• UANI sought to link the activities of Caterpillar's wholly owned Canadian subsidiary Lovat, a manufacturer of tunnel boring machines, to Iran's alleged construction of tunnels to obscure and shield its nuclear facilities. (wikipedia.org)
  • Iran's hard-line Guardian Council has approved a bill that would block United Nations inspections of its nuclear facilities and allow it to resume uranium enrichment if it is referred to the U.N. Security Council. (voanews.com)
  • Iran's uranium-conversion facility in Isfahan (file photo) (AFP) PRAGUE, August 30, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Iran's President Mahmud Ahmadinejad on August 26 inaugurated a heavy-water plant that is to provide fuel for a heavy-water nuclear reactor, which Iran hopes to finish by 2009. (rferl.org)
  • How do the two projects tie into Iran's overall nuclear program and does it all mean Iran is edging closer to making a nuclear bomb? (rferl.org)
  • 03/04/2007 13:23 TEHRAN, April 3 (RIA Novosti) -- Iran plans to build new nuclear power stations, Iran's First Vice President Parviz Davudi said Tuesday. (globalsecurity.org)
  • In the next three or four months we will announce a tender for the construction of a nuclear power plant with a capacity of 2,000 MW," Mohammad Saeedi, Iran's deputy nuclear chief, said Tuesday. (globalsecurity.org)
  • Early in 2005, Iran's parliament ratified a bill on the construction of nuclear power plants with an aggregate capacity of over 20,000 MW, and in December 2005 the government took a decision to build the first NPP with a capacity of 360 MW in Khuzestan within seven years. (globalsecurity.org)
  • Iran's interest in nuclear technology dates to the 1950s, when the Shah of Iran began receiving American assistance through the U.S. Atoms for Peace program. (nti.org)
  • The 1979 Iranian Revolution stalled Iran's nuclear program, as Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini largely abandoned the Shah's ambitious agenda, canceling almost all of the Islamic Republic's nuclear contracts with foreign companies. (nti.org)
  • Iran's continued insistence on the right to an indigenous nuclear fuel cycle and its rapidly progressing technical capabilities are an ongoing source of concern to the international community. (nti.org)
  • Initially, the Shah asked the Ministry of Power and Water to conduct a feasibility study for Iran's nuclear power program. (nti.org)
  • 5] Following Khomeini's death in 1989, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Hashemi Rafsanjani accelerated the pace of Iran's dormant nuclear program and began actively seeking foreign suppliers to develop Iran's indigenous capabilities. (nti.org)
  • Neither the AEOI's operating budget nor a comprehensive estimate of the cost of Iran's nuclear program is publicly available. (nti.org)
  • However, the program is funded by member state contributions, fueling U.S. congressional concerns that despite sanctions, the United States had indirectly aided Iran's nuclear program. (nti.org)
  • Following the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini froze construction at Bushehr and re-evaluated Iran's nuclear program before reinstituting it in 1982. (nti.org)
  • The two sides are trying to meet a self-imposed March 31 deadline to reach a framework accord, with a July 1 deadline for a permanent deal that would ensure Iran's nuclear activities are peaceful in exchange for lifting Western economic sanctions that have crippled Iran's economy. (voanews.com)
  • Why do the irrational pressures (against Iran's nuclear program) still continue? (voanews.com)
  • Iran's arch-foes Israel and the United States have not ruled out a resort to military action to prevent it developing a nuclear weapons capability, an ambition it strongly denies. (ynetnews.com)
  • According to the report, half a year after the revelation of a secret Iranian nuclear enrichment site northeast of Qom, the UN inspectors assigned to monitor Iran's nuclear program are now searching for evidence of two additional sites, prompted by Israeli assessments as well as by recent comments by a top Iranian official that drew little attention in the West. (jpost.com)
  • UNITED NATIONS Iran is willing to provide nuclear technology to other Muslim states, Iran's hard-line president said Thursday, notching up his rhetoric as his regime rejects international pressure to cut back its atomic program. (freerepublic.com)
  • Ahmadinejad's statement came just four days before the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency, the International Atomic Energy Agency, is scheduled to discuss Iran's resumption of uranium conversion - which produces material that can be used either for reactor fuel or for nuclear bombs. (freerepublic.com)
  • His comments were likely raised during a Thursday afternoon meeting of the foreign ministers from the three European countries that have been negotiating with Iran on the nuclear issue - Britain, France and Germany - and Iran's new foreign minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, and its top nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani. (freerepublic.com)
  • In the past, Western officials said Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards and the Defence Ministry - both hotbeds of opposition to any rapprochement with the West - were believed to control clandestine nuclear procurement efforts. (freebeacon.com)
  • The six-month agreement, which took effect on January 20 this year, was designed to buy time for talks on a final settlement defining the overall scope of Iran's nuclear work to end fears that it could be diverted to military ends. (freebeacon.com)
  • Safarov also indicated that all earlier inspections carried out by the International Atomic Energy Agency /IAEA/ have confirmed the "scientific" nature of Iran's nuclear facilities. (pravda.ru)
  • But there have been doubts raised about the veracity of Iran's claims regarding progress in its nuclear program, as well as the efficiency of the equipment being used. (jta.org)
  • According to the Tehran-based Mehr News Agency , Heydar Moslehi, Iran's minister of intelligence, said that "enemy spy services" were responsible for Stuxnet, the sophisticated worm that has infected at least 30,000 Windows PCs in the country, including some at the Bushehr nuclear power plant. (computerworld.com)
  • Moslehi claimed his ministry had uncovered "destructive activities of the arrogance [of the West] in cyberspace", and said that defensive measures had been put into place to secure Iran's information systems and its nuclear facilities. (computerworld.com)
  • WASHINGTON - A majority of Americans support an agreement by the U.S. and five other world powers to limit Iran's disputed nuclear program, but fewer believe it will keep the Islamic republic from building a nuclear bomb. (pressherald.com)
  • The temporary compromise is set to expire in July, giving negotiators six months to work on a plan to permanently prevent Iran's nuclear program from becoming a threat. (pressherald.com)
  • The U.S. and its negotiating partners - Britain, France, Germany, China and Russia - will be seeking a long-term agreement to halt Iran's nuclear program. (pressherald.com)
  • Iran's foreign minister said he was 'optimistic' about looming nuclear talks. (csmonitor.com)
  • Three main items stuck out to us: A top British intelligence official said Iran's supreme leader doesn't want to revive the nuclear deal, a Democratic lawmaker worried American support for Ukraine is (slowly) collapsing, and a senior Bahraini official didn't say "no" when asked if his country would go to war with Iran over its nuclear development. (politico.com)
  • He's not a fan of the 2015 nuclear deal, nor is he a fan of Iran's destabilizing actions in the Middle East. (politico.com)
  • Iran's first nuclear power plant, Bushehr was due to come on stream in September, but early last month Russia announced that the final elements of its construction was being delayed because Iran had fallen behind on payment. (jpost.com)
  • The discussions aim to yield an accord that would put verifiable limits on Iran's uranium enrichment work - and any other potential path to a nuclear weapon - in return for a gradual lifting of sanctions. (yahoo.com)
