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US Confrontation with Iran

455 events in this timeline

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  1. 2007-11-19 November 19, 2007: CIA Finds No Evidence of Iranian Nuclear Bomb; White House Ignores CIA In Favor of Unverifiable Israeli Claims
  2. 2007-11-19 November 19, 2007: Powell Says Iran ‘A Long Way’ from Acquiring Nuclear Weapons
  3. 2007-11-26 November 26-28, 2007: Bush Discusses Upcoming Iran NIE Findings with Israeli Prime Minister
  4. 2007-12-03 December 3, 2007: NIE a Victory for Bush, Neoconservative Author Claims
  5. 2007-12-03 December 3, 2007: Neoconservative Accuses Intelligence Community of Hedging Bets on Iran’s Nuclear Program, Undermining Bush
  6. 2007-12-03 December 3, 2007: National Intelligence Estimate Finds Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program Halted Since 2003
  7. 2007-12-03 December 3-4, 2007: Bush Claims to Have Only Learned About Iran NIE Findings Several Days Before NIE Was Released
  8. 2007-12-03 December 3-6, 2007: Right Wing Attacks Iran NIE
  9. 2007-12-03 December 3-4, 2007: Bush Opponents, Iranians Relieved at New Intelligence Estimate
  10. 2007-12-03 December 3, 2007: White House Says Iran Intelligence Estimate Proves Bush Was Right
  11. 2007-12-03 December 3, 2007: Hadley: Bush Would Have Used WWIII Remark Regardless of NIE Findings
  12. 2007-12-04 December 4, 2007: Neoconservative Accuses Intelligence Community of Politicizing NIE
  13. 2007-12-04 December 4, 2007: Neoconservative Tries to Shift Blame for Iranian Nuclear Program Uncertainty to Clinton Administration
  14. 2007-12-04 December 4, 2007: Neoconservative Attacks NIE on Iran, Says Intelligence Community ‘Covering their Derrieres’
  15. 2007-12-04 December 4-6, 2007: Neoconservatives Level Accusations at State Department Writers over Iran NIE
  16. 2007-12-04 December 4, 2007: Republican Presidential Candidate Huckabee Does Not Know about Iran NIE, Does Not Believe It
  17. 2007-12-04 December 4, 2007: Senator Biden Warns Bush of Impeachment If US Attacks Iran
  18. 2007-12-04 December 4, 2007: Media Observer Lists Examples of ‘Tubthumping’ for War with Iran from Media Pundits
  19. 2007-12-04 December 4, 2007: Veterans Organization Demands Hearings on Iran NIE
  20. 2007-12-05 December 5, 2007: GOP Presidential Candidate Asks if Iran NIE Based on Disinformation
  21. 2007-12-05 December 5, 2007: Bush Demands Iran Reveal Its Nuclear Secrets
  22. 2007-12-05 December 5-6, 2007: White House Contradicts Bush’s Claim of Ignorance over Iran NIE
  23. 2007-12-05 December 5, 2007: Bush’s Own Words Contradict His Assertion of Ignorance Over Iran NIE
  24. 2007-12-05 December 5, 2007: Anti-War Group Inside Pentagon Considers Iran NIE a Victory
  25. 2007-12-06 December 6, 2007: Limbaugh Says Iran NIE a Product of ‘Sabotage’
  26. 2007-12-06 December 6, 2007: Cheney, Kaplan Back New Iran NIE
  27. 2007-12-07 December 7-9, 2007: Giuliani, Kristol Say Iran Stopped Nuclear Weapons Program Because of Iraq Invasion
  28. 2007-12-07 December 7, 2007: Hannity and Bolton Claim that 2005 and 2007 NIE Findings Are Essentially the Same
  29. 2007-12-07 December 7, 2007: Some Senate Republicans Call for Investigation of Iran NIE
  30. 2007-12-07 December 7, 2007: Anonymous Government Officials Accuse Former Powell Allies of Fudging NIE
  31. 2007-12-08 December 8, 2007: Nonproliferation Expert Says Iran NIE Marks ‘Collapse of Bush Doctrine’
  32. 2007-12-08 December 8, 2007: Former NSC Adviser Backs Iran NIE
  33. 2007-12-08 December 8-9, 2007: Conservative Security Expert Supports Iran NIE
  34. 2007-12-09 December 9, 2007: Iran NIE ‘Revenge’ of ‘America’s Spooks,’ Reporter Claims
  35. 2007-12-17 December 17, 2007: Israel Has No ‘Smoking Gun’ to Convince US to Reassess Iran’s Nuclear Program
  36. 2008-03-21 March 21-22, 2008: Saudi Agency Allegedly Preparing for Nuclear Fallout from Attack on Iran’s Bushehr Reactors
  37. 2009-01-26 January 26, 2009: US to Engage in ‘Direct Diplomacy’ with Iran, Seek Engagement Concerning Afghanistan
  38. 2009-03-01 March 1, 2009: Defense Secretary: Iran Not Close to Having Nuclear Weapon
  39. 2009-03-01 March 1, 2009: JCS Chairman Says Iran Has Enough Nuclear Material for a Bomb; Other Officials Disagree
  40. 2009-03-10 March 10, 2009: National Intelligence Director Says Iran Has Not Restarted Nuclear Weapons Program
  41. 2009-03-19 March 19, 2009: Obama Sends Holiday Message to Iran Calling for Stronger Ties between Iran, US
  42. 2009-03-19 March 19, 2009: Peres Addresses Iranian People, Encourages Overthrow of Government
  43. 2009-03-31 March 31, 2009: US, Iranian Diplomats Have Brief, Cordial Meeting
  44. 2009-05-01 May 1, 2009: Prosecutors Drop Charges against Lobbyists Accused of Passing Classified Information
  45. January 2004: US Again Refuses to Take Part in Negotiations with Iran
  46. February 2002: US Criticism Results in Iran Expelling Al-Qaeda-Linked Warlord to Afghanistan
  47. April 2002: Rice: Diplomatic Engagement with Iran Useless
  48. April 1980: New Leader of Lebanese Militia Forms Alliances with Hezbollah, US Agencies, and Others
  49. Mid-May 2003: US Rejects Al-Qaeda-MEK Prisoner Exchange with Iran
  50. July 2002: Bush Publicly Supports Anti-Government Rebels in Iran