Tag: IAEA
Iran Increasing Uranium Enrichment, Blocking IAEA Inspectors
Iran has accumulated enough high-purity uranium to create three atomic bombs by IAEA definition.
Grossi Denies IAEA Compromising Standards on Iran Probe
Israel: "The explanations provided by Iran for the presence of nuclear material at the site are not reliable or technically possible. Iran continues to lie."
IAEA Chief: Iran Keeping a ‘Fraction’ of its Commitments
Grossi expressed disappointment that more progress had not been made in implementing March’s Joint Statement regarding the Non-Proliferation Treaty Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement.
IAEA Closes Two Probes into Iran Nuclear Program
The U.N. watchdog no longer has questions about highly-enriched uranium particles at Fordow or man-made uranium at Marivan.
Israel: Iran May Soon Enrich Uranium to 84% Purity
UN IAEA inspectors were shocked this past February to discover Iran had apparently already enriched uranium to 83.7-percent purity - a breath from 90-percent weapons grade purity.
US State Dept. Says Iran ‘Must Cooperate’ with IAEA
"We are prepared to conclude a deal on the basis of the understandings we negotiated with our European Allies, but we can only conclude . . . and implement it if Iran drops its additional demands that are extraneous to the JCPOA."
CENTCOM Confirms ‘Under 2 Weeks’ to Iran Nuclear Breakout
Israeli PM Netanyahu: "The Jewish State will do everything necessary to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. Period."
IAEA Chief Rafael Grossi Heads to Iran Over Nuclear Progress
US Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl warned Iran has the capability to produce enough fissile material for at least one nuclear bomb in 12 days.
Tehran Denies Enriching Uranium to 84 Percent, Calls Report ‘Distortion of Facts’
IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi warned last month in a statement, “One thing is true: They have amassed enough nuclear material for several nuclear weapons, not one, at this point.”
Ukraine Nuclear Plant Rocked by Rocket Fire, Second Time in 2 Days
Energoatom: "This time a nuclear catastrophe was miraculously avoided, but miracles cannot last forever."
Israel’s Defense Minister Warns UN ‘Iran has Tripled Uranium Enrichment’
“Iranian activities spread terror and could even spark an arms race. I am here because I believe that together we can prevent it, and the time to act is now."
IAEA ‘Not in Position to Assure Iran Nuclear Program is Exclusively Peaceful’
"Despite the Agency’s stated readiness to engage with Iran without delay to resolve these issues, Iran has not engaged with the Agency."
Iran Rejects IAEA’s ‘Excessive’ Inspection Demands, Steps Up Underground Uranium Enrichment
Iran has been using IR-6 centrifuges for more than a year to enrich uranium to up to 60 percent purity – a short hop from the 90 percent purity needed to create an atomic bomb.
Monitoring at Iran’s Karaj Nuclear Site No Longer ‘Intact,’ says IAEA Chief
International Atomic Energy Agency director-general Rafael Grossi warns that though there’s “no indication” Tehran is racing for a bomb, the case of North Korea “should remind us of what may happen if diplomatic efforts go wrong.”
Iran, IAEA Begin Talks Aimed at Clarifying Source of Uranium Traces
European powers delay a decision to pass a resolution criticizing Iran over the matter, to avoid negatively impacting parallel talks about reviving the 2015 nuclear deal.
Report: European Powers Scrap US-Backed Plan for IAEA Rebuke of Iran
Britain, France and Germany withdraw their support for a resolution criticizing Tehran for failing to explain the presence of uranium particles at undeclared locations.
IAEA Head Arrives in Tehran Ahead of Iran’s Deadline to Bar Nuclear Inspections
Rafael Grossi tweets that the purpose of his trip is “to find a mutually agreeable solution, compatible with Iranian law, so that the IAEA can continue essential verification activities in Iran.”
IAEA Says Iran Continues to Violate 2015 Nuclear Deal
Tehran has also been enriching uranium up to a 4.5 percent purity, higher than the 3.67 percent allowed under the 2015 nuclear deal.
EU Warns Iran: Comply with JCPOA Nuclear Deal or Face Return of Sanctions
There is evidence Iran was violating the JCPOA from the first day it was signed.
UN: Iran Breaches Heavy Water Cap in Latest Violation of Nuclear Deal
This is not the first time Iran has breached the heavy water cap in the nuclear deal; the first violations date back as far as 2016.
Pompeo Urges World to Beware of Iran’s ‘Nuclear Extortion’
“Iran’s expansion of proliferation-sensitive activities raises concerns that Iran is positioning itself to have the option of a rapid nuclear breakout.”
Netanyahu Praises IAEA for Quick Response to Iran’s Refusal to Cooperate with Nuclear Deal
“Iran continues to hide its nuclear program and continues to renew uranium enrichment for the purpose of producing nuclear weapons.”
Report: Iran Briefly Detained IAEA Inspector, Seized Her Travel Documents
The incident took place at the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, according to a diplomat.
IAEA Notifies Members: Iran Using Advanced Centrifuges to Enrich Uranium
Under the JCPOA, small numbers of the more advanced centrifuges were to be used for research, but without producing enriched uranium.
Surprise! IAEA Finds Uranium Traces in Tehran, Where Netanyahu Told Them to Look
Iran has offered no explanation for the findings.
Iran Refusing to Answer IAEA Questions on Secret Nuclear Facility
Tehran stonewalled on questions regarding its nuclear stockpiles for the first time since IAEA oversight went into effect in 2016, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Report: IAEA Chief Yukiya Amano Dead at 72
Amano was planning to write to the Board of Governors shortly to announce his decision to step down in March 2020. There is no word yet on a time frame for a decision on a successor.
IAEA Confirms Iran Enriching Uranium to 4.5 Percent
“The Agency continues to verify the non-diversion of nuclear material declared by Iran under its Safeguards Agreement. Evaluations regarding the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities continue.”
IAEA Ignores Netanyahu Call to Inspect Tehran Atomic Warehouse
“The IAEA still has not taken any action. It has not posed a single question of Iran. “It has not demanded to inspect a single new site discovered in that secret archive."
IAEC Director: Middle East Instability Worsened By Non-State Actors Supported by Syria, Iran
IAEC director Ze'ev Senir warned international nuclear scientists that Syria and Iran are destabilizing the region through non-state actors.