Iran open to future nuclear talks
Tehran, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Iran is open to future negotiations on obtaining access to Medical-grade Uranium, but will produce its own if necessary, the nation's nuclear envoy said. Iran last week rejected a deal brokered by the International Atomic Energy Agency to send low-enriched Uranium overseas to be turned into fuel for a Medical Research reactor in Tehran. Iranian officials, however, are willing to work with the IAEA to explore other ways for Iran to obtain Medical isotopes, Ali Asghar...

IAEA report confirms "peaceful nature" of Iran's nuclear program: spokesman
    Tehran, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- An Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said Tuesday the report released by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Chief Mohamed ElBaradei shows the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear activities, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.     "As predicted, Mr. ElBaradei has reconfirmed that Iran's nuclear activities have not been diverted from peaceful purposes and no Military activities have been seen in Iran's...

Obama warns Iran over its "no" to nuclear deal
Iran’s leadership is maintaining a defiant attitude towards the international community after rejecting a nuclear deal from the UN’s atomic watch dog. The five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany are meeting in Brussels today to discuss the standoff. While in South Korea, US President Barack Obama warned Iran of consequences for its failure to respond positively to the IAEA’s proposals. The US leader said: “Our expectation is that, over the next...

UN nuclear chief in secret talks with Iran over deal to end sanctions
United Nations and Iranian officials have been secretly negotiating a deal to persuade world powers to lift sanctions and allow Tehran to retain the bulk of its nuclear programme in return for co-operation with UN inspectors. According to a draft document seen by The Times , the 13-point agreement was drawn up in September by Mohamed ElBaradei, the directorgeneral of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in an effort to break the stalemate over Iran’s nuclear programme before he...

Report: Iran begins large-scale air defense war games to protect nuclear facilities
Tehran, Iran — Iran on Sunday began large-scale Air defense war games aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from attack, state TV reported, as an Air Force commander boasted the country could deter any Military strike by Israel. It said the five-day drill will cover an area a third of the size of Iran and spread across the central, western and southern parts of the country. Gen. Ahmad Mighani, head of an Air Force unit in charge of responding to threats to Iran's Air space, said...

UN Nuclear Chief Urges Iran to Send Uranium Abroad: PHOTO
Mohamed ElBaradei says he hopes Iran will not miss what he calls "unique but fleeting opportunity" to send uranium abroad for further enrichment. He spoke as officials from Germany and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council prepared to hold talks in Brussels on Iran's nuclear program. VOA News 20 November 2009 Photo: AP Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), at a news conference in Berlin, 20 Nov 2009 Share This Related Articles The...

Dismay at Iran nuclear response
Senior officials from six world powers have expressed disappointment at Iran's response to an offer of a deal intended to delay its potential ability to make nuclear bombs and have urged Tehran to reconsider the proposal. Iran is seeking further guarantees regarding the deal which was put forward following talks hosted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Geneva on October 1.

Major World Powers Dislike Nuclear Response From Iran: PHOTO
Deal brokered by IAEA would have helped easew fears that Tehran was trying to build Nuclear Weapons Paris | Lisa Bryant 20 November 2009 Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), gestures during a news conference in Berlin, Germany Share This Related Articles The United States and five leading world powers meeting in Brussels expressed disappointment Friday that Iran had not accepted a uranium enrichment offer, even as the...

ElBaradei urges Iran to agree fuel deal by year end
By Dave Graham BERLIN (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief urged Iran on Friday to accept an offer to process its Enriched Uranium abroad by the end of 2009 and advised Western powers not to impose further sanctions on Tehran. Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said a plan brokered by the IAEA in which Iran would send low-enriched Uranium to Russia and France for conversion into fuel for a Tehran medical reactor was a rare chance to defuse...

UN presses Iran on nuclear site
The UN's nuclear watchdog says it needs "more clarification" about the purpose of a previously undeclared Iranian nuclear site near the city of Qom. The International Atomic Energy Agency also said in a new report the delayed declaration of the plant raised concern about other possible secret sites.

Sources: Iran nuclear facility is 7 years old
Vienna -- Iran's recently revealed uranium enrichment hall is a highly fortified underground space that is a year away from completion after fitful construction that first started seven years ago, diplomats told The Associated Press on Thursday. The diplomats also said that a recent inspection of the facility near the holy city of Qom by the International Atomic Energy Agency has reinforced suspicions that it could have been planned as part of a secret Military nuclear program. Iran says it...

