VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran expects to hold more talks with world powers on its nuclear program following an inconclusive round of negotiations in Istanbul earlier this month, its foreign minister said in a newspaper interview published on Monday. The failure of the talks to secure a breakthrough over Tehran’suranium enrichment, which the West fears is aimed at developing nuclear weapons, […]
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N. Korea to hold parliamentary session in April amid preparations for rocket launch
March 24, 2012 
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SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) — North Korea will convene a parliamentary session in April, the country’s state media reported Saturday, amid its preparations to launch a rocket that could further heighten tensions on the Korean Peninsula. The Supreme People’s Assembly will hold a session on April 13, the North’s official Korean Central News Agency […]
Read moreSeoul ready for Nuclear Security Summit
March 24, 2012 Comments Off
SEOUL — South Korea has tightened security as world leaders arrive in Seoul for this year’s nuclear security summit. The leaders of 53 countries and representatives of 4 international organizations will open the 2-day conference on Monday. They will discuss measures to prevent terrorists launching nuclear attacks. Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Turkish Prime […]
Read moreWorld Urges North Korea to Drop Rocket Launch Plans
March 17, 2012 Comments Off
World powers have urged Pyongyang not to go ahead with its planned satellite launch, warning that it would be in violation of North Korea’s international obligations and a UN resolution banning Pyongyang from conducting ballistic missile launches. The North Korean state news agency KCNA announced on Friday that it will launch an earth observation […]
Read moreWorld powers tell Iran: open military site for IAEA
March 8, 2012 Comments Off
VIENNA (Reuters) – Six world powers called on Iran on Thursday to let international inspectors visit a military site where the U.N. nuclear watchdog says development work relevant to nuclear weapons may have taken place. In a joint statement at a board meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the powers also voiced “regret” about Iran’s stepped-up campaign […]
Read moreIran says to let U.N. nuclear sleuths visit military site
March 6, 2012 Comments Off
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Tuesday it would let U.N. nuclear investigators visit a military complex where they had been refused access to check intelligence suggesting Tehran has pursued explosives research relevant to nuclear weapons. Western diplomats dismissed Iran’s statement as a time-buying gambit – rather than a genuine shift towards nuclear transparency – with Israel talking increasingly stridently of […]
Read moreIAEA Director General expresses Iran concerns
March 6, 2012 Comments Off
( NHK) — The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency has expressed concern over Iran’s nuclear program. Yukiya Amano urged the country to cooperate with his organization. Amano spoke at a Board of Governors meeting in the Agency’s headquarters on Monday. Amano said Iran is still enriching uranium and has started a […]
Read moreIAEA Team in Tehran for More Talks
February 20, 2012 Comments Off
A high-level delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrived in the Iranian capital Tehran on Monday for talks on further cooperation. The five-member delegation is led by IAEA Deputy Director General Herman Nackaerts. “We hope to have few days of good and constructive talks in Tehran,” Nackaerts said on Sunday, adding that […]
Read moreAhmadinejad Hails ‘Great’ Iranian Nuclear Progress
February 16, 2012 Comments Off
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad trumpeted on Wednesday major advances in the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, in a move likely to further raise the stakes in its tense stand-off with the West. “I am grateful to the Almighty…for these great achievements we are offering to the people of Iran and all humanity,” he said at […]
Read moreIsrael: More world support for possible Iran hit
February 4, 2012 Comments Off
HERZLIYA, Israel (AP) — Capping a day of strident warnings by Israeli officials about the dangers posed by Iran, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Thursday that the world is increasingly ready to consider a military strike against Iran if economic sanctions don’t halt Tehran’s suspect nuclear program. Earlier in the day, officials gathered […]
Read more‘Iran to ban IAEA inspectors if they lie’
