Defiant Iran plans to speed up nuke fuel workIran has announced plans to install and operate advanced uranium enrichment machines, in what would be a technological leap allowing it to significantly speed up activity the West fears could be put to developing a nuclear weapon. More… |
Iran bent on enrichment ahead of nuke talksIran will not stop higher-grade enrichment of uranium in response to external demands, Tehran's top nuclear official was quoted as saying on Tuesday, signaling a tough bargaining stance ahead of planned new talks with world powers. More… |
Iran 'filling Nuclear bunker with centrifuges'Iran appears to have nearly finished installing centrifuges at its underground nuclear plant, Western diplomats say, potentially boosting its capacity to make weapons-grade uranium if it chose to do so. More… |
Iran starts nuclear work in mountain bunkerIran has started refining uranium deep inside a mountain, diplomatic sources said on Monday, a move likely to exacerbate a dispute with Western powers that suspect Tehran is seeking a nuclear weapons capability. They said uranium enrichmen More… |
Iran to raise nuclear output, shifting workIran aims to triple its production capacity for higher grade uranium and is shifting that nuclear enrichment work from a site it has used for years to one that was only disclosed in 2009, state broadcaster IRIB reported. 'This year, un More… |
Iran offers dates for new talksIran told world powers on Tuesday it was ready to hold talks in Turkey in late November or early December, but a senior official signalled reluctance to discuss elements of Tehran's nuclear plans at the meeting. Western diplomats have made More… |
Iran to push ahead with new enrichment plantsIran will push ahead with a major expansion of its uranium enrichment capacity, its nuclear chief said on Monday, despite international sanctions meant to force the country to curb its nuclear programme. The latest comments by Ali Akbar S More… |
Iran starts more efficient uranium enrichmentIran has begun using extra equipment installed earlier this year to enrich uranium more efficiently, stepping up its nuclear work despite UN sanctions, a Western think-tank said. The Institute for Science and International Security said on More… |
Iran to start work on new enrichment plantIran will start work on a new uranium enrichment nuclear plant, a senior official said on Monday, part of a big expansion of its nuclear programme which has contributed to fears in the West it aims to build a bomb. Defying Western pressure More… |
Iran says fuel swap must be on its territoryIran said on Tuesday any exchange of nuclear fuel must take place on its territory, a condition rejected by Western powers seeking to prevent it stockpiling material which could be further enriched to make a bomb. The United States and its More… |








