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IAEA Chief Tours Sensitive Iran Nuclear Plants

The UN nuclear chief toured two Iranian uranium enrichment plants that have been the focus of Western concern on Friday after Tehran said it was ready to address "doubts" about its ambitions.

International Business Times

UN Nuclear Chief In Iran To 'Reach Diplomatic Solutions'

International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi was to hold talks with top Iranian officials Thursday on Tehran's nuclear programme, a week after Donald Trump's re-election as US president.

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UN peacekeepers in Lebanon criticise ‘apparently deliberate’ attack by Israeli forces – as it happened

Unifil says Israeli army fired at watchtower in direct hit; IDF says peacekeepers ‘not a target’

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Berlin Calls for Resolving Differences Over Iran’s Nuclear File

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday called for resolving differences over the Iranian nuclear efforts and expressed his concern about the “real danger” posed by Tehran's program. Speaking alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after talks in Berlin, Scholz said Germany and other countries are working to prevent Tehran from obtaining…

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Iran Sways between Optimism, Pessimism with IAEA

In the grey area between optimism and pessimism, Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesman of Iran’s atomic agency, said Tehran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) must find political and technical solutions to outstanding issues. Iran has agreed with the IAEA regarding three locations where traces of uranium were found, Kamalvandi told…

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Iran Expresses ‘readiness’ To Cooperate With IAEA

Iran has indicated its "readiness" to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency, after the U

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IAEA Chief in Iran to Increase Nuclear Inspections

The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, arrived in Tehran on Saturday to discuss Iran's nuclear program after discovering particles of uranium enriched to a level close to making an atomic bomb. Grossi was received at the airport by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran…

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Iran Calls 84% Uranium Enrichment Allegation a ‘Conspiracy’

Iranian state television on Friday offered an extended defense against an accusation attributed to international inspectors that it enriched uranium to 84% purity, with an official calling it part of a “conspiracy” against Tehran amid tensions over its nuclear program. The comments by Behrouz Kamalvandi, a spokesman for Iran's civilian…

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Iran denies enriching uranium above 60% - IRNA

Iran has denied reports that it has enriched uranium to 84% purity, which is close to weapons grade.

Reuters

Iran denies enriching uranium to 84 percent purity amid IAEA row

The IAEA says it is talking to Iran over enrichment, as Tehran says the agency is being used as a ‘political tool’.

Al Jazeera

Western Powers Unite Against Iran at IAEA, No Resolution Yet

Western powers are lobbying other states on the UN nuclear watchdog's board to jointly pressure Iran to give the agency the answers it has long sought on uranium traces found at three undeclared sites, diplomats said on Tuesday. At its last quarterly meeting in June the International Atomic Energy Agency's…

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Biden Wants Other 'Options' to Block Iran Nuclear Weapons Capability if Deal Fails

US President Joe Biden wants to ensure that the United States has "other available options" to ensure that Iran does not achieve nuclear weapons capability, if efforts to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal fail, a White House spokesperson said. National security spokesman John Kirby said Washington would remain active…

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Iran Calls IAEA's Demands 'Excessive'

Iran will not accept the UN nuclear watchdog's "excessive" demands, the spokesperson of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization was cited as saying by the semi-official Tasnim news agency on Tuesday. After months of indirect talks, Tehran and Washington are struggling to revive a 2015 nuclear deal. A key sticking point is…

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Iran calls IAEA's demands 'excessive'- media

Iran will not accept the U.N. nuclear watchdog's "excessive" demands, the spokesperson of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation was cited as saying by the semi-official Tasnim news agency on Tuesday.

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Iranian MPs Want to Ask Supreme Leader to Change Fatwa against Nuclear Arms

An Iranian deputy said that lawmakers may request that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei retract the "fatwa prohibiting nuclear weapons." The ILNA news agency reported that MP Mohammed-Reza Sabbaghian Bafghi warned: "We will ask the Supreme Leader to change his strategy and fatwa on the prohibition of producing nuclear weapons if…

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Iran deploys more centrifuges as it proposes new round of talks

Tehran has maintained a potential sustainable agreement would require ‘flexibility’ by Washington.

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Iran Defends ‘Legitimacy’ of Enriching Uranium to 20% at Fordow

The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran defended the legitimacy of its latest step to accelerate uranium enrichment by 20 percent through operating IR-6 centrifuges at its underground Fordow facility. Iran has escalated its uranium enrichment further with the use of advanced machines at Fordow in a setup that can more…

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Iran’s nuclear chief questions IAEA impartiality as censure looms

Iranian official tells Al Jazeera the world’s atomic watchdog and its director are acting under political pressure.

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Iran Confirms Centrifuge Workshop Moved to Underground Site

Iran has confirmed it relocated a centrifuge facility to its underground Natanz nuclear site, state media reported, days after the UN atomic watchdog said it installed surveillance cameras to monitor the new workshop at Tehran's request. The late Saturday report by the official IRNA news agency comes as diplomatic efforts…

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UN Nuclear Watchdog Chief Arrives in Tehran

The UN nuclear watchdog's chief arrived in Tehran late Friday amid hopes of reviving a 2015 accord between Iran and world powers, with Britain saying a deal is "close". The visit by International Atomic Energy Agency head Rafael Grossi, who is set to meet Iranian officials on Saturday, is seen…

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