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Iran will never stop uranium enrichment: envoy
Iran “will never stop” its controversial uranium enrichment, the country’s envoy to the IAEA said on Tuesday, on the sidelines of a Non-Aligned Movement ministerial meeting in Tehran. “Our enrichment activities will never stop and we are justified in carrying them out, and we will continue to do so under…
UN atomic agency to hold nuclear talks with Iran
The UN nuclear watchdog and Iran have agreed to hold talks in Vienna on Friday, IAEA chief Yukiya Amano said Monday, calling on Tehran to sign a deal clarifying issues over its atomic drive. “A meeting between Iran and the agency has been scheduled for 8 June in Vienna,” Amano told the International Atomic Energy Agency’s 35-member board of…
Analysts play down higher-grade uranium find in Iran
Analysts have played down the UN atomic agency’s discovery of higher-grade uranium traces in Iran, saying it was likely due to a technical glitch rather than a covert attempt to enrich to arms grade. The agency’s latest report, seen by AFP Friday, did however say that satellite imagery showed “extensive…
U.S. will judge Iran on ‘actions’ after IAEA deal
WASHINGTON — The United States gave a cool reception Tuesday to a mooted deal between the IAEA and Iran, saying the agreement marked a “step forward” but stating that Tehran would be judged on its actions. International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano said upon returning from Tehran that he…
Nuclear watchdog chief accused of pro-western bias over Iran
Former senior officials warn of parallels between IAEA approach to Iran and mistakes over Iraq’s supposed weapons of mass destruction The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the nuclear watchdog at the heart of the growing Iranian crisis, has been accused by several former senior officials of pro-western…
Iran pushes on with nuclear after failed IAEA visit
Iran’s nuclear work will defiantly go on, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday, after UN inspectors left Tehran following talks that failed to lift their suspicions of atomic weapons research. “The Iranian nation has never been seeking an atomic weapon and never will be. It will prove to the world that a…
UN inspector hopes for ‘concrete results’ from Iran trip
VIENNA — The chief UN nuclear inspector on Sunday expressed hope that “concrete results” would emerge from his two-day visit to Iran, but cautioned that progress “may take a while.” “We hope to have a couple of good and constructive days in Tehran,” International Atomic Energy Agency chief inspector Herman…
Iran ready for IAEA visit ‘as soon as possible’: envoy
Tehran’s envoy to the UN atomic agency said Thursday he would meet the watchdog’s chief nuclear inspector in Vienna in the first week of January to arrange a visit to Iran as soon as possible. “As soon as the holidays are over we will sit down with Mr (Herman) Nackaerts and arrange…
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