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Iran says UN criticism prompted new nuclear plans

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:10:23 GMT

The U.S. and its allies fear the facilities give Iran the capability to produce weapons-grade nuclear material and have called for an immediate halt to the enrichment of uranium.
Source: The State

Iran OKs nuclear facilities

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:08:50 GMT

TEHRAN, Iran Iran approved plans Sunday to build 10 industrial scale uranium enrichment facilities, a dramatic expansion of the program in defiance of U.N. demands it halt enrichment and a move that is likely to significantly heighten tensions with...
Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Outgoing IAEA chief leaves complex legacy

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:01:07 GMT

VIENNA, Austria - He infuriated Washington by challenging claims Saddam Hussein had a secret nuclear program, grappled with Iranian and North Korean nuclear programs, and brought luster and unprecedented scrutiny to his organization by winning the Nobel...
Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor

A Defiant Iran Vows to Build Nuclear Plants

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:40:53 GMT

WASHINGTON Iran angrily refused Sunday to comply with a demand by the United Nations nuclear agency to cease work on a once-secret nuclear fuel enrichment plant, and escalated the confrontation by declaring it would construct 10 more such plants.
Source: The New York Times

'Childish' Iran blasted

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:24:24 GMT

France condemned on Monday what it branded Iran's "ridiculous" and "childish" threat to build 10 more uranium processing plants, saying its defiance would probably lead to the imposition of new sanctions.
Source: iAfrica.com

IAEA rebuke forced Iran to approve plans for 10 new uranium enrichment sites says VP

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:24:09 GMT

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's nuclear chief asserted Monday that the U.N. atomic watchdog's critical report was pushing Tehran to develop new nuclear facilities.
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune

Russia concerned by Iran nuclear plans: Agencies

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:16:49 GMT

Moscow: Russia is seriously concerned by Iranian plans to expand its uranium enrichment programme, local news agencies quoted a source in Russia's foreign ministry as saying on Monday.
Source: DNA India

Iran says UN criticism prompted new nuclear plans

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:16:47 GMT

TEHRAN, Iran Iran's nuclear chief on Monday accused the UN atomic watchdog's critical report of pushing Tehran to develop new nuclear facilities, even as France said diplomacy was not working and new international sanctions were needed.
Source: CTV

Nuclear defiance? IAEA votes on Iran censure resolution

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:22:22 GMT

Quoted in 'RAPP-5 attains its first criticality: NPCIL'

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:41:25 GMT

said in ddi News:

The reactor was placed under IAEA safeguards earlier in the year under the India specific safeguards agreement and has been fuelled with the imported fuel

Quoted in 'Tehran threatens to enrich uranium locally if IAEA deal fails'

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:51:06 GMT

said in Webindia123:

If the uranium for the Tehran reactor is not provided via the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), then we will perform the enrichment process at home

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Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:19:42 GMT

Iranian Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asghar Soltanieh (2-L) gives short speech after the meeting of representatives from France, Iran, Russia and the United States at Agency's headquarters in Vienna on October 21, 2009.

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Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:18:30 GMT

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohammed El Baradei gives short speech after the meeting of representatives from France, Iran, Russia and the United States at Agency's headquarters in Vienna on October 21, 2009.