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The prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran

is a danger to world peace. Since 1979 the Iranian regime, most recently under President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's leadership, has demonstrated increasingly threatening behavior and rhetoric towards the U.S. and the West. Iran continues to defy the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the United Nations in their attempts to monitor its nuclear activities.

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CIA World Factbook - Iran

The intelligence community's reference on Iran

Export Development Bank of Iran Designated as a Proliferator

The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated the Export Development Bank of Iran pursuant to Executive Order 13382 for providing or attempting to provide financial services to Iran's Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics. October 22, 2008.

Department of the Treasury's Revocation of "U-Turn" Transfers

11-10-08 U.S. depository institutions no longer will be allowed to process “U-turn” transfers involving Iran, thereby precluding transfers designed to dollarize transactions through the U.S. financial system for the direct or indirect benefit of Iranian banks or other persons in Iran or the Government of Iran.

WORLD AT RISK: The Report of the Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism

A congressionally appointed commission is calling on the President-elect and the next Congress to immediately initiate several concrete actions, unilaterally and with the international community, to address the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction that pose the greatest peril: nuclear and biological weapons. December, 2008.

CRS Ahmadinejad Profile

Iran: Profile and Statements of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 1-16-07

CRS Ethnic and Religious Minorities

CRS Iran: Ethnic and Religious Minorities 5-26-07

Nov 11, 1994 EO 12938

EO 12938 11-11-94

July 28, 1998 EO 13094

EO 13094 7-28-98

Sept 25, 2001 EO 13224

EO 13224 9-25-01

June 29, 2005 EO 13382

EO 13382 6-29-05

July 1, 2005 EO 13382

EO 13382 7-1-05

Oct 27, 2005 EO 13388

EO 13388 10-27-05

Oct 27, 2005 EO 13388

EO 13388 10-27-05

Aug 3, 2007 EO 13441

EO 13441 8-3-07

CRS Iran’s Activities and Influence in Iraq

CRS Iran’s Activities and Influence in Iraq 6-16-08

CRS Iran’s Nuclear Program

CRS Iran’s Nuclear Program: Recent Developments 7-20-06

CRS Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses

CRS Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses 5-06-08

CRS The Iran Nonproliferation Act and the International Space Station

CRS The Iran Nonproliferation Act and the International Space Station: Issues and Options 8-22-05

CRS The World Bank and Iran

CRS The World Bank and Iran 1-28-08

CRS The Iran Sanctions Act (ISA)

CRS The Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) 12-26-07

Feb 7, 2008 Annual Threat Assessment of the Intelligence Community

Annual Threat Assessment of the Intelligence Community 2-7-08

July 17, 2007 NIE

National Intelligence Estimate 7-17-07

Aug 23, 2007 NIE

National Intelligence Estimate 8-23-07

Dec 3, 2007 NIE

National Intelligence Estimate 12-03-07