Salehi says material enriched from around 3.5% to 20% purity.
TEHERAN, Iran — Iran has succeeded in producing its first significant batch of further enriched uranium, the country’s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi said Wednesday, a move defying UN demands to halt the controversial program.
The uranium has been enriched from around […]
Defense Minister Ehud Barak broke Israel’s official silence on a draft plan to ship one load of Iranian uranium abroad for enrichment, saying Thursday night there was a need to halt all uranium enrichment on Iranian soil.
“This agreement, if it is signed, will set Iran’s accumulation of enriched material back by about a year,” […]
Iran’s president hit back on Saturday at US President Barack Obama’s accusation that his country had sought to hide its construction of a new nuclear site, arguing that Teheran reported the facility to the UN even earlier than required.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defended his government’s actions as the head of the UN’s nuclear monitoring agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, […]
The European Union issued a new demand Friday for Iran to return to international negotiations over its nuclear program, warning that a confrontation and tougher sanctions could be ahead if the standoff continued.
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, who was chairing two-day talks among EU’s foreign ministers, said the bloc was keen to restart such […]
