The new National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran’s nuclear program is out and it seems to conclude that “Iran’s leaders are locked in an increasingly heated debate over whether to move further toward developing nuclear weapons, saying the bite of international sanctions may be sowing discord,” as the Wall Street Journal tells. Given the simple [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Qom’
How Does an Enrichment Facility Look From Space?
Posted in IAEA, Iran, tagged Abyek, MKO, National Council for the Resistance of Iran, NCRI, NPT, Qazvin, Qom, uranium enrichment on September 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When last year, at the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh, President Obama, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown and President Sarkozy made public a secret uranium enrichment site at Fordow near Qom in Iran, one week after the Iranians had informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) about the construction site in a letter, the international [...]
The Rioters’ Cleric
Posted in Iran, tagged Ashura, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, Hazrat-e Masoumeh, Marja-e Taqlid, Muharram, Pasdaran, Qom on December 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri has passed away yesterday at age 87. He died of a heart attack, or stroke, when sleeping in his bed at home. Hundred of thousands of mourners are right now gathering in Qom, where he is supposed to be entombed in Hazrat-e Masoumeh’s shrine, one of Iran’s holiest sites. His [...]
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