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As UN embargo expires, US says committed to countering Iran’s missile, drone program
Top US diplomat says the “horrific impact” of Iran’s provision of missiles and drones to terror organizations and militant proxies directly threatened the security of Israel and Gulf partners
World must not fail in Iran as it did in North Korea: IAEA’s Grossi
The world must not fail in Iran as it did in North Korea, which kicked out International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors and developed nuclear weapons, the UN nuclear watchdog’s chief Rafael Grossi ...
EU slams exclusions of nuclear inspectors by Iran
The European Union on Sunday told Iran to reconsider its decision to withdraw accreditation from several inspectors from the United Nations nuclear watchdog. The International Atomic Energy Agency had ...
UN nuclear watchdog IAEA blasts Iran over latest inspector exclusion
The United Nations nuclear watchdog on Saturday condemned the “disproportionate and unprecedented” move by Iran to withdraw accreditation from several of its most experienced inspectors.“Today, the ...
Britain, France, Germany to retain ballistic, nuclear sanctions on Iran
Britain, France and Germany said on Thursday they would retain ballistic missile and nuclear proliferation-related sanctions on Iran that were set to expire in October under the 2015 Iran nuclear deal ...
UN nuclear watchdog ‘regrets’ Iran’s lack of cooperation
The UN nuclear watchdog said Monday it regretted that “no progress” had been made by Iran on outstanding issues, including installing more cameras to monitor Tehran’s nuclear program.International ...
Iran reportedly slows accumulation of enriched uranium: WSJ
People familiar with the matter have said that Iran has slowed how fast it is accumulating near weapons-grade enriched uranium and has diluted some of its stockpile, the Wall Street Journal reported ...
Europeans plan to keep ballistic missile sanctions on Iran
A second Iranian official brushed off the possibility of the sanctions remaining, saying Tehran had advanced its nuclear and missile programs for years despite Western sanctions.
Biden’s envoy for Iran says military option on the table, diplomacy preferred
US President Joe Biden’s special envoy for Iran reiterated the stance of Washington that it would not permit Tehran to acquire a nuclear weapon even if that means resorting to a military option.“We ...
Iran nuclear site deep underground challenges West as nuclear negotiations stall
Near a peak of the Zagros Mountains in central Iran, workers are building a nuclear facility so deep in the earth that it is likely beyond the range of a last-ditch US weapon designed to destroy such ...
US defense chief's visit to Israel reveals divisions on Iran
Long-running differences between the Biden administration and Israel over how to stop Iran’s rapidly accelerating nuclear program spilled into public view Thursday, as the US defense secretary ...
US, European powers express alarm at Iran enriching uranium to 84 pct
The US and Europe's top powers on Wednesday expressed alarm at Iran having produced a tiny amount of uranium enriched to 84 percent purity, very close to weapons grade, and said Iran must explain how ...
Iran’s concessions to IAEA largely depend on future talks, Grossi says
Iran’s concessions to UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi during his visit to Tehran over the weekend depend to a large extent on future negotiations, Grossi conceded on Monday, walking back some ...
Iran prepared to assist IAEA investigation: Joint statement
Iran has given sweeping assurances to the UN nuclear watchdog that it will finally assist a long-stalled investigation into uranium particles found at undeclared sites and even re-install removed ...
UN nuclear watchdog chief cites ‘great expectation’ in talks with Iran
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Saturday talks were ongoing with Iran on two sets of important matters including the science sector, and there was “great expectation” ...
US waiting for UN nuclear watchdog meetings in Iran before deciding next steps
The number three Pentagon official said this week that Iran was capable of making enough fissile material for a nuclear bomb in “about 12 days.”
Iran can make fissile material for a nuclear bomb ‘in about 12 days’: US official
Iran could make enough fissile for one nuclear bomb in “about 12 days,” a top US Defense Department official said on Tuesday, down from the estimated one year it would have taken while the 2015 Iran ...
Near bomb-grade uranium particles enriched to 83.7 percent found in Iran: UN
Inspectors from the United Nations nuclear watchdog found uranium particles enriched up to 83.7 percent in Iran’s underground Fordo nuclear site, a report seen Tuesday by The Associated Press said.The ...
Iran calls 84 percent uranium enrichment allegation a ‘conspiracy’
Iranian state television on Friday offered an extended defense against an accusation attributed to international inspectors that it enriched uranium to 84 percent purity, with an official calling it ...
Iran denies enriching uranium to 84 pct
Iran has denied reports that it has enriched uranium to 84 percent purity, which is close to weapons grade. The Islamic Republic has been enriching uranium to up to 60 percent purity since April 2021. ...
IAEA discussing with Iran report of uranium enrichment to near nuclear weapons-grade
The United Nations nuclear watchdog said on Sunday it was discussing the recent results of verification activities with Iran after Bloomberg reported that the agency had detected uranium enriched to ...
Iran nuclear inspectors detect 84 percent enriched uranium, highest level to date
International atomic monitors in Iran last week detected uranium enriched to levels just below that needed for a nuclear weapon, according to two senior diplomats, underscoring the risk that the ...
Analysis: Stakes rise as Iran can fuel ‘several’ atom bombs
Iran has enough highly enriched uranium to build “several” nuclear weapons if it chooses, the United Nations’ top nuclear official is now warning.But diplomatic efforts aimed at again limiting its ...
Iran rejects chance to revive nuclear deal with US: Blinken
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Iran had rejected the chance to return to a nuclear deal with the US months ago and he reiterated that a new agreement was no longer a Biden administration ...
Israel’s Netanyahu pledges open opposition to return of Iran nuclear deal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to step up his efforts to derail a return to the Iran nuclear deal by airing his opposition openly and in public, in an apparent shift from a more ...