AEOI Chief: 1,044 centrifuges spinning at Iran’s Fordow nuclear site
Tasnim – Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi said enrichment of uranium is underway at the…
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1,044 centrifuges enriching uranium in Fordow: official
MNA – Spokesman for the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said 1,044 centrifuges are enriching uranium in Fordow Nuclear…
UN nuclear watchdog: Iran dragging feet on access to nuclear sites
Al-Monitor | Laura Rozen: Iran has dragged its feet on providing access to three sites suspected of past possible involvement in Iran’s…
Iran says Russia not cooperating in Fordow due to technical difficulty
IRNA – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said in his weekly press conference on Monday that Russia has stopped cooperating in…
US reinstates sanctions on Fordow nuclear facility in Iran
TASS – The United States is reinstating its unilateral restrictions on the Iranian uranium enrichment facility in Fordow on December 15. All…
Fordow modernization project in Iran will be fully implemented — Russian diplomat
TASS – On December 5, Russia’s TVEL fuel company informed Teheran that it had suspended work on a project to revamp two…
Russian foreign ministry calls for joint efforts to keep Fordow and Arak project in place
TASS – Russia’s delegation to the Vienna meeting on the Iranian nuclear deal stressed the necessity of consolidated efforts to keep in…
Iran has evidence against IAEA inspector: Nuclear chief
Tasnim – Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi said there is evidence that an International Atomic…
Iran continues dismantling JCPOA nuclear restrictions
Al-Monitor | Alireza Noori: Iran is taking another step toward expanding its nuclear program by officially starting construction of the second unit…
Why lifting exemptions for US sanctions on Fordow angered Moscow?
IRNA – The US recently announced the lifting of suspended exemptions on Iran’s Fordow nuclear site which angered Russia and the Russian…
US sanctions against Iran affect Russia as well, says expert
TASS – Senior Researcher at the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Oriental Studies Boris Dolgov added that a lot depends on…
US to end sanctions waiver for Iran’s Fordow nuclear plant: Pompeo
Press TV – The US Secretary of State says Washington will end the sanctions wavier related to Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility in…
Fordow nuclear plant ready for 20% enrichment: Director
MNA – Director of Fordow nuclear facility said the plant is ready for 20% uranium enrichment when the need arises, adding that…
Iran adds to breaches of nuclear deal with enrichment push: IAEA report
Reuters | Francois Murphy: Iran is enriching uranium at its underground Fordow site and rapidly accelerating enrichment more broadly, a report by the U.N.…
Tehran to continue nuclear cooperation with Moscow, says Iranian official
TASS – Tehran plans to continue cooperation with Russia in the nuclear sector, including on stable isotope production at the Fordow facility,…
IAEA to verify uranium enrichment at Iran’s Fordow: Official
Tasnim – Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are going to verify the resumption of nuclear enrichment at Iran’s Fordow…
Europe yet to decide on response to Iran uranium enrichment: Merkel
Reuters – Europe has not yet taken a decision on how to respond to Iran’s decision to resume enriching uranium, which is…
Iran prepared to enrich at Fordow site on Wednesday: IAEA report
Reuters – Iran prepared to enrich uranium at its Fordow site on Wednesday, a move that is already a breach of its…
IAEA interim director general provides oral report on Iran’s nuclear program
MNA – The interim Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Cornel Feruta provided an oral report on Iran’s nuclear program.…
Iran’s hard-liners say fresh nuclear deal breaches don’t go far enough
Al-Monitor – The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has started work on a fresh phase of scaling back commitments under the…
‘Step in the wrong direction’: US fumes as Iran expands uranium enrichment beyond nuclear deal limits
RT – Washington is up in arms over Tehran’s decision to further scale back its commitments under the same nuclear deal that…
Iran takes most significant step yet away from nuclear deal with world powers
CBS – Iran injected uranium gas into centrifuges at its underground Fordo nuclear complex early Thursday, taking its most-significant step away from…
US’s Pompeo says Iran’s latest nuclear steps raise concern
Reuters – Iran’s recent “nuclear escalations” raise concerns that should move all countries to increase pressure on Tehran, U.S. Secretary of State…
France reacts to Iran’s new JCPOA step
MNA – French President Emmanuel Macron has reacted to Iran’s new retaliatory step to reduce its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal,…
Uranium enrichment resumes at Iran’s Fordow nuclear site
IRNA – Uranium enrichment at Fordow nuclear facility began on early Thursday as per an executive order by President Hassan Rouhani in…
Iran starts injecting uranium gas into centrifuges at Fordow: TV
Reuters – Iran has started to inject uranium gas into centrifuges at its underground Fordow nuclear facility, state TV reported on Wednesday,…
Iran will enrich uranium to 5% at Fordow underground nuclear site: official
Reuters – Iran will enrich uranium to 5% at its underground Fordow nuclear facility on Wednesday, its nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi…
Iran steps further from nuclear deal with move on centrifuges
The New York Times | Michael Wolgelenter: The country has been backing away from the agreement it signed with six countries four…
US to renew waivers allowing non-proliferation work with Iran -sources
Reuters – The United States plans to allow Russian, Chinese and European companies to continue work at Iranian nuclear facilities to make…
Iran begins construction of research center on isotope separation
MNA – The construction of a research center on separation and development of the applications of stable isotopes began at Fordow nuclear…
Iran denies closure of Fordow nuclear site
Tasnim – Spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi dismissed reports of closure of the country’s Fordow nuclear…
Iran to start phase II of stable isotopes project in Fordow
MNA – An official with Iran Atomic Energy Origination (IAEO) said that the ground for the second phase of stable isotopes project…
Iran, Russia to continue nuclear coop. in Bushehr, Fordow
MNA – In a joint press conference with Sergey Lavrov in Moscow Wed., the Iranian foreign minister said that Russia and Iran…
Rouhani inaugurates 1st phase of vacuum tech center in Fordow
MNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani inaugurated phase one of the national vacuum engineering and technology center at Fordow nuclear facility via…
Russia: JCPOA joint commission stresses deal’s implementation
IRNA – The participants in JCPOA commission meeting emphasized continuation of implementation of international projects proposed in the nuclear deal, including Iran…
Minister: Iran ready for 20% enrichment
Tasnim– Iran’s intelligence minister said preparations have been made to begin enriching uranium to a 20 percent fissile purity at the Fordow…
Intelligence minister to visit Fordow, Natanz nuclear plants
IRNA – Iran Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi is scheduled to visit Fordow and Natanz nuclear plants. The visit is to take place…
Iran to resume enrichment at Fordow if JCPOA falls apart: Nuclear official
Tasnim– Iran will restart the process of enriching uranium at its Fordow nuclear site if the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)…
Kamalvandi: Iran has plans to revive Fordow if forced to leave JCPOA
MNA– As long as Joint Comprehensive Plan of Actions (JCPOA) persists, Fordow site will remain as it is today, but if Iran…
Russian delegation discusses retuning Fordow nuclear facility in Iran – ambassador
TASS – Russia is satisfied with the level of cooperation with Iran in the framework of JCPOA A delegation of Russia’s nuclear…