Jeffrey Goldberg

(Newser) - There's a "better than 50% chance" that Israel will bomb Iran's suspected nuclear facilities within a year, writes Jeffrey Goldberg at the Atlantic . He reached the conclusion after interviews with dozens of current and former high-ranking Israeli officials, including Benjamin Netanyahu, and doesn't think it's mere rhetoric. He lays...

'Kidnapped' Iranian Scientist Was Paid $5M: US

Shahram Amiri arrives back in Iran, minus CIA cash

(Newser) - The Iranian nuclear scientist who says he was kidnapped by the CIA was paid $5 million by the agency for spilling the beans on the country's nuclear program, US officials say. Shahram Amiri arrived home in Iran to a hero's welcome today, telling reporters he had been pressured to betray...

China, US to Work Together on Iran Sanctions

Countries 'share the same overall goal,' China says

(Newser) - President Barack Obama's nuclear summit has yielded quick results: China agreed to work with the US on possible sanctions against Iran, and Ukraine announced it would rid itself of weapons-grade enriched uranium. Both moves are putting some wind in Obama's sails as he presses global leaders to join him in...

Obama Should Brace for War With Iran
 Obama Should Brace 
 for War With Iran
opinion
Feb 23, 2010 10:29 AM CST

Obama Should Brace for War With Iran

Aftermath of possible Israeli strike could define his presidency

(Newser) - There's no chance of President Obama deciding to bomb Iran, but that doesn't mean he shouldn't be preparing for war, writes Anne Applebaum. Israel has decided for now that attacking Iran's nuclear program isn't worth the consequences, but that calculation is liable to change and if it does, the defining...

Iran Says Nuclear Enrichment Has Begun

IAEA inspectors are there, but agency cannot confirm announcement

(Newser) - Iran took its test of international resolve and patience to the next level today, with state media reporting that it has indeed begun to enrich uranium to a higher level, as threatened yesterday. UN inspectors were present, but couldn't confirm what exactly the Iranians are doing to their current stock...

Ahmadinejad Sends Obama a Wake-Up Call
Ahmadinejad Sends Obama
a Wake-Up Call
Analysis
Feb 8, 2010 11:28 AM CST

Ahmadinejad Sends Obama a Wake-Up Call

Iran crosses another red line with 20% enrichment boost

(Newser) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s orders to jack up Iran’s plutonium enrichment to 20% is a shot across the bow of the Obama administration, throwing serious doubts on its strategy for engaging Iran. “If this were poker, one would have to say Iran is calling Washington’s bluff,” writes...

Ahmadinejad Ramps Up Iran's Plutonium Production

About-face from last week's willingness to cooperate with UN plan

(Newser) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ordered his country's atomic agency today to begin the production of higher enriched uranium, in a move that's likely to deepen international skepticism about Iran's real nuclear intentions. On state television, Ahmadinejad said: "God willing, 20% enrichment will start" to meet Iran's needs. The comments fly in...

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