There is no shortage of US officials making broad statements accusing the Iranian government of attempting to develop a nuclear weapon, but after last week's International Atomic Energy Agency report on Iran yielded no interesting allegations to latch onto, US...
IAEA Overrides US Concerns, Approves Syria Aid
US complaints earlier this week about the "wholly inappropriate" IAEA aid scheduled to be provided to Syria have been rejected, and the agency has approved the $350,000 aid project to help the Syrian government select a site for a potential nuclear power plant. The...
ElBaradei: No Legal Basis for Curbing Syria’s IAEA Rights
The IAEA released a report on its investigation into allegations regarding Syria on Wednesday. The verdict was inconclusive, they found no definitive evidence of any wrongdoing but called for future investigations. Nevertheless, unproven accusations were sufficient...
Syria Dismisses IAEA Report, Says Probe Should End
The IAEA issued its Wednesday report on Syria, finding no conclusive proof of a nuclear reactor at the site of a 2007 Israeli air strike but calling for more investigations. Syria has dismissed the report's conclusions and said it considers the matter closed, with...
IAEA, Iran in Silent Standoff Over Nuclear Probe
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reports that Iran plans to start installing another 3,000 centrifuges for its uranium enrichment program, which would bring the total amount of centrifuges in operation or in the process of being put into operation to...
Minute Uranium Traces Complicate Syria Investigation
The media has been abuzz with reports from diplomats that the IAEA discovered minute traces of processed uranium in samples taken from the suspected Syrian nuclear installation destroyed by Israel last September. IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei seems irked by attempts to...
ElBaradei Presses Iran on Nuclear Allegations, Promises Confidentiality
In a statement to the UN General Assembly, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohamed ElBaradei said that he was still unable to "achieve full clarity regarding the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran." He called on the Iranian...
ElBaradei: Iran Nowhere Near Acquiring Nuclear Weapons
In an interview today, UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohammed ElBaradei said that Iran would be lacking key components for the production of a nuclear weapon even if they chose to do so. According to ElBaradei "they do not have even the nuclear material, the raw...
North Korea Bars Inspectors, Prepares to Restart Yongbyon Facility
North Korea has barred IAEA inspectors from all portions of the Yongbyon nuclear facility. They had previously expelled monitors from only a small portion of the overall facility. North Korea has had the UN remove all seals and surveillance equipment from the reactor....
UN Atomic Agency Cites Laptop Photos in Iran Allegations
Updated 9/17 1:35 PM EST One day after accusing the Iranian government of blocking its probe into their alleged nuclear weapons program, the International Atomic Energy Agency has released documents and photographs which it confronted Iran with, and for which the...