No IAEA Board of Governors Iran Work Plan Endorsement
IN THIS ISSUE: No BOG Iran work plan endorsement, the Iranian nuclear challenge and the GCC, US says Syria stonewalls UN nuclear probe, Akash missile's air force version test-fired, Yury Dolgoruky to complete sea trial on Thursday, House panel clears bill to adopt nuclear security pacts.
No Board of Governors Iran Work Plan Endorsement Mark Hibbs | Arms Control Wonk
As Iran made a statement to the IAEA's Board of Governors on Wednesday, delegates were treated to a broadside by Ambassador Ali Asghar Soltanieh suggesting that Iran isn't about to come to Moscow in a mood to cooperate.
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George Perkovich, Brian Radzinsky and Jaclyn Tandler | Quaderni di Relazioni Internazionali
Gulf Cooperation Council governments see Iran as a great threat to their regional autonomy, their political stability, and the management of the Israeli- Palestinian struggle. Wariness toward Iran reflects deep historical tensions between Shiites and Sunnis, between Persians and Arabs, and between the revolutionary Iranian republic and the Gulf monarchies. Full Article
Fredrik Dahl | Reuters
The United States accused Syria on Wednesday of cynically using its crackdown on an uprising at home to justify its stonewalling of a United Nations watchdog investigation into the Arab state's nuclear activities. "This is a cynical rationale for continuing to stonewall the agency," U.S. envoy Robert Wood told the IAEA's board of governors. Full Article
Hindu
India on Wednesday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed surface-to-air 'Akash' missile of Air Force version from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur near here, the fifth trial of the anti-aircraft system in the last fortnight. "The Air Force version of 'Akash' missile was test-fired from the ITR. The trial was successful and met all the mission objectives," a senior defence official said. Full Article
RIA Novosti
Russia's latest ballistic missile submarine, the Borey class Yury Dolgoruky will complete an initial sea trial on June 7, its maker Sevmash shipyard said on Tuesday. "The Yury Dolgoruky will complete an initial sea trial on June 7. If all testing goes successfully, the boat will be accepted into service in the near future," a Sevmash source told RIA Novosti. Full Article
Diane Barnes | Global Security Newswire
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday passed without objection a bill to bring the United States into compliance with four international counterterrorism treaties, including two nuclear security agreements that arms control advocates have long urged the country to ratify. The updated text eliminates language that might have allowed the death penalty to be applied for an "act of nuclear terrorism." Full Article
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