This bulletin highlights significant events in the world of arms control in the coming days, as compiled by staff and friends of the Arms Control Association.
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IAEA Goes Underground
Nuclear inspectors will visit Iran's Gchine uranium mine in coming days, according to Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Amano did not announce a date for the visit.
Jan. 28: House Hearing on Iran Deal
The House Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on the implementation of the interim nuclear deal between the United States and Iran in 2172 House Rayburn Office Building at 2:00 pm.
For more, see ACA's Jan. 20 blog post, "IAEA Confirms Iran Is Complying with First Phase of Nuclear Deal with World Powers"
Jan. 28: State of the Union Address
President Obama will likely address that state of the U.S.-Iran nuclear negotiations in his State of the Union address.
Jan. 29: 50th anniversary of "Dr. Strangelove."
The British-American ccomedy,"Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb," was released 50 years ago this week. Yet the larger issues the movie raises "remain distressingly contemporary."