Iran able to reach 20,000-SWU enrichment capacity in a month: Nuclear chief
Tasnim – Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi said the country is capable of increasing the…
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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.…
Iran able to enrich uranium up to 60%, says atomic energy agency spokesman
Reuters – Iran has the capacity to enrich uranium up to 60%, a spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI)…
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…
‘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 to return to uranium enrichment level before 2015 deal
IRNA – Iran will soon return to uranium enrichment level that had before 2015 nuclear deal, said a senior Iranian official on…
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 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 enrichment may hit 20% if impasse drags on
Al-Monitor | Saeid Jafari: As prospects died for a face-to-face meet this week in New York between Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and…
Spokesman: Iran’s 4.5% enriched uranium stockpile increases to nearly 370kg
FNA – Spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi announced that the volume of the country’s 4.5% enriched…
24 tons of uranium enriched since JCPOA, says Iranian official
IRNA – Iran has enriched 24 tons of uranium since the nuclear deal was signed, an Iranian lawmaker quoted the country’s nuclear…
Iran’s enrichment to 4.5 percent not a proliferation issue: Expert
IRNA – A Vienna-based Canadian Consultant on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation issues strongly believes that Iran’s decision to enrich uranium to 4.5…
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…
France sees risk of stumble into US-Iranian conflict
MNA – Iran’s increasing its uranium enrichment level after the United States pulled out of world powers’ nuclear deal with Tehran was…
Trump accuses Iran of secretly enriching uranium for a long time
MNA – US President Donald Trump threatened Iran with ‘substantially’ increasing sanctions, claiming that Iran has been secretly enriching uranium for a…
Special Iran nuclear meeting exposes discord over US strategy
Bloomberg | Jonathan Tirone: The U.S. called for an extraordinary meeting of atomic inspectors to ramp up pressure against Iran after it violated…
Iran enriching uranium to 4.5% purity, IAEA tells member states
Reuters – Iran is enriching uranium to 4.5% purity, above the 3.67% limit set by its deal with major powers, the U.N.…
Trump wants to talk. Iran isn’t interested.
Politico | NAHAL TOOSI: President Donald Trump wants to sit down with Iranian leaders — but they don’t share his eagerness to…
Europe, Japan ‘concerned’ over Iran’s enrichment announcement
Tasnim – British Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt expressed concerns over Iran’s decision to scale down its nuclear commitments, hoping that the 2015…
Russia says to keep trying to save JCPOA
Tasnim – Russia is concerned over plans by Iran to increase the level of its uranium enrichment, and will pursue diplomatic efforts…
2nd phase of reduced commitment to JCPOA takes effect: AEOI spox
IRNA – The second phase of reduced commitment to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of action took effect on Monday with uranium enrichment…
Iran to take 3rd step to reduce nuclear commitments after 60 Days: Spokesman
Tasnim – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi warned that if the European parties to the 2015 nuclear deal continue failing…
Raising enrichment level strictly for peaceful purposes: govt. spox
MNA – Government spokesperson Ali Rabiei said Iran’s move to increase the level of uranium enrichment over the 3.67% limit is according…
France says it will not launch dispute resolution for Iran nuclear deal
Reuters – The French government will not trigger the Iran nuclear deal’s dispute resolution mechanism for now, instead giving itself one week…
INSTEX without credit not acceptable to Iran: Deputy FM
IRNA – Europe’s efforts to help Iran thwart the US sanctions is valuable but not enough unless it receives the required credit,…
Uranium purity to be fixed as per Iran’s need, says spokesman
IRNA – Iranian Government spokesman Ali Rabiei said on Sunday that in the second phase of reducing its commitment to the nuclear…
Iran announces more cuts to JCPOA commitments
MNA – Iran has announced further reductions to JCPOA commitments as its 60-day deadline for the European signatories to the 2015 nuclear…
Iran to lift uranium enrichment to 5%, above level in 2015 deal: official
Reuters – Iran will announce on Sunday that it will raise its uranium enrichment level to 5%, a concentration above the limit…
US request for IAEA BG meeting on Iran ‘contradicts common sense’: Russia
MNA – A senior Russian diplomat said that US request for holding an IAEA Board of Governors session on Iran “contradicts common…
UN nuclear watchdog to hold emergency meeting on Iran
Press TV – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says it will hold an emergency meeting on Iran next week, a few…
Iran to react in kind in face of Europeans’ violations of JCPOA
MNA – Senior adviser to Iran’s Leader Ali Akbar Velayati has said that Iran will increase the level of uranium enrichment from…
Cleric: Iran to enrich uranium to any needed extent
IRNA – Tehran Interim Friday Prayer Leader Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahedi Kermani said Iran will enrich uranium to any essential extent as…
Trump distorts Rouhani’s words on uranium enrichment
Press TV – US President Donald Trump has distorted remarks by his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, regarding Tehran’s uranium enrichment plans in…
Diplomats: Europeans keen to avoid sending Iran nuclear case to back UN for now
Reuters – European signatories to a nuclear pact with Iran said on Tuesday they were “extremely concerned” by Tehran’s apparent breach of…
US pressure behind Iran’s decision to exceed uranium limit: China
Tasnim – China said Tuesday it regrets Iran’s decision to exceed a limit on enriched uranium reserves under a 2015 nuclear deal,…
France asks Iran to reverse its enrichment decision
Tasnim – French President Emmanuel Macron said his country would soon take the necessary measures to make sure that Iran will benefit…
US repeats anti-Iran threats: Maximum pressure will continue
Press TV – The administration of US President Donald Trump has issued new threats against Tehran, warning that its pressure campaign against…
UN urges Iran to stick to JCPOA: spokesman
MNA – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged Iran to continue implementing all JCPOA commitments after Iran announced Mon. that its enriched…
Zarif mocks US allegation that Iran violated JCPOA even before signing
IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message expressed surprise over White House statement saying there is little doubt…