The following timeline reviews Iran’s actions on the nuclear issue since President Obama was sworn into office.
January 2010
Jan. 6: The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) - the military wing of the Islamic Republic that wields political and economic control over Iran’s gas, oil and nuclear projects - announces plans to conduct military exercises in the Straits of Hormuz at the end of January to send the message that if Iran is attacked it will retaliate with force, and through regional cooperation the Persian Gulf and the Hormuz would be protected from foreign powers.[2] an 5:The IRGC withdraws $1 billion to proceed with its South Pars gas venture.[3] The cash withdrawal coincides with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s announcement that the United States and its allies are discussing possible new sanctions that will specifically target the IRGC.[4]
Jan. 2: Iran issues an ultimatum to the United States warning that if the United States doesn’t accept Tehran’s counterproposal by the end of January it will commence reactor fuel production at increased levels of enrichment.[5]
December 2009
Dec. 29: News emerges that Iran is close to clinching a $450 million deal to import 1,350 tons of purified ore uranium, or “yellowcake,” from one of the world’s biggest uranium miners, Kazakhstan.[6] The deal would be a direct violation of UN sanctions placed on Iran for refusing to halt its nuclear program and raises concerns in Washington. Iran and Kazakhstan deny that there’s any such deal.[7]
Dec. 22: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad publicly dismisses a year-end deadline stipulating that Iran must send out of the country more than 70 percent of its low-enriched uranium “in one batch” to avoid additional UN sanctions.[8] The deadline, set by the world’s major powers - the P5+1 (the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany) - stipulates that in accordance with the Oct. 1 proposal, Iran must send out more than 70 percent of its low-enriched uranium “in one batch” to avoid additional UN sanctions. [9]
Dec. 18: Iraqi officials report that Iranian soldiers crossed into Iraq to occupy an area of the Fekka oil field located in the Maysan Province.[10] The Iranian government claims that the oil field and its soldiers are in Iranian territory.[11]
Dec. 18: The Times of London exposes secret Iranian intelligence documents that outline a four-year trial project that includes the neutron initiator, a final element for creating a nuclear bomb that triggers an explosion, as well as uranium deuteride, which experts say can only be used in for nuclear weapons.[12] Intelligence sources say the documents date back to 2007, raising doubt over Iran’s claim that it stopped its weapons program four years prior.[13]
Dec. 16: Iran successfully tests an upgraded version of its Selij-2 surface-to-surface missile, which has a range of up to 1,200 miles and is capable of striking U.S. bases in the Persian Gulf and Israel.[14] An early model of the Selij-2 was launched in May.
Dec. 12: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki proposes exchanging 880 lbs. (400 kg) of low-enriched uranium, instead of the 2,645 lbs. (1,200 kg) specified in the Oct. 1 agreement, which requires Iran to send its uranium to Russia for enrichment “in one batch.”[15]
November
Nov. 29: Iran announces plans to build an additional 10 uranium enrichment sites, in defiance of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) demands that Iran halt its enrichment activities.[16]
Nov. 27: In a 27-3 vote, the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors passes a resolution calling on Iran to halt uranium enrichment activities, including construction of the Qom facility, in compliance with previous UN Security Council Resolutions.[17]
Nov. 18: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says Iran “definitely” won’t send out of the country more than 70 percent of its low-enriched uranium, rejecting the deal negotiated on Oct. 1.[18]
Nov. 3: A cargo ship filled with tons of Iranian weaponry en route to Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon is intercepted 100 miles (161 km) from Israel’s coast. It was carrying more than 500 tons of advanced weaponry and missiles, including Katyusha rockets, assault rifles, mortar shells, grenades, and anti-aircraft platforms.[19] The containers aboard were imprinted with the acronym IRISL (Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines) and cargo slips proved the weapon containers were from Iran.[20]
October
Oct. 29: Iran reneges on its acceptance of the Oct. 1 Geneva proposal, rejecting the condition to send three-quarters of its low-enriched uranium to Russia all at once.
