Iran's Nuclear Programme
Background Documents and Analysis
For recent developments go to: http://www.acronym.org.uk/wmd/index.htm#iran.
From April 24-27, 2006 Dr Rebecca Johnson, executive director of the
Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy, attended a series
of meetings in Tehran, hosted by the international Pugwash Conferences
on Science and World Affairs and Iran's Centre for Strategic Research.
Disarmament and Sustainable Non-Proliferation,
by Dr Rebecca Johnson, Presentation to the International Conference on
Iran's nuclear energy programme: Politics and Prospects Centre for Strategic
Research, Tehran, 25 April 25 2006.
Key Background Documents
- Statement by the President of the
UN Security Council on Iran, March 29, 2006
- IAEA Director General Report on Iran,
February 27, 2006
- IAEA Resolution to report Iran to
the UN Security Council, February 4, 2006
- EU3 Proposal to Iran and Iran's response,
August 5, 2005
- Agreement between the E3/EU and Iran
concerning Iran's nuclear programme, Paris, November 15, 2004
Coverage in Disarmament Diplomacy
- Iran: recent developments and documents,
Disarmament Diplomacy, Issue No.82, Spring 2006
- Iran's Nuclear Programme: EU-3 Snubbed as Iran begins
Uranium Conversion at Isfahan, Disarmament Diplomacy, Issue No.
80, Autumn 2005
- IAEA Censure as Iran Moves Closer
to the Brink, including:
- IAEA Resolution on Iran, June
2004, Disarmament Diplomacy, No.78, July/August 2004
- Iran: the Saga Continues, Disarmament
Diplomacy, No. 77, May/June 2004
- Iran, Libya, and Pakistan's Nuclear
Supermarket, Disarmament Diplomacy, No.75, January/February 2004
- Addressing Iran's Nuclear Programme:
the US, IAEA, and European Foreign Ministers, Disarmament Diplomacy,
No.74, December 2003
- IAEA Adopts Critical Resolution
in Deepening Crisis over Iran's Nuclear Programme, Disarmament Diplomacy,
No.73, October - November 2003
European Union/E3
The E3 - consisting of France, Germany and the United Kingdom - conducted
negotiations with Iran during 2003 and 2005.
- Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Speech
to the Lord Mayor's Banquet, November 12, 2007
- UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown on
Iran, September 4, 2007
- French President Jacques Chirac rules
out sanctions against Iran, September 18, 2006
- Elements of a Revised Proposal to
Iran, June 9, 2006
- 'The idea of a nuclear strike on
Iran is completely nuts', British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw MP,
April 9, 2006
- Statement on Iran's nuclear programme,
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier after the Foreign Ministers'
Meeting in Berlin, March 30, 2006
- EU3 statement to the IAEA Board Meeting,
March 8, 2006
- Statement following P5/E3 Foreign
Ministers' meeting on Iran, January 30, 2006
- 'The dispute is about Iran's failure
to build the necessary confidence as to the exclusively peaceful nature
of its programme', European Council Statement on Iran, January 30,
2006
- '[T]here isn't a military option',
UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw on Iran, January 28, 2006
- 'I do not happen to think that military
action in this situation would be appropriate', UK Foreign Secretary
Jack Straw, January 16, 2006
- '[T]he time has now come for the
Security Council to become involved', E3/EU Statement on Iran, January
12, 2006
- 'We obviously do not rule out any
measures', UK Prime Minister Tony Blair on Iran, January 19, 2006
- E3 call for extraordinary meeting
of the IAEA Board, January 18, 2006
- UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, evidence
on Iran, Liaison Committee, November 18, 2005
- Iran: Statement by the Presidency
on behalf of EU leaders meeting at Hampton Court, October 27, 2005
- Statement by the United Kingdom on
behalf of the EU at the IAEA Board of Governors, August 9, 2005
- E3-EU/Iran meeting, Statement by
French Minister of Foreign Affairs Michel Barnier, May 25, 2005
- 'I've got no intention of bombing
their nuclear installations or anything else', British Prime Minister
Tony Blair on Iran, May 3, 2005
- 'I then made it absolutely clear
that I could envisage no circumstances in which military action would
be justified', UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw MP on Iran, November
9, 2004
- '[N]ot only is that inconceivable
I think the prospect of it happening is inconceivable', UK Foreign
