Islamabad, Dec.30 (ANI) : Pakistan has denied reports suggesting that it had transferred nuclear know-how’s to North Korea .
Referring to an article published in The Washington Post on December 28 titled,”Pakistani scientist depicts [...]
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Iran again rejects deadline on uranium enrichment exchange
Tehran, Dec 30 (DPA) Iran Tuesday again rejected a deadline for the end of this year set by the world powers on a uranium enrichment deal.
‘Actually we have a deadline and our deadline is that if no proper response is received (from the world powers) on the deal, then we will go on with further [...]
Iranian missile test undermines confidence: US
Washington, Dec 17 (DPA) Iran’s test of a medium-range missile raises questions about Tehran’s peaceful ambitions in the region and the nature of its nuclear programme, the US State Department said Wednesday.
Iran announced that it had successfully tested an upgraded Sejil 2 missile, which has a range of more than 2,000 kilometres, enough to hit [...]
Secret document exposes Iran’s nuclear trigger
Washington, Dec.14 (ANI): Confidential intelligence documents show that Iran is working on testing a key final component of a nuclear bomb.
According to The Times, which accessed the documents related to Iran’s most sensitive military nuclear project, found a four-year plan to test a neutron initiator, the component of [...]
India has taken careful note of IAEA resolution on Iran: Sources
Port of Spain, Nov.27 (ANI): Explaining its position on why it supported the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) resolution to prevent Iran from developing a uranium-enrichment facility in secrecy, official sources in the Indian delegation accompanying Prime MinisterManmohan [...]
Tehran threatens to enrich uranium locally if IAEA deal fails
Tehran, Nov 24 (DPA) Tehran has warned that if a uranium exchange deal proposed by the international community failed, Iran would enrich uranium by itself, the official news agency IRNA reported.
‘If the uranium for the Tehran reactor is not provided via the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), then we will perform the enrichment process at [...]
Iran rejects compromise deal, will not send uranium abroad
Tehran, Nov 18 (DPA) Iran will not send its enriched uranium abroad for further processing, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Wednesday, rejecting an internationally negotiated compromise deal.
Talking to the ISNA news agency, Mottaki said that Iran would, however, consider a nuclear fuel swap inside the country.
Mottaki gave no details, but Iranian experts believe Tehran [...]
IAEA inspects Syrian reactor for second time
Vienna, Nov 18 (DPA) The world’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), conducted a second inspection of a Syrian reactor Tuesday – a day after the agency made clear it was not satisfied with Syria’s explanation about uranium particles found there.
The IAEA is trying to find out whether the country has a covert [...]
Iran may have more secret nuclear facilities, warns IAEA
London, Nov. 17 (ANI): The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said that Iran may have more secret nuclear sites apart from the recently revealed construction site at Qom.
The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog raised suspicions after inspectors were given access to the uranium enrichment plant under construction in a mountain near the city of Qom.
An [...]
New Iran site raises question about other secret locations: IAEA
Vienna, Nov 16 (DPA) Iran’s late declaration of a new nuclear site raises the question whether there are other still secret facilities, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Monday in its latest report on the Islamic state.
Iran informed the Vienna-based IAEA in September that it has been constructing an additional uranium enrichment plant in [...]
Iran may have tested advanced nuclear warhead design: IAEA
London, Nov 6(ANI): The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said that it has found evidence about Iran testing its advanced nuclear warhead design.
In a report titled “Possible Military Dimensions of Iran’s Nuclear Program” the IAEA says it has also [...]
More nuclear talks needed with Iran: IAEA
Vienna, Oct 29 (DPA) Iran has provided an ‘initial response’ to a planned international nuclear fuel deal, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed Thursday, adding that more consultations were needed.
Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran’s ambassador to the IAEA, said his country had a positive approach to the deal but that it asked for ‘important technical [...]
IAEA team inspects Iran’s new nuclear plant
Tehran, Oct 25 (IANS) A team of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Sunday inspected Iran’s new uranium enrichment plant near the city of Qom Sunday, media reports said.
