Monday, October 5, 2009

Iran News Updates -- October 5, 2009

Iranian short-range missile is test-launched during war games in Qom, 120 kms south of Tehran

Iran Could Make An Atom Bomb, According To UN Report's 'Secret Annexe' -- Times Online

Iran has the know-how to produce a nuclear bomb and may already have tested a detonation system small enough to fit into the warhead of a medium-range missile, according to confidential papers.

The “secret annexe” to this year’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report on Iran summarises information submitted by intelligence agencies about the country’s work on warheads, detonators and nuclear fuel enrichment. It is based partly on evidence thought to have been smuggled out of Iran by the wife of a spy recruited by German intelligence.

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More News On Iran

Iran ready to make bomb: UN nuke agency -- ABC News (Australia)
Report Says Iran Has Data to Make Bomb -- New York Times
Iran has questions to answer after ‘secret annexe’ and Qom revelations -- Times Online
Iran Agrees to Allow Inspectors on Oct. 25 -- New York Times
Iran Agrees to Date for UN Nuclear Inspection -- Washington Post/AP
With Oct. 25 Nuclear Plant Inspection, Iran Backs Away from Confrontation -- L.A. Times
IAEA to inspect Iran's Qom site Oct. 25 -- Reuters
Head of UN nuclear watchdog sees Iran cooperation -- Yahoo News/AP
Russian FM: Iran enrichment deal needs finalizing -- AP
New doubt on US's Iran plant claim -- Asia Times
Iran's leader: Obama wrong to say nuke site hidden -- Yahoo News/AP
Black Market Shows Iran Can Adapt to Sanctions -- New York Times

Commentaries And Analysis

Analysis: No relief in Geneva -- Jerusalem Post
Brilliant Chessmanship -- Kaveh L. Afrasiabi, Washington Times opinion
Iran's Big Victory In Geneva -- John Bolton, Wall Street Journal opinion
The Coming Failure On Iran -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post opinion.
Obama Bungling the Threat -- Mike Rogers, Washington Times opinion
The Coming War with Iran -- Jeffrey T. Kuhner, Washington Times opinion
Nuclear Cheating -- The Times editorial

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