The latest report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano on Iran’s nuclear program has been leaked yesterday and has prompted some interesting analyses. First, according to the report, on 16 November, 2010 when IAEA inspectors had apparently been visiting the site, no cascades of centrifuges at the Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant [...]
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Holidays
Posted in IAEA, Iran, NPT, tagged clandestine sites, David Albright, Eid-e Qorban, FEP, Fordow, ISIS, Natanz, stuxnet, Yukiya Amano on November 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Strong Women (and Men)
Posted in Book Review, Iran, tagged Jon Thompson, Nasrollah Kasraian, nomads, Richard Tapper, Shahsevan on November 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
On my numerous visits to Iran during the last decade I have rarely come across nomads. Once, when being on trips from the southern city of Shiraz to Pasargadae and the Margoon waterfalls in the Zagros mountains, my young companion pointed to migrating ‘gypsies’ as the Qashqa’i people were sometimes called by ordinary Iranians. They were [...]
Bush Wrote a Book
Posted in Book Review, humor, tagged George W. Bush on November 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
My favorite joke about G. W. Bush has long been that one: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A tragic fire on Monday destroyed the personal library of President George W. Bush. Both of his books have been lost. Presidential spokesman Ari Fleischer said the president was devastated, as he had not finished coloring the second one. Now [...]
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