Thu Feb 18, 2010 16:22 GMT |
On this week’s Business Monitor Podcast, BMI’s Head of Middle East Analysis Elizabeth Martins and Middle East Analyst Andrew Fargus discuss rising political risks in Iran concerning the nuclear situation. With diplomatic tensions escalating, Fargus assesses the implications of a potential Israeli strike on Iran, and discusses the latter’s retaliatory options. At home, the Iranian… [Read more]

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Tags: Air Strike, Hamas, Hizbullah, IAEA, Iran, israel, Lebanon, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Non-Proliferation Treaty, nuclear programme, Strait of Hormuz, Syria, Tehran
Posted in: General, Geopolitics, Middle East, Podcast, Political Risk
Fri Feb 12, 2010 16:19 GMT |
With the announcement on February 11 by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that Iran has produced its first batch of uranium enriched to 20%, the Islamic Republic has moved a step closer to being able to produce a nuclear weapon. Tehran insists that its nuclear programme has no military applications, and that the 20% enriched uranium will… [Read more]
Tags: enriched uranium, Hizbullah, IAEA, Iran, Natanz, nuclear weapons, retaliation scenarios
Posted in: General, Geopolitics, Middle East, Political Risk