[21] Instead, Iran offers a verbal counter proposal that would require sending out in batches its stockpile of low-enriched uranium. Iran also cancels future high-level talks about its nuclear program.[22]
Oct. 27: An Iranian ship laden with weapons, including missiles, is seized off of Yemen’s northwestern Midi harbor.
[23] With four Iranians aboard, Yemeni security sources believe that the weapons were destined for Iran-backed Shia Al-Houthi militants based northern Yemen. .
Oct. 24: Iran misses the IAEA deadline to accept a proposed agreement to ship its enriched uranium supply to Russia; Iranian officials say they need more time to review the proposal.
[24]
Oct. 21: IAEA negotiators draft a deal based on the Oct. 1 proposal that requires Iran to send to Russia three-quarters of its low-enriched uranium by the end of the year for reprocessing.
[25]
Oct. 17: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced that Iran is helping Venezuela explore and eventually mine its uranium deposits. Venezuela reportedly has 50,000 tons of uranium reserves.
[26]
Oct. 6: Iran announces its plans to install a more advanced type of centrifuge at the recently disclosed Qom fuel enrichment facility.
[27]
Oct. 1: Iran conditionally accepts the P5+1 proposal negotiated in Geneva, which would require Iran to deliver more than 70 percent of its low-enrichment uranium to Russia and France for refinement into fuel for a medical research plant, as well as permit IAEA inspectors to inspect the Qom facility within two weeks of the agreement.
[28] The P5+1 includes the five permanent members of the UN Security Council -- the United States, France, Britain, Russia and China plus Germany.
September
Sept. 27: Speaking about the newly revealed Qom facility, the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei’s chief of staff says, “This new plant, God willing, will soon become operational and will make the enemies blind.”
[29]
Sept. 25: President Obama, along with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy reveal that Iran has been Iran covertly developing a nuclear enrichment site in Qom, hidden inside a mountain.
[30] Iran’s other enrichment plant at Natanz—also developed covertly—was discovered in 2002 after an Iranian dissident group revealed its existence.[31] Newsweek reported a U.S. counterterrorism official saying that intelligence agencies know the Qom facility was under construction for years.[32]
Sept. 21: The IAEA confirms it received Iran’s letter informing the UN watchdog of Iran’s intentions to construct a new pilot fuel enrichment facility near the city of Qom.
[33]
Sept. 9: Iran submits a five-page proposal to the P5+1 group, agreeing to commence a broad dialogue with the world powers on issues other than its nuclear program, such as security and economic cooperation.[34] The updated proposal comes five months after the P5+1 tendered a package for collective dialogue and is rejected by the world powers, which gave Iran until the end of September to commence negotiations.[35]
Sept. 7: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vows to continue Iran’s nuclear program despite the threat of new international sanctions.[36]
Sept. 5: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez makes his eighth official visit to the Islamic Republic during which he agrees to export 20,000 barrels a day of gasoline to Iran to ease Tehran’s fuel deficiency resulting from international sanctions against such energy-related imports. Chavez tells Iran’s Press TV that he seeks Iran’s help to build a “nuclear village” in Venezuela.[37]
August
Aug. 29: An IAEA report reveals that Iran has neither stopped nor decreased uranium enrichment at the Natanz plant, contrary to recent reports.[38] There are international concerns that Iran is developing nuclear warheads, missile re-entry vehicles and other weapons.[39]
Aug. 21: Iran grants IAEA inspectors access to its almost-completed Arak nuclear reactor, as well as increased monitoring of the Natanz uranium enrichment site.[40] The IAEA continues to believe Tehran might be hiding other nuclear sites.[41]
July
July 21: Iranian Ambassador to Moscow Seyed Mahmoud Reza Sajjadi tells Iran’s Fars News Agency that the Bushehr plant will be operational by the end of the 2009.[42]
June
