Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 52

26-December-2005

IRAN

ESAI Warns Of Iran Nuclear Showdown

Energy Security Analysis Inc (ESAI) believes that increasingly controversial statements from Irans President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and concerns about the countrys nuclear program voiced by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Muhammad al-Baradi'i suggest that a showdown between Tehran and the international community is in the offing. In the Nuclear Iran intelligence briefing...