Nuclear

Gulf countries meet over Iran nuclear radiation fears

Monday, 15 April 2013 09:23

Reuters - National emergency officials in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries met on Sunday in Saudi Arabia to discuss the risk of radiation spreading over the Gulf if Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant is damaged by another earthquake.

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck close to Iran's only nuclear power station last week, killing dozens of people but leaving the nearby plant undamaged, according to Iranian officials and the Russian company that built it.

UK, France and Germany call for tighter Iran sanctions

Saturday, 08 September 2012 12:47

Britain, France and Germany have urged the rest of the European Union to impose new sanctions on Iran over its disputed nuclear programme.

Germany Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said Iran had showed no "constructive will" in talks and that urgent action was needed.

His comments were echoed by his French counterpart, Laurent Fabius, and the UK's Foreign Secretary William Hague, following informal meetings in Cyprus.

Time is short for Iran diplomacy

Thursday, 09 August 2012 00:00

Time is short for Iran diplomacy Iranfocus - The Wall Street Journal - By MICHAEL OREN :Nearly two decades ago, Israel started alerting the world about Iran's nuclear program.

Iran completes cleanup of suspect nuclear site, group says

Thursday, 02 August 2012 00:00

Figure 1: Satellite imagery showing the result of extensive alterations to the suspected Parchin high explosive test site. Bloomberg -By Terry Atlas
Satellite images show that Iran has completed cleanup activity at a suspected nuclear weapons- related site, a Washington-based research group said today.

Iran, Syria on agenda in U.S. defense chief’s Mideast tour

Tuesday, 31 July 2012 16:59

AFP, Washington, 29 July 2012 - U.S. defense chief Leon Panetta sets off on an international tour Monday that, after Tunis and Cairo, takes him to Israel and Jordan, in a region that feels threatened by Iran’s nuclear program and potential spillover from troubled Syria.