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The UN Nuclear Watchdog Reaches a Temporary Inspection Plan With Iran

Stephanie Liechtenstein
• February 21, 2021

VIENNA — Iran has told the International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations nuclear watchdog, that it will significantly limit inspections of its nuclear facilities as of Feb. 23. Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director-general of the Vienna-based agency, traveled to …

Categories: Middle East, Nuclear Disarmament, Security Council, US Foreign Relations

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What Is VX, a Banned Toxin, and Who Polices These Killers?

Barbara Crossette
• February 26, 2017

The chilling accusation by Malaysia that the assassins who killed Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, used the world’s most powerful chemical toxin has set off a global shockwave well beyond Asia. Malaysian authorities are …

Categories: Asia, Disarmament, Take a Look

In a World of Messy Conflicts, Nuclear Controls Face a Review

Barbara Crossette
• April 26, 2015

With vast regions of the Middle East in flames, many thousands of people dying in executions born of religious intolerance or left to drown at sea by morally repugnant criminal traffickers, it could seem like an odd time to turn …