Topic: United Nations

The United States said Tuesday that a new report by the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reinforces US concerns about Iran's nuclear program. "The IAEA is documenting that Iran continues to fail to cooperate with IAEA," State Department spokesman Philip Crowley ...

Iran hampering nuclear investigation: IAEA

Iran is hampering a long-running investigation into its controversial nuclear drive by vetoing the nomination of certain United Nations inspectors, the UN atomic watchdog said Monday. The International Atomic Energy Agency also said that a number of its seals had been broken ...

Iran has material for 1-2 atom bombs: ex-IAEA aide

PARIS (Reuters) - Iran has stockpiled enough low-enriched uranium for 1-2 nuclear arms but it would not make sense for it to cross the bomb-making threshold with only this amount, a former top U.N. nuclear official was quoted as saying. In unusual ...
UN nuclear chief to talk with Israelis, as Arab nations push for country to allow inspectionsThe head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog has arrived for talks with Israeli officials, as Arab nations push for the country to open its nuclear program to ...

Iran to fire up its first nuclear power plant

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's first nuclear power station will be loaded with fuel on Saturday, a showcase for Tehran's claim that its atomic ambitions are purely peaceful. Experts say firing up the $1-billion Bushehr plant will not take Iran any closer to ...

Ahmadinejad signs uranium enrichment law

Iran's president on Monday signed a bill to continue uranium enrichment, and limiting cooperation with the UN's nuclear watchdog, state news agency IRNA reported. The law on Safeguarding the Islamic Republic of Iran's Peaceful Nuclear Achievements signed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls ...
A memorial ceremony was held Monday at the UN headquarters in Vienna for the victims of the atomic bombs dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 65 years ago. "Hiroshima and Nagasaki remind us why we must struggle against nuclear ...
United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called for the total elimination of nuclear weapons, during a visit to Nagasaki, one of the two Japanese cities hit by US atom bombs in World War II. "The only way to ensure that such ...
United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called for the total elimination of nuclear weapons, during a visit to Nagasaki, one of the two Japanese cities hit by US atom bombs in World War II. "The only way to ensure that such ...
UN chief Ban Ki-moon will arrive in Japan Tuesday to attend ceremonies commemorating the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Ban will be the first UN Secretary General to attend the Peace Memorial Ceremony in Hiroshima and will be the first ...
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