Iran&#39;s nuclear ambitions
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Western powers are struggling to decide how to react to Iran&#39;s fledgling nuclear programme. Take a hard line, and the Iranian people may side with the hawks in their government, who want to develop nuclear weapons.
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Iran claims that it can produce enough weapons-grade uranium for a nuclear weapon within a year. According to Undersecretary of State John Bolton, &quot;We cannot let Iran, a leading sponsor
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Iran made Europe an offer Tuesday: Stop pressuring us on nuclear energy and we&#39;ll guarantee not to make a bomb. European and US governments were discussing an alternate proposal - to buy Iran out of its nuclear ambitions.
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Washington says Iran plans to use its nuclear facilities to make atom bombs. Tehran says it merely wants to. US President George W. Bush wants Iran referred to the United Nations Security Council for possible sanctions.
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This latest IAEA resolution on Iran isn&#39;t the result the United States wanted. Its own intense lobbying at successive IAEA Board of Governors meetings has consistently recommended that the
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an incentive-backed last chance to end uranium enrichment plans or face possible UN sanctions. US belief that Iran was using talks with the EU to buy time to acquire the capability to build a nuclear bomb.
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Iran has confirmed that it has begun processing uranium to prepare it for enrichment - a process that can be used to make nuclear weapons.
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Iran seems determined to defy the international community and continue to develop a nuclear bomb. That&#39;s no longer in dispute.
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Iran accused of threatening to place Middle East under shadow of nuclear holocaust.
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Iran is preparing large amounts of uranium for enrichment, a process that can be used to make nuclear weapons, days before its promise to freeze all such activities takes effect, Western diplomats said on Friday.
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The diplomatic showdown over Iran&#39;s alleged nuclear ambitions could escalate into a confrontation that changes the political dynamic of
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VIENNA, Austria - Defying a key demand set by 35 nations, Iran announced Tuesday it has started converting raw uranium into the gas needed for enrichment, a process that can be used to make nuclear weapons.    Iran's president, Mohammad Khatami, vowed his country will press ahead with its nuclear program - which he insisted is peaceful - even if it means a rupture with the U.N...
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Iran will seek to show a nation united behind its nuclear program on Sunday but pressure from the West and voices counselling caution at home have dampened prospects for a grand announcement about atomic progress.
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Iran, accused by Washington of  developing nuclear weapons, is determined to become one of the  world's suppliers of nuclear fuel, a senior Iranian official  said on Tuesday.
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a clear rejection of the UN atomic watchdog&#39;s demand that Iran halt such activities. Uranium enrichment can be used both to produce nuclear power and to make atomic bombs.
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VIENNA - Iran&#39;s promise to stop enriching uranium, offered on the weekend to head off threatened sanctions, has the support of the United Nations nuclear watchdog.
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TEHRAN -- Behind Iran's defiant stance on its nuclear program lies an anxious debate over the country's role in the world.