Topic: Tehran

Iran says firm on nuclear rights as tour ends

Iran's nuclear negotiator said on Sunday that Tehran will steadfastly pursue its atomic rights as he prepared for a face-off with world powers in Istanbul over the Islamic republic's nuclear drive.Saeed Jalili's hardline reiteration of Iran's nuclear policy came in comments made ...

Iran searching for nuclear bomb materials: cables

OSLO (Reuters) - Iran has been developing contacts in more than 30 countries to acquire technology, equipment and raw materials needed to build a nuclear bomb, a Norwegian newspaper said on Sunday, citing U.S. diplomatic cables.Aftenposten said that according to the cables, ...

Foreign envoys to tour Iran uranium plant

Foreign diplomats will on Sunday tour a plant where Iran is enriching uranium in defiance of UN sanctions, a day after Tehran declared it will push ahead with the controversial work "very strongly."The Islamic republic on Saturday threw open two of its ...

Defiant Iran says enriching uranium 'strongly'

A defiant Iran said on Saturday its controversial uranium enrichment programme was progressing "very strongly," as it opened the doors of two of its nuclear sites to foreign diplomats.The declaration by foreign minister and atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi came just days ...

IAEA envoys tour Iran nuclear site: report

TEHRAN (Reuters) - A group of ambassadors to the U.N. atomic watchdog toured an Iranian nuclear site on Saturday, state television reported, and Tehran accused the European Union of missing an historic opportunity by boycotting the visit.Iran said the tour, which China ...

Major powers snub Iran invite for nuclear tour

Iran's invitation to a number of key countries to visit its nuclear sites has effectively been snubbed by major powers, diplomats here said Friday.Diplomats close to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) told AFP that only a small number of countries had ...

List of guests shrinks for Iranian nuclear tour

VIENNA (Reuters) - Russia and China will not join a weekend tour of Iranian nuclear sites, the Islamic state's envoy to the U.N. atomic watchdog confirmed on Friday, adding to a growing number of countries which have rejected Tehran's offer.The news will ...
Iran will not talk about its "nuclear dossier" at the Istanbul talks with world powers, atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi said in comments published Wednesday, reiterating Tehran's long-standing policy."We will absolutely not recognise the negotiation if the other side wants to negotiate ...

Iran says talks could be West's "last chance": report

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Talks next week between Iran and major powers concerned about its nuclear program could be the "last chance" for the West, a senior Iranian official was quoted as saying on Wednesday.Official news agency IRNA quoted Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's ...

Only a threat of force will halt Iran nukes: Israel

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Only the convincing threat of military action headed by the United States will persuade Iran to drop plans to build an atomic bomb, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday.Netanyahu appeared to downplay recent Israeli intelligence assessment that ...