Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 40

3-October-2005

Political Comment (3 October 2005)

The International Atomic Energy Agency has moved closer to referring Iran to the Security Council with a resolution holding it in non-compliance with the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has beaten back a challenge to his leadership of the Likud party by former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

IAEA Holds Iran In Non-Compliance

In the end, the upshot of the meeting of the...