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Iran Has Accelerated Production of Highly Enriched Uranium

Iran boosted its sensitive stockpile of highly enriched uranium just before a 12-day war with Israel broke out, a confidential report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) seen by AFP on Wednesday showed. The UN nuclear watchdog's quarterly report said that Iran has an estimated 440.9 kilograms enriched to up to 60 percent as of 13 ...

Traces of Uranium Detected at Syrian Site Hit by Israel in 2007

The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog detected uranium particles at a remote site in Syria that was bombed by Israel in 2007, reviving questions about whether the destroyed facility once housed a secret nuclear reactor. According to a confidential report shared with member states, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) found a ...

UN Nuclear Watchdog Chief says Inspectors 'Back in Iran'

The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog has said a team of its inspectors are "back in Iran," the first to enter since Israeli and US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities this year. Iran suspended cooperation with the United Nations' International Atomic Energy Agency following a 12-day war with Israel in June, with Tehran pointing to the IAEA's ...

Nuclear Inspectors Have Left Iran: UN Nuclear Watchdog

UN nuclear watchdog inspectors left Iran on Friday, the agency said, after the Islamic republic officially suspended its cooperation with the agency. "An IAEA team of inspectors today safely departed from Iran to return to the agency headquarters in Vienna, after staying in Tehran throughout the recent military conflict," the International Atomic ...

U.S. Labels Iran’s Halt of IAEA Cooperation as "Unacceptable"

Iran's suspension of cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), is unacceptable, US State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said Wednesday. Tehran officially suspended its cooperation with the IAEA, a move triggered by the unprecedented Israeli and US strikes on its nuclear facilities over 12 ...

Iran Ends Cooperation with UN Nuclear Watchdog after Israel, US Strikes

Iran on Wednesday officially suspended its cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, a move triggered by the unprecedented Israeli and US strikes on its nuclear facilities. Last month's 12-day conflict between Iran and Israel has sharply escalated tensions between Tehran and the International Atomic Energy Agency. On June 25, a day ...

Iran Defends IAEA Break, Accuses Agency Chief of Bias

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, that Tehran halted cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog due to what he called the agency chief's "destructive" behavior towards the Islamic republic, his office said Monday. "The action taken by parliament members... is a natural response to the unjustified, ...

Iran Rejects IAEA Visit to Bombed Nuclear Sites, Accuses Grossi of Bias

Iran on Saturday rejected a request by UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi to visit facilities bombed by Israel and the United States, saying that it suggested "malign intent." International Atomic Energy Agency director general "Grossi's insistence on visiting the bombed sites under the pretext of safeguards is meaningless and possibly even ...

Russia Warns Against Iran Suspending IAEA Cooperation

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday spoke out against Moscow's key ally Iran suspending cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), after Iranian lawmakers voted in favor of halting work with the UN nuclear agency. "We are interested in continuing cooperation between Iran and the IAEA, so that everybody respects ...

Iran and the IAEA: How Far Will Tehran Push Its Standoff?

On Wednesday, June 25, Iran’s parliament approved a motion to suspend cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). According to Iranian state television, 221 lawmakers voted in favor, with only one abstention and none opposed. The decision comes amid growing tensions between Tehran and Western powers. It follows an IAEA ...

Conditional Nuclear Power: The Complex Duality of Civilian Nuclear Energy

While many countries harness nuclear technology for energy and medical applications, such as electricity production and cancer treatment, others raise global concern by enriching uranium to levels nearing weapons-grade capability. A Dual-Use Dilemma Civilian nuclear energy refers to the use of uranium-fueled nuclear fission for non-military ...

IAEA Chief Calls 'Emergency Meeting' after US Strikes on Iran

The head of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has announced an "emergency meeting" at the organization's headquarters in Vienna for Monday after the US struck three nuclear sites in Iran. "In light of the urgent situation in Iran, I am convening an emergency meeting of the @IAEAorg Board of Governors for tomorrow," Rafael Grossi ...