Special to WorldTribune.com Implementation of the nuclear deal marks a “turning point for Iran’s strength as a terrorist state” and a “dangerous moment for America and our allies,” the American pro-Israel lobby AIPAC warned on Jan. 16. AIPAC surprised some Democratic Party observers when it broke with the Obama Administration last year over the Iran […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Iran has poured concrete into the core of its heavy water reactor at Arak, the U.S. State Department said on Jan. 14. The move is seen as critical to the implementation of the nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers and the lifting of sanctions that will free up billions of dollars […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization said it will sell its stock of excess heavy water to the United States as part of Teheran’s nuclear deal with world powers. “Iran will sell 40 tons of its excess heavy water to the United States through a third country,” Ali Asghar Zarean, Iran’s deputy atomic chief, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The nuclear deal between Iran and world powers is “days away” from implementation, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Jan. 7. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif “made it clear to me they intend to complete obligations with respect to implementation day as rapidly as possible,” Kerry said. “And we […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Golnaz Esfandiari, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The UN’s atomic watchdog says it believes Iran conducted activities relevant to developing nuclear weapons at least until the end of 2003 but that its activities didn’t go further than planning and basic experiments. “The agency has found no credible indications of the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Iran moved equipment out of the Parchin nuclear site in an effort to “sanitize” the site before inspectors visited last month, according to a report. The report by Fox News said that a “containment vessel” for testing nuclear equipment was removed from Parchin. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had earlier confirmed […]
Special to WorldTribune.com U.S. President Barack Obama on Oct. 18 ordered the lifting of sanctions against Iran and for billions of dollars of its assets to be unfrozen. The president made the announcement on what was labeled “adoption day” of the Iranian nuclear deal, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Obama said the U.S. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The head of the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says he is “disturbed” by a report suggesting his organization has given responsibility for nuclear inspections to Iran. IAEA Director-General Yukiya Amano said in a statement on August 20 that such statements “misrepresent the way in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Before the ink was even dry on the nuclear deal with world powers, Iran began sanitizing its nuclear military site at Parchin, U.S. intelligence officials said. American intelligence officials informed Congress that satellite imagery in July showed Iran had moved bulldozers and other heavy machinery to the Parchin site. Intelligence officials were […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty A briefing by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog left U.S. senators “less assured” than before about the Iran nuclear deal, Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Bob Corker said August 5. “The majority of members here left with far more questions than they had before the meeting […]