  • Last weekend's meeting on Iran's controversial nuclear program didn't produce any breakthroughs, but the envoys from six world powers and Iran suggested that the talks in Istanbul began a process that could lead to an eventual compromise. (npr.org)
  • By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin Nouri and Babak Dehghanpisheh DUBAI/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday the nuclear deal with world powers did not signal any wider shift in Iran's relationship with Washington or its policies in the Middle East. (yahoo.com)
  • After a phone call with the ruler of the Gulf Arab state of Qatar on Saturday, Rouhani said the nuclear agreement would improve Iran's relations with its neighbors. (yahoo.com)
  • Iran's foreign minister set the tone just before the talks began, with a statement that said there would be 'no way to return' to the deal without the lifting of all U.S. sanctions imposed on Iran when it initially abandoned the multi-country pact in 2018. (cnbc.com)
  • The prospects for reviving the JCPOA remain bleak, as Iran's maximalist negotiating demands and nuclear buildup signal that Tehran has likely moved on from the deal,' Henry Rome, director of global macro research at political risk firm Eurasia Group, wrote in a note last week. (cnbc.com)
  • Last week, the two parties failed to agree on a key aspect of the IAEA's ability to monitor Iran's nuclear activity. (cnbc.com)
  • PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday called for the "necessary respect" of Iran's nuclear deal with world powers, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the French leader to change the landmark accord. (arabnews.com)
  • On Sunday, Iran's president said the US had failed to undermine a nuclear deal between Tehran and major powers, and hailed the accord as a "long-lasting victory" for Iran, state television reported. (arabnews.com)
  • Iran's chief negotiator for the nuclear agreement, Ali Bagheri Kani (R), arrives for an Iran talks meeting in Vienna on Monday. (upi.com)
  • That administration cut off Iran's oil sales and threatened any company doing business with Iran would be cut off from business in the United States. (upi.com)
  • Iran's newly elected president, Ebrahim Raisi, has heightened his government's demands in new agreement talks following attacks on Iran's nuclear program. (upi.com)
  • Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency have been denied access to Iran's nuclear sites. (upi.com)
  • Yet now a new hurdle looms: Elections in Iran in June will see the departure of the divisive President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , but the take-no-prisoners jockeying has already begun to dominate Iran's political scene. (minnpost.com)
  • Key issues have not changed: the fate of Iran's growing stockpile of enriched uranium, cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog agency, sanctions relief, and a deeply buried facility south of Tehran at Fordow that is largely impervious to US and Israeli attack. (minnpost.com)
  • Washington appears perplexed about Iran's foot-dragging on the nuclear talks," says Ali Vaez, the senior Iran analyst for the International Crisis Group in Washington. (minnpost.com)
  • A fire last week at the Natanz nuclear site, Iran's main uranium enrichment facility, caused "significant" damage, the country's nuclear agency said, lifting part of the mystery surrounding the event. (nbcnews.com)
  • But Behrouz Kamalvandi, a spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, told Iran's official IRNA news agency in an interview Sunday that the fire "caused significant financial damage but there were no casualties. (nbcnews.com)
  • Given Iran's past undeclared activities," Clawson and Makovsky wrote, "a particular concern is that Iran will develop clandestine nuclear facilities. (ipsnews.net)
  • Along with other advocacy campaigns, the organization leads efforts to pressure companies to stop doing business with Iran as a means to halt the Iranian government's nuclear program and its alleged development of nuclear weapons. (wikipedia.org)
  • In response to the Iranian government's "execution binge" in 2011, UANI launched its "Cranes Campaign" in March 2011 with the goal of pressuring crane manufacturers worldwide to end their business in Iran in order to prevent the use of their equipment in public executions. (wikipedia.org)
  • Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi (file photo) 22 September 2004 -- Israel and Iran have criticized each other, saying the other country is threatening peace in the Middle East. (rferl.org)
  • Later that same day, Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said Israel is a threat to the Middle East because of its alleged nuclear weapons. (rferl.org)
  • The budget for the next Iranian year, which began March 21, 2007, stipulates $1.3 billion for nuclear power plant projects. (globalsecurity.org)
  • Late in March, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that UN Security Council Resolution 1747 would not stop his country's nuclear program "for a second. (globalsecurity.org)
  • Zarif and Kerry were joined in Geneva by Iranian nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi and U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz. (voanews.com)
  • In Tehran, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called it discriminatory that the nine countries in the world known or believed to have nuclear capability want to exclude Iran from joining the group. (voanews.com)
  • Its efforts to develop, test and field ballistic missiles, and build a space launch capability, have helped drive billions of dollars of U.S. ballistic missile defense expenditure, and contributed to Israel's threats of possible pre-emptive military action against Iranian nuclear installations. (freebeacon.com)
  • Van Diepen said that while there was no direct link between the level of Iranian illicit procurement and the negotiations on a settlement to the nuclear dispute, "obviously if the negotiations succeed then there should therefore be a corresponding decrease in Iranian proliferation activity. (freebeacon.com)
  • At the same time, he described as "totally unjustified" US fears that Iran might develop nuclear weapons and the reports about the construction of two facilities in the Iranian towns of Natanza and Araka, allegedly sites that can manufacture components for the production of nuclear weapons. (pravda.ru)
  • The expert explained that the two above-mentioned Iranian facilities are actually "part of the full cycle of nuclear power generation mechanisms" within the framework of the nuclear power plant under construction in Bushehr. (pravda.ru)
  • An Iranian intelligence official Saturday said that authorities had detained several "spies" connected to cyber attacks against its nuclear program. (computerworld.com)
  • That's just a horrible idea," said Alireza Nader, senior international policy analyst at the RAND Corporation, and author of The Days After a Deal With Iran: Continuity and Change in Iranian Foreign Policy . (rand.org)
  • The release of $50 billion in Iranian assets-often described by critics as a payment for Iran, but in fact the return of its own money-was a key factor in reaching agreement, Nader said. (rand.org)
  • An image of Iranian leaders is projected on a giant screen in front of demonstrators during a rally opposing the nuclear deal with Iran in Times Square, July 22, 2015. (christianpost.com)
  • This is a real opportunity for Iran to help address some of the real concerns of the international community about its nuclear program and at the same time still provide for the humanitarian needs of the Iranian people,' U.S. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters Friday. (cnn.com)
  • Iranian media reported on Sunday that an 'Israeli spy ring' was arrested the previous day after planting explosives at a nuclear facility in Isfahan. (ynetnews.com)
  • If there's no [deal], then the president is essentially making a threat to end the Iranian nuclear program through the use of force," Biegun said. (politico.com)