February 1, 2012 Comments Off
IRAN — An Iranian lawmaker says the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors should be banned from re-entering the country, if they once again publish unreal reports on Tehran’s peaceful nuclear program. Mostafa Kavakebian on Tuesday called on Iran’s security officials to exercise vigilance over the IAEA inspectors’ conduct in order to prevent them […]
Read moreIran: Nuclear Sites Not Visited By IAEA Team
February 1, 2012 Comments Off
TEHRAN, Iran — Visiting U.N. inspectors did not visit any of the country’s nuclear sites, Iran’s official news agency reported Tuesday, concentrating instead on talks with officials. IRNA quoted an unnamed Iranian official as saying the team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency conducted negotiations with Iranians and did not visit […]
Read moreReport: UN team did not visit Iran’s nuclear sites
February 1, 2012 Comments Off
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Visiting U.N. inspectors did not visit any of the country’s nuclear sites, Iran’s official news agency reported Tuesday, concentrating instead on talks with officials. IRNA quoted an unnamed Iranian official as saying the team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency conducted negotiations with Iranians and did not visit […]
Read moreGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel to urge China to cut Iran oil imports: source
January 31, 2012 Comments Off
BERLIN (Reuters) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel will use a planned visit to China this week to encourage Beijing to reduce its imports of Iranian oil, a German government source said on Tuesday. Last week, the European Union agreed to ban from July 1 all imports of oil from Iran, OPEC’s second largest producer, […]
Read moreIAEA to wrap up Iran visit, US eyes more sanctions
January 31, 2012 Comments Off
IRAN — Officials from the IAEA, the UN nuclear watchdog, were scheduled on Tuesday to wrap up a three-day visit to Iran seen as a chance to defuse an intensifying international showdown over Tehran’s atomic activities. But even as the high-stakes mission wound down, US lawmakers signalled they intended to keep up the pressure on the Islamic republic […]
Read moreGulf Arabs have plans against Hormuz closure: official
January 30, 2012 Comments Off
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Coastguards and naval forces of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) group of Arab countries have contingency plans for a possible attempt by Iran to shut the Strait of Hormuz, a Kuwaiti maritime official said on Monday. Five of the six GCC members - Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar and Kuwait - rely on the world’s most important energy shipping lane […]
Read moreUN atomic agency ‘can extend visit to Iran’
January 30, 2012 Comments Off
An IAEA delegation visiting Iran can choose to extend its stay beyond the three days originally planned if it wishes, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Monday, according to the official IRNA news agency. “We are very optimistic on the results of the IAEA trip. They are here for a three-day trip, and if they want, it (the mission) […]
Read moreIran “very optimistic” on nuclear experts’ visit
January 29, 2012 Comments Off
TEHRAN (Reuters) — Iran said on Sunday it was very optimistic over a visit by U.N. nuclear inspectors aimed at shedding light on suspected military aspects of Tehran’s atomic work but suggested Tehran would curb cooperation if the experts became a “tool” for outside powers. An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team began a three-day visit on […]
Read moreUN nuclear agency considering Fukushima office
January 29, 2012 Comments Off
The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog said the agency is considering opening a branch office in Fukushima to monitor efforts to contain the world’s worst atomic accident since Chernobyl, a report said. The Japanese government has struggled with public trust overnuclear energy since the March 11 disaster and had asked the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to […]
Read moreKedatangan Delegasi IAEA Harus Dimanfaatkan Iran Buktikan Keseriusan
January 29, 2012 Comments Off
Berharap Iran Berunding Saat Uni Eropa Jatuhkan Sanksi Mengerikan Tudingan Iran Jangan Beranak Cucu Terkait Pembunuhan Ilmuwan Nuklir Jakarta, 29 Januari 2012 (KATAKAMI.COM) — Tiba di hari Minggu pagi waktu setempat, Herman Nackaerts memimpin delegasi Badan Energi Atom Internasional (IAEA) untuk berkunjung ke Iran. Selama tiga hari yaitu dari mulai tanggal 29-31 Januari 2011, Delegasi […]
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