Iranian scientists linked to the country’s defense establishment are marketing radiation-detection instruments that they say contain UK-made components from a supplier based in south London borough of Croydon, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
The International Atomic Energy Agency wants to fully reengage with Iran to restore access to its nuclear sites and verify the country’s enrichment activities, Director General Rafael Grossi said on Tuesday, after the UN watchdog’s board censured Tehran for restricting access.
A hardline Iranian lawmaker on Monday cited months-old comments by former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev as a sign Moscow might be prepared to provide Iran with nuclear weapons.
President Masoud Pezeshkian sent a letter via Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to President Donald Trump with the permission of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei offering to revive nuclear talks, a former Iranian lawmaker said after Tehran denied seeking Riyadh’s mediation.
Iran on Sunday denied that President Masoud Pezeshkian’s letter to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was aimed at securing Saudi mediation with Washington, calling it a standard bilateral note tied to Hajj coordination.
Tehran is considering suspending or withdrawing from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) following a Western-backed resolution passed by the UN atomic watchdog this week, a member of Iran’s parliament said on Saturday.
Iran’s nuclear strategy has entered an ambiguous new phase, said veteran non-proliferation expert Mark Fitzpatrick, and Israel’s attacks in June could have left intact Tehran's ability to pivot toward a bomb if it so chose.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday that the United States and three European powers have “killed” the Cairo nuclear agreement through what he called a sequence of hostile actions.
Iran said on Friday it will respond to the latest resolution by the UN nuclear watchdog’s board, calling it a political misuse of the agency and saying the vote has invalidated an inspection accord reached in Cairo.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Thursday that the United States has persistently pushed for negotiations with Iran on terms amounting to surrender, both before and after the 12-day June war.
Iran’s foreign minister said an accord it reached with the UN nuclear watchdog is now invalid after the agency’s 35-member Board of Governors adopted a Western-backed resolution demanding greater transparency from Tehran.
Iran has asked Saudi Arabia to help persuade the United States to restart nuclear talks, Reuters reported citing two regional sources with knowledge of the matter.
The UN nuclear watchdog’s 35-member Board of Governors on Thursday approved a resolution calling on Iran to promptly clarify the status of its enriched uranium and the condition of atomic sites hit in June by US and Israeli strikes.
The Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) citing satellite imagery reported apparent construction at Taleghan 2, a former nuclear weapons development facility within Iran's Parchin military complex.
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that its Mideast arch-foe Iran was seeking to reach a deal and that his administration would "probably" achieve one.
Tehran’s fraught relationship with the UN nuclear watchdog is set to enter a more confrontational phase as the IAEA Board of Governors meets in Vienna this week to vote on a Western-backed resolution censuring Iran for non-cooperation.
The UN nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday it needs more Iranian cooperation to restore full inspections at sites hit in June’s strikes, warning that verification of enriched uranium stocks is “long overdue.”
Iran said on Wednesday that no negotiation process is underway with the United States, rejecting President Donald Trump’s claim a day earlier that the two sides had begun talks.
Iran would consider resuming nuclear talks with the United States but will only discuss limits on the degree of uranium enrichment, not the continuation of enrichment itself, a senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei told CNN.
Iranian scientists linked to its defense establishment made a second covert trip to Russia last year as part of what the United States says is an effort to obtain dual-use technologies with potential nuclear weapons applications, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
The United States and three European allies urged Tehran to immediately restore its cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog in a draft resolution they submitted to the IAEA Board of Governors which will meet later this week in Vienna.
Iran’s continued breaches of its nuclear obligations will remain on the agenda at the upcoming quarterly meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors, a German foreign ministry spokesperson told Iran International.