Library Documents on Iran's Nuclear Program
August 9, 2005
Question: The situation around the Iranian nuclear program has become exacerbated recently. Teheran has taken steps to restart activities earlier frozen at the uranium conversion facility in Isfahan. In this connection an extraordinary session of the IAEA Board of Governors is being convened in Vienna today. What are Russia's assessments of such...
August 9, 2005
Iran re-started activities at a uranium conversion plant Monday following the installation of surveillance cameras by the United Nations atomic watchdog but "regrettably" prior to completion of their testing, the agency entrusted with curbing the spread of nuclear weapons reported.
August 9, 2005
Director General Mohamed ElBaradei briefed the press on the Agency´s verification work in Iran, before the opening of a special session of the IAEA Board of Governors in Vienna today. Following is an unofficial transcript of his remarks.
August 8, 2005
The Director General has received a communication from the Resident Representatives of France, Germany and the United Kingdom, dated 8 August 2005, attaching the text of a letter dated 5 August 2005 sent by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of France, Germany and the United Kingdom, and the High Representative of the European Union, to the...
August 8, 2005
Iranian foreign ministry spokesman, Dr Hamidreza Assefi, announced that director general of the political and international affairs department of foreign ministry Monday evening had officially informed ambassadors of the three European countries, ie Britain, Germany and France, to Tehran that the plan worked out by the said countries was not...
August 8, 2005
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QUESTION: Do you have anything on the Iranian decision to end the suspension on uranium enrichment?
August 8, 2005
IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei informed members of the Board of Governors that Iran today started to feed uranium ore concentrate (UOC) into the first part of the process line at the Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF). This activity was commenced following the installation today by the IAEA of cameras covering the input stage of the UOC...
August 8, 2005
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General spoke to the newly elected President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, about the Iranian nuclear programme and the negotiations with the European Union-3.
He urged restraint and encouraged the continuation of the ongoing process. He...
August 7, 2005
Majlis Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel said here Sunday the EU-3 proposal does not safeguard Iran's rights.
The three European countries proposal has not actually suggested to recognize Iran's right to civilian nuclear technology, he told the MPs in the opening session of Majlis.
He said that Iran is determined to make use of peaceful nuclear...
August 6, 2005
Iranian foreign ministry spokesman, Dr Hamidreza Assefi, on Saturday said: The plan proposed by the Europeans on Iran`s nuclear dossier, is not acceptable in view of the Islamic Republic of Iran.