  • MENASHARI: The Iranian nuclear program is a serious problem for Israel and the region, but dealing with it with statements - I would say often irresponsible statements - is unlikely to solve the problem. (npr.org)
  • The supreme leader said on Saturday he wanted Iranian politicians to examine the agreement to ensure national interests were preserved, as Iran would not allow the disruption of its revolutionary principles or defensive abilities. (yahoo.com)
  • During the nuclear talks, we saw the Americans' dishonesty over and over,' Khamenei said during meetings with senior Iranian officials and ambassadors from several Muslim states, according to his official website. (yahoo.com)
  • Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi visits the Bushehr nuclear power plant, in Iran, October 8, 2021. (cnbc.com)
  • The indirect talks between the U.S. and Iran on the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal begin again on Monday after a months-long hiatus. (cnbc.com)
  • The return of the U.S. to the nuclear deal would be meaningless without guarantees to prevent the recurrence of the bitter experience of the past,' Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said Monday, adding that 'this opportunity is not a window that can remain open forever. (cnbc.com)
  • Netanyahu also told Macron the free world should "strongly condemn the five crimes of the Iranian regime," listing "efforts to obtain nuclear weapons. (arabnews.com)
  • An Iranian official at the country's mission to the U.N. denied Tehran had any involvement in the attack, saying "Iran does not take part in any cyberwar," the semi-official Mehr news agency reported. (nbcnews.com)
  • A state department spokesperson said it was "monitoring reports" of a fire at an Iranian nuclear facility. (nbcnews.com)
  • This incident serves as another reminder of how the Iranian regime continues to prioritize its misguided nuclear program to the detriment of the Iranian people's needs," the spokesperson said. (nbcnews.com)
  • WASHINGTON, Mar 31 2014 (IPS) - The Barack Obama administration appears to have rejected a deal-breaking demand by Israel for an Iranian confession to having had a covert nuclear weapons programme as a condition for completing the comprehensive nuclear agreement. (ipsnews.net)
  • The term "possible military dimensions" had been used by the IAEA in referring to the claims publicised by the agency over the past six years of covert Iranian nuclear weapons development projects, including an alleged facility at Parchin for testing nuclear weapons designs. (ipsnews.net)
  • The administration thus seemed to suggest that some kind of Iranian admission to past nuclear weapons work is a condition for a final agreement. (ipsnews.net)
  • The new Iran-IAEA agreement on the EBW issue raises the question of whether IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano is now ready to reach a deal with Iran, despite having staked his own reputation on the November 2011 report on intelligence claims of covert Iranian nuclear weapons research coming from Israel. (ipsnews.net)
  • FILE PHOTO: An Iranian woman walks in a street in Tehran, Iran, April 9, 2023. (arabnews.com)
  • DUBAI: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has resolved nuclear issues with Iran relating to one of three sites being investigated over the presence of uranium particles, Iranian media reported on Tuesday. (arabnews.com)
  • Last year, Tehran suspended enrichment as a good faith measure to allay international concerns it is secretly pursuing nuclear weapons, a charge its government denies. (voanews.com)
  • The Bushehr project was in jeopardy after Atomstroyexport, the Russian contractor for the nuclear power plant construction, said Tehran had not made any payments for the NPP construction since mid-January, and that by the fourth quarter of 2006 the project had only received 60% of the required funding. (globalsecurity.org)
  • The United States supplied the Tehran Nuclear Research Center with a small 5MWt research reactor, fueled by highly enriched uranium, in 1967. (nti.org)
  • His implication: If Iran is released from the accord starting in 2025, as the agreement requires, then expect a nuclear Tehran shortly thereafter. (chicagotribune.com)
  • The United States and five other world powers are trying to end the possibility that Tehran could develop a nuclear weapon, while Iran says its nuclear program is for civilian purposes. (voanews.com)
  • The talks between Iran and Britain, China, France, Russia, Germany and the U.S. center on the amount of uranium Tehran will be allowed to enrich, the number of centrifuges it can operate and how fast economic sanctions against Tehran will be lifted. (voanews.com)
  • This year, we carried out tactical drills which resembled real combat in Fordo, Tehran, Natanz, Bushehr and Isfahan," where the country's nuclear plants are located, the Mehr news agency quoted Ahmad Mighani as saying. (ynetnews.com)
  • The U.S. and Iran are working on a deal that would permit Tehran to eventually continue its nuclear program. (thedailybeast.com)
  • Most of Malley's original team has already left his shop, and the envoy himself said that American expectations "are in check," with Iran already deploying new centrifuges that some officials believe could bring Tehran within a month of a nuclear breakout. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • The deal has political and popular support in Iran, where it has been accepted by the political system in Tehran and widely welcomed by the public. (rand.org)
  • Tehran says its nuclear program is intended solely for peaceful purposes, but many in the West believe Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons capabilities. (cnn.com)
  • Recent developments have thrown fresh challenges at hopes for the talks, including gridlock between Tehran and the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). (cnbc.com)
  • Tehran has rejected the notion of any modification of the 2015 nuclear deal, and has the backing of all of the partners to the agreement - Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the European Union - apart from the US. (arabnews.com)
  • The factionalism that is paralyzing decision making in Iran is not going to go away in June, but with the next president at least he won't initially be as divisive as Ahmadinejad," adds Mr. Shabani, who recently returned from a visit to Tehran. (minnpost.com)
  • A warehouse after it was damaged at the Natanz nuclear site south of the capital Tehran on Thursday. (nbcnews.com)
  • IR-8 centrifuges at Natanz nuclear power plant, some 186 miles south of the capital Tehran. (nbcnews.com)
  • Israel is widely believed to be the region's only nuclear power and has vowed never to allow Tehran to obtain atomic weapons. (nbcnews.com)
  • Methods: A descriptive-analytic cross-sectional study was conducted in 2019, in Tehran, Iran, using cluster sampling in socioeconomically diverse areas within the city. (bvsalud.org)
  • So it is certainly an element in a nuclear-weapon program, if that is what is happening there. (rferl.org)
  • Once you've got the plutonium out, then you can use it to produce a nuclear weapon. (rferl.org)
  • If you had a choice to make a nuclear weapon from highly enriched uranium or plutonium, you would choose plutonium, for a number of reasons. (rferl.org)
  • If you're a reasonable nuclear-weapon designer, you can make a nuclear weapon using 3.5 or 4 kilograms of plutonium. (rferl.org)
  • And also, of course, the nuclear weapon itself -- using plutonium -- would be smaller in size and weight. (rferl.org)
  • Israel used the heavy-water-reactor route, a small reactor like the one Iran is planning, for its nuclear-weapon force. (rferl.org)
  • And it's doing it that way because A. Q. Khan, the leader of the Pakistani nuclear-weapon program, learned how to make highly enriched uranium when he worked at URENCO, the highly-enriched-uranium-production plant in Europe. (rferl.org)
  • We're talking about diplomacy and political efforts to stop this movement on the part of the Iranians toward a nuclear weapon and we're not talking about strikes but every option, of course, always remains on the table,' he said. (rferl.org)
