Iran confirms end of cooperation with IAEA after UN referral
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki confirmed Sunday that Iran had ceased cooperating with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) , allowing the country to resume uranium enrichment without being subject to IAEA inspections. The move, ordered Saturday...
Iran threatens to block nuclear inspections if referred to Security Council
Iran on Friday threatened to block inspections of its nuclear facilities if the UN Security Council confronts it over its nuclear activities. Iran has been voluntarily allowing short-notice International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ...
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice issued a warning on Thursday that the US is considering referring Iran to the UN Security Council if it continues its plans to resume nuclear fuel...
Iran constitutional council OKs bill to block nuclear inspectors
Iran's conservative Guardian Council Saturday approved the constitutionality of a bill designed to prevent inspections of Iranian nuclear facilities by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) if Iran is reported to the UN Security Council...
IAEA chief urges negotiations to ban nuclear weapons production
Mohamed ElBaradei , Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) , Monday called for the start of negotiations on the long-stalled Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty , a global treaty banning the further production...
Mohamed ElBaradei received unanimous approval Monday to continue as head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for his third four-year term, after the US ended its opposition to his tenure. ElBaradei's reappointment had been...
Iran minister calls nuke resolution "illegal", but leaves negotiations door open
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki Sunday called Saturday's International Atomic Energy Agency resolution declaring Iran in "non-compliance" with safeguards under the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT) a "politically and illegally motivated decision" made to a "US pre-planned...
UN nuclear watchdog declares Iran in "non-compliance" with NPT
Delegates to the International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting concluding in Vienna Saturday adopted a resolution that for the first time declares Iran in "non-compliance" with safeguards set under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty...
Annan urges nuclear test ban treaty ratification at UN conference
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Wednesday called on nations to quickly sign and ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty as he opened the fourth conference on bringing the treaty into force....
North Korea agreed Monday to abandon its nuclear weapons programs and return to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty as the latest round of six-party talks between North Korea, China, Japan, South Korea,...
