International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director Rafael Grossi warned on Tuesday that the situation at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has grown “completely out of control” since Russian troops seized the facility in March.
Iranian state media published a video clip boasting of the regime’s nuclear capabilities, claiming it can — in a moment’s notice — “transform” its nuclear program into an “atomic military” one, creating a “nightmare” for Israel and the West, while warning of its “ability to turn New York into a heap of rubble from Hell.”
Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R) is leading the push for an energy-independent America through reactors using thorium, a natural resource found in abundance domestically that produces both clean and safe energy.
A former U.N. nuclear inspector said that Iran’s nuclear breakout time is now zero and Tehran has accumulated enough highly enriched uranium to build a bomb, although it is not clear just how long it would take the Islamic Republic to assemble it.
Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium has swelled to more than 18 times the limit stipulated in the Obama-led nuclear deal, the UN nuclear watchdog said Monday.
Ukraine marked the 36th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster on Tuesday with a visit to the site by the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to inspect potential damage caused by the brief Russian takeover of the former plant in February and March.
Russian occupying forces have disconnected Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine from the national power grid igniting safety fears at the site, the global nuclear watchdog warned Wednesday.
Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) blasted the Biden administration’s attempt to pin its failures with Iran on the previous administration while warning of the possibility of a “complete collapse of American deterrence” due to its refusal to stand up to the Islamic regime.
Iranian advocacy group Iranian Americans for Liberty (IAL) called for unity against Iran after releasing a statement blasting the Islamic regime’s presence on U.S.-based social media platforms while banning its citizens from that same access, and calling for legislation to ban all Iranian regime officials from the platforms.
The Islamic regime of Iran recently posted an image warning of its capability of attacking all of Israel, cautioning, “Just try and you will see,” as it continues to taunt the Jewish state and threaten its existence.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Tuesday warned the U.S. and other world powers that have resumed nuclear talks with Iran they should not give into the antisemitic regime’s “blackmail.”
As talks commenced in Vienna this week in an effort to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett warned countries worldwide against caving to Iranian “nuclear blackmail” by supplying the “murderous” Iranian regime with sanctions relief and funding.
Israel “fell asleep” after the signing of the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Tuesday morning. He added that going forward his country would be far more aggressive in its approach to Tehran.
As Iran reportedly continues its pursuit of nuclear weapons, Iranian political analyst Emad Abshenas, editor-in-chief of the Iran Diplomatic, warned last week that the Islamic republic currently has the capability of constructing a nuclear bomb, with its final assembly requiring only minutes to hours to complete.
As Iran deal negotiations continue to stall, the Biden administration is preparing for a world where the Islamic Republic of Iran’s nuclear program has no constraints, according to U.S. special envoy for Iran Robert Malley.
The U.S. on Monday accused Iran of violating an agreement made only two weeks ago by barring International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors from a workshop where uranium enrichment centrifuges are produced. The U.S. threatened Iran with “diplomatic retaliation” if it continues obstructing inspectors.
After months of stonewalling and intransigence, Iran evaded censure by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Sunday by making the minimal concession of allowing IAEA inspectors to access surveillance cameras at Iranian nuclear sites.
The head of the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog on Monday said a vast amount of data had been destroyed during an blast at Iran’s Karaj nuclear facility, which has been blamed on Israel’s Mossad spy agency.
Defiant Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday warned the U.S. and Europe not to take a “counterproductive approach” at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), or Iran will halt even the tiny amount of grudging cooperation it has been providing to nuclear weapons monitors.
The Biden administration acknowledges a return to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran is unlikely and is open to Israeli alternatives, according to a senior member of visiting Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s entourage in Washington.
The Israeli military is working on plans to strike Iran’s nuclear program, Israel Defense Forces’ Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi told reporters.
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Wednesday warned Iran was only two months away from obtaining a nuclear bomb, and called on the world to find a “Plan B” to stop it in time.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will present President Joe Biden with a plan to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear bomb when the two hold their meet in Washington later this week.
Former Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Larijani slammed the United States in an interview that aired on Iran TV on Saturday, mocking America’s founders and culture while touting its new ability to confront the U.S., in part due to its strengthening of ties with China.
In a public address delivered on Friday, Iranian General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Aerospace Corps, said America has always been an enemy of Iran and will always remain so, adding the Islamic regime could impose sanctions when the time comes.
The Iranian regime on Sunday refused to provide data from its nuclear sites to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), declaring that it would no longer cooperate with the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency after its temporary monitoring agreement expired last Thursday.
A sabotage attempt on one of the facilities of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization that Iran claimed to have thwarted caused “major damage,” the Jerusalem Post has reported.
The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) announced on Monday that it had ordered a “temporary shutdown” at the Bushehr nuclear power plant.
Iran’s failure to answer questions about the discovery of uranium particles at former undeclared sites in the country puts its claims about the “peaceful nature” of its nuclear program into question, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog has said.
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Grossi told his organization’s board of governors on Monday that North Korea’s recent nuclear activities are a “cause for serious concern.”
The lawmakers expressed “serious concerns” over the Biden administration’s choosing to hire Ariane Tabatabai as a senior advisor to the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security.
The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog warned Iran is enriching uranium to levels that “only countries making bombs” reach, and added Tehran’s nuclear program had reached the point of no return and could not go back to where it was at the time of the 2015 Obama-led deal.
Chinese dictator Xi Jinping expressed his support for Iran in a phone call Monday with his nominal counterpart, outgoing Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
Iran has enriched uranium to 63 percent — dangerously close to weapons-grade and far beyond the 3.67 percent allowed under the 2015 JCPOA nuclear deal — the U.N. nuclear watchdog said in a confidential report obtained by Reuters.
Iran blamed Israel on Monday for a sabotage attack on its underground Natanz nuclear facility, vowing for the second time in a matter of months bloody revenge against those it holds responsible for an “act of terror.”
Israel’s Mossad spy agency was responsible for the power cut on Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility, which came hours after the site began enriching uranium at high speeds, Israeli media said Sunday citing Western intelligence sources.
TEHRAN — The head of the UN nuclear watchdog met Iran’s atomic energy chief in Tehran Sunday, hours before a deadline set by the Islamic republic to limit inspections by the agency if US sanctions are not lifted.
Iran’s intelligence minister warned Tuesday his country would pursue nuclear weapons if sanctions on Tehran are not lifted, directly contravening the regime’s longstanding official stance that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only.
Iranian state media reported Thursday that production of 20 percent enriched uranium — the last level before leaping to weapons-grade material — has far exceeded expectations.
Rafael Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said Monday that the Iran nuclear deal should be fully restored within a matter of “weeks” or else Iran, which has aggressively violated the deal over the past few years, will soon begin processing weapons-grade uranium.