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The International Atomic Energy Agency's latest report confirms fears that Iran is working on the research and development of nuclear weapons, but does not provide a clear sense of the success or timing of Iran’s attempts.
The International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran has worked on developing nuclear weapon designs and on testing components. It comes amid rumors that Israel is preparing to attack Iran's nuclear facilities.
The International Atomic Energy Agency report on Iran stops short of saying Tehran masterminded a secret program to possess atomic arms and it made the outlook for a negotiated solution to the Iran crisis less likely.
The safeguards system established by the International Atomic Energy Agency is failing to detect potential issues of noncompliance because it doesn’t have the legal authority needed to fulfill its mandate and it lacks the necessary cooperation from member states.
Former Iranian President Rafsanjani could be in a position to help the International Atomic Energy Agency better understand the nature and development of Iran’s nuclear program.
Iran is facing a number of domestic and regional pressures that might have been the motivation behind the alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States.
The alleged Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador, while inconsistent with past Iranian actions, could have been driven by regional rivalries between Tehran and Riyadh.
While it remains unclear whether Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is sincere in his proposal to cease production of highly enriched nuclear fuel and import it instead, it is clearly in the West’s best interests to accept the offer.
Standing up to the Iranian regime can be a perilous undertaking, as can be seen from the 1992 assassination of four Iranian dissidents in Berlin and from those who were lost in the mass protests following Iran's contested 2009 elections.
The incremental process of releasing the two jailed American hikers has not only tarnished Iran's international image, it also displayed the continuing tensions between Supreme Leader Khamenei and President Ahmadinejad.
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