The US has begun approving visas for Iranian applicants fornext week's NPT review conference. Photo AFP
U.S. Is Pushing to Deter a Mideast Nuclear Race -- New York Times
The opening Monday of a monthlong United Nations conference to strengthen the main treaty meant to halt the spread of nuclear arms is likely to be dominated by Iran’s president denouncing the West and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warning that if Tehran gets the bomb, the rest of the Middle East will soon follow.
But far less visibly, the Obama administration has been mounting a country-by-country campaign to go beyond the treaty and ensure that Iran’s push toward atomic mastery does not ignite a regional nuclear arms race. In recent months, diplomats have been holding meetings in Washington and shuttling to the Middle East in pursuit of agreements that will let countries develop nuclear power while relinquishing the right to make atomic fuel that could be turned into bombs.
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More News On Stopping A Nuclear Arms Race In The Middle East
Nuclear non-proliferation treaty conference set for showdown between U.S., Iran -- Washington Post
U.S. Revises Tack on Mideast Arms -- Wall Street Journal
Iran's Ahmadinejad heads for U.S. -- CNN
Ahmadinejad's arrival ‘may hijack nuclear conference’ -- Times Online
Ahmadinejad's New York visit to dominate U.N. nuclear meeting -- Miami Herald/McClatchy Newspapers
NPT nations gather to `recommit vows' to treaty -- AP
US and Russia to propose ban on WMD in Middle East -- The Guardian
Sanctions on Iran have failed. The US must target its oil -- Times Online
Get Ready for a Nuclear Iran -- John Bolton, Wall Street Journal
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