The head of Russia’s state-run atomic energy agency, Rosatom, warned on Monday there was a risk of a nuclear accident at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest, following renewed shelling over the weekend. Moscow and Kyiv have traded accusations of shelling the facility for months since Russian forces took …
Read More »Ukraine nuclear plant shelled, U.N. warns: ‘You’re playing with fire!’
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is under Russian control, was rocked by shelling on Sunday, drawing condemnation from the U.N. nuclear watchdog which said such attacks risked a major nuclear disaster. More than a dozen blasts shook Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant on Saturday evening and Sunday, the International …
Read More »Europeans adopt ‘wrong’ stance at ‘inappropriate’ time in Vienna talks: Iran
Iran has slammed as “wrong” and “ill-considered” the joint statement issued by Germany, France, and the United Kingdom on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Speaking at a weekly presser on Monday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kan’ani said …
Read More »IAEA calls for security zone at Ukraine frontline nuclear plant
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) called on Tuesday for a security and safety zone around Europe’s biggest nuclear power station, describing extensive damage inspectors had found at the plant on the front line of the Ukraine war. A long-awaited report did not ascribe blame for damage at the Zaporizhzhia …
Read More »Borrell: Iran response to EU proposal on JCPOA revival ‘reasonable’
European Union foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, says Iran’s answer to the bloc’s proposal on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), was “reasonable.” “There was a proposal from me as coordinator of the negotiations… and a response from Iran …
Read More »Iran, IAEA agree in principle to resolve technical issues: FM
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Tehran and the UN nuclear agency have reached an agreement in principle to resolve their outstanding issues. The official made the remarks during an online discussion with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Wednesday, adding that Iran and the agency were seeking to “issue …
Read More »AUKUS could trigger race for nuclear submarines, IAEA warns
The United Nations’ nuclear organization has sounded the alarm over Australia’s plan to obtain nuclear-powered submarines. Under a trilateral deal between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States dubbed AUKUS, Australia will be given nuclear-propulsion technology for submarines. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) set up a task force to …
Read More »Iran at IAEA board meeting: US should drop addiction to sanctions
Iran says the US needs to cease its violations of the 2015 nuclear deal signed between Tehran and world powers without preconditions and drop its addiction to sanctions, stressing the Islamic Republic is not indebted to the other parties as it was fully committed to the agreement although it did …
Read More »Envoy: Iran permits IAEA to service surveillance equipment at nuclear facilities
Iran has agreed to allow the UN nuclear watchdog to service surveillance equipment installed at Iranian nuclear sites following talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s Director General Rafael Grossi in Tehran, Iran’s permanent ambassador to international organizations in Vienna says. Kazem Gharibabadi made the remarks in a string …
Read More »IAEA will have no access to surveillance camera footage in Iran: Source
There will be no change in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s lack of access to its camera footage at Iran’s nuclear sites during IAEA chief Rafael Grossi’s visit to Tehran, an informed source said. “During Grossi’s visit to Tehran, there will be no change in the IAEA’s access to …
Read More »Iraq contacts IAEA about relaunching nuclear activities by 2030
The Iraqi government initiated talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) oversupplying Iraq with nuclear fuel as a part of Baghdad’s project to build nuclear power plants. A source told Alghadeer News that the Iraqi government contacted the IAEA over the possibility of resuming its nuclear activity and allocating …
Read More »North Korean nuclear reactor appears active, IAEA says
North Korea appears to have restarted operations at a power plant capable of producing plutonium for nuclear weapons, according to the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog. The International Atomic Energy Agency said that clues, such as the discharge of cooling water, observed in early July indicated the plant is active. No …
Read More »Iran, IAEA agree to extend inspection agreement by one month
Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have agreed to extend by one month the agreement they had clinched for the UN nuclear agency to continue inspection of the country’s nuclear sites while the ongoing talks in Vienna on the revival of a landmark nuclear deal between Tehran and …
Read More »Qalibaf: IAEA no longer to access images of Iran nuclear sites
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf says the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will no longer be able to access images of the Iranian nuclear sites because a monitoring deal with the UN nuclear body has expired. “From May 22 and with the end of the three-month agreement, the agency …
Read More »Rouhani | JCPOA parties in agreement over removal of all main sanctions
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the parties in Vienna talks have accepted to remove all main sanctions targeting the country’s oil, petrochemical, shipping, and insurance sectors as well as the Central Bank of Iran. “We have taken the main big step, and the primary agreement has been reached,” Rouhani said …
Read More »UN agency: source of radioactivity in Nordics still unclear
The U.N. nuclear agency says slightly elevated levels of radioactivity that have been detected in northern Europe pose no risk to human health or to the environment but it’s still unclear what the cause was. The Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish radiation and nuclear safety watchdogs said last week that they …
Read More »IAEA resolution unacceptable to Iran: Foreign Ministry
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi said on Saturday that Britain, France, and Germany have entered a non-constructive and dangerous game. Referring to the resolution of the IAEA Board of Governors against the Islamic Republic, he said, “What is certain is that we do not accept the action of …
Read More »No change in Iran JCPOA implementation, cooperation with agency: IAEA chief
The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says there has been no change in Iran’s implementation of its obligations as per the nuclear deal it clinched with major world powers in 2015, or the country’s cooperation with the UN agency. In his introductory statement to the Board …
Read More »Iran’s nuclear program crystal clear in world, gov’t spox says
Government spokesman Ali Rabiei said on Monday that Iran’s nuclear program could be considered as the most transparent program of any kind in the world, calling on IAEA’s Board of Governors to stand up to the US’ bullying. Utilizing political criteria in the mutual consideration of the duties and rights …
Read More »Iran slams US for trying to obstruct IAEA reports’ mechanisms, procedures
Iran has criticized the United States and some other countries for seeking to undermine the mechanisms and procedures of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s reports on Tehran’s nuclear activities. Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the international organizations in Vienna Kazem Gharibabadi, in an Instagram post on Friday, lambasted the …
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