Iran’s Nuclear Program and the Impact of Potential Sanctions: An Intelligence Community Assessment MEMBERS BRIEFING Closed Briefing before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION Thursday, May 11, 2006 Time: 9:30 AM Place: S-407 The Capitol Presiding: Senator Lugar     Briefers: Mr. Robert Walpole    Deputy Director for Strategy and Evaluation    National Counter Proliferation Center    Washington, DC Ms. S. Leslie Ireland    Mission Manager for Iran    Office of the Director of National Intelligence    Washington, DC The Honorable R. Nicholas Burns    Under Secretary for Political Affairs    Department of State    Washington, DC Mr. Paul E. Simons    Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy, Sanctions      and Commodities    Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs    Department of State    Washington, DC   Witness names in blue are links to the statement given. Statements are only posted if provided electronically by witness.