IAEA wants Iran to comply without delay on n-issue
September 14th, 2012 - 9:21 am ICT by IANS
Vienna, Sep 14 (IANS) The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has approved a resolution, urging Iran to comply with its obligations on nuclear issue while expressing "serious concern" over Tehran's ... Read more...
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Iran is enriching uranium at secret site, says UN
February 25th, 2012 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 25 (IANS) The UN nuclear watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said Iran must address "serious concerns" about "possible military dimensions" to its nuclear programme after significantly ... Read more...
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US making powerful bomb to hit Iran: Report
January 28th, 2012 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 28 (IANS) The Pentagon has stepped up efforts to make a bomb capable of destroying Iran's most heavily fortified underground facilities, the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday."The 30,000-pound ... Read more...
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WSJ: U.S. military seeks more powerful bomb against Iran
January 28th, 2012 - 7:01 pm ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- The U.S. military has made a secret request for additional funding to upgrade its largest conventional bomb because it is not yet capable of destroying Iran's most ... Read more...
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Iran starts enriching uranium to 20 percent
January 10th, 2012 - 7:44 am ICT by IANS
Moscow/Washington, Jan 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has confirmed that Iran has started enriching uranium to the 20-percent level, which can easily be turned into fissile ... Read more...
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Iran’s n-plant to reach full capacity in February
January 8th, 2012 - 11:54 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) An underground nuclear power plant in Iran will achieve full generation capacity in early February, the country's atomic chief was quoted by an Iranian newspaper ... Read more...
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Ahmadinejad threatens to send US to the ‘morgue’
July 21st, 2011 - 8:35 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, July 21 (IANS/AKI) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has threatened to destroy the US and Israel and send them to the "morgue" if Iran is put on the defensive."Resistance will ... Read more...
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Cyber weapon Stuxnet targeted for Iran, but can be turned on US: Experts
February 1st, 2011 - 4:47 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Feb.1 (ANI): The world's most powerful cyber weapon may have been originally designed to attack Iran's nuclear program, but it could also be manipulated the cause catastrophic damage to any ... Read more...
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Now, a possible Biblical clue to slow down Iran’s race for nuke weapon
September 30th, 2010 - 5:18 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Sept.30 (ANI): Cyber defense experts in the United States and Israel have reportedly found a way to slow Iran's race for a nuclear weapon, but the report is still said ... Read more...
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Iran to build one more n-plant
August 16th, 2010 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Aug 16 (IANS) Iran will build a nuclear enrichment plant in 2011, Iranian state-run Press TV reported Monday.
Studies to find sites to set up 10 other plants have concluded, head of ... Read more...
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Iran vows to keep enriching uranium, defying new UN curbs
June 10th, 2010 - 12:11 am ICT by IANS
Vienna, June 9 (DPA) A senior Iranian diplomat said Wednesday his country would continue its controversial uranium enrichment process, defying new UN Security Council measures aimed at halting Iran's nuclear programme.
"The enrichment ... Read more...
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India-Iran should have close ties: Ahmadinejad (Lead)
May 18th, 2010 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, May 18 (IANS) Contemporary world situation calls for close cooperation between India and Iran, Iranian President Mahmdoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday, adding both countries "should not neglect the present opportunities to replace ... Read more...
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Iran to increase enriched uranium production by 20 percent
February 9th, 2010 - 4:31 am ICT by BNO News
VIENNA, AUSTRIA (BNO NEWS) – Iran on Monday informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that it would increase its enriched uranium production to up to 20 percent, compacting further international tension.The ... Read more...
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Iran to build 10 nuke enrichment sites within one year
February 8th, 2010 - 3:29 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Feb 8 (DPA) Iran claimed that it would build 10 new enrichment sites within one year, the state media reported Monday.
The head of the Iranian Atomic Organisation, Ali-Akbar Salehi, said the ... Read more...
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No more talks over nuclear dispute: Ahmadinejad
December 2nd, 2009 - 6:37 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, Dec 2 (DPA) There will be no more talks over the nuclear dispute despite the latest resolution by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said.
"As far as ... Read more...
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Iran wants to build 10 more uranium enrichment sites
November 30th, 2009 - 11:49 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, Nov 30 (DPA) Iran's government has ordered construction of 10 more uranium enrichment sites, the ISNA news agency reported.
Construction of five of the sites at existing locations should start within the ... Read more...
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Iran issues threats after IAEA resolution (Lead, changing dateline)
November 27th, 2009 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS
By Albert Otti
Vienna, Nov 27 (DPA) The row over Iran's nuclear programme came one step closer to escalating Friday, as the country threatened to reduce its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy ... Read more...
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Iran warns IAEA against using ‘language of force’
November 27th, 2009 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Nov 27 (DPA) Iran warned the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Friday not to use threatening language against Tehran, as the UN nuclear guardian's board was set to take action on ... Read more...
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Pressure mounts on Iran at ElBaradei’s final IAEA board meeting (Lead)
November 26th, 2009 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Vienna, Nov 26 (DPA) International pressure mounted on Iran Thursday at a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna at which six world powers sought a vote on a ... Read more...
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Iran threatens IAEA ahead of inspection of new site
November 19th, 2009 - 4:10 am ICT by IANS
Vienna, Nov 19 (DPA) An Iranian diplomat threatened Wednesday to withhold cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency's probe of a new nuclear site if the IAEA pushes too hard for information, ... 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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IAEA inspectors in Iran for new nuclear inspection
October 25th, 2009 - 6:49 am ICT by IANS
Vienna/Tehran, Oct 25 (DPA) A team of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors arrived in Tehran Saturday night to visit a new nuclear site south of the Iranian capital that has created ... Read more...
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Iran to increase uranium enrichment if Vienna talks fail
October 19th, 2009 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
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 ... Read more...
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Israel hands over list of Russian scientist helping Iran nuke operation to Moscow
October 4th, 2009 - 2:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct. 4 (ANI): Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has handed over a list and evidence to Moscow, showing that some Russian scientists have been helping Iran to develop a nuclear bomb.Netanyahu's ... Read more...
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Iran nuke site said to be inside a mountain
September 30th, 2009 - 1:57 pm ICT by ANI
Tehran, Sep.30 (ANI): Iranian Vice President and head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi has revealed that one of its uranium enrichment facilities is inside a mountain ... Read more...
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A.Q. Khan silent on proliferation letter
September 24th, 2009 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 24 (IANS) Abdul Qadeer Khan, the disgraced scientist who mentored Pakistan's nuclear programme, has declined to comment on the veracity of a letter he is supposed to have written ... 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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IAEA meet in wake of Iran election
June 15th, 2009 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
Vienna, June 15 (DPA) Diplomats gathered in Vienna Monday for a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the stalemate with Iran over its nuclear programme - just days after ... Read more...
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Iran has understated its uranium capacities by a third, say IAEA inspectors
February 20th, 2009 - 4:21 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb.20 (ANI): Atomic inspectors have found that Iran recently understated by a third how much uranium it has enriched. The officials also declared for the first time that the amount ... Read more...
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Backward Madhya Pradesh region gets Rs.180 bn investment
April 26th, 2008 - 4:12 pm ICT by admin
Bhopal, April 26 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh's Bundelkhand region may soon shake off its 'backward' tag as projects worth nearly Rs.180 billion are slated to come up, agreements for which have been signed ... Read more...
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Iran to build second enrichment plant by March 2009
April 9th, 2008 - 10:27 pm ICT by admin
RIA Novosti
Tehran, April 9 (RIA Novosti) Iran will build another uranium processing plant by next March, a deputy head of the country's nuclear energy organization said Wednesday. "A second plant will be ... Read more...
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