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While sanctions must be part of the policy palette, along with diplomacy and the prospect of negotiations, "the administration must be ready with a 'Plan C'" if negotiations and sanctions fail to deter Iran, Harris said.

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In vielen Hinsichten sei die Vorstellung, der Iran stehe kurz davor, Atomwaffen zu haben, überzogen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/144650

 

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By Jerusalem Post Staff

Mohamed ElBaradei, outgoing chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has called the Iranian threat "hyped," saying there is no proof the Islamic republic will soon have nuclear weapons.

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Analysis by Gareth Porter

Western officials leaked stories to the Associated Press and Reuters last week aimed at pressuring the outgoing chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, to include a summary of intelligence alleging that Iran has been actively pursuing work on nuclear weapons in the IAEA report due out this week.

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A top Sunni rebel said on Tuesday that his militant group received orders from the United States to launch terror attacks in the Islamic republic.

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We could live with a nuclear Iran

Pre-emptive strikes have no part in serious debate. We must deal with the clerics as self-interested statesmen, not fanatics.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/aug/13/iran-nuclear-arms-israel-obama



U.N. experts say Iran tortured to extract confessions

Three independent United Nations human rights experts have accused Iran of torturing confessions from detainees charged with fomenting political unrest, the international organization said Thursday.

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Iranians shocked at TV 'confessions'

The images shocked many Iranians. Senior politicians, some of whom only recently held high office, paraded on television and forced to "confess" their role in what the regime has called a "velvet coup".

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Mousavi says trial confessions 'forced by torture'

In his first response to the airing of the mass trial, Mousavi said in a statement issued Sunday that the proceedings was "forced, un-Islamic and a sham."

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Festgenommene Demonstranten werden entlassen, Gefängnisse geschlossen, Kritik an Ahmadinedschad nimmt zu.

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