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Foreign Ministers to Join Iran Nuclear Talks

IN THIS ISSUE: Foreign ministers to join Iran talks, Iran nuclear negotiators seek to shift industry terms for deal, seized nuclear material in Iraq 'low grade', Hamas "attempted to hit Dimona," Navy says can't guarantee safe nuclear fleet, Russia's Iskander-E missile system ready for export.

Published on July 10, 2014

Foreign Ministers to Join Iran Nuclear Talks

Laurence Norman | Wall Street Journal

Foreign ministers from the six-power group negotiating a final nuclear agreement with Iran will step into talks in Vienna this week in an effort to break a stalemate and salvage a deal by a July 20 deadline. The decision to bring ministers into the talks comes a week into what was supposed to be the final round of negotiations, with western diplomats saying progress has been painfully slow. 

Iran Nuclear Negotiators Seek to Shift Industry Terms for Deal

Jonathan Tirone | Bloomberg News

Whether Iran has the capacity to make fuel for Rosatom-built reactors is questionable, according to the Berlin-based Carnegie Endowment analyst Mark Hibbs. A more likely arrangement might see Iran providing enrichment services to Rosatom, which then makes reactor fuel.

Seized Nuclear Material in Iraq 'Low Grade': U.N. Agency

Fredrik Dahl | Reuters

"The Mosul region and several university departments were scoured again and again by U.N. inspectors for a decade after the first Gulf War (1990-1991) and they know what materials were stored there," Mark Hibbs of Carnegie Endowment think tank said.

Hamas: We Attempted to Hit the Nuclear Reactor in Dimona

Yaakov Lappin | Jerusalem Post

Three rockets were launched at Dimona in southern Israel on Wednesday afternoon. The Iron Dome intercepted one rocket before it could land, while two other rockets landed in open areas.

US Navy to Congress: We Can't Guarantee a Safe Nuclear Fleet

Christopher P. Cavas | Defense News

Fighting back at repeated budget cuts to its nuclear power budget requests, two of the US Navy's top leaders warned Congress on Monday that the cuts can't go on.

Russia's Iskander-E Missile System Ready for Deliveries to Other Countries

RIA Novosti

Iskander-E mobile theater ballistic missile systems are ready for export, awaiting a decision by state authorities, the head of the Russian delegation to arms and military exhibition MILEX-2014 Valery Varlamov said Thursday.

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