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Iran Wants
to Change
Uranium Deal

But Tehran proposal would make the agreement pointless

Oct 27, 09 5:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iran continues to waffle on the details of the deal under consideration to ship its enriched uranium to Russia. Now it's saying that if it does agree to the deal—a formal response is due Friday—it won't send all of its uranium at once. Instead, it will send shipments... More »

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Iran • Tehran • nuclear weapons • nuclear • uranium enrichment • uranium • enriched uranium

Iran Fingers
US in Scientist's Disappearance

Researcher, AWOL in Saudi Arabia, rumored to work at Qom facility

Oct 8, 09 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran’s foreign minister has accused the US of conspiring with Saudi Arabia in the disappearance of Shahram Amiri, a scientist thought to be involved in Iran’s nuclear program. Amiri disappeared four months ago on a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia—around the time President Obama asked for a report... More »

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Iran • Saudi Arabia • nuclear • disappearance • scientist • Manouchehr Mottaki

(Newser) - As the US confronts Iran over its nuclear program, many Americans can’t help but flash back to 2003, when Colin Powell made a compelling case before the UN that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Is the uproar over Iran’s Qom facility the same kind of smoke and... More »

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Iran • intelligence • nuclear • nuclear program • WMD • Iraq mess • Qom

(Newser) - The US will tell Iran next week that it must open all its nuclear sites for inspection within 3 months, turn over any related documents, and make scientists available for questions. Tehran also may be ordered to allow inspectors into its newly revealed uranium-enrichment plant within days. The revelation of... More »

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Iran • Tehran • nuclear • uranium enrichment • nuclear arsenal • nuclear energy

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Iran Will Allow UN Inspectors
at Nuke Site

But official brags
it will 'blind the eyes'
of enemies

Sep 26, 09 11:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some typically mixed messages out of Iran today: The nation's nuclear chief says UN inspectors will be allowed to visit a newly revealed uranium-enrichment facility. Ali Akbar Salehi says he's "astonished" by the controversy, insisting that Iran has done nothing wrong. Meanwhile, an aide to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • nuclear • International Atomic Energy Agency • enriched uranium

US Still Wrong About Nukes: 
Iran's Leader

Khamenei reacts to Obama scrapping missile defense

Sep 20, 09 3:46 PM CDT
(AP) - Iran's supreme leader said today that US officials know they are wrongly accusing Iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons. In Iran's first official reaction to the US decision to scrap a European missile intercept system to defend against threats from Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei claimed President Barack Obama's administration... More »

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Iran • nuclear weapons • nuclear • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Obama administration

Korean Chef
Offers Glimpse of 'Lil' Kim'

Jong-Il's heir
unlikely to
have dad's clout

Jun 15, 09 2:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Little is known about the young man expected to succeed Kim Jong-Il as leader of North Korea, and what analysts do know has been gleaned from a book by the ruler’s former chef, the New York Times reports. Kim Jong-Un is the youngest of three sons and most like... More »

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North Korea • nuclear • Kim Jong Il • heir • Kim Jong Un

China Firm Sold Illegal Nuke Materials to Iran: Prosecutors

Company said to have sent tons of supplies, breaching UN rules

Apr 7, 09 12:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - New York officials today charged a Chinese businessman with illegally selling tons of materials to Iran that could be used to make rockets and nuclear weapons, the New York Times reports. Sales in 2006-08 of tungsten and other metals, often through shell firms, break UN rules, prosecutors say. Li Fang... More »

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China • Iran • United Nations • nuclear weapons • nuclear • sales • indictment • rockets

OPINION

 Hey NATO, 
 Lay Off Russia: Qadaffi 

West should stop meddling with nuclear giant: Qaddafi

Dec 23, 08 4:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama would be wise to harken back to the no-meddling Monroe Doctrine and stop the West’s “addiction to interfering in the affairs of other countries,” Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi writes in the Washington Times. He blames NATO expansion to Russia’s border for moving the nuclear... More »

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Russia • NATO • Vladimir Putin • Georgia • nuclear • Cold War • Moammar Gadhafi

 Iran Nabs 'Spying' Pigeons 

Two birds arrested near Natanz nuclear site

Oct 21, 08 2:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two pigeons are under arrest in Iran after the alleged avian spies were found hovering near the nation's uranium-enrichment plant at Natanz, the Telegraph reports. The first, a black one, was caught wearing espionage gear—a metal ring held by “invisible” strings. The birds may have been communicating what... More »

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Iran • nuclear • spy • uranium enrichment • pigeon • nuclear enrichment

