Iran expanding uranium enrichment work: IAEA
2006-02-28 08:54:34
Iran is forging ahead with a nuclear fuel enrichment program in defiance of world pressure and stonewalling U.N. probes spurred by fears it secretly wants atomic weapons, a U.N. watchdog report said on Monday.
Iran foreign minister in Japan for nuclear talks
2006-02-27 14:57:28
Japan will urge Iran to ease international concerns over its nuclear ambitions in order to avert United Nations sanctions during a three-day visit by Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki.
Iran promises answers on atomic work: diplomats
2006-02-26 16:17:25
U.N. nuclear experts arrived in Iran on Saturday after Tehran promised answers to outstanding questions about work the U.N. fears could be linked to atomic "weaponization," Western diplomats said.
Iran offers IAEA information on uranium project
2006-02-24 09:11:25
Iran has offered UN inspectors information about a shadowy uranium-processing project that Western intelligence has linked to missile warhead design and tests with high explosives, a senior diplomat said on Thursday.
Iran offers to fund Hamas-led Palestinian authority
2006-02-23 09:14:25
Iran offered Wednesday to fund a Hamas-led Palestinian government if the West cuts off aid. But Israel vowed to block any money from Tehran and warned the Palestinians against aligning with what it called "international pariahs."
Iranian nuclear negotiators leaving Moscow: Ifax
2006-02-21 17:20:10
Iranian nuclear negotiators were leaving Moscow on Tuesday with no word of any progress on Russia's proposal to enrich Iranian uranium on Russian soil, the Interfax news agency said.
Iran denies wanting to "wipe Israel off the map"
2006-02-21 14:18:57
Iran's foreign minister denied on Monday that Tehran wanted to see Israel "wiped off the map," saying President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had been misunderstood.
Iran supports end to violence over drawings
2006-02-21 09:37:56
Iran's foreign minister called Monday for an end to violent protests over the Prophet Muhammad caricatures that have left at least 45 people dead in the Muslim world during the past month.
Iran, Russia negotiate over possible solution to nuke crisis
2006-02-21 09:15:15
Iranian and Russian officials ended talks on a Russian plan to resolve Iran's nuclear standoff without agreement, but promised to keep negotiating in a bid to defuse the growing international crisis.
Iran, Russia to hold talks over nuclear issue
2006-02-20 21:36:43
Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki (R) addresses a news conference in Brussels, February 20, 2006. Mottaki said he reserves the right to pursue nuclear activities for research and development even if it accepts a proposal from Russia to enrich uranium on its behalf. [Reuters]
Iranian officials due in Moscow for nuclear talks
2006-02-20 16:22:49
Iranian nuclear experts are due to arrive in Moscow to discuss a Russian proposal on resolving the crisis over Iran's nuclear plans, but there was little sign that Tehran was prepared to compromise ahead of the talks.
Iran, Cuba sign anti-nuclear weapons agreements
2006-02-20 10:51:21
Cuba and Iran had signed agreements calling for the destruction of all weapons of mass destruction and an end to the U.S blockade against Cuba during a visit here by Iran's Majlis (parliament) Speaker, Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel, local media reported on Sunday.