Tehran Rejects Claims of Cleaning Up Nuclear Works
IN THIS ISSUE: Iran rejects claims of cleaning up nuclear works, the Parchin Trap, nuclear-security pacts in US, Obama, Putin agree to maintain talks on missile defense, preventing another Fukushima, Democratic United Party opposes plan to build nuke reactors.
Iran Rejects Claims of Cleaning Up Nuclear Works Nasser Karimi | Associated Press
Iran on Tuesday rejected allegations it attempted to clean up radioactive traces possibly left by secret nuclear work at a key military site before granting U.N. inspectors permission to visit the facility.
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Mark Fitzpatrick | Foreign Policy
As dysfunctional as the U.S. political system can be, Washington is a model of unity in comparison with the politics in Tehran. Disarray in the Iranian capital was on full display in February when a high-level team from the IAEA was needlessly sent home for the second time without anything to show for its trouble. Full Article
Diane Barnes | National Journal
Just weeks before the second Global Nuclear Security Summit convenes in South Korea, the United States still has not enacted a law critical to ratifying what the Obama administration at the first summit called "the two key international treaties governing nuclear security." Full Article
Global Security Newswire
U.S. President Obama and Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin during a telephone conversation on Friday agreed to maintain bilateral talks on missile defense -- an issue that has threatened to derail their nations' high-profile strategic "reset." Full Article
James M. Acton and Mark Hibbs | Kyodo News
On March 11, 2011, we watched in horror as a triple tragedy -- earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown --befell Japan. One year later, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station may be in ''cold shutdown'' but the effects of the accident there are still being felt on a daily basis. Full Article
Kang Hyun-kyung | Korea Times
The main opposition Democratic United Party (DUP) decided to oppose the additional construction of nuclear reactors Tuesday in a move to counter the government's energy policy. In its seven-point vision for science and technology, the DUP's policy committee clarified its opposition to the plan. Full Article
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