Topic: United Nations

Bill Clinton says US must mull all options on Iran

Former US president Bill Clinton said in a television interview to be shown Wednesday that President Barack Obama should not rule out military action on Iran, but there might be other ways "to skin the cat."Clinton also said a recent report by ...

Diplomats agree to increase pressure on Iran

ROME (Reuters) - Diplomats from the United States, the European Union and other allies agreed on Tuesday to step up pressure on Iran to force it to resume talks over its nuclear program, an Italian diplomatic source said.The diplomats from the so-called ...

U.N. sanctions on Iran have been "exhausted": Russia

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Moscow believes there is no room for further U.N. Security Council sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said on Friday."We believe the sanctions track in the Security Council has been exhausted," he ...

U.N. nuclear watchdog board rebukes defiant Iran

VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog board censured Iran on Friday over mounting suspicions it is trying to develop nuclear weapons, but Tehran said the move would only strengthen its determination to press on with sensitive work.Almost unanimously, the agency's 35-nation ...

Hungary isotope lab likely radioactive source: IAEA

VIENNA/BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary believes the source of low levels of radioactive iodine detected in Europe over the past few weeks was probably an isotope maker in Budapest, the U.N. nuclear agency said on Thursday.Hungary's nuclear authority told the International Atomic Energy ...

Israel says Iran closer to atom bomb than thought

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday the full extent of Iran's nuclear program was not reflected in a recent U.N. report, which said that Tehran appeared to have worked on designing an atomic bomb."Iran is closer to getting ...

IAEA, Iran spar over bomb work allegations

VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog showed letters and satellite images on Friday as part of evidence pointing to military dimensions to Iran's atomic activities, diplomats said, but Tehran's envoy dismissed it as "lousy" intelligence work.Herman Nackaerts, head of nuclear inspections ...

U.N. nuclear report puts Iran "mystery man" in spotlight

VIENNA (Reuters) - The shadowy military man believed to be at the heart of Iran's disputed atomic activities likely lives under tight security and in secrecy to shield him against assassins and keep him beyond the reach of U.N. sleuths, Western nuclear ...

EU mulls new sanctions against defiant Iran

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union may approve fresh sanctions against Iran within weeks, after a U.N. agency said Tehran had worked to design nuclear bombs, EU diplomats said on Thursday.Iran denies trying to build atom bombs and its Supreme Leader Ayatollah ...

Iran used foreign expertise for atom work: diplomats

VIENNA (Reuters) - A U.N. nuclear watchdog report is expected to show concern that Iran benefited from foreign expertise to help develop technology that could be used to build atomic bombs, Western officials said on Monday.Tehran is "clearly trying to reach out ...
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