Masks and costumes have always been a feature of Persian culture, in peacetime and wartime, for fashion and fun, and this could possibly even be the origin for the festival of Purim. Now the Iranian nuclear project seems to be wearing several masks simultaneously, the more the better to confuse whoever suspects Tehran of working towards nuclear weapons.
In light of the above the IAEA is now reporting both an increase and a decrease in several aspects of the Iranian uranium enrichment program. This uncertainty is in itself alarming, adding to Iran’s refusal to let the IAEA experts and their equipment monitor the nuclear facilities and Iran’s persistent stonewalling on undeclared nuclear sites.
Just what exactly is going on here, and perhaps more ominously, where could it be headed? Joining us for the analysis:
Panel:
- Host : Jonathan Hessen : Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
- Editor at Large : Amir Oren : Host of Watchmen Talk and Powers in Play
- Dr. Olli Heinonen : former International Atomic Energy Agency Deputy Director General and a Distinguished Fellow, Stimson Center, Washington DC
- Prof. Russell Berman, Formerly a Senior Advisor at the State Department's Foreign Planning Staff, Hoover Institute Director of Mideast & Islamic World Program at Stanford University