  • He said the documents prove that Iran lied about the scope and sophistication of its program to build a nuclear weapon - a violation of the deal. (chicagotribune.com)
  • It also highlighted a central truth: Iran is a dangerous foe, never to be allowed to build a nuclear weapon. (chicagotribune.com)
  • This means that the ultimate agreement could leave open the potential for Iran to weaponize its nuclear program and acquire and then possibly deploy a nuclear weapon. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • It calls for Iran to cap uranium enrichment at a level far below what's necessary to build a nuclear weapon. (pressherald.com)
  • President JOE BIDEN 's assertion that Iran will not get a nuclear weapon is a "pretty strong statement," especially if there's no serious Plan B on the horizon, Biegun said. (politico.com)
  • I don't know what the answer is, but if we're going to stop Iran from having a nuclear weapon considering how close they are, that's a pretty important debate that we should be having," he said. (politico.com)
  • A final step would involve Iran providing 'verifiable, lock- tight assurances that they can't develop a nuclear weapon', he said. (yahoo.com)
  • The day the deal was reached, U.S. President Barack Obama called Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz and shared details of the treaty, saying that it would block all pathways Iran could take to build a nuclear weapon. (ibtimes.com)
  • Senator Chris Murphy, member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, talks about Donald Trump's abandonment of diplomacy in favor of escalation to contain Iran not only failed by moving Iran closer to having a nuclear weapon, but left the U.S. fewer options for containment now. (msnbc.com)
  • At stake during the talks are demands by the so-called P5+1 group (the US, Russia , China , Britain , France , and Germany ) that Iran accept limits on its advanced nuclear program, so that it never has the tools to make a nuclear weapon. (minnpost.com)
  • The move could jeopardize nuclear talks with Europe that Iran said it expects will resume within weeks. (voanews.com)
  • The latest talks come as the United Nations nuclear agency said last week it remains concerned about the possible existence of "undisclosed nuclear-related activities" in Iran that could include work linked to the development of a nuclear payload for a missile. (voanews.com)
  • Talks among six major powers and Iran on its nuclear program will likely continue past Tuesday's self-imposed deadline, as negotiators said they needed additional time to reach a comprehensive agreement. (politico.com)
  • Harf added that negotiators would take the technical steps necessary to extend through Friday the Joint Plan of Action, an interim agreement in place during the talks that has given Iran limited sanctions relief in exchange for halts on its nuclear program. (politico.com)
  • Secretary of State John Kerry will remain in Vienna to continue talks with other representatives of Britain, France, Germany, China, Russia, and Iran. (politico.com)
  • Are Iran nuclear talks hurting Democrats? (foxnews.com)
  • As U.S. President Joe Biden's top Iran envoy, Malley plays the unenviable role of a diplomatic Sisyphus, trying to push a renewed Iran nuclear deal up a steep hill, only to see it all come crashing down again with each new round of talks that ends in impasse. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Nevertheless, Malley is heading to Vienna for another round of talks with Iran to revive the 2015 nuclear deal even as officials in Washington and Brussels voice skepticism it will lead anywhere. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • After an eight-month hiatus of high-level nuclear diplomacy, Iran and world powers are poised to resume talks later this month in Kazakhstan . (csmonitor.com)
  • By Warren Strobel MUSCAT (Reuters) - Iran, the United States and the European Union ended two days of high-level talks on Tehran's nuclear program on Monday with no immediate sign they had bridged gaps ahead of a Nov. 24 deadline for an agreement. (yahoo.com)
  • Diplomats from Iran and the 'P5+1' countries - the five U.N. Security Council members, plus Germany - were due to resume talks in Muscat on Tuesday ahead of a last-ditch push in Vienna next week to meet the Nov. 24 deadline. (yahoo.com)
  • LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, BYLINE: While much of the world is relieved that Iran is finally engaged in talks on his suspect nuclear program, Israel is sounding an alarm. (npr.org)
  • In a press conference this week, he told members of the international news media that the talks in Israel's view are being used by Iran as a stalling tactic. (npr.org)
  • After the Istanbul negotiations, Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said the talks were giving Iran a, quote, "freebie," which caused President Obama to defend diplomacy as a vital part of his administration's multi-pronged approach. (npr.org)
  • But not everyone here believes talks with Iran are futile. (npr.org)
  • He says with U.S. elections coming up, the United States does not want to be dragged into a conflict with Iran, and so it's pushing sanctions and talks as the way forward. (npr.org)
  • GARCIA-NAVARRO: But everyone here agrees that unless real progress is made next month, it will be harder for the U.S. and Europe to engage in talks with Iran much longer. (npr.org)
  • ABC News' George Stephanopoulos speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the Iran nuclear talks and the recent attack in a Jerusalem synagogue. (go.com)
  • But Khamenei, who has the last word on high matters of state and had given his blessing to the nuclear talks, moved to dampen any speculation it would lead to a broader rapprochement with the United States. (yahoo.com)
  • The talks in Vienna are aimed at reviving the deal - officially termed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) - that was penned under the Obama administration with several world powers and lifted sanctions on the Islamic Republic in exchange for curbs to its nuclear program. (cnbc.com)
  • For Ali Vaez, Iran project director at the International Crisis Group think tank, the three issues at the core of the last talks and that need to be tackled this time around are 'sanctions, nuclear, and sequencing' - sequencing referring to the order in which concessions are made and steps are taken by each side. (cnbc.com)
  • Could the recent nuclear deal with Iran be a roundabout route to gains in stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks? (ibtimes.com)
  • Three high-profile rounds of talks last spring failed, amid maximalist conditions first demanded by Iran, and then a maximalist offer put forward by the P5+1, which requires Iran to give up key aspects of its nuclear program before any sanctions relief would be considered. (minnpost.com)
  • During a security conference this weekend in Munich , Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday restated Washington's willingness to hold direct talks if Iran were "serious. (minnpost.com)
  • Iran and Russia are currently finishing the Bushehr nuclear power plant project. (globalsecurity.org)
  • The $1-billion Bushehr project, which is being implemented under the supervision of the UN nuclear watchdog, was originally scheduled for commissioning at the end of 2006. (globalsecurity.org)
  • Aghazadeh said: "The Bushehr NPP project and nuclear energy supplies are rooted to political problems. (globalsecurity.org)
  • On March 26, Iran resumed financing of the Bushehr project. (globalsecurity.org)
  • But, the expert emphasised, the nuclear plant at Bushehr will have a light-water reactor, which cannot produce plutonium, which is the main component of nuclear weapons. (pravda.ru)
  • Iran inaugurated two minor plants at its Bushehr nuclear reactor on Tuesday, showing it is determined to get the power plant running despite a delay caused by a dispute with Russia. (jpost.com)
  • Its stated objective is to "prevent Iran from fulfilling its ambition to become a regional super-power possessing nuclear weapons. (wikipedia.org)
