Iran arrests suspects over n-scientists’ murders
June 15th, 2012 - 9:33 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, June 15 (IANS) Iran's intelligence ministry has announced the capture of a number of prime suspects in the killings of two of the country's nuclear scientists.The ministry said the ... Read more...
Posted in World |
IAEA to meet Iran over access to n-site
June 4th, 2012 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and Iran have scheduled a meeting for June 8 to get access to the Parchin ... Read more...
Posted in World |
‘Israel will need 100 planes to attack Iran’
February 20th, 2012 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv, Feb 20 (IANS) Israel will need at least 100 fighter planes to strike Iran, a media report said Monday.Israeli forces will also have to fly over 1,000 miles ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Iran to unveil new nuclear achievements
January 15th, 2011 - 12:45 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, Jan 14 (IANS) Iran will display two new nuclear products with medical applications at the Arak heavy water reactor Saturday, an official said. According to Mehr news agency, the ceremony will ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
‘Iran’s move to invite EU members except America to nuke facilities a ‘ploy’: US
January 4th, 2011 - 1:16 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 4 (ANI): The Unites States has criticised Iran for inviting Russia, China and several European Union members to visit its nuclear facilities this month, while excluding America, and called it ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Stuxnet worm may be reason for Iran’s nuke programme delay
November 23rd, 2010 - 6:35 pm ICT by ANI
Tehran, Nov 23 (ANI): A former UN nuclear inspections official has claimed that the Stuxnet worm could be partly responsible for delays in Iran's nuclear programme.The BBC quoted Olli Heinonen, a ... Read more...
Posted in World |
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...
Posted in World |
‘Iran building secret underground nuclear plant’
September 10th, 2010 - 1:30 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 10 (IANS) Iran has been secretly building a vast underground nuclear plant 200 metres deep inside a desert mountain ridge in east of Tehran, in violation of the UN sanction ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Dissident group accuses Iran of secretly constructing underground nuke site
September 10th, 2010 - 1:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 10 (ANI): A dissident group, the People's Mujahedeen of Iran, that had previously revealed the existence of several hidden nuclear sites in the country, has claimed that Iran is secretly ... Read more...
Posted in World |
US paid Iran nuke scientist 5 million dollars for aid to CIA
July 15th, 2010 - 1:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 15 (ANI): Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri, who claimed to have been abducted by the CIA before departing for his homeland Wednesday, was paid over five million dollars by the ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Saudi Arabia ready to clear skies for Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear sites
June 12th, 2010 - 4:56 pm ICT by ANI
Riyadh, June 12(ANI): The Saudi Arabian Government has reportedly conducted several tests to create a clear path for Israeli bombers to carry out any possible attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.According to ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Iran allows IAEA to inspect new enrichment site
April 25th, 2010 - 12:19 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, April 24 (DPA) Iran will allow the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to inspect its new enrichment site in Natanz in central Iran, the Iranian envoy to the IAEA said Saturday.
Ali-Asqar ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Iran sanctions issue practical: Russia
April 8th, 2010 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The issue of the imposition of sanctions against Iran has become "practical", Russian foreign ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said Thursday.
"According to IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) information, ... Read more...
Posted in World |
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...
Posted in World News |
Iran to produce new generation centrifuges by 2011
December 18th, 2009 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Dec 18 (DPA) The new generation of Iran's uranium-enrichment centrifuges is to be ready by March 2011, the head of Iran's Atomic Organiszation said Friday.
Ali Akbar Salehi told the Fars news ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Tehran threatens to enrich uranium locally if IAEA deal fails
November 24th, 2009 - 3:31 am ICT by IANS
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 ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Iran may have more secret nuclear facilities, warns IAEA
November 17th, 2009 - 12:25 pm ICT by ANI
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 ... Read more...
Posted in World |
New Iran site raises question about other secret locations: IAEA
November 16th, 2009 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
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 ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
US to give Iran ’space’ to mull nuclear fuel deal
November 10th, 2009 - 12:23 am ICT by IANS
Vienna/Tehran, Nov 9 (DPA) The US is willing to give Iran time to come up with a response to a proposed multinational nuclear fuel deal, the US ambassador to the International Atomic ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Amid warnings, Iran insists enrichment plants allowed
September 26th, 2009 - 11:48 pm ICT by IANS
Sep 26 (DPA) Amid further international warnings over its nuclear enrichment plants, Iran Saturday again insisted it was doing nothing that went against global agreements.
The head of the country's atomic organisation ... Read more...
Posted in World |
IAEA to inspect Iran’s new nuke plant: Official
September 26th, 2009 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Sep 26 (DPA) The head of Iran's Atomic Organization said Saturday that agreements have been made with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to inspect the new uranium-enrichment plant near Tehran.
"Considering the ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Iran confirms it has second uranium enrichment plant (Lead)
September 25th, 2009 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
Vienna, Sep 25 (DPA) Iran has told the International Atomic Energy Agency it is building a second, previously unknown, uranium enrichment plant, the IAEA confirmed in Vienna Friday.
Iran admitted to the ... Read more...
Posted in World |
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...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
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...
Posted in World |
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...
Posted in World |
Israel assured of Saudi support in future Iranian nuke raid
July 5th, 2009 - 5:54 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 5 (ANI): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been assured by the chief of the country's intelligence agency Mossad, Meir Dagan, that Saudi Arabia would turn a blind eye ... Read more...
Posted in World |
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...
Posted in World |
Iran, EU agree on formula for nuclear talks
April 13th, 2009 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, April 13 (DPA) Iran and the European Union (EU) agreed to resume talks over Iran's controversial nuclear programme, state television network IRIB reported Monday.
During a telephone conversation between Iran's chief ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Iran to build nuclear reactors overseas in 10 years: Official (Lead)
April 13th, 2009 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
Qom (Iran), April 13 (IANS) Iran will be able to build nuclear power plants worldwide within the next ten years, IRNA reported Monday quoting a senior official.
Mohammad Saeedi, deputy director of Iran ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Iran to build nuclear plants worldwide: Official
April 13th, 2009 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
Qom (Iran), April 13 (IANS) Iran will be among the major builders of nuclear power plants worldwide within the next ten years, a senior official said.
The Deputy Head of Iran Atomic Energy ... Read more...
Posted in World |
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...
Posted in World |
Israel says considering options for striles on Iran nuke facilities
December 4th, 2008 - 5:25 pm ICT by ANI
Tel Aviv, Dec.4 (ANI): Israel''s Defence Forces (IDF) are reportedly bracing themselves up for a possibel strike on Iranian nuclear facilities with or without US coordination.
According to a Jerusalem Post report,Israel ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Iran has 4,000 operational centrifuges: Minister
August 29th, 2008 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Aug 29 (DPA) Iran has 4,000 operational centrifuges at the uranium enrichment plant in Natanz in central Iran, deputy foreign minister Alireza Sheikh-Attar said Friday.Almost 4,000 centrifuges were operating in Natanz ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Geneva talks find no path to full Iran negotiations
July 20th, 2008 - 7:51 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Geneva, July 20 (DPA) Iran and world powers, including the US for the first time, failed to find a way towards full negotiations in Geneva Saturday, as Tehran's representatives did not agree ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Western intelligence claims Iran has resumed working on an atomic bomb
July 7th, 2008 - 2:42 pm ICT by ANI
London , July 7 (ANI): Intelligence reports provided by Western diplomats reveal that Iran has probably resumed work on constructing atomic weapons.Tehran has announced that it has no intention of halting ... Read more...
Posted in World |