The United Nations nuclear watchdog said Monday it has received an invitation from North Korea to visit, three years after its inspectors were expelled from the communist country. A spokeswoman for the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency said the invitation was received Friday — the same day Pyongyang announced it would launch a rocket carrying […]
North Korea Invites UN Nuclear Monitors to Return
Posted March 19th, 2012 at 6:50 pm (UTC-5)
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Swift to Expel Iranian Banks After EU Ban
Posted March 16th, 2012 at 3:00 am (UTC-5)
The world’s largest electronic payment system says it will cut off Iranian banks blacklisted by the European Union, another step in the West’s effort to further diminish Tehran’s ability to finance its nuclear program. The Belgium-based Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, or Swift, said it would comply with an EU order to disconnect designated […]
Swift to Expel Iranian Banks After EU Ban
Posted March 15th, 2012 at 6:25 pm (UTC-5)
The world’s largest electronic payment system says it will cut off Iranian banks blacklisted by the European Union, another step in the West’s effort to further diminish Tehran’s ability to finance its nuclear program. The Belgium-based Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, or Swift, said it would comply with an EU order to disconnect designated […]
Netanyahu: No Israeli Strike on Iran in ‘Days or Weeks’
Posted March 9th, 2012 at 10:15 am (UTC-5)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will give international sanctions against Iran a chance to work, and is not planning an attack on its nuclear facilities in the coming “days or weeks.” Speaking to Israeli television on Thursday, Mr. Netanyahu said he prefers a peaceful solution of the dispute with Iran, but insisted that […]
Netanyahu: Israeli Will Not Strike Iran in Coming ‘Days or Weeks’
Posted March 9th, 2012 at 12:50 am (UTC-5)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will give international sanctions against Iran a chance to work and is not planning an attack on its nuclear facilities in the coming “days or weeks.” Speaking to Israeli television on Thursday, Mr. Netanyahu said he prefers a peaceful solution to the issue, but insisted that his country […]
World Powers Urge Iran Towards Nuclear Talks
Posted March 8th, 2012 at 3:00 pm (UTC-5)
A group of six world powers has called on Iran to enter talks on its controversial nuclear program and allow international inspectors access to a military base amid reports Tehran may be cleaning it of evidence related to nuclear arms experiments. The group, known as the P5+1, voiced “regret” Thursday about Iran’s escalating campaign to […]
World Powers Urge Iran Towards Nuclear Talks
Posted March 8th, 2012 at 7:45 am (UTC-5)
A group of six world powers has called on Iran to enter talks on its controversial nuclear program without preconditions. At a board meeting of the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog in Vienna on Thursday, the group known as the P5+1 said that the process should be a “serious dialogue” that produces “concrete results.” The West fears […]
Evidence Mounts on Iran Nuclear Cleanup
Posted March 7th, 2012 at 10:50 pm (UTC-5)
Western diplomats say satellite images reviewed by the International Atomic Energy Agency show trucks and earth-moving vehicles at an Iranian military site, providing further clues that Iran may be trying to clean up its Parchin facility, southeast of Tehran, before allowing inspections by U.N. nuclear teams. The diplomats, who all requested anonymity, said they suspect […]
Evidence Mounts on Iran Nuclear Cleanup
Posted March 7th, 2012 at 8:45 pm (UTC-5)
Western diplomats say satellite images reviewed by the International Atomic Energy Agency show trucks and earth-moving vehicles at an Iranian military site, providing further clues that Iran may be trying to clean up its Parchin facility, southeast of Tehran, before allowing inspections by U.N. nuclear watchdog teams. The diplomats, who all requested anonymity, said they […]
Satellite Images Show Progress at North Korea Reactor
Posted March 6th, 2012 at 8:20 pm (UTC-5)
Satellite images released by a private, Washington-based group show that North Korea has made progress in the construction of a light-water reactor at its key nuclear Yongbyon complex north of the capital, Pyongyang. The February 3 images of the nuclear site, released by the Institute of Science and International Security, show that the reactor’s turbine […]
