Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets in Cairo and Alexandria to protest the brutal killing of an unarmed man by Egyptian police. The demonstration in Alexandria, which was held after Friday prayers, drew a crowd of approximately 5,000, with Nobel peace prize laureate and former director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency [...]

The former head of the UN nuclear watchdog says Iran’s decision to send its enriched uranium to Turkey could pave the way for broader negotiations. Iran, Brazil, and Turkey issued a nuclear declaration in Tehran on Monday that names Turkey as the site of a nuclear fuel swap where Tehran would exchange its low-enriched uranium [...]

Former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Mohamed ElBaradei has expressed support for Palestinian resistance, calling Gaza the world’s largest jail. In a report published by UPI on Tuesday, ElBaradei described resistance the only path open to the Palestinian people, because the Israeli occupation only understands the language of force. “The peace process has [...]

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak says the former chief of the UN nuclear agency Mohamed ElBaradei must follow the constitution if he intends to run for presidency in the authoritarian country. The 81-year-old Egyptian president made the remark Thursday after ElBaradei called for a partial readjustment of the constitution in order to enable potential candidates to [...]

Former UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei, a potential candidate for presidency in Egypt, says the country will only change through the young, report says. “If Egypt were going to change, it is going to change through the young people,” he told Reuters. “I believe the current system is not free and fair, and, whoever [...]

Tehran’s Ambassador to the UN nuclear watchdog Ali Asghar Soltanieh has provided more details about the nature of the Iranian nuclear program. One week after the new International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief, Yukiya Amano, issued a report about Iran’s nuclear program, Soltanieh on Wednesday shed light on certain aspects of the Iranian nuclear work. [...]

A senior Iranian lawmaker insists that Iran’s missile program is not within the jurisdiction of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). “Iran’s missile capability is none of the agency’s business,” said Alaeddin Boroujerdi, Chairman of the parliamentary (Majlis) Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy on Wednesday. “Where were the agency and other international organizations [...]

Iran’s envoy to the IAEA has objected to the fact that suspicions have been raised about Tehran’s nuclear activities only because it is not implementing voluntary protocols. “We have to be able distinguish between two different issues. One is the Safeguards Agreement… and the other is additional measures, which are voluntary like the additional protocol. [...]

Iran’s envoy to the UN atomic watchdog says the concern expressed in the Agency’s latest report is “groundless,” as it is not based on any new information. On Thursday, the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Yukiya Amano issued a report about Iran’s nuclear program, verifying the non-diversion of declared nuclear material in the [...]

Iran’s Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asghar Soltanieh says Iran reserves the right to enrich uranium to 20 percent at the Natanz enrichment facility. “Iran has the right to enrich uranium to 20 percent to provide fuel for the Tehran research reactor,” Soltanieh said in an interview with the Al-Alam News [...]

Iran says it will announce the sites allocated for its 10 new enrichment facilities within the timeframe set by the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). “Our cooperation will shrink to the level of our safeguards agreement and from now on it will not include articles that require speedy notification about new facilities such as Fordo,” said [...]

The United Nations atomic watchdog has convened for a two-day meeting to discuss the Iranian nuclear program. According to AFP, the 35-member board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) began two days of deliberations covering various topics, including Iran, North Korea, Syria and a Russian proposal for a fuel bank. It will [...]

Tehran says it does Not view Tel Aviv as a threat anymore because clearly Israel has lost its one-time influence in the Middle East. Nearly a year after Israel butchered over 1,400 Palestinians during a devastating incursion, Iran’s Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani said on Wednesday that Israel No longer intimidates regional countries. “There was [...]

UN inspectors are expected to visit Iran’s Fordo enrichment facility on Thursday, the Iranian envoy to the IAEA has announced. “There will be another inspection of this site [Fordo] tomorrow,” IRNA quoted Ali-Asghar Soltaniyeh as saying on Wednesday. “This site will from now on be under the IAEA supervision,” he added. This is the second [...]

Iran has again turned down an offer by the UN nuclear watchdog requiring the country to ship its enriched uranium to neighboring Turkey. “This proposal which was made by the chief of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) a long time ago was rejected by Iranian authorities at the time,” a well-informed source told ISNA on [...]

Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Chairman Alaeddin Boroujerdi has said that Iran will announce its final decision about the nuclear proposal after the talks between its ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, and IAEA officials. The issue is being closely examined to see what can be done but no [...]

UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei criticized the United States on Monday for using a false pretext to invade Iraq, costing the lives of possibly hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians. Former US President George W Bush ordered US troops into Iraq in March 2003 to overthrow dictator Saddam Hussein, citing evidence of the existence [...]

As Tehran is seeking guarantees for its nuclear fuel supplies, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog has called for Iran’s quick response to his proposal on the issue. “I urge Iran to be as forthcoming as possible in responding soon to my recent proposal,” said the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) [...]

Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani has said the West is trying to trick Iran into giving away its supply of 4.5 percent enriched uranium. “My guess is that the Americans have made a secret deal with certain countries to take 4.5 percent enriched uranium away from us under the pretext of providing nuclear fuel (to us)… [...]

After the removal of France from the list of potential suppliers of highly-enriched uranium to Iran, nuclear talks between Tehran and world powers have been rescheduled. UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei opened the first day of the meeting in Vienna on Monday in which delegations from Iran, France, Russia and the United States as [...]