Iran must walk the talk on nuke program for peaceful purposes: US envoy

October 4th, 2009 UN nuclear watchdog sees turning point over IranTEHRAN, Iran — The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Sunday there is a "shifting of gears" in Iran's confrontation with the West to more cooperation and transparency and he announced that international inspectors would visit Tehran's newly revealed uranium enrichment site on Oct.

October 3rd, 2009 IAEA: ElBaradei to visit Iran this weekendVIENNA — The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog has confirmed that its director general will visit Iran this weekend. The International Atomic Energy Agency says Mohamed ElBaradei and the Iranians will discuss a broad range of issues, including a covertly built enrichment facility that it recently revealed.

October 1st, 2009 EU envoy: IAEA to visit nuke plant soonGENTHOD, Switzerland — A senior EU envoy says Iran has pledged to open its recently revealed uranium enrichment plant to U.N. inspectors perhaps in the next few weeks.

September 30th, 2009 Iran accuses UN chief of parroting West on nukesUNITED NATIONS — Iran's president is accusing U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of parroting Western criticism of its new uranium enrichment facility instead of waiting for a report from the U.N.

September 30th, 2009 US eyes energy, financial sanctions on IranNEW YORK — The Obama administration is working up plans to push for new sanctions against Iran, targeting its energy, financial and telecommunications sectors if it does not comply with international demands to come clean about its nuclear program, U.S. officials said Monday.

September 26th, 2009 TEHRAN - Iran's new nuclear fuel enrichment plant will be operational soon, head of the office of Iran's supreme leader Mohammad Mohammadi-Golpayegani said Saturday, according to a media report. "This new plant, god willing, will be operational soon," Mohammadi-Golpayegani was quoted as saying.

September 25th, 2009 Obama, other leaders: Iran has secret nuke sitePITTSBURGH — President Barack Obama declared Friday that Iran is on a path to confrontation with world powers unless it agrees to "come clean" and disclose all its nuclear activities. He said he would not rule out military action.

September 23rd, 2009 Netanyahu: Iran could give terror nuclear umbrellaNEW YORK — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that if Iran acquires nuclear weapons it could "bring terrorism beyond our wildest dreams." Netanyahu said Wednesday morning in an interview on NBC's "Today" that if the U.N. Security Council doesn't act against Iran's nuclear program, then leading nations could put pressure on Tehran "especially when it comes to imported petroleum products." Netanyahu called Iran "the major terrorist-sponsoring state of our time.

September 23rd, 2009 Brazil's president defends Iran's nuclear programNEW YORK — Brazil's president said Wednesday that Iran is entitled to the same rights as any other country to use nuclear energy for peaceful ends. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Wednesday that Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad assured him in meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly that his country's nuclear program was intended solely for peaceful purposes and that he had no reason to doubt him.

September 22nd, 2009 Iran says it is open to nuclear weapons discussionNEW YORK — Iran's leader is telling The Associated Press that he expects open discussion of nuclear issues at a planned meeting with officials from the U.S. and five other powers.

September 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Israel has rejected reports which suggested that it has ruled out using military power to counter Iran's nuclear weapon programme. Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said Israel can not guarantee it will not strike Iran.

September 18th, 2009 TEHRAN - Even as a secret IAEA report revealed that Iran is capable of making a nuclear bomb and is developing a missile system to carry an atomic warhead, Iranian officials have reiterated claims that the Islamic nation's nuclear program is intended for peaceful purposes. Fox News quoted Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, as saying that Iran is sincere in wanting to negotiate with the West.

September 18th, 2009 Clinton warns Iran over nuclear programWASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday that Iran's refusal to prove that its nuclear intentions are peaceful has "profound consequences" for world security. Clinton said the Obama administration's offer to engage with Iran remains on the table, but Tehran faces new penalties and greater isolation unless it complies with demands that it be forthcoming about its plans.

September 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Iran has created enough nuclear fuel to make a rapid, but a risky sprint for a nuclear weapon, according to American intelligence agencies. The new intelligence reports delivered to the White House say that the country has deliberately stopped short of the critical last steps to make a bomb, The New York Times reports.

August 18th, 2009 MOSCOW - Iran is ready to hold talks on its nuclear programme with the West without any preconditions, a senior Iranian official said Tuesday. "Iran's main position on talks regarding (the country's) nuclear programme is that discussions should be held without any preliminary conditions," said Ali Ashgar Soltanieh, Iran's envoy at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).