Iran

  • Cyber security experts are studying a scary new weapon: a software smart bomb.

    September 24, 2010
  • As a plan to offset Iran\'s alleged nuclear program, the Pentagon is pressing ahead with a plan to send 60 billion dollars in weapons to Saudi Arabia. The Associated Press says the plan has been in the works for months and the U.S. is actually shifting it defense policies in the region to send a message to Iran. U.S. and foreign sources say Iran could soon have enough enriched uranium to build at least one nuclear weapon. Iran claims its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.

    September 13, 2010
  • The former chief of U.N. nuclear inspections worldwide, told Le Monde newspaper that Iran has stockpiled enough low-enriched uranium for 1-2 nuclear weapons. But Olli Heinonen, said it would not make sense for it to \"cross the bomb-making threshold with such a small amount\". He also said Iran\'s uranium reserve still represented a \"threat.\" Pentagon officials told Congress last spring Iran could produce enough highly enriched uranium for a one nuclear weapon in as little as a year.

    August 30, 2010
  • Schizophrenic is how Defense Secretary Robert Gates describes Russia\'s relationship to Iran. In remarks before Congress he indicated Russian knows nukes in Iran would destabilized the region, but still Russia is pursuing a commercial relationship with Iran. Gates said he was told by his counterpart in Russia while he was head of the CIA in the 1990s, supporting Iran\'s nuclear reactor was all about the money.

    July 01, 2010
  • Counterproliferation experts say Iranian agents\' smuggling operations include parties who aren\'t aware they are doing anything illegal.

    June 17, 2010
  • Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he\'s satisfied with Pentagon planning to counter the threat posed by Iran\'s nuclear program. During a joint news conference at the Pentagon with Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak, Gates also said, \"We are at a point now where Hezbollah has far more rockets and missiles than most governments in the world.\" Those weapons are a clear threat for Israel. Barak said Israel was closely watching Hezbollah.

    April 28, 2010
  • A nuclear arms race in the Middle East is one of the biggest concerns among western diplomats. Iran is at the center of this issue. Experts like Dr. David Kay, a former U.N. weapons inspector have said repeatedly that if Iran is successful in building a nuclear weapon, other countries in the region will feel compelled to do the same just to protect themselves. As a result, the Saudi press agency reports officials there have established a renewable energy complex, confirming the country\'s interest in nuclear energy.

    April 26, 2010
  • The demonstrations coincide with the 30th anniversary of the Iranian hostage crisis.

    November 04, 2009
  • It turns out that a Finnish cargo ship that mysteriously disappeared for weeks last summer was actually under the control of a group of renegades who may have taken Russian-made missiles or something else very…

    October 20, 2009
  • The protests have died down, but the sentiment is still alive and well in Iran. Now one of the reformist candidates says he will not recognize the Ahmadinejad government. We learn more from CNN Washington…

    July 01, 2009
  • The Iranian situation has brought new light to the role of technology. Without cell phones and their cameras, the world would have a lot less information about the protests. But the government is starting to…

    June 24, 2009
  • The whole world is watching the events unfolding in Iran, wondering just how far the protests can go. But, as we learn from HSToday editor David Silverberg, some intelligence experts are worried about where terrorist…

    June 22, 2009
  • Iranians here and abroad continue to protest the results of last weekend’s election. At the same time, Iran is accusing the United States of meddling in its affairs. The National Geographic Channel takes a look…

    June 18, 2009
  • Opponents of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s re-election are using Twitter to help organize their protests. Now President Ahmadinejad’s team is trying to shut down twitter, facebook and other social networking tools. Daniel Terdiman is a…

    June 17, 2009