Meanwhile, Actually, this is what ElBaradei, the head of the IAEA, said about Iran’s nuclear program:

“[W]e have made quite good progress in clarifying the outstanding issues that had to do with Iran´s past nuclear activities, with the exception of one issue, and that is the alleged weaponization studies that supposedly Iran has conducted in the past. We have managed to clarify all the remaining outstanding issues, including the most important issue, which is the scope and nature of Iran´s enrichment programme.”

Iran has shown that it has no weapons program, the only allegations against it now are accusations about an “alleged” weaponization program “supposedly” done in the past — and the only source making that claim is the US

Would you care for some Yellowcake from Niger?

I’d be careful about citing that Spegel article, though. I’ve doubts about it’s provenance. No such study appears on the JRC website under the education program Spiegel seems to be citing, although they do refer to a mock analysis of a hypothetical state’s capabilities, intended to be uses by advanced non-proliferation students to design an inspections and precautions regime that would prevent said nation getting a weapon. I suspect Spiegel might be stretching and attaching its own interpretation of who that state might be, perhaps in the interests of selling copies of their magazine, but I’ve emailed JRC asking for clarification.

Regards, C

And you’re right - didn’t notice that MR. Grotto wrote the piece.

Thanks for the corrections.

ACW blog is run by Dr Jeffrey LEWIS, not Hart.

And in any case, the post you link was authored by Andrew Grotto, not Dr. Lewis.