TEHRAN: The European Union’s coordinator for talks between Iran and world powers over restoring a frayed 2015 nuclear deal will visit Tehran this week, Iran’s foreign ministry said Monday. The coordinator, Enrique Mora, has played a key role as an intermediary between the US and Iran during a year of on-off talks in Vienna that […]
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EU envoy visits Iran to close gaps on nuclear deal
Tehran: The EU’s coordinator for talks to restore the 2015 nuclear deal met Iran’s foreign minister and its chief negotiator Sunday in Tehran, state media reported, hoping to bridge gaps in the talks. “Working on closing the remaining gaps in the #ViennaTalks,” European Union diplomat Enrique Mora tweeted ahead of his trip. “We must conclude […]
Iran turns uranium into a substance pertinent to the detection of cancer
DUBAI: According to the UN nuclear watchdog and Iranian media, Iran has converted a small portion of its high-enriched uranium stockpile into a substance critical to the detection of cancer and other diseases. For the time being, Iran has decided not to further refine the uranium into weapons-grade levels by converting it. Negotiations over […]
Residents survey damage after powerful Japan quake
Soma, Japan : People in northeast Japan were cleaning up and surveying the damage on Thursday after a powerful 7.4-magnitude quake derailed a bullet train, opened cracks in highways and initially cut power to over two million homes. At least one death was directly caused by the overnight quake, government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno said, but […]
EU warns Belarus opening door to Russian nukes after vote
Brussels: The EU warned Monday that Belarus could start hosting Russian nuclear weapons after a “very dangerous” decision at a referendum to drop the country’s non-nuclear status. “We know what does it mean for Belarus to be nuclear. It means that Russia will put nuclear weapons in Belarus and this is a very dangerous path,” […]
Iran’s Khamenei says experience shows ‘trusting West does not work’
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that the outgoing government’s experience of engaging with world powers including the United States shows that “trusting the West does not work”. President Hassan Rouhani’s signature diplomatic achievement, a 2015 nuclear deal with major powers, gave Iran some relief from international sanctions in exchange for limits on […]
UK could bar China firm from nuclear projects: report
Britain is investigating ways to block China’s state-owned nuclear energy company from all future power projects in the UK, amid chilling relations between London and Beijing, according to reports Monday. The move could see China General Nuclear (CGN) excluded from several projects, including a consortium planning to build a nuclear plant on the Suffolk coast […]
Macron pressured to apologise for nuclear tests in French Polynesia
French President Emmanuel Macron faced pressure to apologise for the devastating impact of decades of nuclear testing as he kicked off his first official trip to French Polynesia. During his four-day visit, Macron plans to address the legacy of nuclear testing from 1966 to 1996 as France developed atomic weapons, as well as discuss the […]
Iran confirms no new round of nuclear talks before new govt
Negotiations in Vienna aimed at salvaging Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers will not resume before the country’s new government takes office in August, an Iranian official said Saturday. The Islamic republic has held talks since April in Vienna with major powers on reviving its troubled 2015 nuclear agreement. “”We’re in a transition period… #Vienna_talks […]
Rouhani says hopes Iran’s next govt can conclude nuclear talks
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday he hopes his successor can clinch a deal to lift US sanctions, implying that nuclear talks will not conclude before his term ends in August. The Islamic republic has held talks since April in Vienna with major powers on reviving its troubled 2015 nuclear agreement. The accord offered Tehran […]