Nonproliferation Update 6/6

US, EU condemn NKorean satellite launch The Seattle Times The United States and the European Union have condemned North Korea's satellite launch and are urging it to honor its nonproliferation commitments. The Associated Press No comments have been posted to this article. The United States and the European ...

United States, European Union condemn North Korean satellite launch Washington Post VIENNA — The United States and the European Union have condemned North Korea's satellite launch and are urging it to honor its nonproliferation commitments. Alluding to the North's mid-April launch, US envoy Robert Wood has told the 35-nation board of ...

Iran urges powers to accept nuclear rights in talks Al-Arabiya Iran says on Tuesday that under its Non-Proliferation Treaty membership, it can develop a full nuclear fuel cycle for peaceful purposes including the enrichment of uranium. (AFP) By Reuters An adviser to Iran's supreme leader has urged world powers to ... Al-Arabiya

Iran Nuclear Talks: Tehran Asks For Recognition Of Nuclear Rights Huffington Post "I hope the P5+1 group recognises Iran's inalienable nuclear right within the framework of the NPT (Non-Proliferation Treaty) and refrains from sitting on the sidelines," IRNA quoted Ali Akbar Velayati, an aide to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as saying.

Iran, Sipri excites greater NPT scrutiny: SIPRI defenceWeb Iran and Syria are under intensified scrutiny for allegedly concealing military nuclear activities in contravention of their commitments under the 1968 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) concluded that a building ... defenceWeb

Lab directors urged plutonium facility delay, former Biden aide charges GovExec.com Until March, he was special adviser to Vice President Joseph Biden for nuclear security and nonproliferation and served on the National Security Council staff. The nuclear agency, a semiautonomous arm of the Energy Department, oversees the national ... GovExec.com

Iran urges powers to accept its nuclear rights in talks The National Deflecting Iranian pressure in talks last month, western countries declined to accord any such recognition, saying Tehran had no automatic right to enrich uranium because of its previous violations of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Iran hopeful on atomic talks if 'rights' respected The Jewish Journal of Greater L.A. Tehran says that as a member of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) it can develop a full nuclear fuel cycle, and, if this is recognized, talks with the permanent members of the UN Security Council - Britain, France, Russia, China, ... US Rejected 2005 Iranian Offer Ensuring No Nuclear Weapons by Gareth Porter France and Germany were prepared in spring 2005 to negotiate on an Iranian proposal to convert all of Iran’s enriched uranium to fuel rods, making it impossible to use it for nuclear weapons, but Britain vetoed the deal at the insistence of the United States, according to a new account by a former top Iranian [...] Iran: The Nuclear Challenge by Council on Foreign Relations This volume maps the objectives, tools, and strategies for dealing with one of the most vexing issues facing the United States and global community today, in what may be the clearest picture of Iran's nuclear program to date.

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