Iran Suspends Nuclear Enrichment; Stuxnet Virus Suspected

by Gil Ronen Major technical problems in Iran’s nuclear program have forced the temporary shutdown of thousands of centrifuges enriching uranium at Iran’s Natanz plant, diplomats told The Associated Press on Monday. The diplomats said the problems have caused Iranian experts to “briefly power down” the machines they use for enrichment.   The sources said […]

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Another malfunction shuts down the No. 3 reactor at the Kola Nuclear Power Plant for the third time in three months

MURMANSK – The No. 3 reactor block of the embattled Kola Nuclear Power Plant was shut down today by its automatic switch off in what is a seeming series of more and more incidents at the Kola, and well as other Russian NPPs. In a release on Kola NPP’s website, operators said that, “at 1:38 […]

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Iran: Dimona is in Our Crosshairs

by Gil Ronen An unnamed senior officer in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards warned Thursday that Iran would strike Israel if it is targeted, no matter who the attacker is. According to the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Rai, the officer said, “Iran has thousands of surface-to-surface missiles, including improved Zelzal-2 and Al-Fatah 110 missiles, with which it will […]

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John Bolton: Russia’s Loading of Nuke Fuel Into Iran Plant Means Aug. 21 Deadline for Israeli Attack

By: David A. Patten News that Russia will load nuclear fuel rods into an Iranian reactor has touched off a countdown to a point of no return, a deadline by which Israel would have to launch an attack on Iran’s Bushehr reactor before it becomes effectively “immune” to any assault, says former Bush administration U.N. […]

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US: We Have an Iran Strike Plan

by Elad Benari The US military announced on Sunday that it has a plan in place to strike Iran should the need arise to do so. During an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press, Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US, said that although he believes that a military […]

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