Secretary Jack Straw MP on the possibility of an attack on Iran, November
4, 2004
- French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
on Iran, November 2, 2004
IAEA and UN Statements and Resolutions
- IAEA Director General Dr Mohamed
ElBaradei introductory statement to the IAEA Board of Governors,
22 September 2008
- IAEA Director General Dr Mohamed
ElBaradei Statement to the IAEA Board of Governors, 17 June 2008
- IAEA Director General Dr Mohamed
ElBaradei Interview with Der Spiegel, 11 June 2008
- IAEA Director General Dr Mohamed
ElBaradei statement to the IAEA Board of Governors, 3 March 2008
- IAEA Director-General Dr Mohamed
ElBaradei on the US Intelligence Estimate on Iran, December 4, 2007
- IAEA Director General Dr Mohamed
ElBaradei introductory statement to the IAEA Board of Governors,
November 22, 2007
- IAEA Director-General report to the
Board of Governors on Iran, November 15, 2007
- IAEA Director General Dr Mohamed
ElBaradei, interview on Iran, October 30, 2007
- IAEA Director General Dr Mohamed
ElBaradei, speech to the UN General Assembly, October 29, 2007
- IAEA Director General Dr Mohamed
ElBaradei, interview on Iran, October 28, 2007
- IAEA Director General Dr Mohamed
ElBaradei, interview with the FT on Iran 'Work Plan', October 2,
2007
- IAEA Director-General Dr Mohamed
ElBaradei statement to the IAEA General Conference, September 17,
2007
- IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei,
press briefing on Iran, September 12, 2007
- IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei,
introductory Statement to the IAEA Board of Governors, September
10, 2007
- Implementation of the NPT Safeguards
Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Report by the Director General
to the IAEA Board of Governors, August 30, 2007
- IAEA to visit Iran's Arak facility,
July 25, 2007
- IAEA and Iran to draft 'Work Plan',
June 22, 2007
- IAEA visit to Tehran, July 13,
2007
- IAEA Director General Dr Mohamed
ElBaradei introductory statement to the IAEA Board of Governors,
July 19, 2007
- IAEA Safeguards Statement for 2006,
June 20, 2007
- IAEA Board of Governors: Introductory
Statement by Director General Dr Mohamed ElBaradei, June 11, 2007
- IAEA briefing and report on Iran,
June 11, 2007
- UN Security Council Resolution 1747
on Non-Proliferation (Iran), March 24, 2007
- IAEA Director-General Dr Mohamed
ElBaradei statement to the IAEA Board of Governors, March 5, 2007
- UN Security Council Resolution 1737
(2006), Non-proliferation, December 23, 2006
- IAEA Director General Dr Mohamed
ElBaradei, statement to the Board of Governors, November 23, 2006
- Implementation of the NPT Safeguards
Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Report by the IAEA Director
General, November 14, 2006
- UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on
Iran, September 13, 2006
- IAEA brands US Report on Iran 'erroneous'
and 'misleading', September 12, 2006
- UN Security Council Resolution 1696
on Non-proliferation [Iran], July 31, 2006
- IAEA Director-General report to the
UN Security Council on Iran, April 28, 2006
- IAEA Director General Report on Iran,
February 27, 2006
- IAEA Resolution to report Iran to
the UN Security Council, February 4, 2006
- IAEA Director General Dr Mohamed
ElBaradei remarks at conclusion of the IAEA Board Meeting, March
8, 2006
- IAEA Director General Dr Mohamed
ElBaradei press conference before IAEA Board Meeting, March 6, 2006
- 'Iran should do its utmost to provide
maximum transparency and build confidence', IAEA Director General
Dr Mohamed ElBaradei, March 6, 2006
- IAEA Director General Dr Mohamed
ElBaradei on Iran, January 23, 2006
- Iran Begins Removal of IAEA Seals
at Enrichment-related Locations, January 10, 2006
- Iran informs the IAEA that it intends
to resume nuclear R&D, January 3, 2006
- Russia's proposal on uranium enrichment
is 'unacceptable', Iranian Secretary of the Supreme National Security
Council Ali Larijani, January 2, 2006
- '[R]obust verification by the Agency,
combined with active dialogue', IAEA Director General Dr Mohamed
ElBaradei on Iran, November 24, 2005
- IAEA Resolution on Iran's 'non compliance'
with NPT safeguards, September 24, 2005
- IAEA Director-General Dr Mohamed
ElBaradei Statement on Iran, September 24, 2005
- IAEA Board of Governors, EU Presidency
Statement, September 21, 2005
- Text of unofficial U.S.-UK draft
resolution on Iran nuclear issue, September 20, 2005
- UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw on
Iran, September 18, 2005
- Implementation of the NPT Safeguards
Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Report by the IAEA Director-General,
September 2, 2005
- 'Implementation of the NPT Safeguards
Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran and related Board resolutions',
IAEA Board of Governors, August 11, 2005
- IAEA Director General Dr Mohamed
ElBaradei on Iran, August 11, 2005
- Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson
Mikhail Kamynin on Iran, August 9, 2005
- IAEA Director-General statement concerning
Iran, June 14, 2005
- '[A] confidence deficit has been
created', IAEA Director General Dr Mohamed ElBaradei on Iran, February
28, 2005
- Implementation of the NPT Safeguards
Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Resolution adopted by
the IAEA Board of Governors, November 29, 2004
- IAEA Resolution on Iran, September
18, 2004
- 'Agency experts have raised questions
and doubts regarding the explanations provided by Iran', IAEA Resolution
on Iran, June 18, 2004
- IAEA Director-General Dr Mohamed
ElBaradei statement to the IAEA Board of Governors, June 14, 2004
- '[G]ood progess', IAEA Director
General's report on Iran for the IAEA Board of Governors, June 1, 2004
- 'IAEA and Iran Agree on Action Plan',
April 7, 2004
- 'Serious concern' as the IAEA addresses
Iran's nuclear programme, IAEA Board of Governors meeting, March
13, 2004
- Iran Signs Additional Protocol on
Nuclear Safeguards, December 18, 2003
Iran Government Statements
- Iran Secretary of Supreme National
Security Council Ali Larijani on Iran's nuclear programme, February
11, 2007
- Iran President Ahmadinejad speech
to the UN General Assembly, September 19, 2006
- Iran's Response to the Package Presented
on June 6, 2006
- Iran Foreign Minister Manouchehr
Mottaki insists that Iran will not respond to proposals on its nuclear
programme before August, July 4, 2006
- President Ahmadinejad letter to President
Bush, May 9, 200
- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on
Iran's nuclear programme, April 28, 2006
- 'Iran can now talk to world from
vantage point of a nuclear state', Iran President Ahmadinejad, April
13, 2006
- Comments by Iran's Foreign Minister
Manouchehr Mottaki, March 30, 2006
- Iran statement following the IAEA
Board Meeting, Head of IAEA delegation Javad Vaeidi, March 8, 2006
- Iran's response to IAEA Director
General's report, March 6, 2006
- IAEA Special Board of Governors Meeting,
Message from Iran Secretary of Supreme Security Council Dr Larijani,
February 2, 2006
- President of the Islamic Republic
of Iran Dr. Mahmood Ahmadinejad speech to the United Nations General
Assembly, September 17, 2005
- 'This is solely the
work of US prejudice', Iranian Ambassador to Britain Mohammad Hossein
Adeli, September 8, 2005
- Statement by Iran to the IAEA Board
of Governors meeting, August 12, 2005
UN Security Council
US Statements
- US Ambassador Gregory L. Schulte
on Iran, 9 September 2008
- US Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice on Iran, 29 July 2008
- President Bush and Prime Minister
Brown on Iran, 14 June 2008
- CRS Report on Iran's Nuclear Programme,
8 March 2008
- US Ambassador Schulte statement on
Iran, IAEA Board of Governors, 3 - 7 March 2008
- US Ambassador Gregory L. Schulte
on Iran, January 31, 2008
- US Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice on Iran, January 23, 2008
- US Ambassador Gregory L. Schulte
on Iran, December 11, 2007
- President Bush press conference on
the Iran Intelligence Estimate, December 4, 2007
- US National Intelligence Estimate
on Iran, December 3, 2007
- US Ambassador Khalilzad on IAEA Report
on Iran's Nuclear Program, November 15, 2007
- US Under Secretary of State, Nicholas
Burns on ElBaradei and Iran, November 1, 2007
- US Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice announces new sanctions against Iran, October 25, 2007
- US Ambassador Gregory L. Schulte,
Setting the Standards for Iran's Cooperation, speech, October 2,
2007
- US-Japan Joint Press Availability
on Iran, Iraq and North Korea, May 1, 2007
- US State Department Spokesperson
Sean McCormack on Iran, April 9, 2007
- US Under Secretary for Political
Affairs R. Nicholas Burns testimony on Iran, March 6, 2007
- President Bush press conference on
Iran, Iraq, North Korea, February 13, 2007
- US Ambassador Gregory L. Schulte
on Iran, February 7, 2007
- US Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice on North Korea and Iran, November 16, 2006
- President Bush on Iran, November
13, 2006
- US Ambassador Gregory L. Schulte
on Iran, November 13, 2006
- 'Sanctions represent the next step
in our diplomacy', US Under Secretary of State for Arms Control
and International Security Robert Joseph, September 6, 2006
- US Representative to the United Nations
Ambassador John R. Bolton on Iran, September 1, 2006
- US Representative to the United
Nations John R. Bolton on Iran, August 21, 2006
- US National Security Advisor Steve
Hadley calls for Iran to respond before the G8 Summit, July 12,
2006
- President Bush on Iran, June
19, 2006
- US offers to join talks with Iran,
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Press Conference on Iran, May 31,
2006
- 'This is put or shut up time for
Iran', US Representative to the United Nations John Bolton, May
31, 2006
- Press Conference on Iran with US
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and IAEA Director-General Dr Mohamed
ElBaradei, May 24, 2006
- US Representative to the United Nations
Ambassdaor John Bolton on the draft UNSC Resolution on Iran, May
3, 2006
- Iran approaches the 'point of no-return',
US State Department briefing, April 21, 2006
- US Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice outlines options for Iran, April 14, 2006
- US statement following the IAEA Board
Meeting, March 8, 2006
- US statement to the IAEA Board Meeting,
March 8, 2006
- '[T]here will be tangible and painful
consequences', US Representative to the United Nations Ambassador
John Bolton on Iran, March 5, 2006
- '[E]very option must remain on the
table', US Senator John McCain on Iran, February 4, 2006
- 'I suggest that NATO begin to plan
now how its military assets might be employed', US Senator Joseph
Lieberman on Iran, February 4, 2006
- IAEA Special Board of Governors Meeting,
US Statement, February 2, 2006
- President Bush backs the Russian
proposal to Iran, January 26, 2006
- '[A] test for the Security Council',
US Permanent Representative to the United Nations John Bolton on Iran,
January 25, 2006
- '[W]e cannot take any option off
the table', Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on Iran, January 18,
2006
- US Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice calls for Iran to be referred to the UN Security Council, January
12, 2006
- '[T]he [IAEA] Board cannot and should
not have unlimited patience', US Statement to the IAEA Board of
Governors, November 24-25, 2005
- 'This is not the sign of a peaceful
program,' US Ambassador Schulte on Iran, November 17, 2005
- US National Security Advisor Stephen
Hadley on Iran's nuclear programme, November 17, 2005
- US Under Secretary for Political
Affairs Nicholas Burns statement on the IAEA vote, September 24,
2005
- IAEA Board of Governors, US Statement,
September, 2005
- '[A]ll options are on the table',
President George W. Bush on Iran, August 12, 2005
- 'A strong unified message to the
Iranians', President Bush and Chancellor Schroeder, June 27, 2005
- US Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice on Iran, Iraq and North Korea, May 27, 2005
- US Policy Toward Iran, Under Secretary
for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns statement before the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, May 26, 2005
- US Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice and UK Foreign Minister Jack Straw on Iran, May 19, 2005
- President Bush on Iran and North
Korea, April 28, 2005
- 'U.S. to Lift Objections Against
Iranian Bid to Join the WTO', US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
interview, March 11, 2005
- 'Are you prepared to do tough things
to make sure that they don't get a nuclear weapon?' US Secretary
of State Condoleezza Rice on the EU and Iran, March 11, 2005
- 'Iran's cooperation falls far short
of the standard and expectations set forth in this Board's last resolution',
US Ambassador Jackie Wolcott Sanders, March 2, 2005
- Attack on Iran is 'not on the agenda
at this point', US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, February
4, 2005
- '[T]he U.S. reserves all of its options
with respect to Security Council', US Ambassador Jackie Sanders
on Iran, January 28, 2005
Russian Government statements
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