AI-generated image used for representation (Source: ChatGPT) The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Thursday said a “projectile hit” took place near Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, striking a structure about 350 metres from the reactor.In a statement posted on X, IAEA director general Rafael Mariano Grossi said the reactor itself was not damaged and […]
Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility was struck during recent US and Israeli military operations, Iran’s envoy to the UN nuclear watchdog said on Monday. “Again they attacked Iran’s peaceful, safeguarded nuclear facilities yesterday,” Reza Najafi told reporters at a meeting of the 35-nation board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Asked which sites were […]
UN nuclear inspectors have resumed limited work in Iran, visiting the Bushehr nuclear facility for the first time since Tehran suspended cooperation with the international atomic energy agency (IAEA) in June. The visit, confirmed on Wednesday by IAEA chief Rafael Grossi, marks a partial resumption of inspections but falls short of full access across Iran’s […]
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has denounced calls in Iran for the arrest and execution of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi, describing them as “unacceptable” and calling for international condemnation.In a post on ‘X’, Rubio said, “We support the IAEA’s critical verification and monitoring efforts in Iran and commend the […]
File photo: Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi (Picture credit: AP) Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, on Thursday publicly admitted that the country’s nuclear sites sustained “significant and serious damages” in last weekend’s US airstrikes on three facilities, the first such official acknowledgement from Tehran. “The losses have not been small, and our facilities have been […]
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi said that US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites would have caused “significant physical damage” but it would be “too much” to say that their nuke program has been “wiped out”.Centrifuges, which are spinning machines used to enrich uranium, require a high-degree of precision and are vulnerable to […]
Representative image Tehran’s tensions with global powers escalated further on Wednesday as Iranian lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to suspend cooperation with the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The move comes after a 12-day conflict involving Israeli and US airstrikes on Iranian nuclear and military facilities.“The Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran will […]
No radioactive traces have been detected in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, or the wider Gulf region following U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites, according to regional authorities and the IAEA./ Image composite: File (AP) Multiple Gulf nations have confirmed that no abnormal radiation has been detected in the region following U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear […]
The Iran-Israel conflict intensified on Wednesday as Israel launched a powerful wave of airstrikes, destroying key military infrastructure in and around Tehran including two centrifuge production facilities, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The strikes mark a serious escalation in the six-day-old confrontation, with fears now mounting of an impending regional war.“The IDF […]
VIENNA: An Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear complex at Natanz directly hit the underground uranium enrichment plant there, the UN nuclear watchdog said Tuesday, revising its assessment after initially reporting it had been hit only indirectly.Since Israel’s launched wide-ranging attacks on Iran on Friday, IAEA has been providing updates on its assessment of the damage […]
