Iran Nuclear

Big Powers Prepare Iran Nuclear Resolution

AP | GEORGE JAHN and NASSER KARIMI | Posted 11.24.2009 | World


VIENNA — Six world powers have readied a resolution critical of Iran's nuclear program, diplomats said Tuesday, as Tehran suggested it was still...

6 World Powers Press Iran On Nuclear Issue

AP | SLOBODAN LEKIC | Posted 11.20.2009 | World


BRUSSELS — Representatives of six world powers urged Iran on Friday to accept a U.N. plan aimed at delaying its ability to build a nuclear weapo...

Iran Tested Advanced Nuclear Warhead: Secret Report

The Guardian | Julian Borger, Diplomatic Editor | Posted 11.06.2009 | World


The UN's nuclear watchdog has asked Iran to explain evidence suggesting that Iranian scientists have experimented with an advanced nuclear warhead des...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: Obama May Be Smiling, But Holding A "Dagger" Behind His Back

washingtonpost.com | Thomas Erdbrink and William Branigin | Posted 11.04.2009 | World


TEHRAN -- Iran's supreme leader, spurning what he described as several personal overtures from President Obama, warned Tuesday that negotiating with t...

Iran: Uranium Counteroffer Draws Harsh Rebuke

AP | NASSER KARIMI and SLOBODAN LEKIC | Posted 10.30.2009 | World


TEHRAN — Iran insists on simultaneously exchanging its low-enriched uranium for nuclear fuel produced overseas, the state news agency said Frida...

Ahmadinejad: We Will Cooperate With West, But No Retreat "Even An Iota" Over Nuclear Right

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 10.29.2009 | World


VIENNA, Austria — Iran has given an initial response to a plan that calls for Tehran to ship most of its enriched uranium abroad, the Internatio...

Iran, West Both Fear A Trap On Nuclear Deal

nytimes.com | DAVID E. SANGER | Posted 10.26.2009 | World


WASHINGTON -- Just before international inspectors on Sunday were guided for the first time into an Iranian nuclear enrichment plant whose existence w...

Iran May Ship Only Part Of Its Uranium Abroad

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 10.27.2009 | World


TEHRAN, Iran — Iran hinted Monday it could agree to ship some low-enriched uranium abroad for processing as reactor fuel as the world awaited it...

Iran Delays Uranium Deal Decision, Says Envoy

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 10.24.2009 | World


TEHRAN, Iran — Iran put off until next week a formal response to a U.N.-backed plan to ship much of its uranium to Russia for enrichment, the co...

Iran Nuclear Deal Signals Possible Thawing In Relations With U.S.

csmonitor.com | Howard LaFranchi | Posted 10.22.2009 | World


Washington - The tentative agreement reached in Vienna on Wednesday to substantially reduce Iran's stockpile of low-enriched uranium raises a tantaliz...

Iran To Consider Draft Russia Nuclear Deal, Say Diplomats

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 10.21.2009 | World


VIENNA — A top Iranian negotiator praised a plan Wednesday that would ship most of his country's uranium abroad for enrichment and limit its abi...

U.S. Speeds Up Delivery Of "MOP" Bunker-Bomber, Denies Iran Is Reason

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 10.13.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is speeding up delivery of a colossal bomb designed to destroy hidden weapons bunkers buried underground and shielded ...

Iran Plans New Centrifuges For 2nd Enrichment Site: Report

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 10.06.2009 | World


TEHRAN, Iran — Iran plans to install a more advanced type of centrifuge at its newly revealed uranium enrichment site, an Iranian newspaper repo...

Time To Talk To Iran Is Now: Analysis

CFR | Greg Bruno | Posted 12.02.2009 | World


By Greg Bruno Perhaps it was not surprising that after thirty years of diplomatic stalemate, expectations for a major breakthrough between Tehran a...

The Possibility Of A Nuclear Iran Alarms Arabs

nytimes.com | MICHAEL SLACKMAN | Posted 12.01.2009 | World


CAIRO �" As the West raises the pressure on Iran over its nuclear program, Arab governments, especially the small, oil-rich nations in the Persian G...

Iran Admits Nuclear Site Near Base In Case Of Attack

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI and GEORGE JAHN | Posted 11.29.2009 | World


TEHRAN, Iran — In an unusually frank disclosure, Iran's nuclear chief said Tuesday the country's new uranium enrichment site was built for maxim...

On Iran, Obama Should Forget Sanctions And Push For Cooperation: Analysis

nytimes.com | FLYNT LEVERETT and HILLARY MANN LEVERETT | Posted 11.29.2009 | World


TEHRAN'S disclosure that it is building a second uranium enrichment plant near the holy city of Qum has derailed the Obama administration's already fa...

Iran Nuclear Warheads: Are They Being Designed?

nytimes.com | WILLIAM J. BROAD, MARK MAZZETTI and DAVID E. SANGER | Posted 11.29.2009 | World


WASHINGTON When President Obama stood last week with the leaders of Britain and France to denounce Iran's construction of a secret nuclear plant, the ...

Obama Speech On Iran Nuclear Facility (LIVE VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.25.2009 | World


President Obama and the leaders of France and Britain will address the Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh this morning and accuse Iran of building a sec...

Poles, Czechs: U.S. Missile Defense Shift A "Betrayal"

AP | VANESSA GERA | Posted 11.18.2009 | World


WARSAW, Poland — Poles and Czechs voiced deep concern Friday at President Barack Obama's decision to scrap a Bush-era missile defense shield pla...

Iran Can Make Nuclear Bomb: Atomic Watchdog

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 11.17.2009 | World


VIENNA — Iran experts at the U.N.'s nuclear monitoring agency believe that Tehran has the ability to make a nuclear bomb and worked on developin...

Iran, World Powers To Meet Over Nuclear Program For First Time In A Year

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 11.14.2009 | World


VIENNA — Iran warned the U.S. and Israel on Monday it will repel any attack – while also tamping down tensions by agreeing to meet with Wa...

Iranian Nuke Proposal Falls Short Of Western Demands

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 11.11.2009 | World


VIENNA — Iran's new offer for talks with six world powers ignores their key demand of a freeze of Tehran's uranium enrichment program, according...

IAEA Session: US Says It Has "Serious Concern" That Iran Can Create A Bomb

AP | Posted 11.09.2009 | World


VIENNA — The United States says it has "serious concerns" that Iran is deliberately trying – at a minimum – to preserve a nuclear we...

Gates: Victory In Iraq And Afghan Wars Challenge But Achievable (VIDEO)

Al Jazeera | Posted 11.08.2009 | World


In a wide-ranging interview with Al Jazeera's Abderrahim Foukara, Gates spoke about the US strategy for peace in Afghanistan facing a "war of necessit...