Iranian nuclear scientist killed in car bombing
January 11th, 2012 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Jan 11 (IANS) A car bombing in Tehran killed a nuclear scientist Wednesday, the latest in a string of attacks against such scientists in Iran, media reports said.A motorcyclist ... Read more...
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Iran starts uranium enrichment at new n-plant
January 9th, 2012 - 12:51 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, Jan 8 (IANS) Iran has begun enriching uranium at its new nuclear plant near the Qom city, Xinhua reported Sunday.The Fordo enrichment facility will start operating soon, the Kayhan ... Read more...
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Was India A.Q. Khan’s mysterious fourth customer?
December 22nd, 2011 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 22 (IANS) A US arms control expert has made the astonishing claim that India may have been the mysterious fourth customer of Pakistan's notorious nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer ... Read more...
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Russian reactors at Kudankulam not under civil liability law: Official
November 14th, 2011 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 14 (IANS) Russian atomic power plant supplier Atomstroyexport will not be governed by India's civil nuclear liability law for the two 1000 MW reactors installed at the Kudankulam ... Read more...
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Tests conducted on Iran’s n-plant turbines
August 24th, 2011 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Aug 24 (IANS) The turbines of Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant were successfully tested, the country's atomic energy chief said Wednesday.The turbines were successfully tested Tuesday at the speed ... Read more...
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Iran to recruit hacker warriors for its Cyber Army to combat enemy counterparts
March 15th, 2011 - 4:20 pm ICT by ANI
Tehran, Mar 15 (ANI): Iran is planning to recruit hackers to combat enemies after suffering last year's coordinated and sophisticated cyberattacks that reportedly crippled its Natanz nuclear enrichment facility.Fox News quoted Brigadier ... Read more...
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‘China blocks North Korea nuclear report’
February 24th, 2011 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 24 (IANS) China refused to allow the release of a report by a UN expert panel on the findings of a new uranium enrichment plant in North Korea, a media ... Read more...
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US hints at renewing nuke talks if ‘right signals’ emanated from North Korea
January 15th, 2011 - 4:24 pm ICT by ANI
Seoul, Jan 15 (ANI): US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has reportedly hinted that America might be willing to renew nuclear talks with North Korea without preconditions, if the right signals emanated from ... Read more...
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Declassified documents reveal US failure to stop Pak’s nuke programme
December 24th, 2010 - 4:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington/Islamabad, Dec. 24 (ANI): Recently declassified U.S. Government documents from the Jimmy Carter era reveal how Washington made persistent attempts to roll back Pakistan's nuclear programme, despite resistance from then Prime minister ... Read more...
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Iran recruiting scientists to work on its nuke weapons programme
December 23rd, 2010 - 1:54 pm ICT by ANI
Tehran, Dec 23 (ANI): Iran is reportedly recruiting scientists from across the world to lure them to work on its nuclear weapons programme.The Telegraph quoted Iranian officials as saying that their ... Read more...
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Burma taking North Korea’s help to build secret nuclear sites: Wikileaks
December 10th, 2010 - 2:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 10 (ANI): Scores of secret US diplomatic cables released by the Whistleblower website 'Wikileaks' have revealed that witnesses in Burma had claimed to have seen evidence of secret nuclear and ... Read more...
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Obama criticises Jintao over not condemning North Korea’s provocative actions openly
December 7th, 2010 - 3:02 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 7 (ANI): US President Barack Obama has reportedly criticised his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao during a telephonic conversation between the two leaders, saying that Beijing was emboldening North Korea ... Read more...
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S. Korean defence minister resigns over slow response to N. Korean shelling of island
November 26th, 2010 - 2:24 pm ICT by ANI
Seoul (S.Korea), Nov.26 (ANI): South Korea's Defence Minister Kim Tae-Young has resigned amid angry criticism of the response to the North Korean attack on Yeonpyeong island.In the North Korean artillery bombardment, ... Read more...
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North Korea could make two nuclear bombs per year, warns scientist
November 24th, 2010 - 6:37 pm ICT by ANI
Pyongyang, Nov 24 (ANI): North Korea, which carried out attacks on the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong yesterday, could make one or two bombs' worth of enriched uranium per year once the ... Read more...
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‘New revelation testifies N. Korea trying to build atomic weapons’
November 22nd, 2010 - 7:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 22 (ANI): Senior US defense officials have said the revelation of North Korea's new uranium enrichment facility is testimony to the fact that the country is to building atomic weapons.Robert ... Read more...
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US ‘disturbed’ over Iran’s race towards nuke weapons capability
February 19th, 2010 - 7:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 19(ANI): A senior Obama administration official has said that the United States is worried over the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) report on Iran's nuclear program.The official underlined the seriousness ... Read more...
