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Saba Yemen
02-07-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Iranian President Officially Orders Implementation of Law to Suspend Cooperation with IAEA
Tehran-Saba: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian officially notified the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) of the implementation of the Majlis (Parliament)'s decision to suspend cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Mehr News Agency reported that President Pezeshkian, in an official letter, informed the AEOI, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Supreme National Security Council of the law's implementation. This law, based on Principles 123 and 85 of the Constitution, was approved by the Guardian Council after being ratified in a public session of the Islamic Consultative Assembly last Wednesday. It stipulates the suspension of Iran's cooperation with the IAEA until appropriate conditions are met. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print
Shafaq News
25-06-2025
- Politics
- Shafaq News
Iranian Parliament backs bill to suspend IAEA cooperation
Shafaq News/ Iran's Parliament has approved the outline of a draft bill to suspend cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), following US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. The legislation, reviewed and endorsed Monday by the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, comes in response to what Iranian officials describe as the IAEA's failure to respond to the attacks carried out by the United States and Israel. According to committee spokesperson Ebrahim Rezaei, the bill aims to halt all cooperation with the agency until Tehran receives concrete guarantees of the IAEA's impartial conduct. If passed into law, the measure would block access for IAEA inspectors, suspend the installation of surveillance cameras, and stop the submission of reports—unless the security of Iran's nuclear facilities is guaranteed. Meanwhile, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf confirmed the move, stating that the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) "will suspend cooperation with the IAEA until the safety of nuclear sites is ensured," and confirming that his country's peaceful nuclear program"will move forward at a faster pace." The AEOI had condemned the agency for 'deliberate inaction,' alleging the strikes occurred 'with the IAEA's silence, if not complicity,' and breached the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Time of India
24-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
How the US gave Iran its first nuclear kit 72 years ago, and then MIT trained its scientists
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel United States has hammered Iran's nuclear sites in unprecedented airstrikes earlier last week. President Donald Trump said US air strikes on Sunday had "completely and totally obliterated" Iran's main nuclear enrichment facilities, and warned of more attacks to come if Tehran does not seek how and when did Iran came to posess its nuclear starter kit first? Few recall that it was the US itself that first helped Iran build its nuclear foundation—over seven decades roots of Iran's nuclear journey go back to 1957, when the US and Iran signed a civilian nuclear cooperation agreement under President Eisenhower's 'Atoms for Peace' program. This initiative aimed to promote peaceful nuclear energy, and Iran—then ruled by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi—was among its early US provided Iran with its first nuclear research reactor in 1967 at the Tehran Nuclear Research Center (TNRC), along with highly enriched uranium. The reactor was capable of producing small quantities of plutonium. According to Akbar Etemad, Iran's "father of nuclear energy," the TNRC conducted experiments with plutonium extraction, and in the 1990s, Iran admitted using the reactor to produce Polonium-210—a substance that can trigger nuclear chain reactions, though Iran insisted it was for civilian build technical expertise, Iran partnered with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1975 to train nuclear engineers. The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) was also created to oversee this expansion. By 1976, the Shah raised the AEOI's budget from $31 million to $1 billion, signaling serious the 1979 Iranian Revolution ended US-Iran nuclear cooperation. Even so, Iran found new partners. Pakistan's AQ Khan provided designs and components for uranium enrichment centrifuges (P-1 and P-2 models), while China secretly supplied uranium compounds, reactors, and isotope separation tech in the early '90s. China's contributions, especially to the Esfahan Nuclear Center, further advanced Iran's also played a key role by aiding the construction of the Arak Heavy Water Reactor. Russian firms shared fuel rod technology and reactor designs, based on Cold War-era Soviet models. Though Moscow halted cooperation in the late 1990s under US pressure, the foundation had been began as a peaceful science exchange with the US in the 1950s has evolved—decades later—into one of the most contentious nuclear programs in the world.
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First Post
24-06-2025
- Business
- First Post
Iran planned ahead to ensure nuclear programme wasn't interrupted, says top nuclear official
Days after Israel and the US targeted several nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan, Iran's top nuclear official on Tuesday said that the country had made advance preparations to prevent any interruption to its nuclear activities read more A satellite image shows the Natanz nuclear facility in Iran in this handout image dated January 24, 2025. Maxar Technologies via Reuters Days after Israel and the US targeted several nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan, Iran's top nuclear official on Tuesday said that the country had made advance preparations to prevent any interruption to its nuclear activities. According to a CNN report, Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), said Iran had 'planned ahead of time' to ensure 'no interruption to our nuclear programme and industry.' STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD 'We have taken the necessary measures and are taking stock of the damage' caused by the strikes," AFP quoted Eslami as saying in a statement aired on state television. 'Plans for restarting (the facilities) have been prepared in advance, and our strategy is to ensure that production and services are not disrupted,' he added. The remarks come as speculation mounts that Tehran may have preemptively relocated sensitive nuclear equipment and enriched uranium from key facilities — including Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan — before the attacks took place. Earlier in the conflict, AEOI spokesperson Behrouz Kamalvandi confirmed that equipment at both the Fordow and Isfahan sites had been moved in anticipation of potential Israeli airstrikes. The United States launched airstrikes on Iran's Fordow, Isfahan, and Natanz uranium enrichment facilities on Sunday, in a major escalation of regional tensions. US President Donald Trump hailed the operation as a 'spectacular military success,' though the full extent of the damage to the targeted sites remains unclear. In response, a senior adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the Islamic Republic still possesses enriched uranium stockpiles, warning that 'the game is not over.' On Monday, Israel confirmed it had carried out a second strike on the heavily fortified Fordow facility, located beneath a mountain south of Tehran, claiming the operation was aimed at 'obstructing access routes' to the site. With inputs from agencies
Russia Today
23-06-2025
- Politics
- Russia Today
Iran accuses US of violating nuclear treaty with airstrikes
Iran has accused the US of violating international law and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) following overnight airstrikes on three of its key nuclear facilities. However, Tehran says preliminary inspections have found no signs of radioactive contamination. In a statement issued early on Sunday, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) confirmed that US strikes targeted its nuclear sites at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. The operation, conducted in coordination with Israel, was condemned by the Iranian authorities as an illegal and 'brutal' act. 'This act of aggression was carried out under the shadow of international indifference, and with the apparent support or silence of the International Atomic Energy Agency,' the AEOI said. Iran's Center for the National Nuclear Safety System reported that emergency inspections had been completed at all three locations. 'No signs of contamination have been recorded,' the agency said, adding that there is 'no danger to residents living near the affected sites.' Iran vowed that its nuclear program will not be derailed. 'We will not allow this national industry – built through the sacrifices of our nuclear martyrs – to be stopped by evil conspiracies,' the AEOI said, promising legal action over the strikes. Washington has not formally responded to the accusations of NPT violations. President Donald Trump, who confirmed US involvement in the attacks, warned Iran against retaliating, saying further strikes would follow any response. The strikes mark a dramatic escalation in the already volatile tensions between Iran and Israel. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) described the joint offensive as targeting Iran's missile and nuclear infrastructure. Iranian officials maintain that its nuclear program is entirely peaceful and under the oversight of international inspectors. The International Atomic Energy Agency has not reported any current evidence of an Iranian nuclear weapons program. The incident has sparked fears of further regional instability, with Iran accusing the US of undermining global non-proliferation norms. As of Sunday afternoon, Tehran had not announced any military response.
