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Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Yukiya Amano of Japan waits for the start of the IAEA board of governors meeting at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, Monday, March 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

IAEA: Much work remains to resolve concerns on Iran’s nuclear activities

by Behrouz Saeidi | Mar 3, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Tehran is reducing the most sensitive parts of its stockpile of enriched uranium, the head of the UN’s atomic watchdog said on Monday, though he warned that much work remained to be done to resolve international concern over Iran’s nuclear...

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Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization and former foreign minister of Iran, delivers a speech at the IAEA General Conference in Vienna, Austria, September 16, 2013. (EPA/ROLAND SCHLAGER)

Iran, UN agency resume nuclear talks in Tehran-IRNA

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 8, 2014 | Middle East

Dubai, Reuters—Iran resumed talks on its nuclear programme with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Saturday, the official IRNA news agency said, in discussions expected to broach sensitive military-related issues. The UN atomic agency hopes to persuade...

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attends a question and answer session at the 50th Security Conference in Munich, Germany on February 2, 2014. (EPA/Tobias Hase)

Iranian Foreign Minister: No need for rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran

by Ali M. Pedram | Feb 3, 2014 | Middle East

Munich, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday that Iran was ready to improve its relationship with Saudi Arabia, based on what he said were the two states’ common interests in the region. Speaking at the annual Munich Security...

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A file photograph showing a technician from the International Atomic Energy Agency inspecting the site of the uranium conversion plant in Isfahan, central Iran, on February 3, 2007. (EPA/Abedin Taherkenareh)

Iran halts higher-grade uranium enrichment: IAEA report

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 20, 2014 | Middle East

Vienna, Reuters—Iran has halted its most disputed nuclear activity under a ground-breaking deal with six world powers, a confidential UN atomic agency report obtained by Reuters showed, paving the way for the easing of some Western sanctions against Tehran. The report...

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Technicians of the IAEA inspecting the site of the uranium conversion plant in Isfahan, central Iran, on 3 February 2007. (EPA/Abedin Taherkenareh)

Iran, world powers reach deal opening nuclear program

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 13, 2014 | Middle East

Tehran, AP—Iran has agreed to limit uranium enrichment and to open its nuclear program to daily inspection by international experts starting January 20, setting the clock running on a six-month deadline for a final nuclear agreement, officials said. In exchange, the...