The U.N. chief nuclear inspector says a two-day visit to Iran has ended with his team unable to visit a key military site and without an agreement with Tehran on the way forward. The International Atomic Energy Agency’s Herman Nackaerts spoke Wednesday in Vienna after returning from what the IAEA called “disappointing” talks with Iranian […]
IAEA Visit Ends Without Access to Iranian Military Site
Posted February 22nd, 2012 at 5:05 am (UTC-5)
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IAEA ‘Disappointed’ as Iran Blocks Experts From Visiting Military Site
Posted February 21st, 2012 at 8:05 pm (UTC-5)
The International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran has blocked U.N. experts from inspecting an Iranian military site and refused to cooperate with them in answering allegations of Iranian efforts to design a nuclear weapon. In a statement issued early Wednesday, the IAEA says the U.N. delegation led by chief inspector Herman Nackaerts was returning to […]
Iran: Visiting IAEA Team Will Not Inspect Nuclear Facilities
Posted February 21st, 2012 at 3:25 pm (UTC-5)
Iran says a visiting team of United Nations nuclear officials will not inspect Iranian nuclear facilities despite international concerns that such facilities are part of a clandestine nuclear weapons program. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said Tuesday the purpose of the visit by the International Atomic Energy Agency team is not inspections but discussions […]
Iran: IAEA Inspectors Will Not Visit Nuclear Facilities
Posted February 21st, 2012 at 7:00 am (UTC-5)
Iran says the goal of a visiting team of senior United Nations nuclear officials is not to inspect Iran’s nuclear facilities but to hold talks with Iranian officials. Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said Tuesday the aim is to pursue a framework for dialogue and cooperation between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency. He […]
US Talking to Iranian Oil Buyers About Cutting Imports
Posted February 21st, 2012 at 4:05 am (UTC-5)
The United States is negotiating with major importers of Iranian oil, including South Korea and Japan, about reducing their purchases as part of sanctions targeting Tehran’s central bank. A delegation of senior South Korean officials is traveling to Washington Tuesday for talks that will include how much the country needs to cut its imports. South […]
UN Inspectors Return to Iran for Nuclear Talks
Posted February 20th, 2012 at 8:50 am (UTC-5)
Senior United Nations nuclear inspectors have arrived in Tehran for two days of talks on Iran’s disputed nuclear program, the second U.N. visit in three weeks. Iran’s state radio said Monday the delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency hopes to meet Iranian nuclear scientists and visit the Parchin complex, an Iranian military base and […]
UN Nuclear Inspectors in Iran to Investigate Atomic Program
Posted February 20th, 2012 at 3:20 am (UTC-5)
A team of United Nations nuclear inspectors is in Iran for a visit aimed at resolving the dispute about Iran’s nuclear program. The delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency arrived in Tehran Monday. It is led by IAEA chief nuclear inspector Herman Nackaerts, who said his top priority is analyzing the “possible military dimensions […]
UN Nuclear Inspector: Priority is Getting Iran to Answer Weapon Allegations
Posted February 19th, 2012 at 7:15 pm (UTC-5)
The chief U.N. nuclear inspector begins another to visit to Iran on Monday, saying his “highest priority” is getting answers to allegations of military dimensions to the Iranian nuclear program. Speaking before he left Vienna on Sunday, International Atomic Energy Agency deputy director Herman Nackaerts said he wants to see “concrete results” from his two […]
Iran Halts Oil Sales to France, Britain
Posted February 19th, 2012 at 2:05 pm (UTC-5)
Iran says it has stopped selling crude oil to France and Britain, in an apparent retaliatory move against the European Union for its phased ban on Tehran’s crucial fuel exports. Iran’s Oil Ministry said Sunday that all shipments to French and British companies have ceased and that the Islamic Republic has taken steps to deliver […]
Iran Halts Oil Sales to France, Britain
Posted February 19th, 2012 at 1:00 pm (UTC-5)
Iran says it has stopped selling crude oil to France and Britain, in an apparent retaliatory move against the European Union for its phased ban on Tehran’s crucial fuel exports. Iran’s Oil Ministry said Sunday that all shipments to French and British companies have ceased and that the Islamic Republic has taken steps to deliver […]
