TEHRAN, October 02 -A South Korean minister says that North Korea is estimated to have up to 60 nuclear weapons, in Seoul’s first public comment about the size of the North’s arsenal.
TEHRAN, August 14 - A large statue of a child wearing a protective suit in the Japanese city of Fukushima has triggered online criticism, as the nuclear -contaminated city continues to grapple with the aftereffects of a 2011 nuclear disaster.
TEHRAN, August 7 -Russia says it was "deeply disappointed" by US President Donald Trump's move to re-impose unilateral sanctions on Tehran, vowing to make its utmost efforts to save a landmark nuclear agreement Iran signed with the P5+1 group of countries in 2015.
TEHRAN, July 16 -Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun says the United States' move to withdraw from a nuclear agreement Iran signed with the P5+1 group of countries in 2015 will have negative impacts on stability in the Middle East.
TEHRAN, July 07 -US and North Korean officials have formed working groups to deal with “nitty gritty stuff,” including verification of efforts to achieve de nuclear ization, according to a US State Department spokeswoman.
TEHRAN, July 01 - TEPCO is conducting an independent geological survey to confirm the absence of active faults in Aomori Prefecture, where it wants to resume the construction of a Fukushima-type nuclear plant, frozen following the 2011 disaster.
TEHRAN, June 05 - The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said the country has begun work to prepare the infrastructure for building advanced centrifuges at its Natanz enrichment facility, while respecting its commitments under 2015 nuclear deal.
TEHRAN, May 27 - A senior Iranian nuclear negotiator says Iran will not continue talks with European sides of its nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), if it feels that European countries are wasting time.
TEHRAN, May 24 -The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has confirmed Iran's compliance with its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal, but has called on the country to go beyond its obligations.
TEHRAN, May 23 - The German government approved a draft law Wednesday that paves the way for energy giants RWE and Vattenfall to receive hundreds of millions of euros in compensation for the country's decision to phase out nuclear power.
TEHRAN, May 22 - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has slammed the US President Donald Trump administration for unilaterally withdrawing from the multi-nation Iran nuclear deal.
TEHRAN, May 16 - The share of yuan-backed crude oil contracts has soared to 12 percent of global trading since US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, compared to eight percent in March.
TEHRAN, May 15 - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says all countries, particularly member states of the European Union, must stand up to the United States' "illegal and illogical" move to withdraw from a key nuclear agreement Tehran signed with major world powers in 2015.
TEHRAN, May 14 - United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has hailed North Korea’s move to close its nuclear test site as an important step toward peace and de nuclear ization of the Korean Peninsula.
TEHRAN, May 10 -OPEC says it is too soon to decide whether to increase production to make up for any loss in supply from Iran’s exports following US announcement that it would impose new sanctions on Tehran.
TEHRAN, April 29 - The UK government has frozen the assets of an alleged North Korean father-and-son spying duo, who are also accused of raising funds for Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program.
TEHRAN, April 29 - Today marks the anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. On April 26, 1986, technicians conducting a test inadvertently caused the fourth reactor to explode.
TEHRAN, April 10 - Spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi said a delegation of experts from the AEOI is slated to travel to China later on Tuesday in a bid to boost cooperation in the area of peaceful nuclear energy.