by Daniel Painter | Jul 31, 2012 | Monitor
July 23rd Iran sends new batch of 20%-enriched uranium to research reactor. Head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization Fereydoon Abbasi-Davani announced the fourth shipment of 20%-enriched uranium to the Tehran Medical Research Reactor. Speaking about the international...
by Prachi Naik | Jul 24, 2012 | Monitor
Iran boosts imports with cheaper dollars Reuters/Financial Times To combat the effects of sanctions enacted against it, Iran will introduce a three-tiered exchange rate for the importing of different types of goods. Rwanda: International Community Messed Up...
by Daniel Painter | Jul 9, 2012 | Monitor
July 2nd Kim Jong-il ordered the mass production of nuclear bombs. Citing an internal document from North Korea, Japanese news reports that the late leader Kim Jong-il instructed DPRK officials “to mass-produce nuclear bombs” by using highly enriched uranium. North...
by Daniel Painter | Jun 27, 2012 | Monitor
June 18th U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet on sidelines of G20 Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico. The meeting reportedly focused on the situation in Syria; however, the two leaders also issued a joint statement in which they vowed to...