June 16-17: In BBC televised interviews, IAEA Chief Mohamed ElBaradei says “It is my gut feeling that Iran would like to have the technology to enable it to have nuclear weapons,'' adding that ''They want to send a message to their neighbors, to the rest of the world, 'Don't mess with us.' ''[43]
June 13: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wins a second term as president, but his victory against reformist contender Mir-Hossain Moussavi is highly disputed by the Iranian people, sparking a wave a pro-reform protests. The Iranian regime sets out to quash the protests through violence. In an effort to silence the international press and outside powers from criticizing Iran’s measures, international media outlets are expelled from the country and Iranian leaders publicly accuse the United States and the United Kingdom of “interfering in Iran’s domestic affairs” and inciting the protests.[44]
June 11: Diplomatic sources say Iran rejects IAEA inspector requests to install an additional surveillance camera at the Natanz enrichment facility.[45]
June 5: The IAEA reports the installation of a total of 7,052 centrifuges, with 4,920 already enriching uranium and 2,132 ready to begin uranium enrichment.[46] Iran’s production rate of 2.75 kilograms per day of low-enriched uranium (LEU) would accumulate enough weapon-grade uranium to create two nuclear weapons by February 2010. If all reported 7,052 centrifuges were used, this could happen as early as mid-December 2009.[47]
June 5: Iran continues to deny the IAEA access to the IR-40 reactor currently under construction at Arak and design plans for another reactor in Darkhovin. Access to the reactor at Arak has been denied since August 2008, preventing the IAEA from monitoring uranium enrichment progress.[48]
May
May 20: Iran tests a Sajil-2 two-stage surface-to-surface missile with a range of 1,243 miles (2,000 km), powered by a solid fuel propellant. Solid-fuel allows for a smaller missile that is more difficult to intercept.[49]
April
April 19: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad states that regardless of western sanctions aimed at curbing its nuclear program, Iran’s development is a moving “train with no brake and reverse gear.”[50]
April 17: Canadian authorities charge Iranian national and Toronto resident Mahmoud Yadegari of attempting to illegally export nuclear technology components to Iran, which is strictly prohibited by UN Security Council Resolution 1737.[51] Yadegari sought to export pressure transducers, which are used in the uranium enrichment process, but also has military technology applications.[52]
April 9: Iran celebrates National Day of Nuclear Technology, the anniversary when uranium was first enriched in 2006, inaugurating the Esfahan nuclear plant’s production of fuel pellets that will power the Arak heavy-water reactor, the installation of about 7,000 centrifuges at the Natanz plant and its capacity to boost uranium enrichment with two new centrifuge models.[53]
April 9: At an inaugural ceremony at the Isfahan plant, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad states, “We are ready to hold talks with the West but these talks should be based on the principle of justice and equality and respect of Iran's (nuclear) rights.”[54]
April 3: Chavez visits Tehran to inaugurate the Iran-Venezuela Development Bank. The bank was established by the Export Development Bank of Iran, which was placed under sanctions by the U.S. Treasury for allegedly financing Iran’s nuclear program. An Iranian state media report said the bank’s initial capital totaled $2 million, but, "the capital will be raised to 1.2 billion dollars with the aim of supporting joint economic, industrial and mining projects as well as speeding up the current projects."[55]
March
March 16: An Iranian unmanned aerial drone is shot down in Iraqi airspace according to the U.S. military.[56]
March 10: Chairman of the Iran sanctions committee and Japan's UN Ambassador Yukio Takasu accuses Iran of violating UN Security Council Resolution 1737 when an Islamic Republic Iran Shipping Lines chartered ship was seized off the coast of Cyprus.[57] UNSC Resolution 1737 prohibits Iran from importing or exporting weapons-related material. The ship, which was due to dock in Syria, contained 125-mm armor-piercing guns and bullet shells, as well as high-explosive gun charges and anti-tank propellant – weapons that diplomats suspect were intended for Lebanon or Gaza.[58]
March 2: Managing Director of Farnas Aerospace Company Hamed Saeedi announces that Iran will commence mass-production of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), stating the "drones will be of the tactical type, with a short range of 400 to 500 meters flying altitude which cannot be detected by radio waves as they will be stealth aircraft."[59] The Fars News Agency article also quotes Iranian Air force Commander Brig.-Gen. Hassan Shahsafi saying in February that the UAVs will join the force’s fleet in the next eight months.[60]
February
Feb. 25: One week after the IAEA reports Iran has decreased activities at the Natanz nuclear facility, Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Chief Gholamreza Aghazadeh announces that, “Currently we have 6,000 running centrifuges in Natanz and we will increase our activities to install more by the end of next (Iranian) year (to March 2010),” with the intention of enriching uranium by installing 50,000 centrifuges within five years.[61]
Feb. 19: The IAEA reports that Iran has produced a total of 2,227 lbs. (1,010 kilograms) of low-enriched uranium. This is a third more than Iran’s previously disclosed figure. UN officials attribute the 460-lb. (209 kilograms) discrepancy to measurement errors. The report also found a total of 5,600 centrifuges, significantly more than the 3,800 centrifuges previously listed.[62]
Feb. 7: The IAEA conducts an inspection at Iran’s Fuel Manufacturing Plant in Esfahan. At the time, it was noted that the production line for the natural uranium pellets for the heavy-water reactor fuel was completed and fuel rods produced.[63]
Feb. 3: Iran’s first domestically produced satellite is launched into space with a Salij-2 missile, raising Western concerns that Iran will use this technology to progress its ballistic missile capabilities and apply it to a nuclear military program.[64]
January
Jan. 28: In response a The Times of London report in which official sources claim that Iran’s yellow cake uranium supplies are running short, Iranian diplomat Mahmoud-Mehdi Soltani announces “Iran is not only capable of supplying fuel for the Bushehr nuclear plant, but can also act as a major exporter.”[65]
Footnotes:
[1] Prime Minister Netanyahu's remarks to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference, March 22, 2010, http://www.aipac.org/PC2010/videos.asp; Secretary Clinton's remarks to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference, March 22, 2010, http://www.aipac.org/PC2010/videos.asp
[2] “IRGC prepares for major drill amid war speculations,” Press TV, Jan. 6, 2010, http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=115461§ionid=351020101
[3] Memarian, Omid, “Iran's Guards tighten economic grip,” Asia Times via Inter Press Service, Jan. 5, 2010, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/LA05Ak01.html
[4] “Clinton: US Discussing Iran Sanctions with Allies,” Voice of America, Jan. 5, 2010, http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/usa/-Clinton-Says-US-Begins-Talks-With-Allies-on-Iran-Sanctions-
80694907.html
[5] Dareini, Ali Akbar, “Iran Warns West It Will Make Its Own Nuclear Fuel,” ABC News via The Associated Press, Jan. 2, 2010, http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=9463630
[6] Gorst, Isabel, “Kazakhstan claims it has become world's biggest uranium miner,” The Financial Times, Dec. 31, 2009, http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f915ee98-f5ac-11de-90ab-00144feab49a.html
[7] Gorst, Isabel, “Kazakhstan claims it has become world's biggest uranium miner,” The Financial Times, Dec. 31, 2009, http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f915ee98-f5ac-11de-90ab-00144feab49a.html
[8] Jaseb, Hossein, “Iran's Ahmadinejad dismisses West's year-end deadline,” Reuters, Dec. 22, 2009, http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BL0J420091222
[9] Jaseb, Hossein, “Iran's Ahmadinejad dismisses West's year-end deadline,” Reuters, Dec. 22, 2009, http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BL0J420091222
