Japanese and South Korean nuclear envoys held talks Thursday in Seoul, to explore further initiatives aimed at persuading North Korea to end its nuclear weapons program. The meeting between Japanese negotiator Shinsuke Sugiyama and South Korean counterpart Lin Sung-nam comes just days before the duo travels to Washington for high-level nuclear consultations next week. Last […]
Japanese, S. Korean Nuclear Envoys Hold N. Korea Talks
Posted January 12th, 2012 at 8:30 am (UTC-5)
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Diplomats: Iran’s Uranium Enrichment Violates UN Resolutions
Posted January 11th, 2012 at 5:35 pm (UTC-5)
Western diplomats have expressed concern over Iran’s move to enrich uranium to a higher level, saying it violates United Nations sanctions resolutions over Tehran’s nuclear program. Diplomats from the United States, Britain, France and Germany raised the new developments at the U.N. Security Council Wednesday, two days after Iranian officials confirmed that a new underground […]
South Korea Predicts Nuclear Test by North Korea This Year
Posted January 11th, 2012 at 5:40 am (UTC-5)
A South Korean government research agency says North Korea’s new leader will either order a third nuclear test or a long-range missile launch later this year. A report issued Wednesday by the Institute for Foreign Affairs and National Security warns that Kim Jong Un will engage in “military adventurism” to boost his image as a […]
US Condemns Iran’s Announcement on Qom
Posted January 10th, 2012 at 6:55 pm (UTC-5)
The United States has condemned the Iranian government’s decision to begin uranium enrichment near the Shi’ite holy city of Qom, a second facility where the material can be upgraded quickly for potential use in a nuclear bomb. In a statement Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said “the move is contrary to Iran’s obligations […]
Iran Starts Uranium Enrichment at Underground Complex
Posted January 9th, 2012 at 7:30 pm (UTC-5)
Iran on Monday confirmed it has started uranium enrichment at a second facility where the material can be upgraded quickly for potential use in a nuclear bomb. Iran’s envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, said Tehran is refining uranium at the newly-launched Fordo complex and an older facility in the city […]
Iran Starts Uranium Enrichment at Underground Complex
Posted January 9th, 2012 at 10:45 am (UTC-5)
Iran has confirmed it has started uranium enrichment at a second facility where the material can be upgraded quickly for potential use in a nuclear bomb. Iran’s envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday that Tehran is refining uranium at the newly-launched Fordo complex and an older facility in the city of Natanz. […]
Iran Starts Uranium Enrichment at Underground Complex
Posted January 9th, 2012 at 8:40 am (UTC-5)
Diplomats in Vienna say Iran has started uranium enrichment at a facility where the material can be upgraded quickly for potential use in a nuclear bomb. The diplomats close to the international monitoring of nuclear programs said Monday that Iranian centrifuges were refining uranium to a purity of 20 percent at the underground Fordo complex […]
Iranian Official: Iran to Start Enrichment at Undergound Site This Month
Posted January 8th, 2012 at 12:00 pm (UTC-5)
A senior Iranian official says Iran will launch a second uranium enrichment facility later this month at an underground site that is well protected from potential air strikes by nations opposed to the Iranian nuclear program. The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization Fereidoun Abbasi said late Saturday the injection of uranium gas into centrifuges […]
Iran Calls for New Nuclear Talks, Delays Missile Test
Posted December 31st, 2011 at 4:50 pm (UTC-5)
Iran has proposed a new round of talks with the West on its controversial nuclear program and delayed long-range missiles tests that it had said would take place Saturday. The state-run IRNA news agency quoted Iran’s National Security Adviser Saeed Jalili as saying he invited the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and […]
Iran Proposes Nuclear Talks, Delays Missile Test
Posted December 31st, 2011 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
Iran has proposed a new round of talks on its controversial nuclear program while apparently delaying long-range missiles tests that it had said would take place Saturday. The state-run IRNA news agency says nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili has invited the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany to “come back to talks.” […]
