The return of negotiations between Iran and P5+1 – the US, Britain, France, Russia, China (Security Council 5) and Germany (+1) – in Almaty, Kazakhstan signal the possibility of resolving the issues between Iran and the US without a shooting war. Both Catherine Ashton, the lead negotiator of P5+1 and Saeed Jalili, the Iranian head of the delegation expressed guarded optimism and agreed to continue these meetings over March and April.

Times of India has carried in its front page a report that ISIS --“global watchdog” -- has linked a Chennai based company, an Iranian company and a Chinese commercial website in trying procure ring magnets for centrifuges in Iran.

The other day I was reading over the most recent IAEA Director General’s (DG’s) report to the IAEA Board of Governors (BOG) on implementation of safeguards in Iran.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) just released its most recent report (GOV/2012/37) on the state of Iran's nuclear program.

Robert Kelley: Latest IAEA report recycles old intelligence and is meant to bolster hard liners

In this interview, Prabir Purkayastha, Delhi Science Forum, discusses the latest IAEA report on Iran's nuclear program. While numerous right-wing groups in the US and Israel are up in arms at what is said to be a clear indictment of Iran's nuclear regime, a critical reading of the IAEA report raises disturbing questions on the impartiality of the IAEA as well as more fundamental questions regarding the fulfilment of treaty and other international obligations by countries on different sides of the North-South divide. In a wide ranging discussion, Prabir points out the various legal and factual errors in the IAEA Report and paints an interesting, if rather disturbing picture of the role of supra-national watchdog bodies such as the IAEA in maintaining international peace and comity.