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07 May 2021 Share US President Dwight Eisenhowers Atoms for Peace speech to the UN General Assembly in 1953 is still relevant as the world of today confronts the existential threat of climate change, World Nuclear Association Director General Sama Bilbao y León told delegates at a preparatory event for the Tenth NPT Review Conference that is expected to take place in August. Speaking at the event - titled Industry and Peaceful Applications of Nuclear Technology - Bilbao y León called upon...

© Getty Images Iran on Saturday named the man it believes is behind the attack on its nuclear facility in Natanz that could set back uranium enrichment at the site for months.  Iranian state television identified the man as 43-year-old Reza Karimi, who it said fled the country shortly before the sabotage attack occurred last week Iran also said Karimi was the subject of an Interpol “red notice” seeking his arrest and that steps were underway to bring him back to Iran by legal means. ADVER...

Iran began enriching uranium up to 60 per cent purity Friday, its highest level ever, after an attack targeted its Natanz nuclear site, the countrys parliament speaker said. The comment by Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, quoted by state television, did not elaborate on the amount Iran planned to enrich. However, it is likely to raise tensions even as Iran negotiates with world powers in Vienna over a way to allow the US back into the agreement and lift the crushing economic sanctions it faces. The ...

In early April, Iran celebrated its 15 th annual “National Nuclear Technology Day” and used the occasion to demonstrate new IR-9 centrifuges. These new centrifuges are 50 times more efficient enriching uranium than the previous model. This achievement is a thumb-in-the-eye to America proving Iran’s “peaceful nuclear program” is anything but…and that they will continue their deceptive march to become a nuclear power. Consider how the confluence of three developments forms a “perfe...

In December 2020, Irans Majlis passed a law mandating steadily reductions in the countrys commitments to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) until the...

Attack on Iranian nuclear facility complicates Bidens diplomatic outreach to Tehran, experts say Jenna McLaughlin WASHINGTON — While White House press secretary Jen Psaki denied Monday any U.S. involvement in a Sunday explosion that damaged an Iranian nuclear facility, the incident may complicate the Biden administration’s efforts to bring Tehran’s government back to the negotiating table. “The next rounds of nuclear talks were always going to be tough, but they just got...

Sabotage, mostly likely by Israel, is suspected with the mysterious power outage at the Natanz centrifuge assembly plant.

Iran accuses Israel of causing nuclear site blackout By (0) Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday blamed Israel for the blackout that occurred at a nuclear facility a day earlier in central Iran. Photo by Maryam Rahmanian/UPI | License Photo April 12 (UPI) -- Irans Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Monday accused Israel of being responsible for causing the blackout a day earlier at the Natanz nuclear facility in central Iran, vowing Tehran will take retaliatory measures, acco...

China Daily | Updated: 2021-04-12 09:48 Share CLOSE Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday visits an exhibition in Teheran that displays equipment used in the countrys nuclear program. IRANIAN PRESIDENCY OFFICE/WANA TEHERAN－Iran unveiled its newest advanced nuclear centrifuges on Saturday, showcasing its achievements ahead of a resumption of talks this week on the terms for the United States and the Islamic republic to come back into compli...

Iran calls blackout at atomic facility "nuclear terrorism" April 11, 2021 / 7:44 PM / AP Iran on Sunday described a blackout at its underground Natanz atomic facility an act of "nuclear terrorism," raising regional tensions as world powers and Tehran continue to negotiate over its tattered nuclear deal. While there was no immediate claim of responsibility, suspicion fell immediately on Israel, where its media nearly uniformly reported a devastating cyberattack orchestrated by the co...