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. But as Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told the Senate Arms Services EFTA00719598 Committee on Feb. 16, it does not appear that Khamenei has made this decision. Moreover, Khamenei is unlikely to dash for a bomb in the near future because IAEA inspectors would probably detect Iranian
he risks of a near-term Iraqi breakthrough were further undercut by the presence of French technicians at Osirak, as well as regular inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency. As a result, any significant diversion of highly enriched uranium fuel or attempts to produce fissionable plutonium would probably have been detec
are high, however, that the next session will lead to no diplomatic yellow-brick road. Round two could be a success, and lead to a round three, if Khamenei agreed to do five things: (1) Stop all uranium enrichment to 20 percent purity, which is near bomb-grade; (2) ship abroad the entire stockpile of 2
riched uranium; (3) close the Fordow enrichment facility, which is buried under a mountain near the clerical city of Qom; (4) allow inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency immediate and unfettered access to any suspected nuclear site; and (5) permit the IAEA to install devices on centrifuges for monitoring uranium- en
nto the current team. On the other hand, members of the former team have recently resurfaced after years out of the limelight, almost certainly at Khamenei's order. Hossein Mousavian and EFTA_R1_02205131 EFTA02721211 Hassan Rouhani have traveled to Europe to meet with officials behind the scenes, an
EFTA02721205 aid the economic recovery in the United States, and Mr. Obama's electoral prospects. In a sign of the increased diplomatic efforts, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Friday that its director general, Yukiya Amano, would travel to Tehran on Sunday to try to negotiate access to a military site where Iran is
s many nuclear EFTA00684579 installations. The rise of pragmatists such as President Hassan Rouhani may have made Iran prone to a compromise, but Khamenei still lurks behind the moderates — and his basic injunctions have to be respected. The supreme leader and his hard-core disciples have withstood th
present themselves as loyal supporters of Khamenei. Thus, Khamenei's support for Rouhani's efforts disarms the hardliners. If, after inspections, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) certified that Iran's nuclear programme is peaceful, if Iran's right to produce low- enriched uranium was honoured, and if the economic sanct
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Barack Obama
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Bashar al-Assad
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Tehran
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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United States
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George W. Bush
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Lebanon
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Bill Clinton
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Damascus
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Tunisia
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Marc Rich
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Saddam Hussein
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Yemen
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Hosni Mubarak
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Ali Khamenei
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Cairo
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