VIENNA Iran fiercely denied Friday seeking nuclear weapons and threatened to withdraw from a key treaty aimed at stopping their spread, in another note of defiance just as fresh diplomatic efforts gather pace. Speaking at a tense UN atomic agency meeting, Iran's envoy said that no "smoking gun" indicating a covert weapons drive had ever been found ...

By Ria Novosti MOSCOW, October 6 (RIA Novosti) - Israel should join the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in order for a nuclear-free Middle East to take shape, Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asghar Soltanieh said. The Zionist regimes joining the NPT is Iran's condition to attend the Middle East Nuclear ...

The IAEA Board of Governors Meeting could lead to issuing the Fifth UN Security Council resolution against Iran, Western diplomats claimed. Western countries hope to use this week's IAEA meeting to turn up the heat further on Iran by getting the agency's 35-nation board of governors to approve a resolution sharply criticizing the Islamic republic ...

Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Ali Asghar Soltanieh made Tehran's red lines in nuclear talks with world powers clear, saying Iran will never suspend its uranium enrichment program and sees no reason to close the Fordow underground site. According to Russia Today, the US and other Western countries will demand at nuclear ...

A new round of talks between Tehran and the UN's nuclear agency will be held in Vienna in mid-May. On April 27, Iran officially announced its readiness to resume talks with the UN's nuclear agency, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's chief delegate to the IAEA, said, as cited by BBC Persian. Ali Asghar Soltanieh added that the meeting would take place ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran reiterated its commitment to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), and meantime, slammed the West for its double-standard policy towards the issue of nuclear activities by various states. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham reiterated Iran's fundamental principles in prohibiting development of the weapons of mass ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran appointed Reza Najafi as its new envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Saturday. Najafi replaced Ali Asqar Soltaniyeh who served as Iran's permanent representative at the UN nuclear watchdog for nearly a decade. Soltaniyehs mission will come to an end on September 1. Najafi, a career diplomat, has served ...

Vienna, Aug 24, IRNA The farewell ceremony of Iranian envoy to Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency, Ali Asghar Soltanieh is to be held in Vienna next Friday. Vienna, Aug 24, IRNA The farewell ceremony of Iranian envoy to Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency, Ali Asghar Soltanieh is to be held in Vienna next Friday. By IRNA  ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Irans foreign minister said the country has not appointed its new envoys to the international organizations yet, adding that the president has the final say on the issue. The procedures for appointing the new representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the international organizations has been started, but no person has ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian Foreign Ministry's Deputy director general for international and political affairs said he has not so far received any presidential decree concerning his appointment as the countrys new envoy to the International Atomic energy Agency (IAEA). Earlier, an informed source disclosed on Thursday that Iran plans to appoint ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Araqchi confirmed earlier reports about Iran's decision to appoint a new envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Speaking to Tasnim on Thursday, Araqchi said the mission of the current envoy to the IAEA, Ali Asqar Soltaniyeh, will end soon. Another person is due ...

Iran's veteran envoy to the U.N. nuclear agency, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, is expected to leave his post soon but there is no word yet on who will replace him, diplomatic sources said on Wednesday. If confirmed, it would come less than a week after the newIranian president, Hassan Rouhani, a relative moderate, appointed a pragmatist to headIran's ...

The Iranian ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says the world will see no nuclear security as long as nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament are not enforced. Speaking at the International Conference on Nuclear Security: Enhancing Global Efforts in Vienna, Austria, on Tuesday, Ali Asghar Soltanieh stated that a global nuclear ...

The Iranian ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has censured the United States for postponing an international conference on the proposal to declare the Middle East a nuclear-weapons-free zone,Press TVreports. On Friday, Ambassador Ali Asghar Soltanieh accused the US and Israel of creating an impasse over the conference, which ...

Iran news headlines on Thursday include Iran reaffirmation on its peaceful nuclear energy; Arabs seekingreassurances fromIran over reactor safety; US lawmakers urgingIrans diminishing oil exports and Chinasupporting dialogon Irans nuclear energy program.   Iranian nation determined to use peaceful nuclear energy: Soltanieh The Iranian ambassador ...

The Iranian ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says the Iranian nation is determined to take advantage of peaceful nuclear energy despite the wave of political pressures and US-engineered sanctions. The Great nation of Iran will not permit anybody to deprive its present and future generation of inalienable right to peaceful ...

Irans Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asghar Soltanieh says the new report by the agency verifies there has been no diversion in Tehrans peaceful nuclear energy program,Press TVreports. Speaking ahead of a meeting of the IAEAs 35-nation Board of Governors in the Austrian capital, Vienna, on Monday, Soltanieh said the ...

Iran news headlines on Thursday include country denial of flying drone over Bahrain; an Iranian official calling US & Britain responsible for killing of Syrians; Iran remarks overcontinuation ofcooperation with the IAEA and RafsanjanicriticizingIranianauthorities over disqualification.   Iran denies flying drone over Bahrain Tehran on Thursday ...

The Iranian ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has reiterated the peaceful nature of the countrys nuclear energy program, saying that Tehran is determined to continue its cooperation with the IAEA. After 10 years of the most robust inspection in the history of the IAEA, no evidence of diversion of nuclear material or nuclear ...

Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have wrapped up their latest round of talks on the Islamic Republics nuclear energy program. Late on Wednesday, the two sides wrapped up in Vienna another round of talks that focused on a technical framework for cooperation. Irans Ambassador to the IAEA Ali-Asghar Soltanieh who led the Iranian ...