Iran "digging a hole" in nuclear dispute
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A senior U.S. official said on Friday that Iran is "digging a hole deeper and deeper for itself" in the international dispute over its atomic energy program.
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TEHRAN, Iran - Iran said Sunday that demands from the U.N. atomic watchdog agency that it freeze all work on uranium enrichment - technology that can be used for nuclear weapons - were "illegal."   Hasan Rowhani, Iran's top nuclear negotiator, said at a news conference that his country would nonetheless continue with its voluntary suspension of what he described as "actual enrichment" - the injection of uranium gas into centrifuges...
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Iran said on Tuesday it would let the U.N. nuclear watchdog take further environmental samples of materials related to an academic center and which Washington fears are part of a covert program to develop atomic weapons.
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Iran has invited the International Atomic Energy Agency to send a team to agree how to resolve questions about Tehran's contested atomic program, the U.N. watchdog said on Monday.
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Iran faces heightened criticism over its escalating nuclear activity at a U.N. watchdog meeting this week that will provide a barometer of sentiment for broader sanctions against Tehran.
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Iran's persistent failure to clear up concerns about its nuclear activities after concealing them for almost 20 years sets it apart from all other nations, the U.N. atomic watchdog chief said on Monday.
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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.
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VIENNA, Austria -- Iran has invited an International Atomic Energy Agency team to Tehran to work on a plan for clearing up suspicions about its nuclear program, an IAEA spokeswoman said Monday.
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U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei sought clarity from Iran on Friday about an atomic program the West fears may ultimately yield warheads.
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Iran has invited the International Atomic Energy Agency to send a team to agree how to resolve questions about Tehran's contested atomic programme, the U.N. watchdog said on Monday.
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Iran accused of threatening to place Middle East under shadow of nuclear holocaust.
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Iran said Thursday dialogue was the only  way to resolve an international standoff over the Islamic  republic's nuclear program which Washington says is a cover for  building atomic weapons.
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Iran has reacted angrily to demands from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to end nuclear activities that could be used to develop weapons.
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Iran has not yet responded to a Western proposal over its nuclear program because of deep differences within its regime about what to say.
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Iran on Sunday rejected reports that it has used Chinese uranium gas for enrichment, saying it used its own domestically produced high-quality gas.
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VIENNA -- Raising doubts about its commitment to dispel international distrust, Iran is producing significant quantities of a gas that can be used to make nuclear arms just days before it must stop all work related to uranium enrichment, diplomats said yesterday.
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TEHRAN, Iran - Iran has produced a few tons of the gas needed to enrich uranium, a top nuclear official indicated Wednesday, confirming the country has defied international demands and taken a necessary step toward producing nuclear fuel - or nuclear