IRAN NUKES &#39;CLOSER&#39; THAN THOUGHT
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November 19, 2004 -- WASHINGTON - Some disturbing revelations that Iran is trying to adapt its advanced ballistic missiles to carry nuclear warheads could mean that the fanatical Islamic nation is far closer to becoming a nuclear power than had been
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Iranian officials have hinted in recent days that they sped up their enrichment of uranium in the past year to put Iran in a better position to negotiate with the West.
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&quot;Have we seen any proof of a weapons programme (in Iran)? Have we seen undeclared (uranium) enrichment? ... Obviously until today.
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Iran said on Monday the idea it was   prepared to shelve uranium enrichment for a limited time had   been misunderstood by the West, the government spokesman said.
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TEHRAN - An Iranian nuclear plant which atomic experts say could give the Islamic state access to bomb-grade material is nearing completion, a senior Iranian nuclear official said on Wednesday.
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The test that appeared to move Iran closer toward its aim of putting its own satellites into space.
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VIENNA -- Iran has steadily expanded its program to enrich uranium and defied a United Nations Security Council deadline for an immediate freeze of nuclear activities before it gains the capability to produce fuel for nuclear weapons, the UN nuclear watchdog agency said here yesterday.
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(CBS/AP) Defying a key demand set by 35 nations, Iran announced Tuesday that it has started converting raw uranium into the gas needed for enrichment, a process that can be used to make nuclear weapons.
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Since the worldâs nuclear watchdog agency confirmed reports of Iranâs extensive and secret nuclear activities more than two years ago, international concerns that Tehran might soon acquire bomb-making capabilities have grown.
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The sudden flurry of digging seen in recent satellite photos of a mountainside in central Iran might have passed for ordinary road tunneling. But the site is the back yard of Iran's most ambitious and controversial nuclear facility, leading U.S. officials and independent experts to reach another ...
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Openly defying the United Nations nuclear watchdog, Iran announced yesterday that it has begun converting large quantities of raw uranium
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An official from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Iran has obtained &quot;a few tons&quot; of the gas needed to enrich uranium, a key component of nuclear weapons, Reuters reported.
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Buried in the IAEA report on Iran's nuclear activities are a few encouraging facts. In Danger Room.
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VIENNA, Sept 21: Iran defied the United Nations on Tuesday by announcing it would go on converting a large amount of raw uranium to prepare it for enrichment, a process that can be used to develop atomic bombs.
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Nearly two years have passed since the world discovered Iran has been cheating under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Despite repeated denials by Tehran, an indisputable mass of evidence
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new assessment of Iran&#39;s nuclear program by the United Nations&#39; International Atomic Energy Agency says that, as early as 1995, Pakistan was providing Tehran with the designs for sophisticated
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Iran's leaders apparently believe that the benefits of obtaining a nuclear bomb now outweigh the drawbacks.