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Iran's nuclear program
In this January 13, 2015, file photo released by the Iranian President's Office, President Hassan Rouhani visits the Bushehr nuclear power plant just outside of Bushehr, Iran (AP Photo/Iranian Presidency Office, Mohammad Berno)
IAEA: Uranium traces found at undeclared Iranian site
By Agencies and TOI staff
Report appears to confirm Netanyahu’s revelations about ‘secret atomic warehouse’; UN agency verifies enrichment at Fordo facility, says Tehran violating stockpile limits
Saudi Arabia's King Salman attends the official welcome ceremony for Russian President Vladimir Putin in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,, October 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)
November 12, 2019, 6:04 pm
Saudi Arabia condemns Iran’s deception over nuclear program
Kingdom berates Tehran after IAEA says uranium traces found at undeclared site, confirms enrichment at Fordo
By AFP
President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a public gathering at the city of Yazd, some 410 miles (680 kilometers) southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran, November 10, 2019. (Office of the Iranian Presidency via AP)
November 12, 2019, 3:44 pm
Iran accuses Europeans of hypocrisy over nuclear deal
Blasting Trump administration’s withdrawal from 2015 pact, Rouhani says no one can blame his country for reducing its commitments to the treaty
By AFP
In this January 13, 2015, file photo released by the Iranian President's Office, President Hassan Rouhani visits the Bushehr nuclear power plant just outside of Bushehr, Iran (AP Photo/Iranian Presidency Office, Mohammad Berno)
November 11, 2019, 6:42 pm
IAEA: Uranium traces found at undeclared Iranian site
Report appears to confirm Netanyahu’s revelations about ‘secret atomic warehouse’; UN agency verifies enrichment at Fordo facility, says Tehran violating stockpile limits
By Agencies and TOI staff
In this photo released on Nov. 4, 2019, Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the organization, speaks at a news conference after visiting Natanz enrichment facility, in central Iran. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)
November 11, 2019, 1:10 pm
Iran enriching 12 times as much uranium now Fordo restarted, nuclear head says
Salehi says production of low-enriched uranium soaring after operations at underground site resumed; Rouhani: Saving nuke deal could open up international arms sales
By MEHDI FATTAHI, Amir Vahdat and Jon Gambrell
Iran's alleged atomic warehouse in Turquzabad, Tehran. (YouTube screenshot)
November 10, 2019, 4:29 pm
‘It’s a trap’: Iran decries IAEA probe into uranium at site flagged by Israel
Tehran urges UN atomic agency to ‘maintain its vigilance’ as it steps up investigation of Turquzabad site, said by Netanyahu to be ‘nuclear warehouse’
By TOI staff
Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Gharib Abadi, waits for the start of the IAEA board of governors meeting at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, November 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
November 7, 2019, 8:17 pm
IAEA disputes Iran claim that inspector tested positive for explosives
US calls blocking of UN official from nuclear site an ‘outrageous provocation,’ warns Tehran to not ‘test the international community’s resolve’
By KIYOKO METZLER, Philipp Jenne and Jon Gambrell
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds up a placard showing a suspected Iranian atomic site while delivering a speech at the United Nations during the United Nations General Assembly on September 27, 2018 in New York City. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images/AFP)
November 7, 2019, 7:18 pm
Netanyahu: Europe ‘must stop stalling,’ confront Iran over its nuclear program
PM accuses Islamic Republic of lying about alleged atomic facility in Tehran; Gantz calls resumption of work at Fordo a ‘wake-up call for the world’
By TOI staff
Iran's alleged atomic warehouse in Turquzabad, Tehran. (YouTube screenshot)
November 7, 2019, 4:33 pm
IAEA accuses Iran of evading attempts to probe uranium production – report
Top UN nuclear inspector said to tell diplomats that Tehran is thwarting his agency’s bid to inspect warehouse, flagged by Israel, where uranium particles were found
By TOI staff
Illustrative: IAEA inspectors at Iran's nuclear power plant in Natanz on January 20, 2014. (IRNA/AFP Kazem Ghane)
November 6, 2019, 7:20 pm
In latest escalation, Iran briefly detains international nuclear inspector
As 2015 atomic deal crumbles, officials say Islamic Republic harassed IAEA official at Natanz site
By TOI staff and Agencies
French President Emmanuel Macron holds a press conference at the French embassy at the end of his three-day official visit in China, in Beijing on November 6, 2019. (Ludovic MARIN/AFP)
November 6, 2019, 3:50 pm
Macron: With new centrifuge operation, Iran is withdrawing from nuclear deal
French president urges easing sanctions while pressuring Iranians to negotiate a return; Russia calls on Tehran to uphold commitments to 2015 deal, blames US for situation
By Agencies and TOI staff
President Hassan Rouhani, second left, speaks during a ceremony to unveil the Iran-made Bavar-373, a long-range surface-to-air missile system, displayed at rear, as his Defense Minister Gen. Amir Hatami, second right, commander of army's air defense force Gen. Alireza Sabahifard, left, and the chairman of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Mojtaba Zolnour, listen, at an undisclosed location in Iran, August 22, 2019. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
November 6, 2019, 2:04 pm
Iran shaves weeks off breakout time, but isn’t tearing up nuclear pact yet
Halting uranium enrichment at the heavily fortified Fordo was a major victory for the 2015 nuke deal; its reopening is seen as a dramatic bid by Tehran to leverage sanctions relief
By Judah Ari Gross
A technician at the Uranium Conversion Facility just outside the city of Isfahan, Iran, 255 miles (410 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, February 3, 2007. (AP/Vahid Salemi/File)
November 6, 2019, 11:54 am
Iran injects uranium gas into Fordo centrifuges, in worst breach of nuke deal
IAEA inspectors on hand for latest pullback from JCPOA, as Fordo is converted from research center back into active nuclear facility with enrichment capabilities
By TOI staff and AP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a KKL-JNF hosted a gala dinner at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Jerusalem on November 05, 2019. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
November 5, 2019, 10:29 pm
As Iran expands enrichment, Netanyahu vows it will never have nukes
Iran seeks to ‘envelop and destroy Israel,’ PM warns after Rouhani announces latest violation of 2015 nuclear deal and restart of processing uranium at underground complex
By TOI staff and Agencies
Iran's nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi speaks in an interview with The Associated Press at the headquarters of Iran's atomic energy agency, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
November 5, 2019, 10:10 pm
Iran to increase uranium enrichment to 5%, in fresh violation of nuclear deal
Head of Tehran’s atomic energy agency says it will stay below 20% threshold; announcement comes as Rouhani says will restart centrifuges Wednesday at underground Fordo plant
By Judah Ari Gross
This photo taken on October 26, 2010, shows the inside of reactor at the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran. (HAMED MALEKPOUR/FARS NEWS AGENCY/AFP)
November 5, 2019, 3:59 pm
EU, Russia express concern over Iran’s announcement of new enrichment
Both Brussels and Moscow urge return to collapsing nuclear accord, though Putin’s office says it understands Tehran’s position
By Agencies and TOI staff
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