  • I assure all citizens that the intelligence apparatus currently has complete supervision on cyberspace and will not allow any leak or destruction of our country's nuclear activities," Moslehi said. (computerworld.com)
  • This revelation, if verified, wouldn't shock anyone who tracked the snarly negotiations in 2015 about what Iran had to reveal to earn an International Atomic Energy Agency sign-off on the deal. (chicagotribune.com)
  • The United States and Iran reported they made 'some progress' Monday in their negotiations on Tehran's nuclear program but said that a deal is still a long way off. (voanews.com)
  • Alright, here's what's on tap for the day: U.S.-led Iran nuclear deal negotiations extend into overtime, Congress moves to counter Russia and China in the Balkans , and Biden prepares to slap Myanmar with new sanctions. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • But even with the negotiations looking like a serious uphill slog at this point, some experts and former officials believe that the juice is worth the squeeze, especially if it moves the region off the track of a possible nuclear arms race. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Those actions moved Iran from being within a month of nuclear weapons capability when negotiations began, to a year away, should Iran restart the program today. (rand.org)
  • Iran and six major world powers reached a nuclear deal on Tuesday, capping more than a decade of on-off negotiations with an agreement that could potentially transform the Middle East, and which Israel called an "historic surrender. (christianpost.com)
  • The next round of negotiations with Iran is expected to be held in New York next month. (pressherald.com)
  • However, since one was reached Tuesday between Iran and the six world powers known as the P5+1, Saudi Arabia could leverage the deal to make new demands of the U.S., its longtime ally, which led the negotiations that preceded Tuesday's deal, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported . (ibtimes.com)
  • Iran has yet to formally confirm participation on Feb. 25-26, as suggested by European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton , who leads negotiations on behalf of the P5+1. (minnpost.com)
  • The US and its allies are likely to offer targeted sanctions relief to Iran during the next round of negotiations," says Mr. Vaez. (minnpost.com)
  • A "senior administration official" told reporters after the Nov. 24 Joint Plan of Action was announced that the United States had "made clear" in the negotiations that "the Security Council resolutions must still be addressed…and that Iran must come come into compliance with its obligations under the NPT and its obligations to the IAEA. (ipsnews.net)
  • The demand that Iran "come clean" on its alleged nuclear weapons program entered into the Obama administration's public posture for the first time after consultations with Israel in advance of the October 2013 round of negotiations with Iran. (ipsnews.net)
  • RFE/RL correspondent Jeremy Bransten spoke with British nuclear physicist Frank Barnaby, who explains the science of Tehran's nuclear programs. (rferl.org)
  • DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has pursued a longstanding effort to buy banned components for its nuclear and missile programs in recent months, a U.S. official said on Sunday, a period when it struck an interim deal with major powers to limit its disputed atomic activity. (freebeacon.com)
  • They still continue very actively trying to procure items for their nuclear program and missile program and other programs," he told Reuters in an interview. (freebeacon.com)
  • Last month, according to Reuters, Zeev Elkin, an Israeli security cabinet minister, said Iran had tried to mount a cyberattack on Israel's water system in April. (nbcnews.com)
  • 2018-06-06T21:41:11-04:00 https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvYmNmXC8yMDE4MDYwNjE0MjAzMTAxMF9oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ== A House oversight subcommittee held a hearing to examine the reasons for the U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear agreement, and the Trump administration's options and strategy moving forward. (c-span.org)
  • That's because Trump has long proclaimed the Iran accord as "the worst ever. (chicagotribune.com)
  • If Trump does withdraw the U.S. from the pact, he'll need a plan to deal with the fallout if Iran restarts its nuclear program. (chicagotribune.com)
  • Netanyahu's theatrical presentation was designed to persuade Trump to exit the Iran deal. (chicagotribune.com)
  • Iran has pushed for U.S. sanctions to be completely removed, including the Trump administration-era terrorist designation against the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, something that the Biden administration has not been willing to commit to. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • I think the U.S. should exercise every effort to negotiate with Iran to get their regime to turn away from a path to acquiring nuclear weapons and away from their malign activities in the region including their proxy warfare to attack other countries," said Mick Mulroy, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense during the Trump administration. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • On Thursday, Macron told Trump that it was important for all signatories to respect the Iran nuclear agreement. (arabnews.com)
  • The Trump administration abandoned the pact in 2018, and that resulted in Iran ramping up machinery used to create nuclear fuel. (upi.com)
  • The document also incorporated language from an earlier International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) resolution, which urged Iran to halt its heavy-water project at Arak, as a confidence-building measure. (rferl.org)
  • 11] In March 2009, the U.S. Government Accountability Office reported that Iran had received $15 million from the IAEA 's Technical Cooperation Program between 1997 and 2007, which promotes peaceful uses of nuclear technology. (nti.org)
  • But the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Iran is in compliance with some provisions of a nuclear agreement. (voanews.com)
  • Representatives from the United States, France, Russia, United Nations and Iran settled on the draft proposal Wednesday at IAEA headquarters in Vienna. (cnn.com)
  • He added that the IAEA 'is finally on its correct path and, based on its charter, is playing the role of a facilitator enabling nations to cooperate with each other toward achieving nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. (cnn.com)
  • Iran is refusing to allow IAEA access to its Karaj centrifuge component manufacturing facility and has resumed production there without IAEA monitoring. (cnbc.com)
  • Pro-Israeli commentators have openly criticised the Obama administration for failing to explicitly demand that Iran confess to charges by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of a covert nuclear weapons programme. (ipsnews.net)
  • But the Obama administration's rhetoric on resolving IAEA claims of a nuclear weapons programme appears to be less about forcing Iran to confess than responding to pressures from Israel and its supporters in the United States. (ipsnews.net)
  • The IAEA is due to issue quarterly reports on Iran this week, ahead of a regular meeting of its 35-nation Board of Governors next week. (arabnews.com)
  • Though it's the seventh round of meetings between the United States, China, Iran, Britain, France and Germany, it's the first time in half a year that world powers will meet. (upi.com)
  • If you were pursuing a nuclear-weapons program, would you concentrate on manufacturing highly enriched uranium or plutonium? (rferl.org)
  • U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said there are no current plans to attack Iran over its nuclear program, but did not rule out military options. (rferl.org)
  • We have serious intentions to build and develop nuclear power plants," Davudi said, adding that no UN Security Council resolution would prevent Iran from developing its nuclear program. (globalsecurity.org)
