Iran: nuclear negotiations resume, executions mount, radicals battle reformists
Iran’s nuclear negotiations with the E3 countries (Germany, France, and the UK) have resumed in Geneva. With a packed agenda, the focus is on lifting sanctions, which have caused severe damage to the…
Iran: new nuclear research reactor
On 27 July Mohammed Eslami, head of the national atomic energy organisation, announced that Iran is building a new nuclear research reactor at a facility in Isfahan. The reactor will be able to…
Iran ‘still hiding key parts’ of nuclear programme
The latest evidence of Iran concealing vital elements of its nuclear programme from the outside world suggest that even if there is a resumption of negotiations, the regime has little genuine interest in…
Putin Signs Law Suspending Russia's Participation in INF Treaty
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed legislation that suspends the country's participation in the Cold War-era Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty between Moscow and Washington. The law, which was backed by parliament last…
PM refuses to comment on Trident
It has been reported that Theresa May was told about the test of a Trident missile that misfired less than a week before she held a House of Commons vote on renewing the…
