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Iran nuclear chief says IAEA officials to visit Tehran soon - TV

U.N. nuclear watchdog officials will visit Iran in the coming days, Tehran's nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami said on Wednesday, to try to end an impasse over traces of uranium found at Iranian undeclared sites.

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Iran's atomic chief says IAEA aware of Tehran's nuclear activities

The U.N. nuclear watchdog is aware of all of Iran’s activities, the head of country's atomic energy organisation said on Friday, a day after the atomic agency's Board of Governors demanded explanation for traces of uranium at three undeclared sites.

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IAEA Board Orders Iran to Cooperate ‘Urgently’ with Probe

The atomic watchdog's board of governors has passed a resolution ordering Iran to cooperate urgently with the agency's investigation into uranium traces found at three undeclared sites. The resolution says "it is essential and urgent" that Iran explains the origin of the uranium particles and more generally give the International…

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New IAEA resolution censures Iran over insufficient cooperation

Iran continues to demand that an inquiry into nuclear particles found at its nuclear sites must be dropped.

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IAEA chief hopes for crunch meeting in Iran after Tehran says it's off

U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said on Wednesday he hoped a meeting with Iran later this month to end an impasse over traces of uranium found at undeclared sites would proceed after Iran's nuclear chief reportedly said it was not "on the agenda".

Reuters

UN Nuclear Watchdog, Iranian Officials Meet in Vienna

The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog said he met with his Iranian counterpart in Vienna for talks about an ongoing investigation into man made uranium particles found at undeclared sites in Iran. “Dialogue has restarted with Iran on clarification of outstanding safeguards issues,” Rafael Grossi, director general of…

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UN nuclear watchdog, Iranian officials meet in Vienna

The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog says he met with his Iranian counterpart in Vienna for talks about an ongoing investigation into manmade uranium particles found at undeclared sites in Iran

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Iran Lead Negotiator Says to Meet Grossi

The head of Iran's atomic energy agency said Saturday he will meet next week with the chief of the UN's nuclear watchdog, as attempts to revive the country's nuclear deal stall. "I will go to Austria to take part in the annual general conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency…

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Iran FM Urges UN Chief to End Int’l Probe into Secret Nuclear Sites

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian held telephone talks with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday over international inspections of its nuclear sites. The FM reportedly urged Guterres to drop inspections of uranium traces at undeclared nuclear sites. He said meeting the demand was “crucial” to reaching an agreement in…

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Iran Says it Will Only Accept Inspections Agreed in 2015 Nuclear Deal

Iran will not allow inspections beyond what is in a 2015 nuclear deal, the country's nuclear chief said on Wednesday, as the United States prepares to respond to a proposal to revive Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers. "We are committed to inspections in the framework of the nuclear deal…

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Iran says it will only accept inspections agreed in 2015 nuclear deal

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Tehran Insists on Expanding its Nuclear Program

The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Mohammad Eslami, has voiced Tehran’s ambitions for continuing to expand its nuclear program at a time when the cleric-led country’s parliament is demanding lifting sanctions imposed on the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. For his part, US President Joe Biden has affirmed…

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Iran Says Success of Nuclear Talks Depends on Washington's Flexibility

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said Sunday that Tehran seeks to revive the nuclear agreement, pointing out that the success of the diplomatic track "depends on Washington's flexibility." Amirabdollahian also called on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to resolve the remaining issues regarding Iran's nuclear activities and "distance itself…

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Analysis: Iran now speaking openly on nuclear bomb prospects

Iranian officials now speak openly about something long denied by Tehran as it enriches uranium at its closest-ever levels to weapons-grade material: The Islamic Republic is ready to build an atomic weapon at will

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Renewed debate in Tehran about producing nuclear bomb

Several senior Iranian officials have opened the door over the last two weeks to the possibility of producing nuclear weapons.

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Iran nuclear talks to restart in Vienna with EU mediation

Iran and the US to hold indirect talks centred on a text recently proposed by the EU in attempt to revive nuclear deal.

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Iranian MPs Want to Ask Supreme Leader to Change Fatwa against Nuclear Arms

An Iranian deputy said that lawmakers may request that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei retract the "fatwa prohibiting nuclear weapons." The ILNA news agency reported that MP Mohammed-Reza Sabbaghian Bafghi warned: "We will ask the Supreme Leader to change his strategy and fatwa on the prohibition of producing nuclear weapons if…

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Iran deploys more centrifuges as it proposes new round of talks

Tehran has maintained a potential sustainable agreement would require ‘flexibility’ by Washington.

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The Independent UK

Iran can make an atom bomb but it is ‘not on agenda’, country’s nuclear chief says

Western nations have claimed that Iran is getting closer to making a nuclear bomb, an allegation that Tehran has denied

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Iran Nuclear Chief: We Have Technical Means to Produce Atom Bomb

Iran has the technical capability to produce an atomic bomb but has no intention of doing so, Mohammad Eslami, head of the country's atomic energy organization, said on Monday, according to the semi-official Fars news agency. Eslami reiterated comments made by Kamal Kharrazi, a senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ali…

Reuters

Iran nuclear chief: We have technical means to produce atom bomb, no intention of doing so

Iran has the technical capability to produce an atomic bomb but has no intention of doing so, Mohammad Eslami, head of the country's atomic energy organisation, said on Monday, according to the semi-official Fars news agency.

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Iran Says Begins Building New Nuclear Research Reactor in Isfahan

Head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization Mohammad Eslami announced on Wednesday that a construction of a new research reactor at the Isfahan nuclear site will begin in the coming weeks, reported IRNA. He made his remarks while visiting the Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF) at the Isfahan site. Eslami stressed that…

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Iran Will Keep IAEA Cameras Turned off until Nuclear Deal is Restored

Iran will keep the UN nuclear watchdog's cameras turned off until a 2015 nuclear deal is restored, the head of the country's Atomic Energy Organization said on Monday, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported. Iran informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) it had removed IAEA equipment, including 27 cameras…

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Malley, McGurk Brief Senate on Latest Developments in Nuclear Talks with Iran

The US Special Envoy for Iran, Robert Malley, and Deputy Assistant to the President and Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa Brett McGurk held a closed session with US lawmakers on Wednesday to brief them on the latest developments on Iran. Several Senate Foreign Relations Committee members criticized…

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Israeli PM Warns: Iran is Close to Nuclear Weapons Unless Stopped by the West

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has warned that Tehran was drawing "dangerously close" to producing nuclear weapons unless the West stands up to the regime. During an interview with The Telegraph on Saturday, Bennett urged Britain to maintain pressure on Tehran's leaders, saying, "Iran is enriching uranium at an unprecedented…

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