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Iran wants nuclear fuel guarantees

AFP Global Edition 3 days ago

Iran's envoy to the UN atomic watchdog said on Sunday that Tehran wants a guaranteed supply of fuel for a research reactor as a military chief warned that any attack on its nuclear sites would be crushed. Ali Asghar Soltanieh, envoy to ...

Iran insists on guarantees for nuclear fuel supply

AFP Global Edition 3 days ago

A top Iranian official reiterated on Sunday Tehran wanted a guaranteed supply of atomic fuel for its research reactor, as world powers expressed disappointment over its continued nuclear defiance. Iran's envoy to the UN atomic watchdog, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, also repeated that ...

6 world powers press Iran on nuclear issue

AP News 5 days ago

Diplomats from 6 world powers urge Iran to accept UN nuclear plan Representatives of six world powers urged Iran on Friday to accept a U.N. plan aimed at delaying its ability to build a nuclear weapon, as the head of the U.N. ...

Iran has 'not responded positively' to nuclear offer

AFP Global Edition 5 days ago

Major world powers expressed disappointment Friday that Iran has "not responded positively" to a plan for resolving the standoff over its nuclear programme or agreed to new talks. "We are disappointed by the lack of follow-up" to understandings reached when the six ...

UN experts to visit Iran plant after Obama warning

AFP Global Edition 6 days ago

UN experts will visit a controversial uranium enrichment plant south of Tehran on Thursday, as US President Barack Obama warned of "consequences" after Iran dismissed a UN-brokered nuclear fuel deal. The visit by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team to the ...

Obama warns US, partners mulling 'consequences' for Iran

AFP Global Edition 6 days ago

President Barack Obama warned Thursday that the United States and its partners were working on a package of steps to show Iran the "consequences" of its decision to snub a nuclear deal with world powers. Obama significantly upped pressure on Tehran after ...

UN inspectors to visit Iran's second uranium plant

AFP Global Edition 6 days ago

UN inspectors were expected to visit Iran's controversial second uranium enrichment plant on Thursday, a day after Tehran rejected a Washington-backed nuclear fuel deal. The visit by the International Atomic Energy Agency team to the plant, which is being built near the ...

World 'not quite' at point of getting tough with Iran: US

AFP American Edition 7 days ago

The United States said Wednesday that the international community was "not quite" at the point of switching from trying to engage Iran to pressuring it over its suspect nuclear program. "We're not going to close any... door on the engagement track, but ...

US wants 'credible explanation' for Syrian uranium

AFP American Edition 8 days ago

The United States on Tuesday said it hopes for a reasonable explanation from Syria on how traces of uranium were found at a nuclear research reactor in Damascus. "That's what we want: a credible explanation," said State Department spokesman Ian Kelly. "We ...

IAEA inspects nuclear research reactor in Syria

AFP Global Edition 8 days ago

The UN atomic watchdog said on Tuesday it was inspecting a nuclear research reactor in Damascus because it had doubts about Syria's explanation as to how traces of uranium got there. In its latest report on Syria, circulated to member states on ...

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