  • Following the Revolution, Dr. Reza Amrollahi was placed in charge of the AEOI, but the new government showed little interest in continuing the Shah's ambitious nuclear program. (nti.org)
  • The prime minister paced in front of shelves holding binders containing thousands of documents that he said proved Iran had lied about its nuclear weapons program. (chicagotribune.com)
  • Back then, recall, Secretary of State John Kerry was adamant that Iran had to come clean about its nuclear weapons program. (chicagotribune.com)
  • There is absolutely no divergence whatsoever in what we believe is necessary for Iran to prove that its nuclear program is going to be peaceful in the future,' he said. (voanews.com)
  • The possible agreement would necessitate that Iran freeze its program at first, but it would then be permitted to step up development. (thedailybeast.com)
  • Iran has said it is determined to continue processing uranium so its nuclear program can be self-sufficient in meeting its own reactor fuel needs. (freerepublic.com)
  • Europeans have been uneasy since it was revealed Iran kept parts of its nuclear program secret for years from U.N. inspectors. (freerepublic.com)
  • Iran rejected that proposal, arguing the nonproliferation treaty gives it the right to run a peaceful nuclear program. (freerepublic.com)
  • Iran denies Western allegations that it has long sought covertly to develop the means to produce nuclear weapons, saying its uranium enrichment program is solely a peaceful endeavor to yield electricity as well as isotopes for medical treatments. (freebeacon.com)
  • Foremost among these is that Iran must be transparent about the "possible military dimensions" (PMDs) of its nuclear program. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • Saudi Arabia has for past several years been laying the groundwork for a civil nuclear program with no PMDs. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • However, there is a strong possibility that the Kingdom might begin to engage in contingency planning for a defensive nuclear program with PMDs. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • First, in order to produce a nuclear program with PMDs, a fully operative domestic civil nuclear program must be in place, and the Kingdom has in fact been working on the foundations of such a program for years. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • When the late King Abdullah decided to pursue a comprehensive national civil nuclear program, he established the King Abdullah Atomic Energy City (KACARE) that centralized all nuclear related research in Saudi Arabia. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • At KACARE, Saudi nuclear scientists have already carried out the strategic planning on a nuclear program, and plans are in place to spend around $80 billion over the next twenty years to build about sixteen nuclear power reactors. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • The second fundamental pillar of the doctrine is that the addition of PMDs to the Saudi nuclear program would be carried out for purely defensive reasons. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • Israel's nuclear weapons program being the prime example of this failed policy. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • Therefore, if they must develop a defensive weaponized nuclear program in order to protect themselves and their allies, they will do so. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • Further, through the Kingdom's $2 billion a year foreign scholarship program (there are currently about 15,000 students in the UK alone), numerous future Saudi nuclear physicists are being trained. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • The plans for an indigenous program capable of using established methods of producing plutonium and highly enriched uranium (HEU) are already in place, and several Saudi nuclear scientists have earned their PhD's researching new forms of civil nuclear technology. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • Finally, there are those who feel that the nuclear agreement being considered between Iran and the P5+1 adequately prevents Iran from quickly weaponizing its nuclear program. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • An Israeli official told reporters last month that the Iranians would likely make more efforts to develop their nuclear program. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Iran announced a breakthrough in its nuclear program that could bring it the bomb in a year. (jta.org)
  • There has also been widespread speculation that the Bush administration, or Israel, could mount military strikes against Iran if its nuclear program is deemed too far advanced. (jta.org)
  • Hypothetically let's say President X of the United States decides to stop enforcing the agreement," Nader said, "then Iran technically can say that it can expand the nuclear program, and when the U.S. asks countries like China to enforce new sanctions, they can say, 'Why would we penalize our trading partner when you violated the agreement yourself? (rand.org)
  • Economic sanctions led by the United States have pushed Iran to the table for a deal on its nuclear program, Obama said. (yahoo.com)
  • LIVNE: Because Iran is continuing with its enrichment program and it is moving enrichment facilities underground, that is why Israel feels time is running out. (npr.org)
  • There are some exceptions like the nuclear program that we negotiated with the Americans to serve our interests. (yahoo.com)
  • Under the agreement reached on Tuesday, sanctions will be gradually removed in return for Iran accepting long-term curbs on a nuclear program that the West has suspected was aimed at creating a nuclear bomb. (yahoo.com)
  • In a message to Muslim countries, Zarif echoed Rouhani's diplomatic stance, saying: 'By solving the artificial crisis about its nuclear program diplomatically, a new opportunity for regional and international cooperation has emerged. (yahoo.com)
  • Iran regards its nuclear program as an emblem of national dignity and dynamism in the face of what it sees as decades of hostility from Western countries that opposed its 1979 Islamic revolution. (yahoo.com)
  • The deal will aim to restore a 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action that gave Iran relief from economic sanctions while asking that Iran limit its nuclear program. (upi.com)
  • Iran has consistently denied seeking nuclear arms and maintains its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. (nbcnews.com)
  • Uranium forms the core of a nuclear bomb if enriched to a high fissile purity. (freebeacon.com)
  • I have concluded that this Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action is the best option available to block Iran from having a nuclear bomb. (go.com)
  • Iran has denied it is seeking a bomb and says it is pursuing nuclear capabilities for peaceful purposes. (pressherald.com)
  • Iran denies it seeks a nuclear bomb. (yahoo.com)
  • This Dimond proposal could help to prevent nuclear war because people are unlikely to bomb their own children. (medscape.com)
  • People are afraid that Iran will eventually have a very large, highly-enriched-uranium plant to produce nuclear weapons on a large scale. (rferl.org)
  • But the Obama administration has come under fire from lawmakers who say the tough trade and financial sanctions should not be eased until Iran agrees to all international demands, including settling once and for all any concerns that it may be trying to produce nuclear weapons. (pressherald.com)
  • On July 31, the UN Security Council passed a resolution calling on Iran to halt its uranium-enrichment activities within a month or face possible sanctions. (rferl.org)
  • Are there any countries with nuclear weapons that have used the uranium-enrichment route? (rferl.org)
  • China had agreed only reluctantly to earlier resolutions after Iran refused to heed a Security Council call to abandon uranium enrichment. (bbc.co.uk)
  • On March 26, the UN Security Council voted unanimously to impose new sanctions against Iran over its unwillingness to halt its uranium enrichment. (globalsecurity.org)
