How Corporate Media Are Fueling a New Iran Nuclear Crisis

Gareth Porter / Truthdig Jul 17, 2019 Mainstream outlets’ coverage of U.S.-Iran relations are augmenting the Trump administration’s provocations at a critical moment. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Iran Speeds Up Uranium Enrichment as Mideast Tensions Mount

NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL / The Associated Press Jun 17, 2019 Iran says it will surpass the uranium stockpile limit set by its nuclear deal in the next 10 days. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Iran Transfers Stockpile of Enriched Uranium to Russia

Staff / Truthdig Dec 29, 2015 On Monday, a Russian ship carrying almost all of Iran’s stockpile of low-enriched uranium left Iran, “fulfilling a major step in the nuclear deal struck last summer and, for the first time in nearly a decade, apparently leaving Iran with too little fuel to manufacture a nuclear weapon,” The New York Times reports. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iran Sets Date to Start Shrinking Uranium Stockpile

Staff / Truthdig Jan 12, 2014 The White House announced Sunday that Iran will start whittling down its stockpile of enriched uranium by Jan. 20, giving a sense of momentum to the agreement announced in November between Washington and Tehran. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

No Deal Yet in Iran Nuclear Talks

Staff / Truthdig May 24, 2012 Two days of discussion over Iran’s nuclear program ended in uncertainty Thursday, with Iran maintaining it has the right to enrich nuclear fuel and the lead negotiator for the European Union stating vaguely that “significant problems remain” with the Iranian position. Negotiations are set to resume in June. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iran Bakes a Yellowcake

Staff / Truthdig Dec 6, 2010 Iran has officially declared that it has created its first domestically produced piece of raw uranium, otherwise deceptively known as non-edible yellowcake, and has subsequently delivered that uranium to a plant for enrichment. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iran May End Uranium Enrichment

Staff / Truthdig Sep 25, 2010 From stinking up his hotel with food to decrying U.S. involvement in 9/11, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has made quite the splash in New York this week. And now Ahmadinejad has served up a surprise by declaring his country would consider ending uranium enrichment. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The End of Obama’s Vision of a Nuke-Free World

Scott Ritter / Truthdig Feb 16, 2010 Fear of a nuclear Iran has generated irrational policies that will only hasten such an outcome Instead of listening to his own words, the president fell for that old lure, a great power with great bombs that tells others what to do. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Ahmadinejad Orders Uranium Enrichment

Staff / Truthdig Feb 7, 2010 After days of confusion over whether or not Iran would reopen negotiations regarding its nuclear program, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ordered his country's atomic energy agency to begin producing uranium for a medical reactor in Tehran. The United States quickly expressed disappointment over the announcement. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iran Plans to Build 10 More Enrichment Plants

Staff / Truthdig Nov 29, 2009 Iran seems to enjoy its nuclear swagger. Tehran has now approved construction of 10 uranium enrichment plants, a remarkable development given that a U.N. watchdog agency demanded last week that Iran cease construction of a previously secret enrichment facility. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iran to Test Its Readiness

Staff / Truthdig Nov 21, 2009 Iran has announced it will conduct a weeklong round of air defense war games centered on the country's nuclear sites as Western powers, especially the U.S., turn up the heat over Tehran's nuclear program. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Warns of Iran Sanctions

Staff / Truthdig Nov 20, 2009 President Barack Obama has signaled an escalation in the ongoing nuclear dispute with Iran, warning that punitive measures could come soon after Tehran rejected a proposal to send its enriched uranium to Russia or France for further processing. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )