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April 1998 - Iran Special Weapons News

  • Some U.S. Companies Are Developing Missile Equipment Deals with Iran Yaderny Kontrol Digest No.7. Spring 1998.
  • Leader Visits Parchin Military Complex irna may 24,1998 -- The Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, visited the Parchin Military Complex in Tehran during which the Defense Minister, Ali Shamkhani, presented a report on the successes of the Armed Forces in achieving self-sufficiency and to elevate the country's defensive capabilities.
  • MAJOR SHIPMENT OF RUSSIAN NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY SEIZED EN ROUTE TO IRAN ISRAEL LINE FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1998 -- Azerbaijan's customs authority confiscated 22 tons of Russian ballistic missile parts en route to Iran on March 22.
  • GULF POLICY EXPERTS CALL FOR MORE DIALOGUE BETWEEN US AND IRAN USIA 22 April 1998 -- Despite sharp disagreement over the pace and timing of expanding U.S. contacts with Iran, there is a general consensus that increased dialogue between the two countries may help ease nearly two decades of strained bi-lateral relations.
  • LEADING HOUSE DEMOCRAT CALLS FOR POLICY CHANGE ON IRAN CONGRESSIONAL REPORT, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1998 Representative Lee Hamilton, the ranking Democrat on the House International Relations Committee and its former chairman, says the United States needs "to begin a policy of engagement with Iran."
  • BEYOND DUAL CONTAINMENT Voice of America 4/14/98 THE U-S POLICY OF DUAL CONTAINMENT OF IRAN AND IRAQ IS INTENDED TO KEEP THE UNITED STATES FROM SIDING WITH EITHER. BUT THAT CANNOT BE DONE, WRITES KENNETH KATZMAN OF THE CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE IN A PAPER PUBLISHED BY THE EMIRATES CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES AND RESEARCH.
  • U.S. discounts report of Iran nukes By Bob Windrem MSNBC (April 09, 1998) Five sources queried by NBC News said they believed the Israeli government had planted the story in the Post to take advantage of this week's talks between Israel and U.S. government officials on Iranian missile technology.
  • Iran paid $25m. for nuclear weapons, documents show By STEVE RODAN JERUSALEM POST (April 10, 1998) - Iran paid $25 million for what appears to have been two tactical atomic weapons smuggled out of the former Soviet Union in a highly classified operation aided by technicians from Argentina, according to Iranian government documents marked top secret and obtained by The Jerusalem Post.
  • DOCUMENTS INDICATE IRAN HAS NUCLEAR WEAPONS ISRAEL LINE THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1998 -- According to Iranian government documents in Israel's possession, Iran received several nuclear warheads from a former Soviet republic during the early 1990s.
  • DOCUMENTS INDICATE IRAN HAS NUCLEAR WEAPONS ISRAEL LINE THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1998 - According to Iranian government documents in Israel's possession, Iran received several nuclear warheads from a former Soviet republic during the early 1990s, THE JERUSALEM POST reported. The documents have been deemed authentic by United States congressional experts and are still being studied in Israel.
  • ISRAEL / IRAN NUKES Voice of America 4/9/98 AN ISRAELI NEWSPAPER SAYS IT HAS OBTAINED EVIDENCE THAT IRAN RECEIVED NUCLEAR WEAPONS FROM A FORMER SOVIET REPUBLIC IN 1992, AND THAT U-S AND ISRAELI EXPERTS BELIEVE IRAN IS LESS THAN TWO YEARS AWAY FROM DEVELOPING A MISSILE TO DELIVER SUCH A WEAPON.
  • IRANIAN MISSILE NEAR COMPLETION ISRAEL LINE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1998 - U.S. and Israeli experts agree that Iran, with aid from Russian advisers and companies, is approaching completion of the engine for the Shihab 3 missile and could develop a prototype missile by the end of 1999. Once Iran completes the development of the engine, the missile project is assured of success.
  • UNIVERSITY WORKSHOP EXPLORES OPPORTUNITIES FOR U.S.-IRAN EXCHANGES 02 April 1998 -- Over one hundred representatives of private agencies, research institutes, American universities, and private industry held a day-long conference April 1 on "working in -- and with -- Iran" at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.
  • U-S / IRAN Voice of America 4/3/98: IRAN'S AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS, HADI NEJAD HOSSEINIAN, SAYS HIS COUNTRY REMAINS OPPOSED TO DIRECT GOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERNMENT TALKS WITH THE UNITED STATES.
  • IRAN / US Voice of America 4/3/98: ATHLETES, ACADEMICS AND FORMER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE THE FIRST TO BREAK THE ICE AT WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE START OF A FRAGILE THAW IN U-S IRANIAN RELATIONS.
  • RIEDEL REMARKS AT THE BAKER INSTITUTE SYMPOSIUM ON IRAN 02 April 1998 -- The United States stands ready to engage with Iran on all of the issues of concern to both states whenever Iran is ready, Bruce O. Riedel, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Near East and South Asian Affairs at the National Security Council, said April 2.
  • U-S/IRAN EXCHANGES Voice of America 4/1/98: AMERICANS AND IRANIANS GATHERED AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK TO DISCUSS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CULTURAL EXCHANGES IN AN EVENT ORGANIZED BY FORMER WHITE HOUSE NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICIAL GARY SICK.



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