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 will cancel the nuclear agreement with world powers unless an investigation into its past weapons research is dropped. Adm. Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said on Nov. 29 that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) must end its investigation into the military dimensions issue, AFP reported. 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 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Sept. 21 that samples collected by Iran’s experts at the Parchin nuclear site meet the IAEA’s standards. IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano, who met with top Iranian officials and visited the Parchin facility on Sept. 20, said the samples had been taken before his […]
Special to WorldTribune.com North Korea has resumed building new facilities and renovating old ones at its Yongbyon nuclear site, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). According to an April report by the Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security, satellite images showed that activity at the site’s main nuclear reactor may have resumed […]
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 […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Iran has shut down its only nuclear energy facility amid reports of damage in recent earthquakes. The International Atomic Energy Agency said Iran closed its 1,000 megawatt nuclear energy plant at Bushehr in early 2013. The agency said Iran reported the shutdown of Bushehr in IAEA inspections in February and […]
John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Here we go again. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has warned that the Islamic Republic of Iran is developing the scientific technology needed to create a nuclear weapon. The UN watchdog agency presented an incriminating report at the organization’s Vienna headquarters which clearly states that Teheran appears to […]