 Japanese Protesters 
 Greet US Nuke Ship 

Huge carrier arrives near Tokyo amid radiation fears

Sep 25, 08 6:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Japanese protesters greeted a nuclear-powered American warship at its new home port near Tokyo today, Reuters reports. The USS George Washington drew criticism after reports last month than a US submarine had leaked radioactive material at Japanese ports for 2 years —underscoring the tense relationship between Japanese citizens and... More »

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nuclear power • Japan • US military • nuclear • radioactive • Taro Aso • US Navy • USS George Washington

Seoul: N. Korea  
Is Rebuilding 
Nuclear Plant

US blamed for not removing Pyongyang from state terror list

Sep 3, 08 11:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - South Korea today claimed Pyongyang is restoring its nuclear facilities, just days after stopping disablement work, the AP reports. North Korea blames America for not holding up its end of the deal by failing to follow through on a June promise to reward nuclear disarmament progress by removing it from... More »

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North Korea • nuclear • Yongbyon • nuclear disarmament • state sponsored terrorism

Japan Warned
of Nuclear Leak from US Sub

But radioactivity level
is nothing to worry about, says Navy

Aug 2, 08 10:10 AM CDT
(AP) - The US Navy has warned Japan that a small amount of radiation may have leaked from an American nuclear submarine during its recent visits to two southern ports. The US said the amount of radioactivity was negligible, but the news could cause a stir in Japan, where both the US... More »

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Japan • nuclear • submarine • radiation • US Navy

 Obama Visits
 Sderot, Meets Olmert, Abbas 

Candidate's Israel visit continues in meetings with Abbas, Olmert

Jul 23, 08 12:45 PM CDT
(AP) - Barack Obama waded into the thicket of Mideast politics today, siting down with Israeli and Palestinian leaders and visiting Sderot, an Israeli city near the Gaza border that's a frequent target of rocket attacks. If Iran were to obtain nuclear weapons, Obama said at a press conference, it would mark... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • nuclear • Election 2008

Iran Considering Nuclear Talks: Foreign Minister

New incentives could bring Tehran to table, enrichment freeze

Jul 2, 08 10:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran’s foreign minister turned heads yesterday with optimistic talk about nuclear negotiations with the international community, the Wall Street Journal reports. Tehran is “carefully examining” an offer of economic incentives, Manouchehr Mottaki said, and won’t rule out halting enrichment work during negotiations. “We see the potential... More »

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Iran • nuclear • negotiation • diplomat • nuclear enrichment • nuclear disarmament • Manouchehr Mottaki

Ayatollah:
Iran Will Not
Build Nukes

But country won't halt nuclear energy program, either

Jun 3, 08 7:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran isn’t interested in nuclear weapons, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei proclaimed in a speech today, but will pursue its nuclear energy program despite international pressure. “No wise nation would be interested in making a nuclear weapon today,” said Iran’s supreme leader. “They are against rational thought.... More »

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Iran • nuclear power • nuclear weapons • nuclear • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

OPINION

Preconditions or Not, Iran Doesn't Want to Talk to Us

US misunderstanding of split personality hinders any progress

May 28, 08 2:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama can berate President Bush for refusing to "sit down with" Iran, and John McCain can beat up Obama for proposing to do just that, but the fact is that every administration in the past 30 years has tried talking to Iran—without preconditions—and been rejected. Including... More »

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Iran • Israel • Tehran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • nuclear • negotiation • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • George W. Bush

Syria Rebuilds Mystery Structure

New building goes up on suspected nuclear site bombed by Israel

Jan 12, 08 11:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Syria appears to be rebuilding on the site of a suspected nuclear reactor Israeli bombers destroyed in September, the New York Times reports. The new building, shown in satellite photographs to have the same footprint, is not expected to be a reactor, but there are concerns that it could cover... More »

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Israel • Syria • nuclear • International Atomic Energy Agency • nuclear inspections • nuclear facilities • airstrike

North Korea Still Balking Over Nuke
Shutdown

Action slow until aid comes through: officials

Dec 27, 07 3:17 AM CST
(Newser) - North Korea is still dragging its feet in disabling its nuclear program, Reuters reports. The slowdown, which began last week, is due to delays in delivery of energy aid promised to North Korea as part of a deal reached earlier this year, authorities said. "We have no choice... More »

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North Korea • nuclear • Pyongyang • nuclear facilities • nuclear disarmament • plutonium

Hospitals Seduced by 'Nuclear Arms Race' vs. Cancer

But does prestigious strategy help patients?

Dec 26, 07 2:29 PM CST
(Newser) - More and more hospitals are using nuclear proton accelerators in the fight against cancer, with mixed results, reports the New York Times. Some experts say the massive devices, formerly only found in physics labs, are a vital next-generation tool. Others doubt their effectiveness and worry that hospitals are getting caught... More »

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cancer • medicine • hospitals • particle accelerator • nuclear • cancer treatment

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