  • 9] Iran reportedly purchased disassembled P-1 centrifuges, centrifuge design information, and blueprints for an enrichment plant from the Khan network in 1987 for $3 million. (nti.org)
  • Diplomats have said that Iran is meeting its commitments under the November deal, under which Iran suspended its higher-grade enrichment and stopped increasing its capacity to produce low-refined uranium, among other steps. (freebeacon.com)
  • The proposal calls for low-enriched uranium produced in Iran to be sent abroad for further enrichment and then returned for use in medical research and treatment. (cnn.com)
  • Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Thursday: 'The cessation of enrichment by Iran is needed and not just the removal of the enriched material. (cnn.com)
  • Iran says it wants peaceful nuclear energy only, but has refused to curb enrichment capacity and has been hit by damaging U.S., EU and U.N. Security Council sanctions. (yahoo.com)
  • The Natanz nuclear site in central Isfahan Province is the country's principal uranium enrichment facility. (nbcnews.com)
  • 10] Again in 1993, Iran allegedly paid the Khan network $3 million for five hundred unassembled P-1 centrifuges, P-2 centrifuge design information, and related materials. (nti.org)
  • In short, foundational work is well underway at KACARE to realize the three essentials to producing HEU: a nuclear fuel fabrication supply chain, the manufacture of centrifuges and related technologies, and the storage of fuel and centrifuges in various stages of usability. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • Since the agreement was signed in July, Iran has shipped 98 percent of its enriched uranium to Russia, dismantled 6,000 centrifuges, reconfigured a heavy water reactor to close the plutonium path to weapons, and agreed to "very intrusive inspections," Nader said. (rand.org)
  • Currently being reviewed by Congress, details of the deal mean that Iran must curb its nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief - remove 98 percent of its stockpile of enriched uranium, dismantle two-thirds of installed centrifuges, and provide "additional access requirements" for nuclear inspectors. (christianpost.com)
  • Kamalvandi said Sunday that work had begun on the complex to produce advanced centrifuges at the Natanz site in 2013, but that construction had stopped because of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. (nbcnews.com)
  • Most nuclear power plants have so-called light-water reactors, which require enriched uranium to fuel them. (rferl.org)
  • But the advantage of heavy-water reactors is that they can use unrefined natural uranium as fuel and uranium can be mined in Iran. (rferl.org)
  • Plutonium, which can be used to make nuclear weapons, emerges as a by-product from both heavy-water and light-water reactors. (rferl.org)
  • 2] The Shah granted Dr. Etemad wide-ranging powers and almost total independence, charging him with purchasing 'turn key' reactors and equipment for a closed nuclear fuel cycle. (nti.org)
  • The European Union has taken the lead in trying to persuade Iran to halt uranium processing in exchange for economic help and a guaranteed supply of fuel for nuclear reactors. (freerepublic.com)
  • After the deal was made, Saudi Arabia warned, once again, that Iran had to use the sanctions relief granted the country as part of the accord solely for peaceful purposes and improving the lives of civilians, "rather than using them to cause turmoil in the region, a matter that will meet a decisive reaction from the nations of the region," it said in a statement. (ibtimes.com)
  • In early March, Gholamreza Aghazadeh, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, said Iran would build nuclear power plants on its own. (globalsecurity.org)
  • The parliament therefore passed the Atomic Energy Act of Iran, creating the bureaucratic and legal authority for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) , which the Shah established in 1973, choosing Dr. Akbar Etemad as its first leader. (nti.org)
  • No doubt, deal will lead Iran to closer relations w/ neighbors, esp Qatar,' Rouhani said on Twitter. (yahoo.com)
  • The deal is a long-lasting victory for Iran," President Hassan Rouhani said in a speech, broadcast live on state TV. (arabnews.com)
  • Following the latest package of UN sanctions on Iran, Russia refused to deliver long sought-after S-300 ground-to-air missiles. (ynetnews.com)
  • Russia has a vital stake in seeing that Iran stays nuclear-free. (pravda.ru)
  • As the June 30 deadline approaches for the P5+1 - a group of nations including the US, Russia and China - and Iran to complete a nuclear agreement, all signs seem to be pointing to the fact that Britain alongside the US and France seem to be caving in on some of their long-standing central demands. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • Natanza is the site for a research nuclear laboratory which studies the nuclear cycle for peaceful purposes. (pravda.ru)
  • Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said at the United Nations on Wednesdaty that the U.N. Security Council should move to sanction Iran, saying the Islamic republic will never abandon its alleged quest for nuclear weapons. (rferl.org)
  • Ahmadinejad has urged the United Nations not to bend to U.S. pressure to punish Iran. (freerepublic.com)
  • The latest development comes as Iran pushes for a United Nations arms embargo against it to be lifted as part of the nuclear deal. (politico.com)
  • Am I stating that we (the US) and many countries in the United Nations should do a complete "about-face" with the handling of North Korea and even Iran? (medscape.com)
  • Defense and Middle East scholars talked about the future of the Iran nuclear agreement. (c-span.org)
  • Iran has conducted defense drills at its sensitive nuclear facilities, a senior commander told media on Sunday, adding that fresh aerial war games will be launched across the country next week. (ynetnews.com)
  • None should doubt that the Saudi scientific community possesses the know-how and technical infrastructure to realize this nuclear defense doctrine. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • I very much worry the Obama administration is willing to accept anuclear Iran, that's why there's this extraordinary pressure on Israelnot to attack in Iran," Bolton told Army Radio. (jpost.com)
  • President Barack Obama speaks about the nuclear deal with Iran, Aug. 5, 2015, at American University in Washington. (go.com)
  • Sen. Barbara Mikulski , D-Md., has announced her support for the Iran nuclear deal, becoming the 34th Democratic senator to back the president, and giving Obama the numbers in the upper chamber to sustain his promised veto of the resolution of disapproval of the deal. (go.com)
  • A new Associated Press-GfK poll gave President Barack Obama lower marks for his dealings with Iran. (pressherald.com)
  • The poll concluded that overall, 42 percent approve of how Obama handles Iran - about the same as 44 percent in December. (pressherald.com)
  • U.S. President Barack Obama said in a CBS television interview there was still a big gap between Iran and Western powers and said a deal could be out of reach. (yahoo.com)
  • Shi'ite power Iran denies interference but has pledged support for the Syrian and Iraqi governments, which are both fighting insurgencies by a variety of Sunni armed groups. (yahoo.com)
  • The nuclear deal negotiated in Vienna between Iran and the world's six leading powers plus the European Union may be the only solution apart from war, according to one national security analyst. (christianpost.com)
  • Many Israelis believe Iran poses an existential threat to the world's only Jewish state. (nbcnews.com)
  • Nov. 29 (UPI) -- For the first time in six months, discussions to revive the Iran nuclear deal began on Monday in Vienna. (upi.com)
  • Israel, which views the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran as a threat, opposes the Vienna plan. (cnn.com)
  • The idea would be to reward Iran for good behavior over the last years of any agreement," said an AP report on the deal. (thedailybeast.com)
