Natanz

September 26, 2019, 7:48 pm

UN watchdog says Iran using advanced centrifuges, breaching nuke deal

IAEA says Tehran’s uranium enrichment at Natanz facility violates 2015 accord, as Iranian leaders rebuke US, European nations for economic sanctions

By Agencies

Iran's nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, April, 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)

September 3, 2019, 7:21 pm

‘Dutch mole’ planted Stuxnet virus in Iran nuclear site on behalf of CIA, Mossad

Attack that damaged 1,000 Iranian centrifuges, uncovered in 2010, required operative to carry sabotaging software into Natanz site and deliver it to control systems

By Stuart Winer

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif gestures during a press conference in Tehran on February 13, 2019 (Atta Kenare/AFP)

February 23, 2019, 3:17 pm

Iran vows ‘surprise’ to counter US sanctions amid reports of new nuke activity

FM Zarif says Tehran seeks to ‘entertain’ Trump as Washington reimposes ‘illegal’ punitive measures

By TOI staff and Agencies

February 22, 2019, 8:36 pm

TV report: MI6 spy chief makes secret Israel trip amid new Iran nuclear activity

Channel 13: Alex Younger holds talks with Mossad chief as Iran renews centrifuge production; Israeli assessment: Regime has not yet made political decision to break out to bomb

By TOI staff and Agencies

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exposes stolen files on Iran's nuclear program in a press conference in Tel Aviv, on April 30, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

July 15, 2018, 10:15 pm

Seized archive shows Iran nuke project was larger than thought, had foreign help

Israel showcases to US reporters parts of trove Mossad spirited out of Tehran; ‘These guys were working on nuclear bombs,’ confirms ex-IAEA inspector on seeing the material

By TOI staff

A satellite image from September 15, 2017, of the Fordo nuclear facility in Iran. (Google Earth)

June 13, 2018, 8:47 pm

If deal fails, Iran threatens to enrich uranium beyond accord’s limitations

Spokesman for Tehran’s atomic energy organization says Fordo facility prepared for go-ahead from supreme leader

By Stuart Winer

In this frame grab from Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting, IRIB, state-run TV, three versions of domestically-built centrifuges are shown in a live TV program from Natanz, an Iranian uranium enrichment plant, in Iran, June 6, 2018. (IRIB via AP)

June 7, 2018, 8:05 pm

Iran shows off centrifuges as nuclear deal founders

Head of Iranian atomic agency gives interview from Natanz facility with advanced uranium enrichment equipment on display

By Jon Gambrell

June 6, 2018, 11:27 pm

Iran opens new nuclear facility for centrifuge production

Regime’s nuclear chief inaugurates Natanz plant, which will increase enrichment, but operate within the limits of nuclear deal

By Agencies

Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi, who is also a member of Iran's nuclear negotiating team, speaks with journalists upon his arrival to Mehrabad Airport in Tehran, Iran, July 15, 2015. (AP/ Ebrahim Noroozi)

June 5, 2018, 2:19 pm

Iran tells UN it will hike uranium enrichment capacity, possibly from Wednesday

Tehran’s atomic agency chief says new center for producing centrifuges is about to open at Natanz, insists it doesn’t violate nuke deal

By AFP and TOI staff

Illustrative: An unidentified International Atomic Energy Agency inspector cuts the connections between the twin cascades for 20 percent uranium enrichment at the Natanz facility, some 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, January 20, 2014. (AP/IRNA, Kazem Ghane)

June 5, 2018, 2:24 am

As nuke deal buckles, Iran says it is upping uranium enrichment capacity

Head of country’s atomic agency to inform IAEA of increased production of UF6 gas, meant to be injected into centrifuges banned from use under nuclear accord

By TOI staff

Iranian submarines and warships participate in a navy drill in the Sea of Oman in December, 2011 (AP Photo/Young Journalists Club, Mohammad Ali Marizad)

March 3, 2017, 3:31 am

Iran ‘will likely seek new subs, warships’ once arms ban expires in 2020

Tehran is set to capitalize on removal of international sales restrictions under nuclear deal, according to new US intelligence assessment

By TOI staff

Former US president Barack Obama speaks during a news conference in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, December 16, 2016. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

January 16, 2017, 6:20 pm

A year into nuke deal, White House says Iran ‘upholding its commitments’

Four days before Trump administration takes over, Obama’s team lauds agreement as ‘making the world safer’

By Eric Cortellessa

November 2, 2015, 12:59 pm

Iran has begun dismantling centrifuges, nuclear chief says

Atomic agency head Ali Akbar Salehi announces beginning of implementation of Vienna deal, as hard-line lawmakers said to complain

By TOI staff

In this May 30, 2015, file photo, US Secretary of State John Kerry, left, talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in Geneva, Switzerland, during negotiations on the future of the Iranian nuclear program. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool, File)

September 19, 2015, 7:19 pm

Full text of Kerry response to Horovitz op-ed

US Secretary answers a series of questions on Iran deal by Times of Israel editor that were read into the Congressional record by Rep. Joe Wilson

By TOI staff

Participants in the talks on the Iran nuclear deal pose for a group photo at the UN building in Vienna, Austria, on July 14, 2015. (Carlos Barria, Pool Photo via AP)

September 18, 2015, 4:50 am

Iran nuclear deal adoption to take place October 18

Controversial accord to be implemented next month; US says Tehran must take steps to satisfy IAEA before punitive measures removed

By JTA