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Topic: Natanz

February 27, 2013
7:28 pm

Country distribution of Stuxnet 0.5, based on Symantec's research (Photo credit: Courtesy Symantec)

Expert: Stuxnet part of long-term effort to stop Iran nukes

New evidence shows that the virus has been active in Iran’s Natanz facility almost since the day it opened in 2007

By David Shamah

February 27, 2013
11:56 am

Computer motherboard (photo credit: Shay Levy/ Flash 90)

‘Stuxnet virus attacked Iran earlier than thought’

Researchers uncover previously unknown version of the malicious program that sabotaged Natanz nuclear facility in 2010

February 22, 2013
4:03 pm

Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Ali Asghar Soltanieh waves as he arrives for the IAEA board of governors meeting in Vienna on September 11, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Ronald Zak)

Iran: UN report proof of peaceful nuclear program

IAEA says Tehran recently installed advanced centrifuges at its main uranium enrichment site

February 21, 2013
8:42 pm

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits the Natanz enrichment facility in 2008 (photo credit: www.president.ir)

Iran installed new advanced centrifuges, UN says

IAEA report confirms 100 new units placed in Natantz facility, marking a significant boost to Tehran’s enrichment capacity

By George Jahn

February 16, 2013
1:14 pm

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (photo credit: CC-BY Wikipedia/sajed.ir/File)

Khamenei: Iran not seeking nuclear weapons

But no country could stop the Islamic Republic if it wanted nukes, says supreme leader

February 15, 2013
9:09 pm

A satellite image of Iran's Fordo uranium enrichment facility (photo credit: AP/DigitalGlobe)

World powers to offer easing of sanctions at Iran nuclear talks

From the web Reuters: Barring on trade of precious metal with Tehran will be lifted in return for shut down of Fordo uranium enrichment plant

February 14, 2013
7:03 pm

Herman Nackaerts, Deputy Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, talks to media after his arrival from Iran at Vienna's Schwechat airport, Austria, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Ronald Zak)

Watchdog says Iran upgraded centrifuges for nuke program

Installation represents a dramatic upgrade in the country’s controversial uranium enrichment program

By George Jahn

February 14, 2013
8:59 am

Centrifuges enriching uranium (Photo credit: US Department of Energy/ Wikimedia Commons)

‘Iran tried to buy game-changing centrifuge parts’

Large order of magnetic rings from China would greatly expand the country’s nuclear enrichment capacity, Washington Post reports

By Aaron Kalman

February 13, 2013
4:51 pm

Tehran announces new, faster uranium centrifuges at Natanz

IAEA inspectors currently in Iran for talks over alleged testing of triggers for atomic weapons

By AP and Gabe Fisher

January 31, 2013
11:14 pm

An anti-aircraft gun guarding the uranium enrichment facility at Natanz in Iran in 2007. (photo credit: AP/Hasan Sarbakhshian, File)

White House: Iran’s centrifuge upgrade represents ‘further escalation’

‘While the world is discussing where and when the next meeting with Iran will be, Iran is rapidly advancing toward a nuclear bomb,’ says Israeli official

By AP and Times of Israel staff

January 31, 2013
10:48 pm

Diplomats: Iran preparing to accelerate nuclear program

Major technological upgrade of regime’s uranium enrichment process will also allow faster access to reactor fuel

January 31, 2013
11:08 am

Iran plans to upgrade uranium enrichment at Natanz

Tehran informs UN atomic watchdog it intends to use improved centrifuges to speed up production of nuclear material

November 9, 2012
7:08 pm

US oil firm Chevron was unintentionally infected with a virus reportedly designed to attack Iranian targets. (photo credit: Sophie Gordon / Flash 90)

‘Israeli-made’ virus infects US oil firm’s systems

Stuxnet, reportedly created by Washington and Jerusalem to spy on Iran, said to have hit but not harmed Chevron in 2010

By Yifa Yaakov

October 2, 2012
2:12 pm

Iranian technicians work at a facility producing uranium fuel for a planned heavy-water nuclear reactor, outside Isfahan, 255 miles (410 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, in 2009. (photo credit: AP/Vahid Salemi)

Iranian source: Nuclear program hiring ‘non-stop,’ ramping up enrichment

‘The knowledge is there but getting the right parts has been difficult at times,’ says secretive contact

By Sabina Amidi

September 10, 2012
3:57 pm

The Iranian facility near Arak, which may begin separating plutonium in late 2013 (Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)

Israeli expert: Iran already a nuclear power, but can’t deliver a bomb

Professor Uzi Even believes Tehran has covertly created enough highly enriched uranium for a successful underground test. But it is several years shy of being able to deploy a weapon, he says, and should not be targeted

By Mitch Ginsburg

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