[10] Williams, Timothy and Schmitt, Eric, “Iraq Says Iran Occupied a Border Oil Field,” The New York Times, Dec. 18, 2009, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/19/world/middleeast/19iraq.html?_r=1&fta=y
[11]Williams, Timothy and Al-Izzi, Sa’ad, “Iran Claims an Oil Field It Seized,” The New York Times, Dec. 19, 2009, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/20/world/middleeast/20iraq.html?fta=y
[12] Philp, Catherine, “Secret document exposes Iran’s nuclear trigger,” The Times, Dec. 14, 2009, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6955351.ece
[13] Philp, Catherine, “Secret document exposes Iran’s nuclear trigger,” The Times, Dec. 14, 2009, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6955351.ece
[14] Mostaghim, Ramin, “Iran's missile test angers the West,” The Los Angeles Times, Dec. 17, 2009, http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-iran-missile17-2009dec17,0,362286.story
[15] “US says 'nothing new' in Iran nuclear offer,” Agence France-Presse, Dec. 12, 2009, http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gpfwxeD94fI_5SKcJDfxhhXyG4IQ
[16] Dareini, Ali Akbar, “Iran Plans Enrichment Sites in Defiance of UN,” ABC News via The Associated Press, Nov. 29, 2009, http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=9199963
[17] Black, Ian, “Iran told to halt work on nuclear plant by UN watchdog,” The Guardian, Nov. 27, 2009, http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/27/iran-iaea-vote-nuclear-plant
[18] Pouladi, Farhad, “Iran rejects UN-drafted nuclear fuel deal,” Agence France-Presse, Nov. 18, 2009, http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j_fsdcGFWIyeVEBIOrxvpon9ApIA
[19] “Documented proof of Iranian complicity in arms smuggling to terrorists,” Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nov. 10, 2009, http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/The+Iranian+Threat/Support+of+terror/Proof_Iranian_arms_smuggling_to_terrorists_
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[20] Hyder, James, “Israeli commandos seize ship 'carrying arms to Hezbollah',” The Times, Nov. 3, 2009, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6903092.ece
[21] Kessler, Glenn, and Erdbrink, Thomas, “Iran counters U.N. on uranium plan,” The Washington Post, Oct. 30, 2009, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/29/AR2009102900418.html
[22] Kessler, Glenn, and Erdbrink, Thomas, “Iran counters U.N. on uranium plan,” The Washington Post, Oct. 30, 2009, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/29/AR2009102900418.html
[23] Arrabyee, Nasser, “Iranian ship laden with weapons seized off Yemen,” Gulf News, Oct. 27, 2009, http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/yemen/iranian-ship-laden-with-weapons-seized-off-yemen-1.519758
[24] Cummins, Chip, Solomon, Jay, and Crawford, David, “Iran Says It Can't Meet Deadline on Nuclear Proposal,” The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 24, 2009, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125630502899403881.html
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[27] Karimi, Nasser, “Iran Plans New Centrifuges For 2nd Enrichment Site: Report,” The Huffington Post via The Associated Press, Oct. 6, 2009, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/06/iran-plans-new-centrifuge_n_310764.html#
[28] Kessler, Glenn, “Iran, Major Powers Reach Agreement On Series of Points,” The Washington Post, Oct. 2, 2009, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/01/AR2009100101294.html
[29] Lamb, Christina, and Mahnaimi, Uzi, “Unlocking Iran's secret nuclear plans,” The Sunday Times, Sept. 27, 2009, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6850883.ece
[30] “U.S. and Allies Warn Iran Over Nuclear ‘Deception,’” The New York Times, Sept. 25, 2009, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/26/world/middleeast/26nuke.html?_r=2&pagewanted=3
[31] Johnson, Zachary K., “Iran going nuclear, background to a crisis,” Frontline World, May 2005, http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/iran403/background.html
[32] Hosenball, Mark, “More Details on What the U.S. Knows About Iran's Secret Nuclear Site,” Newsweek, Sept. 25, 2009, http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thegaggle/archive/2009/09/25/more-details-on-what-the-u-s-knows-about-iran-s-secret-nuclear-site.aspx
