Tag: IAEA
The United Nations must return to its founding spirit
Almost 80 years ago, the nations that stood up to Nazi tyranny founded the United Nations. They came together in the wreckage of World War II and the Holocaust to ensure that the world’s...
IAEA: Iran ‘not entirely transparent’ on its nuclear program
Tehran is being less than forthright with the International Atomic Energy Agency regarding its nuclear program, said IAEA Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi on Tuesday.
The head of the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog group made his remarks...
Iran blames the West for lack of nuclear deal
An Iranian official said on Monday that it was still possible to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal, blaming stalled negotiations on the West, and particularly, the United States.
A deal was “possible both in terms of...
Israeli foreign minister in Prague to discuss countering Iranian threat
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen was in Prague on Tuesday for meetings with Czech leaders to discuss countering the Iranian nuclear threat among other topics.
The central European country currently heads the International Atomic Energy...
Time to ‘snapback’ sanctions on Tehran, experts say
Leading Israeli and American experts on Iran’s drive for nuclear weapons capability are calling for immediate sanctions on the clerical regime and opposition to a renewed concessionary atomic accord with the Islamic Republic.
The recent...
IAEA report confirms near-weapons-grade uranium found in Iran
The International Atomic Energy Agency has confirmed in a report that its inspectors found enriched uranium to 83.7 percent at Iran’s underground nuclear site in Fordow.
The Associated Press obtained a copy of a confidential IAEA quarterly...
Iranian FM: IAEA officials to travel to Tehran ‘in coming days’
International Atomic Energy Agency officials will visit Tehran in the near future, Iran’s top diplomat said on Wednesday, after the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s inspectors last week detected uranium enriched to 84% purity in the Islamic Republic.
“In...
IAEA inspectors find uranium enriched to 84% purity in Iran
International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors last week detected uranium enriched to 84% purity in Iran, just below the 90% level needed for nuclear weapons, Bloomberg reported on Sunday.
The report, citing two senior diplomats, said the U.N.’s...
Iran begins enriching uranium to 60% at Fordow nuclear site
Iran has begun enriching uranium to 60% at its underground Fordow nuclear site, Reuters reported on Tuesday.
Tehran had sent a letter to the United Nations’ International Atomic Energy Agency informing the nuclear watchdog of the move,...
Iran nuclear program ‘moving ahead very, very fast,’ IAEA head warns
The director of the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Tuesday that Iran’s nuclear program was advancing rapidly, and that “good words” from Iran were not sufficient to satisfy inspectors.
“They have a very ambitious...