  • President Obama's landmark Iran nuclear agreement will survive congressional review. (go.com)
  • He expressed skepticism that Iran would comply with the deal but said the agreement was the best chance for a lasting solution. (c-span.org)
  • Witnesses testified on the details of the Iran nuclear agreement reached in November 2013. (c-span.org)
  • The Iran nuclear deal has been the subject of strong criticism from U.S. presidential candidates, including promises to scrap the agreement in favor of taking a much tougher stance with Iran. (rand.org)
  • Release of the funds also reduces the chance of Iran cheating on the agreement, according to Nader. (rand.org)
  • Nuclear Iran: Historical Agreement or Mistake? (christianpost.com)
  • Marking a new chapter for Iran and it's relationship with the world, a successful agreement will also open the door for Iran to reconcile a feud that spans over three decades with the United States. (christianpost.com)
  • The agreement will be a prologue to a Middle East free of nuclear weapons, especially those of Israel," predicted Amr Moussa, a former secretary-general of the Arab League, Haaretz reported . (ibtimes.com)
  • Then he added: 'Iran is ready to transfer nuclear know-how to the Islamic countries due to their need. (freerepublic.com)
  • Israel says Iran is dedicated to its destruction and supports global terror, in addition to backing Palestinian militants Hamas and Islamic Jihad and Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah. (arabnews.com)
  • Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of Iran, Lebanon, and Pakistan presented their experiences in developing and implementing national assessment tools. (who.int)
  • ABSTRACT Breast cancer is a public health challenge in the Islamic Republic of Iran. (who.int)
  • 1574 women diagnosed with breast cancer from 2002 to 2012 that registered from Cancer Registry in Fars Province, Islamic Republic of Iran. (who.int)
  • Disease Research Centre, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran (Correspondence to: Najaf Zare: [email protected]). (who.int)
  • Robert Malley, the Biden administration's special envoy for Iran, testifies about the Iran nuclear deal on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 25. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • The US intelligence assessment released on Monday said that Iran had halted a nuclear weapons programme in 2003. (bbc.co.uk)
  • The US National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) report had said with "high confidence" that it believed Iran had halted its nuclear weapons programme in 2003, but that it was continuing to enrich uranium. (bbc.co.uk)
  • However, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that there was no proof that Iran has ever run a nuclear weapons programme. (bbc.co.uk)
  • Data that we have seen don't allow us to say with certainty that Iran has ever had a nuclear weapons programme," Mr Lavrov said. (bbc.co.uk)
  • 2013-12-10T13:05:48-05:00 https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvYTdlXC8yMDEzMTIxMDEzMzYzNjEwMDNfaGQuanBnIiwiZWRpdHMiOnsicmVzaXplIjp7ImZpdCI6ImNvdmVyIiwiaGVpZ2h0Ijo1MDZ9fX0= Secretary of State John Kerry testified on the recent nuclear deal with Iran. (c-span.org)
  • Secretary of State John Kerry testified on the recent nuclear deal with Iran. (c-span.org)
  • Ahmadinejad repeated promises that Iran will not develop nuclear weapons, the report said. (freerepublic.com)
  • President Biden reiterated travel warnings to U.S. citizens on Monday after the release of five American prisoners from Iran. (yahoo.com)
  • meanwhile, the Biden administration says it will only lift sanctions if Iran reverses its JCPOA breaches first. (cnbc.com)
  • Powell also said Iran faces possible UN Security Council action if it does not respond to international concerns over its nuclear activities by November. (rferl.org)
  • The United States and European countries warned last week that Iran was running out of time to freeze uranium processing or face referral to the U.N. Security Council for consideration of punitive sanctions. (freerepublic.com)
  • Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told the U.N. Security Council last Tuesday that Iran was developing a new centrifuge that would be able to enrich uranium up to 50 times faster than it currently can. (nbcnews.com)
  • However, Iran began investing more heavily in nuclear technology again following the Iran-Iraq War, working to develop an indigenous nuclear fuel cycle capability. (nti.org)
  • OBJECTIVES: This study focuses on assessing the affordability of medications used for chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and cystic fibrosis (CF) in Iran, specifically on the category R medicines listed in the 2017 Iran drug list (IDL) that are used for the treatment of these diseases, based on the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) drug code. (bvsalud.org)
  • Cite this: There Is No Medical Response to Nuclear War - Medscape - Oct 12, 2017. (medscape.com)
  • This edition of The Debate speaks about Iran s decision to continue stopping nuclear commitments as long as it does not receive any benefits. (presstv.ir)
  • The United States and others have accused Iran of trying to develop atomic arms in violation of its commitments under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. (freerepublic.com)
  • Vienna, Austria (CNN) -- Iran said Friday it needs more time to decide whether to sign onto a deal that could help end the international showdown over its nuclear activities. (cnn.com)
  • Speaking to Press TV, Soltanieh said that while Iran considers the Vienna plan, it wants the other parties to weigh in on the other proposal. (cnn.com)
  • Congressional opponents of the deal would have needed a two-thirds majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate in order to override Obama's veto of the Resolution of Disapproval, which would have prevented the administration from lifting some Congressional sanctions on Iran. (go.com)
  • In the best of all possible worlds, Obama's apparent success with Iran would open new paths to Arab-Israeli peace," Miller wrote. (ibtimes.com)
  • As part of the campaign, UANI erected a roadside billboard near the company's headquarters in Peoria, Illinois which pictured a Caterpillar digger alongside a picture of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with the slogan "Today's work, Tomorrow's Nuclear Iran. (wikipedia.org)
  • Mr Ahmadinejad made his televised speech in front of thousands of people during a visit to Ilam province in western Iran. (bbc.co.uk)
  • Make no mistake, the nuclear issue is intricately connected to the presidential election, because right now there are too many factions opposed to any deal under Ahmadinejad," says Mohammad Ali Shabani, a doctoral researcher at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London . (minnpost.com)
  • Western countries suspect Iran has secretly attempted to acquire the means to build nuclear weapons. (yahoo.com)
  • A protestor holds a placard during a demonstration and rally opposing the nuclear deal with Iran in Times Square, July 22, 2015. (christianpost.com)
  • A woman holds a placard as she joins several thousand other protesters to demonstrate during a rally opposing the nuclear deal with Iran in Times Square, July 22, 2015. (christianpost.com)
  • And the leadership that we see out of D.C., the way things have been conducted with Syria … I don't believe (the president) has the leadership skills to deal with Iran. (pressherald.com)
  • It would not be impossible for a deal with Iran to help bring about peace between Israel and Palestine, Aaron David Miller, a former U.S. State Department advisor, wrote in April, months before a final deal was brokered, for the Daily Beast. (ibtimes.com)
  • Natanz is monitored by inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N. nuclear watchdog. (nbcnews.com)
  • Iran often accuses its rivals - including the U.S., Israel and Saudi Arabia - of trying to undermine its rule. (ynetnews.com)
  • Saudi Arabia had previously warned against a nuclear deal with its sworn enemy Iran. (ibtimes.com)