reply to post by Vitchilo
Strikes during the new moon are very common nowadays.
I truly hope that cooler heads prevail.
An upcoming report to be issued next month by the International Atomic Energy Agency on Iran's nuclear program is expected to be harsher than the last one, which the IAEA released in November. That document provided the main basis for stiffer international sanctions against the Islamic republic, including the complete oil embargo by the European Union that is to be imposed as of July.
The agency's board of governors is scheduled to convene on March 5 in Vienna, the same day on which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due to give a speech in Washington at a meeting of the annual policy conference of the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. While in the United States, Netanyahu is expected to meet with President Barack Obama for talks that will to a large extent be devoted to the international response to the threat from Iran.
The upcoming follow-up report from the IAEA will apparently include new details about the effort by Tehran to develop a nuclear warhead for a ground-to-ground missile.
“I think Iran at least acknowledged that it is an issue,” said one of the diplomats who are closely following the IAEA’s efforts to gain access to Iranian sites, documents and officials.
At the same time, Iranian officials pushed for a work plan, similar to an earlier such document from 2007, that sought to work through outstanding issues step by step, according to the diplomats.
But the IAEA officials made clear that “they don’t want another work plan,” one of the envoys said.