UN: Once-Secret Iran Nuclear Facility To Start In 2011
Vienna — Iranian technicians have moved highly sophisticated technical equipment into a previously secret Uranium enrichment site in preparation for starting it up in 2011, the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a new report Monday. The report offered no estimate of the new plant's capabilities but a senior international official familiar with the watchdog agency's work in Iran said that it appeared designed to produce about a ton of Enriched Uranium a year. That would be enough...

Iran says UN watchdog has cleared nuclear program - Yahoo! News
Tehran, Iran – Iran 's Nuclear envoy denied Tuesday that the U.N. inspectors' tour of its recently revealed uranium enrichment site has turned up any evidence that the Islamic republic is seeking Nuclear Weapons . While the International Atomic Energy Agency report offered no estimate of the facility's capacity, analysts familiar with the agency's work said it appeared to be capable of producing enough material for a warhead but too little for a civilian reactor. Ali Asghar Soltanieh ,...

Iran begins war games to protect nuclear sites
Tehran, Iran (AP) - Iran on Sunday began large-scale Air defense war games aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from attack, state TV reported, as an Air Force commander boasted the country could deter any Military strike by Israel. It said the five-day drill will cover an area a third of the size of Iran and spread across the central, western and southern parts of the country. Gen. Ahmad Mighani, head of an Air Force unit in charge of responding to threats to Iran’s Air space, said...

The Associated Press: Iran begins war games to protect nuclear sites
Tehran, Iran — Iran's state TV says the country has begun large-scale Air defense war games aimed at protecting nuclear facilities against any possible attack. The Sunday report says the five-day drill will cover an area a third of the size of Iran and spread across the central, western and southern parts of the country. Gen. Ahmad Mighani, head of an Air Force unit that deals with threats to Iran's Air space, said Saturday the war games would cover regions where Iran's nuclear...

Iran Begins Protecting Nuclear Sites: PHOTO
Tehran, Iran - Iran on Sunday began large-scale Air defense war games aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from attack, state TV reported, as an Air Force commander boasted the country could deter any Military strike by Israel. It said the five-day drill will cover an area a third of the size of Iran and spread across the central, western and southern parts of the country. Gen. Ahmad Mighani, head of an Air Force unit in charge of responding to threats to Iran's Air space, said Saturday...

Iran launches war games to protect nuclear sites
Tehran (Reuters) - Iran's armed forces launched large-scale air defense war games on Sunday to show off the country's deterrence capabilities in the face of pressure from the West over its Nuclear program . The display of Military muscle comes at a time of rising tension between Iran and six major powers, which fear Tehran's Nuclear program is aimed at producing Nuclear Weapons. Tehran denies this is the program's purpose.

IAEA head to Iran: Accept enrichment offer
November 22, 2009 WASHINGTON (JTA) -- The head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog encouraged Iran to accept an offer to process its Enriched Uranium abroad, but also said he opposed additional sanctions if it did not. "I would hope definitely that we'll get an agreement before the end of the year," said Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, at a news conference in Berlin Friday, reported Reuters. "I believe frankly the ball is very...

The Atomic Rulebook: Iran and IAEA Safeguard Violations
A Page From History, And The Atomic Rulebook IAEA Board of Governors meeting. Photo Credit: Dean Calma/ IAEA Imagebank On December 8, 1953, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed that there should be an international, independent , Nuclear watchdog agency, an organization to monitor "the dread secret and the fearful engines of atomic might...". Thus, in 1957 , the International Atomic Energy Agency, or IAEA was born. It has evolved and expanded over the years to include 150 member states ,...

Iran Begins War Games to Protect Nuclear Sites: PHOTO
Gen. Ahmad Mighani, head of an Air Force unit in charge of responding to threats to Iran's Air space, said Saturday the war games would cover regions where Iran's nuclear facilities are located.

Why Iran's Opposition Movement Complicates Nuclear Talks
After more than five months of going it alone, Iran's opposition Green Movement is reaching out to the United States for help. Via public and private channels, the Obama Administration has received several appeals in recent weeks to take a stronger stand against Human-rights abuses in Iran, avoid Military action and impose more aggressive and rapid-fire sanctions against the Revolutionary Guards and its vast business interests.

Iran launches war games to protect nuclear sites
Iran's armed forces launched large-scale air defence war games on Sunday to show off the country's deterrence capabilities in the face of pressure from the West over its nuclear programme.

Iran begins war games to protect nuclear sites
Iran on Sunday began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting the country's nuclear facilities against any possible attack, state television reported.