Al Arabiya Meanwhile, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei rejected earlier on Friday imposing sanctions on Iran, saying they would make Tehran more hawkish. ElBaradei added that he hoped for an agreement with Iran on an offer to send enriched uranium abroad for further processing before the end of the year. “It is a unique [...]
Iran has not yet provided a "final answer" to a "unique" international nuclear fuel offer, Mohamed ElBaradei, the outgoing head of the UN nuclear watchdog, said on Friday. "I do not consider that I have received a final answer," ElBaradei, chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said in Berlin. "But I also very much hope that I will get an answer...
While nuclear negotiations between Iran and the West have yet to yield a final result, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief warns against imposing fresh sanctions on the country. 2009/11/20
If Iran were a normal country, the offer would have been handsome. Iran claims to want enriched uranium for medical treatments and research into civilian nuclear energy. But enriching uranium is a very costly process, and Iran is not a rich country. So last month, the International Atomic Energy Agency proposed a deal, based on a Russian proposal. Instead of enriching uranium itself, Iran would ship...
BERLIN -- Mohamed ElBaradei, the departing chief of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog agency, said Iran's continued refusal to accept tighter scrutiny of its nuclear activities would likely force the international community to impose new sanctions. Though he described sanctions as a "grievous violation of human rights" that "affect the weak" and "do not solve problems,"...
The United States on Friday reiterated its call for Iran to give a formal response to an UN-backed draft deal over its nuclear program. "Iran has not responded positively to the IAEA proposed agreement for the provision of nuclear fuel for its Tehran research reactor," State Department deputy spokesman Robert Wood told a news briefing. "We urge Iran to reconsider the opportunity offered...
Map locates uranium enrichment plant in Iran President Barack Obama exits Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. In this Nov. 17, 2009 file photo, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki addresses the media in Tehran, Iran. 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,...
The U.N. says that satellite photos show that Iran began constructing the recently-disclosed nuclear site at Qom in 2002. Iran maintains that construction began in 2007 in response to U.S. threats. The Los Angeles Times explains the significance of this lie: “The discrepancy in dates is a significant measure of Iran’s sincerity. Iran has long argued that because its parliament refused to...
BERLIN – The UN nuclear watchdog chief yesterday urged Iran to accept an offer to process its enriched uranium abroad by the end of 2009, and advised western powers not to impose further sanctions on Tehran.
Debka is reporting that IAEA inspectors turned up evidence that Iran has a plutonium program in addition to its uranium program fro making nuclear weapons. The IAEA experts discovered 30 metric tons-IS of heavy water hidden in 600 tanks, each holding 13 gallons, according to the report they handed in last week to agency headquarters in Vienna. From the shape of the tanks and other indications, the...
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) published new evidence Monday that Iran had been building “contingency centres” in the event of a U.S. bombing attack as early as 2002, years before it began building the second enrichment facility at Qom. But the latest report on Iran’s nuclear programme by the agency appeared to reject Iran’s account of how and when it had decided...
By Steve Hynd Last December I wrote: "it is already an accepted fact among the Very Serious Person set that Obama's idea of negotiation without preconditions will get exactly one shot, will fail, and then the bombs will begin to fall." Well, that looks to be the way events are turning. Despite Iran not having made a definite response to...
Nuclear Proliferation: An Unflinching North Korea - By Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal ****** Nuclear proliferation is being caused by literally every nuclear power in the world in one way or the other. Today North Korea and Iran are seen by USA and its allies as posing threat to them and world peace. But nuclear ambitions of these two powers are admitted by the UNSC as normal. USA has repeatedly warned against...
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