Araqchi demands France to explain about its envoy’s remarks about Iran’s enrichment program

TEHRAN – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi on Sunday said that France must explain about the remarks by its ambassador to Washington about Iran’s uranium enrichment program.

Iran able to enrich uranium beyond 20% purity: Kamalvandi

TEHRAN - Behrooz Kamalvandi, spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), said on Sunday that Iran is able to enrich uranium beyond 20% purity.

By Javad Heirannia

‘I doubt that China or Russia would supply Saudi with enrichment or reprocessing tech’ 

TEHRAN – Professor Frank N. von Hippel, former assistant director for national security in the White House Office of Science and Technology says that “I don’t think that South Korea could sell nuclear power plants to Saudi Arabia if Saudi Arabia does not have a 123 agreement with the U.S.”

Zarif said says “oil and banks” are the litmus test for keeping the nuclear deal alive. 

Tehran says will boost enrichment if EU acts passively

TEHRAN – Tehran says it could increase uranium enrichment if the European Union continues to act passively in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal.

Ayatollah Khamenei: Referendum is solution to Palestine issue

TEHRAN - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Sunday that Iran proposes referendum among the native Palestinians as the solution to the Palestine issue.

Leader orders arrangements to increase enrichment capacity to 190K SWUs

Ayatollah Khamenei orders Iran’s atomic organization to be ready to increase nuclear enrichment

TEHRAN - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday ordered the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) to take rapid steps to increase uranium enrichment capacities if the nuclear agreement falls apart.

By Payman Yazdani

Possible Saudi-U.S. nuclear agreement to include “gold standard”: Stimson’s experts

TEHRAN - Stimson’s experts believe that the United States will want a nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia, including the ‘gold standard.

Iran says to enrich uranium to 20% in ‘4 days’ if nuclear deal ditched

TEHRAN - Ali Akbar Salehi, director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, said on Saturday that Iran can enrich uranium to a purity of 20% in four days at the Fordow nuclear plant if the U.S. kills the 2015 nuclear deal.

Iran can resume nuclear enrichment to 20% purity in 5 days: Salehi

TEHRAN – Ali Akbar Salehi, the director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, said on Tuesday that Iran can resume uranium enrichment to the purity of 20 percent in five days in the Fordow plant if necessary.

Iran's Salehi: Only 5 days needed to ramp up uranium enrichment to 20 percent 

TEHRAN — Ali Akbar Salehi, Iran’s nuclear chief, warned on Tuesday that Iran needs only five days to ramp up its uranium enrichment to 20 percent.