Secret document exposes Iran’s nuclear trigger

From The Times

December 14, 2009
Confidential intelligence documents obtained by The Times show that Iran is working on testing a key final component of a nuclear bomb.
The notes, from Iran’s most sensitive military nuclear project, describe a four-year plan to test a neutron initiator, the component of a nuclear bomb that triggers [...]

Iran tested advanced nuclear warhead design – secret report

Is this what Israel has been waiting for?
The UN’s nuclear watchdog has asked Iran to explain evidence suggesting that Iranian scientists have experimented with an advanced nuclear warhead design, the Guardian has learned.
The very existence of the technology, known as a “two-point implosion” device, is officially secret in both the US and Britain, but according [...]

French Minister: Iran and Israel in ‘race to confrontation’

Iran’s nuclear ambitions have started a “race to confrontation” with Israel and the world’s leading powers must break the deadlock before the Jewish state “reacts”, according to France’s foreign minister Bernard Kouchner.
Telegraph
Bernard Kouchner stressed the urgency of reaching agreement with Iran over its nuclear programme and [...]

Israel will attack Iran if sanctions aren’t in place by Christmas

Iran: Israel’s threats inexplicable
Iran’s ambassador to UN demands Security Council take steps against comments made by Ephraim Sneh, who said Israel would attack Iran if sanctions weren’t in place by Christmas
Dudi Cohen

Published:
10.09.09, 23:19

Iran’s ambassador to the UN, Mohammad Khazaee, sent a letter of protest to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moonin which he wrote that “there is [...]

Riyadh ‘offers airspace’ for Israel attack on Iran

Israeli fighter jets have been allowed to use Saudi airspace to launch go-it-alone air strikes on Iranian nuclear installations, says a recent report.
The issue has been discussed in a closed-door meeting in London, where British Intelligence Chief Sir John Scarlett, his Israeli counterpart, Meir Dagan, and Saudi official have been present.
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