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UN Nuclear Chief On Crucial Iran Mission

AP | NASSER KARIMI and BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 05.22.2012

TEHRAN, Iran — The head of the U.N. nuclear agency pushed Monday for a breakthrough pact with Iran to resume inspections into suspected secret a...

UN Inspectors Push Iran On Military Site Access

Reuters | Posted 05.15.2012

By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA, May 14 (Reuters) - A senior U.N. nuclear official said Iran must give his inspectors access to info...

Iran, UN To Resume Nuclear Talks

Reuters | Posted 04.29.2012

VIENNA, April 28 (Reuters) - The United Nations nuclear watchdog confirmed on Saturday it will resume talks with Iran in mid-May, more than two mont...

Iran: UN Inspectors To Be Allowed Into Secret Site

AP | Posted 05.06.2012

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran says it will allow U.N. inspectors access to a secret military complex where the U.N. nuclear agency suspects secret atomic work h...

Ban Ki-Moon: There's No 'Plan B' On Iran

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 04.18.2012

VIENNA — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday that Iran must disprove allegations that it is secretly developing nuclear weapons, but ...

Iran Begins New Military Exercises

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 04.05.2012

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran began ground military exercises Saturday and defiantly warned that it could cut off oil exports to "hostile" European nation...

UN Nuclear Officials Warn Iran Ahead Of Visit

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 03.29.2012

TEHRAN, Iran — A U.N. nuclear team arrived in Tehran early Sunday for a mission expected to focus on Iran's alleged attempt to develop nuclear w...

Russia, West Agree On Text Criticizing Iran

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 01.17.2012

VIENNA — The U.N. atomic agency's new resolution on Iran criticizes Tehran's nuclear defiance but, in a concession to Russia and China, does not...

UN Delegates Storm Out During Ahmadinejad Speech

AP | EDITH M. LEDERER | Posted 11.22.2011

UNITED NATIONS — American diplomats led a walkout at the U.N. General Assembly Thursday as Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad fiercely attacke...

WATCH: Live Updates From The UN General Assembly, Day Two

Posted 11.22.2011

The 66th Session of the U.N. General Assembly debate continues today in New York City with remarks expected from President of the European Council Her...

A Bad Bargain for All

Roya Boroumand | Posted 05.25.2011

Roya Boroumand

Iran's influence on the board of UN Women is a threat to the progress achieved by women's rights movements in Muslim countries that still linger under centuries-old traditions and autocratic regimes.

Ahmadinejad Next Week at the U.N. -- What to Watch For

Alan Elsner | Posted 05.25.2011

Alan Elsner

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will address the United Nations General Assembly next Thursday. Will he deny the Holocaust? Will he demean women and African Americans?

Ahmadinejad Wants A U.S. Visa

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

UNITED NATIONS — A nuclear conference at the United Nations next week could provide Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with an opportunity to...

Is the Sanctions Debate Justifying the Military Option?

Patrick Disney | Posted 05.25.2011

Patrick Disney

To an outsider, it may seem like Washington is united in favor of imposing new sanctions on Iran. But, like in Iran itself, the internal wrangling ove...

Iran Agrees To More Nuclear Inspection

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 05.25.2011

VIENNA — Iran has agreed to give the U.N. nuclear monitoring agency greater inspection and monitoring rights to a sensitive site where it is enr...

Iran: UN Observatory Near Border Is Spy Station

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 05.25.2011

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran claimed Wednesday that a newly built U.N. station to detect nuclear explosions was set up near its border so that world powe...

Gates To Ahmadinejad: "Not A Chance" We'll Apologize

ABC News | George Stephanopoulos | Posted 05.25.2011

President Ahmadinejad demanded an apology from the US for accusing Iran of violating international law with the secret uranium enrichment site discove...

Iran Lifts Ban, Allows UN Inspectors Access To Nuclear Reactor

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 05.25.2011

VIENNA — Iran has lifted a yearlong ban and allowed U.N. inspectors to visit a nearly completed nuclear reactor as well as granting greater moni...

Iran Slams Obama Government At UN

news.yahoo.com | Louis Charbonneau | Posted 05.25.2011

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -- Iran went on the offensive against the Obama administration on Thursday, accusing Washington's new U.N. ambassador of maki...