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Listen to Iran

Khamenei alleged that the U.S. wants the nuclear issue to remain unresolved to have a basis for sanctions.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made this frank and reasonable statement that reminded me that Iraq also consistently denied it had WMDs but the Clinton and Bush regimes dismissed the denials (although they may have known the truth).

Khameni said the best way to resolve the standoff would be for the West to recognize Iran's right to enrich uranium and agree to a monitoring process to ensure that it won't be used for weapons.

Fish Caught off Fukushima Show Record Levels of Radioactive Cesium

Record cesium level detected in fish caught near Fukushima nuclear plant.

(KYODO Japan Times) - Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Friday it detected a record 740,000 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium in a fish caught in waters near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

That is equivalent to 7,400 times the state-set limit deemed safe for human consumption.

Reactor Reax Top Stories - Washington Post: In U.S., Nuclear Energy Loses Momentum...

The latest nuclear news from Physicians for Social Responsibility.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Today in Reactor Reax, nuclear energy is losing momentum in the U.S., amid economic head winds; in Fukushima Fallout, CBS News reports that the meltdown in Japan forced 170,000 people from their homes, many of them permanently.

Calvert Cliffs Reactor/License Denial - NRC Upholds CC-3 License Rejection on Foreign Ownership Grounds

Commissioners stopped short of completely dismissing UniStar’s license application.

(WASHINGTON DC) - NRC Commissioners today upheld the denial of a construction/operating license for the proposed Calvert Cliffs-3 nuclear reactor in Maryland.

The decision marks the first time in history that NRC Commissioners upheld the denial of a license for a commercial nuclear reactor, and only the second time a license for a commercial nuclear facility has been denied.

Activists Symbolically Close Nuclear Weapons Base With Acts of Nonviolent Resistance

The resisters carried a letter addressed to the Bangor base commander.

(SILVERDALE, WA) - Twenty peace activists from around the United States were arrested as a result of their nonviolent protest against nuclear weapons at a U.S. Naval base.

The Bangor Trident base is home port to eight of the nation’s 14 Ohio class nuclear ballistic missile submarines.

Anti-Nuclear Activists Coming to Puget Sound in March

The Pacific Life Community (PLC) is dedicated to ending nuclear weapons and war-making through nonviolent direct action.

(SEATTLE) - Activists from around the country will come to Puget Sound in resistance to nuclear weapons and war-making during the first weekend of March.

The annual Pacific Life Community Faith & Resistance Retreat is being held at the All Saints Camp in Gig Harbor from March 1st through March 4th.

Vanunu`s Latest Message and The 2nd Annual Global Day of Action to HELP FREE VANUNU

"I am calling to US media to report, to interview, for my human rights, freedom, and for telling the truth about NWs in Israel."
 - Israeli Whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu

(CLERMONT, FL) - In Vengeance—Not a very Enlightened Strategy for Success, Richard Edmondson notes Vanunu's latest Message and 2nd Global Day of Action.

So far, the only known Public Action to HELP FREE Vanunu is happening in California during the L.A. TIMES Festival of Books ...

Reactor Reax Top Stories - Five Facts That Sink Nuclear Power

"Reactor Reax" is brought to you by Physicians for Social Responsibility.

(WASHINGTON DC) - In this week's Reactor Reax, 5 facts that sink nuclear power, Vogtle is progressing but nuclear revival is not, and Florida legislators hope to fix nuclear advance fee law.

West Must Avoid Giving Useless Concessions to Iran in Kazakhstan

Interview with Mohammad Farhad Koleini, former Iranian Ambassador to Armenia & Senior Expert on Strategic Issues

(TEHRAN ) - The new round of nuclear negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers including the US, Britain, France, China, and Russia plus Germany, are less than 10 days away.

Western countries say the most important demand of the P5+1 from Iran is to close down its nuclear facility at Fordow in return for lifting of certain sanctions against Iran.

Vanunu`s Latest Message and 2nd Annual Global Day of Action

This April 21st marks the end of the 9th year since that day Vanunu was ‘freed’ but denied the right to fade into the world instead of continuing to make headlines.

(CLERMONT, FL) - VMJC stands for Vanunu Mordechai/John Crossman- which is the name he took when he was baptized Christian just a few weeks before being kidnapped by Mossad in 1986.


Initially under restrictions to NOT speak to foreigners [meaning media] the court now only insists that Vanunu not speak about Israel's WMD.