Israel threatening regional states with ‘nuclear annihilation’: Iranian diplomat

TEHRAN- Iran’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations has said the Israeli regime has threatened to annihilate regional countries with nuclear weapons.

Iran FM: We hope Vienna nuclear talks would be resumed soon

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said on Thursday that Iran hopes that the talks for reviving the 2015 nuclear deal would be resumed in Vienna soon.

‘IAEA uses intelligence reports from Iran’s enemies, mainly Israel’

Iran’s answers to IAEA were ‘accurate’: top nuclear official

TEHRAN – Iran’s chief nuclear official has said that Iran provided “accurate” answers to questions raised by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) but there is no serious will on the part of the UN nuclear watchdog to consider Iran’s answers convincing.

Iran firm that designation on IRGC must be removed but open to talks on non-IRGC subjects: Politico

TEHRAN— Iran signaled a willingness to reopen stalled nuclear talks during two days of meetings last week in Tehran — but it hasn’t dropped a final demand holding up a deal. 

Iran notifies Tel Aviv it has pointed missiles at Israeli nuclear, bioweapons sites: Al Jazeera

TEHRAN - An unnamed Iranian source revealed to Al Jazeera on 21 April that Tehran has informed Tel Aviv that they know the locations of all of their nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons sites, and has warned them that, in the event of any aggression, Iran will strike the sensitive targets.

Grossi visits Iran in possible boost to JCPOA

TEHRAN - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed on Thursday that its chief Rafael Mariano Grossi was to visit Tehran on Saturday.

Foreign Ministry official: It’s untrue that U.S. has set deadline for Iran to decide on Vienna talks

TEHRAN – A senior official at the Iranian Foreign Ministry has dismissed reports that the United States has set a deadline for Iran to take final decision on the Vienna talks.

MP says Iran’s nuclear capabilities are vast

TEHRAN — Fereydoun Abbasi, former head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) and a current member of the Parliament Energy Committee, said on Saturday that Iran’s nuclear capabilities are vast and is beyond the current assumptions.

Iran FM says Biden can issue ‘executive order’ if serious to return to nuclear deal

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has said that if the United States was serious about rejoining the 2015 nuclear deal, President Joe Biden could just issue an “executive order”, the Iran newspaper reported on Sunday.

Iran opens center for specialized nuclear industry

TEHRAN – Iran’s first specialized nuclear industry innovation center was inaugurated in Tehran on Monday.

Blinken admits Iran has made major nuclear progress since U.S. quit JCPOA

It will be ‘very hard to reverse’ Iran’s nuclear progress if JCPOA not restored, Blinken says

TEHRAN – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has acknowledged “that’s right” that Iran has made a lot progress in nuclear industry both in terms of “material” and “knowledge” since the Trump administration quit the nuclear deal, officially called the JCPOA, in May 2018.

IAEA inspectors to travel to Iran: WSJ

TEHRAN— In a tweet on Wednesday, Laurence Norman, the Wall Street Journal’s reporter in Brussels, claimed that a team of the International Atomic Energy Agency will visit Iran in the coming days.

Emergency power system is set up in Natanz

Nuclear chief: Natanz incident is definitely a sabotage act

TEHRAN - Ali Akbar Salehi, chief of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), said on Monday that the incident at the Natanz nuclear enrichment site on Sunday morning was definitely a "sabotage" act.

Nuclear partners agree to continue expert talks

TEHRAN - The first round of talks in Vienna on Tuesday resulted in an agreement to continue expert-level talks, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said in a statement following the end of the meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission.

Iran begins mechanical test of new advanced centrifuge

TEHRAN – Iran announced on Tuesday that it will unveil a new, advanced kind of centrifuge on April 10 in the latest move to rachet up nuclear activities as diplomats from Iran and 5+1 nations gather in Vienna to discuss ways to revive a 2015 nuclear deal.

Satellite images reveal Israel quietly expanding secretive Dimona nuclear site

Newly-released satellite images have revealed that the Israeli regime — the sole possessor of nuclear arms in West Asia — is conducting “significant” constructive activities at the highly-secretive Dimona nuclear facility in the Negev Desert.

Foreign ministers from JCPOA parties to hold talks on Dec. 21

JCPOA Joint Commission holds online meeting

TEHRAN - The Joint Commission of the JCPOA was convened in Vienna on Wednesday. It was attended online by deputy foreign ministers and political directors from Iran, Russia, China, Britain, Germany, France and the European Union.

Sherman: Iran now has more operational centrifuges, more nuclear fuel

TEHRAN - Wendy Sherman, the former U.S. nuclear negotiator with Iran, has censured Donald Trump for quitting the 2015 nuclear deal, saying Trump’s decision has led Iran to have now more operational centrifuges and more nuclear fuel. 

Intelligence minister attends parliamentary committee on Natanz incident

TEHRAN – Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi and military commanders from the Army air defense unit attended a session of the Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Committee on Tuesday afternoon over the incident in the Natanz nuclear facility.

Experts necessitate elimination of all nuclear weapons

Deployment of nearly 15,000 nuclear weapons in certain countries, unreliable safety system in nuclear sites, possibility of cyber attacks on the sites and emotionally unstable rulers' threats have altogether necessitated the elimination of entire nuclear arms across the world if the humankind still intends to live on the earth, experts warned.

122 nuclear achievements in one year: Iran’s Salehi

TEHRAN - Ali Akbar Salehi, director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, has said that Iran unveiled 122 nuclear achievements over the past Iranian calendar year.

By Chris Cook

From Nuclear to NewClear

In the course of many visits to Iran over the years I have come to realise that no country is the subject of such fascination and mistrust in Iran as the United Kingdom. So my friends at 'Tehran Times' are interested to hear my thoughts in relation to Anglo-Iranian relations following the recent UK election. 

Iran-EU joint training workshop on nuclear emergency cases kicks off in Luxemburg

TEHRAN – A joint training workshop named “Preparing for and Responding to a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency” was inaugurated at the venue of the European Union (EU) in Luxemburg City on Monday. 

Funeral ceremony held for nuclear official Mohammad Ahmadian

TEHRAN – A large number of political, scientific and religious figures as well as parliament members and ordinary people took part in a funeral procession on Sunday for Mohammad Ahmadian, the deputy head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI).

Zarif says ‘actions’ and ‘not words” will show Trump’s intent

TEHRAN - In response to President Donald Trump who said on Monday that the United States in not seeking “regime change” in Iran, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said it is “actions” and “not words” which will show Trump’s real intention.