Iran Nonproliferation Update 7/9

Gulf sabre-rattling Fin24 - ‎ Macdonald on Monday Gulf Daily News - ‎ Why is it that when it comes to diplomacy, the minute Iran comes into the equation, logic goes out of the window? I know a lot of my ideas about Iran are fairly unpopular, but I am one of those people who believe it has every right to develop nuclear ... Persian Gulf: Sabres rattle as Iran sanctions bite Vancouver Sun - ‎ LONDON — Iran and the United States might be talking up their readiness for war in the Gulf but beneath the rhetoric, all sides appear keen to avoid conflict and prevent accidental escalation. In the first week in July, a string of hawkish Iranian ... Iran Has No 'Right' To Enrich Uranium Wall Street Journal -  By MICHAEL MAKOVSKY As efforts continue to prevent Iran from making nuclear weapons, a central Iranian negotiating demand is acknowledgment of its "right" to enrich uranium under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. Although spurious, this assertion ... US too weak to wage war against Iran: Washington ambassador Tehran Times - ‎ TEHRAN – US Ambassador to Switzerland Donald Beyer has said that given the severe economic crisis in the United States the country's military option against Tehran is beyond the realms of possibility. The US overall debt has exceeded $16 trillion and ... US economy too weak for war against Iran: American diplomat Tehran Times - US Ambassador to Switzerland Donald Beyer has ruled out the likelihood of Washington's military option against Tehran, given the exacerbating economic woes in the United States. In an interview with the Swiss daily Der Bund, Beyer pointed out that the ... Iran plans to expand, not suspend, its nuclear program, according to position ... The Times of Israel -  By David Horovitz July 9, 2012, 3:32 pm Iran's Chief Nuclear Negotiator Saeed Jalili, pictured at the day-long talks with six world powers in Istanbul, on April 14, 2012. (photo credit: AP/Burhan Ozbilici) A position paper obtained by The Times of ... Sanctions on Iran may help, but economic pain can't be the sole pressure point McClatchy Washington Bureau - ‎ By MEGHAN L. O'SULLIVAN | Los Angeles Times The latest Iran sanctions came into full effect this week, adding to a byzantine array of unilateral and multilateral measures that prohibit Iranian oil imports, other trade and financial transactions, ... Western - Iranian Diplomacy: Stop, Shut, Ship theriskyshift.com (blog) - The attitude of Western negotiators can be summed up by an anonymous official's expression: “Stop, shut, ship”. Stop enriching uranium, shutting down the requested nuclear facilities and shipping enriched uranium outside of the country. Iran announces nuclear-powered submarine plan ArabianBusiness.com  By Reuters SUBMARINE SCAM: Former head of Dubai World's submarine unit embezzled AED14m from the company. (Getty Images, for illustrative purposes only) Iran's announcement that it plans to build its first nuclear-powered submarine is stoking ... Iran Says Uranium Enrichment Open For Debate Eurasia Review - ‎ Iran is willing to talk with world powers about a “temporary halt” to its uranium enrichment program, an Iranian Member of Parliament says. Mohammad Hassan Asferi, a member of Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, ... Iran won't crack OpEdNews - ‎ By Pepe Escobar (about the author) Let's start sledgehammer style. Iran won't crack. Iran won't crack. Iran won't crack. No sledgehammer, though, is likely to perforate the limitless fog of delusion hovering over a US elite that a relentless propaganda ... Iran claims 'nuclear rights' in Moscow talks Alaska Dispatch -‎ Details are emerging about the content of Iran's nuclear talks with world powers, days after a 15-hour marathon meeting of technical experts in Istanbul, which show the two sides poles apart but engaged on substantive issues. Iran's priorities are now ...