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Iran pushes for IAEA resolution as top council backs nuclear inspections

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council says there will be no inspections if biting UN sanctions are reinstated.

Al Jazeera · Sep 15, 2025

Iran warns of ‘proportionate’ response as IAEA mulls censure

Iran-US talks over Iranian nuclear file are less friendly and Israel is threatening to attack Iran’s nuclear sites.

Al Jazeera · Jun 10, 2025

IAEA Chief Tours Sensitive Iran Nuclear Plants

The UN nuclear chief toured two Iranian uranium enrichment plants that have been the focus of Western concern on Friday after Tehran said it was ready to address "doubts" about its ambitions.

International Business Times · Nov 15, 2024

Iran Expresses ‘readiness’ To Cooperate With IAEA

Iran has indicated its "readiness" to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency, after the U

Zenger · Mar 5, 2023

IAEA Chief in Iran to Increase Nuclear Inspections

The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, arrived in Tehran on Saturday to discuss Iran's nuclear program after discovering particles of uranium enriched to a level close to making an atomic bomb. Grossi was received at the airport by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 4, 2023

Iran Calls 84% Uranium Enrichment Allegation a ‘Conspiracy’

Iranian state television on Friday offered an extended defense against an accusation attributed to international inspectors that it enriched uranium to 84% purity, with an official calling it part of a “conspiracy” against Tehran amid tensions over its nuclear program. The comments by Behrouz Kamalvandi, a spokesman for Iran's civilian…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 24, 2023

Iran denies enriching uranium above 60% - IRNA

Iran has denied reports that it has enriched uranium to 84% purity, which is close to weapons grade.

Reuters · Feb 20, 2023

Iran denies enriching uranium to 84 percent purity amid IAEA row

The IAEA says it is talking to Iran over enrichment, as Tehran says the agency is being used as a ‘political tool’.

Al Jazeera · Feb 20, 2023

Western Powers Unite Against Iran at IAEA, No Resolution Yet

Western powers are lobbying other states on the UN nuclear watchdog's board to jointly pressure Iran to give the agency the answers it has long sought on uranium traces found at three undeclared sites, diplomats said on Tuesday. At its last quarterly meeting in June the International Atomic Energy Agency's…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 14, 2022

Biden Wants Other 'Options' to Block Iran Nuclear Weapons Capability if Deal Fails

US President Joe Biden wants to ensure that the United States has "other available options" to ensure that Iran does not achieve nuclear weapons capability, if efforts to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal fail, a White House spokesperson said. National security spokesman John Kirby said Washington would remain active…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 9, 2022