TEHRAN (Iran News) – Rafael Grossi, the newly appointed director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has reiterated his aim to establish constructive relations with Iran. “As DG Grossi has previously stated, he aims to establish constructive working relationship w/ Iran,” the IAEA said in a tweet on its website Saturday. Grossi met with Iranian […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) plans to unveil 50 new technological achievements in building new generations of centrifuges and producing heavy water in the early days of the next Iranian year, which starts on March 20, 2020. The announcement was made by Ali Asqar Zare’an, the assistant head of […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Setting Iran deadlines to reach an explanation about alleged radioactive material found at a site in Iran could be counterproductive, the new UN nuclear watchdog chief said, hoping the fresh dialogue will resolve the issue. “To put deadlines might not be the best idea,” Rafael Grossi told Reuters in an interview […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran stressed the need for the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA  impartiality under its new chief, Rafael Grossi, saying the UN nuclear watchdog should avoid forceful and unilateral measures. Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the international organizations in Vienna, highlighted on Monday the IAEA obligation to maintain its […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s ambassador to international organizations in Vienna said the International Atomic Energy Agency’s latest report verifies that the UN body has access to the Islamic Republic’s nuclear sites and that Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile tops to 373 kilograms earlier this month. In remarks released on Monday night, Iran’s permanent representative to […]

Iran's resume of uranium enrichment on Fordow is a major concern for us, European Union Foreign Policy chief Federica Mogherini said in a press conference on Monday.

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The US has reacted with fury to Iran barring IAEA inspector who tested positive for suspected traces of explosive nitrates. Speaking at a special meeting of the IAEA’s 35-nation Board of Governors in Vienna on Thursday, Iranian Ambassador Kazem Gharibabadi said a detector for explosive nitrates went off when the inspector […]

TEHRAN - Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says he has communicated Tehran’s concerns about security of the country’s nuclear facilities to the agency, especially with regard to an IAEA inspector who was prevented from entering an Iranian nuclear site for carrying "suspicious" materials.

Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Iran receives around 20 percent of the Agency’s total inspections, adding that “this level of cooperation should be recognized and appreciated.”

Officials say an IAEA inspector left Iran after she was prevented from entering a nuclear site of the Islamic Republic for carrying “suspicious” materials. The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said Wednesday that the female monitor left her mission unfinished and flew out of Iran after security staff at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility […]