Iran says first cloned sheep thriving
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Iranian scientists said Monday that the country's first cloned sheep is thriving 15 months after birth, eating well and frolicking among a flock of normal sheep. The cloned male sheep named Royana was born Sept. 30, 2006 in the historic central city of Isfahan, less than two months after the country's first cloned animal, also a lamb, died within minutes of birth.
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TEHRAN - Iran's leaders issued dual defiant statements yesterday, with the president announcing that the nation had 3,000 active centrifuges to enrich uranium, and the top ayatollah appointing a new Islamic Revolutionary Guards commander who once advocated military force against students.
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Meat and milk from cloned animals seem to pose no special health risks, said a report released by the European Food Safety Agency. It was a first step toward the eventual sale of such products within the European Union.
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Iran said Saturday it successfully tested a &quot;strategic missile&quot; and delivered it to its armed forces, state-run radio reported.
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Iran defied the  United Nations on Tuesday by announcing it has begun 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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The creators of Dolly the sheep, the world's first mammal cloned from an adult, want to create cloned human embryos for stem cell research, one of the scientists said Wednesday.
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LONDON - One of the creators of Dolly the sheep, the world&#39;s first mammal cloned from an adult, said Tuesday he was seeking permission to create cloned human embryos for medical research.
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Scientists who created Dolly the sheep, the world's first cloned mammal, applied for a license on Tuesday to clone human embryos to obtain stem cells for research into Motor Neurone Disease.
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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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Iran welcomed the world nuclear watchdog&#39;s latest report, in which the UN agency cautiously cleared Tehran of enriching uranium on purpose, the official IRNA newsagency reported Thursday.
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Iran "vigorously" pursued programs  to produce nuclear, chemical and biological weapons during the  latter part of 2003 and was working to improve delivery  systems, a CIA report said on Tuesday.
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Iran acknowledged for the first time Sunday that it has convicted some Iranian nationals of supporting al-Qaida, saying the number was fewer than five.
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The scientist who created Dolly the sheep, the world's first cloned mammal, was granted a license Tuesday to clone human embryos for medical research.
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Iran reportedly is making steady progress toward producing nuclear fuel and could make a significant amount of enriched uranium within a year.
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Iran is steadily expanding â rather than freezing â its efforts to enrich uranium, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported today.
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Dolly the sheep, the first cloned mammal, makes her debut. Compiled by Tony Long.
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Iran yesterday conducted a successful test of the latest version of its Shihab-3 missile, the Iranian Defense Ministry announced yesterday.