45. US & UK Play Mock Iran Invasion (April 18, 2006)
Despite repeated denials by UK, the US and UK are said to have participated in a paper-based mock invasion of a fictitious country that resembled the Iranian coastline and the intended enemy resembling Iranian positions and targets.<More>

46. Iran Expands Nuclear Facilities (April 17, 2006)
A US think tank said that new satellite images show that Iran has expanded its facilities at Isfahan and reinforced its Natanz underground facility in preparation for a possible US-led air raid.<More>

47. Iran Joins Select Nuclear Club (April 13, 2006)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that his country has the much-coveted technology of enrichment and that it would, in defiance of United Nations Security Council ruling, race ahead to enrich more uranium on a large scale.<More>

48. US Plans to Attack Iran (April 10, 2006)
Noted journalist of The New York Times quoted unnamed sources to claim that the US has stepped up plans to use conventional and tactical nuclear weapons to destroy Iran’s underground nuclear “research” facility at Natanz. <More>

49. Iran Tests 2^nd Radar Avoiding Missile (April 05, 2006)
As part of its military exercises called “The Great Prophet,” Iran unveiled another indigenously built missile that can avoid radar detection, be remote controlled, and contain sophisticated searching mechanisms.<More>

50. Iran Tests 2 Advanced Missiles (April 03, 2006)
After the United Nations Security Council announced that Iran has 30 days to stop nuclear enrichment, it announced tests of 2 advanced missiles and promised to make any thought of air raids or military attacks that much harder.<More>

51. UNSC Gives Iran 30 Days (April 01, 2006)
After three weeks of backroom haggling, the 5 so-called permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) gave Iran 30 days to fulfill International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) requirements and suspend all uranium enrichment without stating consequences for non-compliance. <More>

52. Iranian Vice-PM Visits India (March 29, 2006)
Visiting Iranian Vice-President Rashim Mashaee insisted that his country is not hiding any nuclear bomb program and encouraged India not to believe Western propaganda.<More>

53. US Asks Japan not to Help Iran (March. 25 2006)
The United States has informally asked Japan to not help build Iran’s refinery capability and to reduce oil imports from it. Japan’s Nippon Corp announced earlier that would reduce oil imports from Iran as the risk of supply from the country is becoming more risky.<More>

54. UNSC Debates Iran Nuclear Issue (March 24, 2006)
United Nations Security Council (UNSC) members continued backroom debates on how to handle Iran’s nuclear program.<More>

55. UNSC Considers France, Britain Iran Statement (March 23, 2006)
United Nations Security Council (UNSC) members are evaluating a statement circulated by France and Britain on Iran's nuclear program.<More>

56. US & Iran Talk Iraq But Fight Over Nuclear Program (March 18, 2006)
Even as hard-line US Permanent Representative to the United Nations John Bolton demanded strong action by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) against Iranian nuclear program, the US sought Iran’s help to resolve the situation in Iraq.<More>

57. France & UK Circulate Draft Statement on Iran (March 16, 2006)
France and Britain, support by the United States (US), have floated a draft statement to be issued by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Iran’s nuclear program to the 10 so-called non-permanent members of the UNSC.<More>

58. US Pre-emptive Military Strategy to Continue (March 16, 2006)
The United States has released a National Security Strategy that advocated preemptive strikes on so-called rogue nations if diplomacy should fail to check the spread of nuclear weapons and terrorism.<More>

59. Ahmadinejad Says West Will Die of their Anger (March 15, 2006)
A day after the US extended economic sanctions on Iran by another year, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defiantly warned the West before a crowd chanting “death to America” that they will “die” of their own anger against Iranians.<More>

60. Iran Commences Work on 2nd Nuclear Plant (March 14, 2006)
Iran said that it would commence work on a second nuclear plant even as the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is deliberating its nuclear program.<More>

61. Iran Threatens to Quit NPT Again (March 13, 2006)
In a further escalation of tensions, Iran threatened to quit the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and said discussions with Russia on a joint venture deal is not longer being considered in Iran.<More>

62. How far is Iran from Bomb? (March 11, 2006)
A senior British Foreign Office source warned that Iran could only be months away from developing a nuclear bomb technology although it could take years to develop a serviceable nuclear weapon.<More>

63. IAEA Refers Iran Nuclear Issue to UNSC (March 10, 2006)
With the failure of Russian and last-ditch European Union-3 (EU-3) efforts to negotiate a peaceful solution, the International Atomic Energy Agency voted to refer Iran’s nuclear program to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).<More>

64. Iran Wants Compensation (March 09, 2006)
In an interesting twist to the debate on Iranian nuclear program, hard-line Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad demanded that the United Nations recompense his country for stopping nuclear enrichment for the last three years. <More>

65. US Considers Military Option against Iran (March 08, 2006)
Even as last minute negotiations and backroom deals on Iran’s nuclear program went on in Vienna US Permanent Representative in the United Nations John Bolton said that military option was being actively considered.<More>

66. US Says India is not Iran (March 08, 2006)
Undersecretary of Political Affairs Nicholas Burns insisted that comparing India with Iran is disingenuous and unfair.<More>

67. India Wants Iran Issue Resolved within IAEA (March 07, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed Iran’s nuclear program on the phone and concluded that they should allow more time for diplomacy to work.<More>

68. EU-3 Threatens Enrichment Again (March 05, 2006)
Iran reiterated its threat to restart complete nuclear enrichment if the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) meeting on March 6 decides to refer its nuclear program to the United Nations Security Council.<More>

69. Iran-EU-3 Negotiations Fail (March 04, 2006)
The last ditch European Union-3 (Britain, France, and Germany) and Iran negotiations before the crucial March 6 vote of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ended without an agreement.<More>

70. Iran-Russia Joint-Venture Proposal Fails (March 03, 2006)
Ahead of the March 6 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) meeting to discuss Iran’s nuclear weapons program, Iran and Russia announced that they have failed to agree on the proposal for a joint venture to enrich uranium in Russia.<More>

71. IAEA Says it has No Evidence Against Iran (March 02, 2006)
Close to the crucial March 6 Vienna meeting to discuss Iran's nuclear program, a report from the International Atomic Energy Agency said that it has not found evidence that Iran was diverting material for nuclear weapons.<More>

72. India Refutes Mulford’s Remarks (January 28, 2006)
The Indian foreign office summoned the United States Ambassador to tell him that his comments on the Indo-US nuclear deal and the Iran vote were “inappropriate and not conducive to building a strong partnership between our two independent democracies.”<More>

73. Russia-Iran Joint Venture Promising (February 25, 2006)
Russian Rosatom Atomic Energy Agency chief Sergei Kiriyenko left for Iran to further the discussions in Moscow just a few days ago to negotiate a peaceful end to the Iran nuclear program standoff.<More>

74. India Rejects Mulford Iran Link (January 25, 2006)
India firmly rejected United States (US) Ambassador to India David Mulford’s assertion that the Indo-US Nuclear deal is linked to how India votes in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) against Iran.<More>