The inspectors of the Vienna-based organistion will stay in the country till Tuesday, Xinhua reported.
Last month, Iran confirmed that it is building a new nuclear fuel enrichment [...]
Nuclear talks held up by Iran’s rejection of France
Vienna, Oct 20 (DPA) Multilateral talks on processing Iran’s uranium abroad were held up Tuesday by Tehran’s refusal to accept France as a direct partner in a deal, according to a source close to the talks.
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said in Tehran that Tuesday his country does not want France at the Vienna talks, [...]
Iran to increase uranium enrichment if Vienna talks fail
Tehran/Vienna, Oct 19 (DPA) Iran will independently enrich uranium to levels beyond what is needed for basic power generation if talks in Vienna on a plan to process the country’s nuclear fuel abroad fail, the spokesman of the Iranian Atomic Organisation stressed Monday.
Ali Shirzadian spoke in Tehran ahead of Monday’s multilateral meeting at the International [...]
Dhaka seeks to hasten nuclear deal with Russia
Dhaka, Oct 13 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will send a team of top officials Saturday to speed up negotiations with Russia for setting up nuclear power plants.
At her cabinet meeting Monday, she asked officials to expedite ongoing negotiations with Moscow for the country’s lone power project at Rooppur in Pabna district in northern [...]
Israel’s nukes most serious threat to Middle East: ElBaradei
Tehran, Oct 5 (IANS) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohamed ElBaradei has said Israel’s nuclear arsenal is the most serious threat to the region, Mehr news agency reported.
Tel Aviv has not granted IAEA inspectors access to its nuclear facilities for the past 30 years. Israel is the only country in the Middle East that [...]
Iran has sufficient data to produce an atom bomb: IAEA report
New York, Oct 4 (ANI): Iran has acquired sufficient information to be able to design and produce a workable atom bomb, according to a confidential analysis by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The report, titled “Possible Military Dimensions of Iran’s Nuclear Program,” was produced in consultation with a range of nuclear weapons experts inside and [...]
ElBaradei in Iran for talks over nuclear issue
Tehran, Oct 3 (Xinhua) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei arrived in Iran Saturday for talks with Iranian officials over Tehran’s nuclear programme, Iran’s state radio reported.
During his stay in Iran, ElBaradei will meet Iranian officials and discuss Iran’s nuclear programme with them, the report said.
According to Iran’s English-language satellite channel Press [...]
India thanks IAEA chief for getting nuclear agreement through
New Delhi, Oct 1 (ANI): Visiting Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohammad El-Baradei called on External Affairs Minister S.M Krishna here on Wednesday.
Talking to reporters after meeting El-Baradei, Krishna said the visit gave India an opportunity to thank El-Baradei for his help in getting the safeguard agreement through at [...]
India to honour ElBaradei with Indira prize Wednesday
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) A year after the world ended its nuclear isolation, it’s payback time for India. President Pratibha Patil will honour United Nations nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei Wednesday for his ’steadfast espousal of the peaceful uses of nuclear energy’.
Patil will confer the 2008 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development [...]
Iran reveals second uranium enrichment plant to IAEA
Vienna, Sep 25 (DPA) Iran has told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) it is constructing a second, so far unknown uranium-enrichment facility, diplomats in Vienna said Friday.
Until now the international community was only aware of the operating enrichment plant in Natanz, which some countries fear could one day be used to make material for [...]
IAEA members agree on call for nuclear free Mideast
Vienna, Sep 18 (DPA) Member states of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) agreed Thursday to call for a Middle East free of nuclear arms, with more countries supporting the resolution than last year.
At the IAEA’s annual general conference, 103 countries voted in favour, none against. Only four abstained – including the US and Israel. [...]
India, Mongolia likely to ink atomic energy pact
New Delhi, Sep.12 (ANI): After signing civil nuclear cooperation pacts with the United States, Russia, France and Kazakhstan, India is likely to ink another bilateral atomic energy cooperation agreement with Mongolia which boasts of having nearly six percent of [...]
