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North Korea to halt nuclear program in exchange for Food from the US
North Korea's cooling tower seconds before its public demolition at Yongbyon nuclear complex.
North Korea says it is ready to halt missiles tests, disable its nuclear reactors and allow IAEA observers into the country in exchange for a food aid package from the US.
US state department spokesman Victoria Nuland confirmed on Wednesday that North Korea had agreed to meet demands to disable its nuclear...
IAEA to issue harsher Iran report, set stage for war
According to a 2009 Wikileaks cable, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano asserted that "he was solidly in the US court on every key strategic decision, from high-level personnel appointments to the handling of Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program."
The UN nuclear agency is expected to publish a report “harsher” than its November edition on Iran next month, possibly triggering a military...
Israel says No to nuclear transparency
Deputy head of Israel's Atomic Energy Commission David Danieli
Israel has once again refused to acknowledge international calls for transparency in its covert nuclear program during a meeting held by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
During the nuclear-free Middle East conference in Vienna, deputy head of Israel’s Atomic Energy Commission David Danieli said on Monday that Tel...
North Korea and Iran: 'Evil' nuclear fusion?
A mock North Korean missile at the War Memorial of Korea in Seoul
Two members of the ‘axis of evil’ conspiring to make nuclear weapons? Such a nightmare scenario would be dreadful indeed. But with unnamed sources claiming North Korea is helping Iran go nuclear, something about the plot seems dreamt up.
George W. Bush’s long-awaited chance to utter an “I told you so” may have arrived, as reports...
Russia and China warn America against Iran strike as tensions rise
The Iranian nuclear power plant in Bushehr, southern Iran - a site that may be targeted in a mooted military strike.
Russia and China have expressed growing concern about a possible American military strike against Iran over its nuclear programme.
And this week the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is to publish a damning report with ‘compelling evidence’ that Iran is secretly building...
Political Analyst: US attack on Iran spells World War III
The Obama Administration’s strategy for re-election is to start wars, but if the US were to “attack Iran,” it would “end up in a World War III,” a political analyst has told Press TV.
Edward Spannaus, editor of the weekly US-based news magazine Executive Intelligence Review (EIR), told our channel from Washington on Saturday that “his [US President Barack Obama’s] puppet masters,...
Iran refutes IAEA nuclear allegations
Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi says the International Atomic Energy Agency is free to reveal the alleged evidence it claims to have against Iran as “their documents are baseless.”
In a joint press conference with visiting Burundian Foreign Minister Augustin Nsanze on Saturday, Salehi said Iran has given a 117-page response to such allegations...
UN passes Iran's bid for nuclear disarmament
A file photo of the United Nations General Assembly
The UN General Assembly’s First Committee has endorsed an Iran-sponsored resolution on nuclear disarmament despite attempts by the US and the Israeli regime to stop the bid.
The committee, which focuses on disarmament and international security issues, approved the resolution with 107 votes on October 31, despite strong opposition and negative...
China: Iran entitled to nuclear energy
Iranian technicians are seen at the Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facilities (UCF), 420 kms south of the Iranian capital Tehran.
China has reaffirmed Iran’s right to peaceful nuclear technology, urging Tehran at the same time to expand its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Li Song, the deputy head of the Department of Arms Control of China’s Foreign Ministry,...
Pakistan becomes chair of IAEA board
Pakistan’s chairman of IAEA, Ansar Parvez (right)
Pakistan became the new chair of the UN nuclear watchdog’s governing body on Monday, despite being outside a global anti-nuclear arms pact.
Western diplomats have suggested they do not see the choice as ideal because like India, North Korea and Israel, Pakistan has shunned the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) that is at the heart of the International...
Fueling of Iran's nuclear plant begins
Iran's first nuclear power plant in the southern city of Bushehr
Iran has begun loading its first nuclear power plant in the southern city of Bushehr with fuel in an effort to provide the country with nuclear-generated electricity.
Nuclear fuel is being transferred to the Bushehr reactor under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency and senior officials from Iran and Russia.
The...
US sounds fresh warning to Iran again
While the Western powers have been pressuring Iran to accept a US-backed proposal over Iran’s nuclear fuel supply, the White House says it is still open to nuclear negotiations with Tehran but the time is running out.
US National Security Advisor James Jones said on Sunday that the White House is “still open to nuclear talks” with Tehran, but “the clock is ticking” towards...
IAEA Chief says nuclear Israel number one threat to Mideast
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei said Sunday that “Israel is number one threat to Middle East” with its nuclear arms, the official IRNA news agency reported.
At a joint press conference with Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization chief Ali Akbar Salehi in Tehran, ElBaradei brought Israel under spotlight and said that the Tel Aviv...