ISTANBUL (AA) – The UK, France, Germany and the US welcomed Saturday the adoption of an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors resolution on Iran’s Safeguards Agreements. “The resolution responds to Iran’s continued failure to provide the IAEA the information and cooperation needed to clarify long outsta...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has warned of a “confrontation” over a resolution submitted by three European powers against Tehran at the United Nations nuclear watchdog. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, in a phone call with his French counterpart Jean-Noel Barrot, said that a European resolution at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IA...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has submitted a formal protest to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over Israeli threats to target its nuclear facilities in response to a missile attack launched by Tehran earlier this month. Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaee said Monday that the protest note has been delivered to the UN nuclear [...
Isfahan, Iran – AFP UN atomic watchdog chief Rafael Grossi, visiting Iran on Tuesday, urged the country to adopt “concrete” measures to bolster cooperation on its nuclear programme and address the international community’s concerns. At a news conference in the city of Isfahan, Grossi said he had proposed in talks with I...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has warned of war expansion in the region if Israeli forces continue to commit war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian spoke by phone with European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell about the latest developments on Israel’s a...
ANKARA (AA) – Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad al-Maliki has filed a formal complaint with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) against Israel over its minister’s threat to drop a nuclear bomb on Gaza. According to the Palestinian official news agency Wafa, al-Malki sent an official letter to IAEA Director-General Rafael Marian...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held a summit meeting with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in New York City on Wednesday. The two leaders discussed the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement, the release of radioactive water by Japan from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea and the Ukraine war as well […]...
United Nations, United States – AFP The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog on Monday urged Iran to reconsider its decision to deny access to top UN inspectors, telling AFP that failure to cooperate will carry severe consequences. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Saturday that Iran had withdrawn accreditation fr...
TEHRAN (AA) – Iran accused the US and the three European parties to the 2015 nuclear agreement on Saturday of “misusing” the UN nuclear watchdog to achieve “political objectives.” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said in a statement that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been “politicized” despite Tehran’...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The US said on Tuesday that the enrichment of uranium up to 60% in Iran “has no credible peaceful purpose.” “No other country in the world today utilizes uranium enriched to 60% for the purposes of its claims,” US State Department’s spokesman Vedant Patel said at a press briefing. Patel further said […]