[33] “Iran defends new enrichment plant,” Al-Jazeera International, Sept. 26, 2009, http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/09/200992581942180430.html
[34] Agence France-Presse, “Latest nuclear proposal fails to address concerns,” France 24, Sept. 11, 2009, http://www.france24.com/en/20090911-iran-proposal-united-states-nuclear-programme-reject-disarmament
[35] Agence France-Presse, “Latest nuclear proposal fails to address concerns,” France 24, Sept. 11, 2009, http://www.france24.com/en/20090911-iran-proposal-united-states-nuclear-programme-reject-disarmament
[36] Nasseri, Ladane and Sheikholeslami, Ali, "Ahmadinejad Rules Out Nuclear Concessions, Urges Obama Debate," Bloomberg News, Sept. 7, 2009, http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=aa7mTee2kpoU
[37] “Chavez pledges closer ties with Iran,” CNN, Sept. 6, 2009, http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/06/iran.venezuela/index.html
[38] Kole, William J., “UN: Questions About Military Aspects on Iran nukes,” ABC News via The Associated Press, Aug. 28, 2009, http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=8436043; Heinrich, Mark, “Iran slows nuclear pace but bomb suspicions grow,”Reuters, Aug. 28, 2009, http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE57P1O520090828
[39] Bryant, Lisa, “IAEA Board Discusses Iran's Nuclear Program,’ VOA News, Sept. 7, 2009, http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-09-07-voa23.cfm
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[42] “Envoy: Bushehr N. Plant to Go on Stream in Winter,” Fars News Agency, July 21, 2009, http://english.farsnews.net/newstext.php?nn=8804300887
[43] Cowell, Alan, “U.N. Nuclear Chief Says Iran Wants Bomb Technology,” The New York Times, June 18, 2009, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F02E1D61638F93BA25755C0A96F9C8B63
[44] Youchang, Liang, “Iran lashes out at Western interference in election affairs,” Xinhua, June 21, 2009, http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/21/content_11577712.htm
[45] Jahn, George, “Sources: Iran Denies UN Nuke Agency Camera Request,” ABC News via The Associated Press, June 11, 2009, http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=7813139
[46] Albright, David, Shire, Jacqueline, “ IAEA Report on Iran Centrifuge and LEU increases; access to Arak reactor denied; no progress on outstanding issues,” Institute for Science and International Security, June 5, 2009, http://www.isisnucleariran.org/assets/pdf/Iran_IAEA_Report_Analysis_5June2009.pdf
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[51] Ljunggren, David, “UPDATE 3-Canada says man tried to send Iran uranium devices,” Reuters, April 17, 2009, http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKN1734046820090417
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[53] Daragahi, Borzouand, and Mostaghim, Ramin, “From the archives: Iran touts atomic gains during annual National Day of Nuclear Technology,” The Los Angeles Times, April 10, 2009, http://www.latimes.com/news/la-fg-iran-nuclear10-2009apr10,1,6558158.story
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[55] “Iran, Venezuela launch joint development bank,” Agence France-Presse, April 3, 2009, http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iskmQ6xtdC4Ebzc799pWYG_RSMXg
[56] Hodge, Nathan, “Iran Ramps up Drone Production,” Wired, March 17, 2009, http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/03/iran-ramps-up-d/
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[59] “Iran Starts Construction of Drone Manufacturing Plant,” Fars News Agency, March 3, 2009, http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8712131667
[60] “Iran Starts Construction of Drone Manufacturing Plant,” Fars News Agency, March 3, 2009, http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8712131667
[61] “Iran says no slowdown in its nuclear work,” Reuters, Feb. 25, 2009, http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLP58564820090225
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[65] 'Iran uranium stocks enough for export',” Press TV, Jan. 28, 2009, http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=83964§ionid=351020104
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