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‘Defiant’ Iran announces plans to build ten new uranium enrichment plants
November 30th, 2009 - 3:41 pm ICT by ANI
Tehran, Nov 30(ANI): Two days after world powers ordered Iran to halt the construction of a uranium enrichment plant near Qom, Iran has announced that it has plans to build ten new ... Read more...
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Careful note taken of IAEA resolution on Iran, say official sources
November 27th, 2009 - 11:05 pm ICT by ANI
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 ... Read more...
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India votes against Iran nuclear program, Pakistan abstains
November 27th, 2009 - 9:23 pm ICT by ANI
Vienna (Austria), Nov.27 (ANI): India on Friday supported the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN nuclear watchdog's governing body's resolution that prevents Iran from developing a uranium-enrichment facility in secrecy.On ... Read more...
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UN nuclear inspectors arrive in Iran
October 25th, 2009 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Oct 25 (RIA Novosti) Four UN nuclear inspectors arrived in Iran early Sunday to inspect the country's second uranium enrichment facility.
The delegation from the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy ... Read more...
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UN nuclear inspectors to visit Iran Saturday
October 23rd, 2009 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Oct 23 (RIA Novosti) UN nuclear inspectors are expected to arrive in Iran Saturday to inspect the country's second uranium enrichment facility near the city of Qom, a media report said.
Iran's ... Read more...
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Iran accuses U.S. after nuke scientist vanishes
October 8th, 2009 - 6:17 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Tehran, Oct 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Iran’s top nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri who went on a pilgrimage has vanished from the face of the earth. So his parent country, worried about his whereabouts ... Read more...
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Israel’s nukes most serious threat to Middle East: ElBaradei
October 5th, 2009 - 7:53 am ICT by IANS
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 ... Read more...
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ElBaradei in Iran for talks over nuclear issue
October 4th, 2009 - 12:58 am ICT by IANS
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.
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Six countries, Tehran to discuss Iran’s nuclear programme in Geneva
October 1st, 2009 - 3:29 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Oct 1 (RIA Novosti) Six countries Russia, Britain, China, France, Germany and the US are meeting Iran in Geneva later Thursday for talks on Iran's nuclear programme and its second uranium ... Read more...
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Iran’s missile tests are a provocation, US says
September 29th, 2009 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 29 (DPA) Iran's move to test-fire missiles over the weekend has met with international criticism, with the US saying they fit into Tehran's pattern of provocation.
White House spokesperson Robert Gibbs ... Read more...
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Israel thinks revelation of Iran’s secret N-site would block its nuclear bomb ambitions
September 27th, 2009 - 5:00 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, Sep. 27 (ANI): Israel thinks that the revelation of a clandestine uranium enrichment site in Iran will trigger the international community to act more forcefully to prevent the Islamic republic from ... Read more...
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Russia’s Medvedev calls on Iran to cooperate with the IAEA
September 26th, 2009 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 26 (DPA) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called on Iran to allow immediate inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of the Islamic republic's second uranium enrichment facility, Russian media ... Read more...
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Security Council call to join NPT not directed at India: PM
September 26th, 2009 - 10:06 am ICT by IANS
Pittsburgh, Sep 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that the UN Security Council resolution asking all countries to join the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) is not targeted at India ... Read more...
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Iran reveals second uranium enrichment plant to IAEA
September 25th, 2009 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
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 ... Read more...
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IAEA report positive, Western charges political, says Iran
September 1st, 2009 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Sep 1 (DPA) Iran's nuclear chief Ali-Akbar Salehi termed the latest report by the UN nuclear watchdog as positive and rejected continued Western charges over a possible nuclear weapons programme ... Read more...
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Slight decrease in uranium enrichment by Iran: IAEA
August 29th, 2009 - 1:43 am ICT by IANS
Vienna, Aug 29 (DPA) The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) increased its pressure on Iran to prove it had not done work related to nuclear weapons, in a report published Friday ... Read more...
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Iran ready for talks without preconditions: Official
August 18th, 2009 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 18 (RIA Novosti) Iran is ready to hold talks on its nuclear programme with the West without any preconditions, a senior Iranian official said Tuesday.
"Iran's main position on talks regarding ... Read more...
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Iran’s nuclear threat ‘real, dangerous’: Russian analyst
March 13th, 2009 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 13 (RIA Novosti) Russia and the West would be making a big mistake if they ignored or underestimated the potential missile and nuclear threat coming from Iran, a Russian military ... Read more...
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Iran has enough fissile material to produce up to 50 nuclear weapons: Report
March 5th, 2009 - 12:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 5 (ANI): Iran has ready access to enough fissile material to produce up to 50 nuclear weapons and can develop a nuclear bomb within a year, according to a ... Read more...
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