Iran Nuclear Weapons

The Grand Bargain

Elliot Cowan | Posted 21.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: West Bank, UK World, Barack Obama, Middle East, Iran, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Camp David, Israel, UN Security Council, UK Politics News

Barely a week goes past without an article being published discussing the feasibility and likelihood of an imminent Israeli attack on Iran - a matter receiving further prominence as in Baghdad this week, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (plus Germany) will meet with Iran to discuss its nuclear ambitions.

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A Nuclear Iran Could Consign Non-Proliferation to the History Books

James Bloodworth | Posted 11.04.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Cold War, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Iran Nuclear Weapons, UK Politics News

The prediction made by right-thinking individuals during the 20th century that proliferation would be an inevitable consequence of the existence of nuclear weapons has come to bear.

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Three Reasons Why Frothing at the Mouth About an Iranian Nuke is Stupid

Jonty Langley | Posted 13.05.2012 | UK Politics

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I'm not saying Iran with a nuke would be good news. I just think that the hysteria is hypocrisy. Don't you?

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Cameron Seeks Military 'Endgame' In Afghanistan

Posted 14.03.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: March Madness, Essential-Relationship, UK News, Afghanistan, Special Relationship, David Cameron, Iran, Syria Protests, Prime Minister David Cameron, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Syria, Afghanistan War, Video, UK Politics News

David Cameron has accepted that Afghanistan will not be "a perfect democracy" by the time British troops return home, but said that the public wants t...

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Iran''s Threat to Britain

Adel Darwish | Posted 09.05.2012 | UK Politics

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Cameron's government, on its part must make it clear to the Ayatollahs that any terror attacks on British soil will be met with a swift, decisive and precise action against Iran's main economic and industrial centres.

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Iran: Military Action? Why not rule it out?

Alec Shelbrooke | Posted 08.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Iran, Benjamin Netanyahu, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Hezbollah, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Middle East, Alec Shelbrooke, UK Politics, UK Politics News

The decisions relating to Iran at this moment in history will have far reaching consequences that could affect every man, women and child in the world and must be the decision and resolution of the widest multilateral coalition that is possible.

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World Powers To Resume Talks With Iran Over Nuclear Programme

Huffington Post UK/PA | Michael Rundle | Posted 06.05.2012 | UK

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Six countries, including the US and the UK, are to recommence multi-lateral talks with Iran over its suspected nuclear weapons programme, the EU has s...

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Sanctions Against Iran Must be Allowed More Time to Bite

Chris McCarthy | Posted 05.03.2012 | UK Politics

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There is a narrative currently gaining primacy vis-à-vis Iran's nuclear program.

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Iran Elections: Rival Conservatives Battle For Power While Suppressing Opposition

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 02.03.2012 | UK

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Iran is holding its first elections since 2009. even as the leaders of its main opposition group remain under house arrest. The poll to select 290 ...

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Iran Through the Optics of Iraq

Lorna Fitzsimons | Posted 23.04.2012 | UK Politics

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It is difficult not to see the looming crisis on Iran through any other optics other than our experience in Iraq. So much of the commentary on the left is falling into this trap.

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Iran's Latest Nuclear Development Raises International Tensions

Chris McCarthy | Posted 17.04.2012 | UK Politics

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The arguments are stacked in favour, however, of Iran not intending to strike Israel, despite the bellicose rhetoric. For starters, it would be the largest mass suicide note in history.

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Iran Cuts Oil Exports To Six EU Countries On Day Of Nuclear Breakthrough

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 16.04.2012 | UK

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Iran has announced it is cutting oil exports to six European countries ahead of sanctions imposed by the EU. State TV said exports to Netherlands, ...

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Iran Unveils Nuclear Breakthrough

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 16.04.2012 | UK

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For the first time, Iran has loaded nuclear fuel rods made on Iranian soil into a research reactor at a ceremony attended by President Mahmoud Ahmad...

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Iran 'Ready' To Ban Oil Exports To EU As Obama Tightens Existing Sanctions

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 07.02.2012 | UK

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Iran is ready to halt oil exports to the EU before sanctions over its nuclear programme can be imposed, the country's parliament said. Angered by E...

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Diplomacy is More Than a Positive Intention

Benjamin Halfpenny | Posted 04.04.2012 | UK Politics

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World leaders, then, have continued to characterise Iran as a threat or a menace intent on some kind of destruction.

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Iranian Bloggers To Be Executed For 'Spreading Corruption'

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 27.01.2012 | UK

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Iranian bloggers Saeed Malekpour and Vahid Asghari are to be executed on charges of spreading corruption. Journalists Shahram Manouchehri, Sahamed...

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Iran Ready to Re-Enter Nuclear Negotiations

Huffington Post UK | Posted 27.03.2012 | Home

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Iran is ready to discuss its nuclear programme with world powers, according to the country's president. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was talking in the wake...

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Liam Fox On Iran, Israel And Losing His Cabinet Job

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 25.01.2012 | UK Politics

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Liam Fox has warned that the current standoff with Iran is "potentially very serious", but believes it's unlikely that Israel will launch an attack on...

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So Who is Iran Threatening?

Jasdev Singh Rai | Posted 23.03.2012 | UK

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Europe meets to tighten sanctions against Iran going further than before by imposing embargo on its oil. The Global community, which means the west pl...

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Iranian Nuclear Scientist Killed In Tehran Car Bomb

Posted 11.01.2012 | UK

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An Iranian nuclear scientist has been killed by magnetic car bombs amid rising international tension over the country’s nuclear programme. Profe...

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Iran Nuclear Crisis: US Denounces 'Further Escalation' After Enrichment Confirmed

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 10.03.2012 | UK

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Iran's enrichment of nuclear material at an underground facility represents a "further escalation" of its violation of UN resolutions, the United Stat...

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CIA 'Spy' Sentenced to Death In Iran

Posted 09.01.2012 | UK

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An American man has been sentenced to death in Iran for allegedly spying for the CIA, it has been reported. The semi-official Fars news agency is q...

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Why Is Britain Ramping Up Sanctions Against Iran?

Simon Jenkins | Posted 07.03.2012 | UK Politics

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Rattling a sabre whenever Washington says so is the most humiliating idiocy. Do any of Britain's leaders really think further economic sanctions will stop Iran's nuclear programme? I cannot believe it.

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Defusing the Iran Time Bomb

Stefan Simanowitz | Posted 07.03.2012 | UK

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If it is true that wars begin in the minds of men then Iran and Western powers have been at a state of war for some time. Martial rhetoric has been accompanied by steady military build-up and unprecedented diplomatic shut-down as each side throws away their steering wheel in this most dangerous of games of chicken.

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Iran Warns US To Keep Navy Out Of Persian Gulf

Posted 03.01.2012 | UK

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Iran has warned the United States not to return an aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf after Tehran conducted 10 days of military exercises conducted...

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