Category Archives: Iran

Under Scrutiny

Updated below (July 4, 6) New satellite imagery of a suspect site at Parchin military complex in Iran, 30 km east of Tehran have been published yesterday by David Albright and Robert Avagyan of the Institute for Science and International Security … Continue reading

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Merkel’s Reason of State

When Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel claimed in March 2008 to the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, that the protection of Israel’s right to exist is part of Germany’s raison d’état (“Die[se] historische Verantwortung Deutschlands ist Teil der Staatsräson meines Landes. Das heißt, … Continue reading

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Stuxnet – Skynet

Not yet. The virus has damaged so far mainly uranium enrichment centrifuges at Natanz  in Iran. Maybe it has delayed the Bushehr nuclear plant going online. No widespread radioactive contamination yet, no airplane crashes. No erroneous firing of missiles, or … Continue reading

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A Smoking Gun?

Two demolished smaller buildings at the suspect site and huge amounts of earth which had apparently been (re)moved in the vicinity certainly won’t contribute to urgently desired confidence building that Iran is not doing illicit experiments at the Parchin military … Continue reading

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Twenty-seven

Apart from now common and frequent reference to Iran being in contrary to UN Security Council resolutions, the latest Iran report of UN nuclear watchdog Yukiya Amano does not state anything new except that environmental samples taken at the Fordow … Continue reading

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