Iranian-Canadian charged with trying to export nuke technology to Iran

September 26th, 2009 Iran to allow UN inspectors at its new nuke siteTEHRAN, Iran — Iran's nuclear chief says his country will allow the U.N. nuclear agency to inspect its newly revealed, still unfinished uranium enrichment facility.

September 25th, 2009 US, Canada ask Iran to resolve humanitarian casesNEW YORK — The U.S. and Canada are making a joint plea to Iran to resolve several cases of Americans and Canadians detained or missing in Iran.

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 7th, 2009 Venezuela to export gasoline to IranTEHRAN, Iran — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sealed an agreement to export 20,000 barrels per day of gasoline to Iran, state TV reported Monday. The deal would give Tehran a cushion if the West carries out threats of fuel sanctions over Iran's nuclear program.

August 14th, 2009 Iran-American held 10 months in Iran returns to LALOS ANGELES — A graduate student detained for nearly a year in Iran has returned to Los Angeles. Esha Momeni (ESH'-ah moh-men-EE') was detained Oct.

August 1st, 2009 US seeks Swiss help with missing Americans in IranWASHINGTON — The State Department says it's aware of Iranian media reports that three American citizens have been detained in Iran. Spokesman Robert Wood says the U.S.

July 24th, 2009 TORONTO - Hezbollah has plans to hit Western targets if the US tries to destroy Iran 's nuclear programme, Canadian intelligence reports say. According to these declassified intelligence reports, Hezbollah plans to hit Canadian and other Western targets in case the US and allies destroy Tehran 's nuclear programme.

July 4th, 2009 British embassy employee in Iran chargedTEHRAN — The lawyer for a detained Iranian employee of the British embassy in Tehran says his client has been charged with "acting against national security." Lawyer Abdolsamad Khorramshi says his client is being held in Evin prison and will in all likelihood stand trial soon. The lawyer on Saturday identified his client as Hossein Rassam, the embassy's chief political analyst, and said he had not yet been able to meet with him or see the text of the indictment.

June 18th, 2009 BAGHDAD - Iraq's foreign minister Thursday said the "instability" in neighbouring Iran was a source of continued concern for his country. "The instability in Iran is a source of concern for Iraq, just as the instability of Iraq was a source of concern for Iran," Hoshyar Zebari told the al-Jazeera news channel.

June 17th, 2009 JERUSALEM - The chief of Israel's intelligence agency has expressed fear over Iran's capability to make a nuclear bomb by 2014, which he claims, could have "an existential threat to Israel." "Iran wants to be like Egypt was in the 1960s and 1970s. There is a lot of cooperation between Iran, North Korea and Syria.

June 12th, 2009 Man gets nearly 3 years in Iran aircraft plotMIAMI — A man with dual Romanian and U.S. citizenship has been sentenced in Miami to almost three years in prison for his role in a plot to sell prohibited aircraft parts to Iran.

May 26th, 2009 TEHRAN - India can still join the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project, the Iranian foreign ministry said, a day after Islamabad and Tehran signed a pact on the export of Iranian gas. "Up to now, no Indian official has stated his countrys withdrawal from the project and we hope they make their decision soon, Hojjatollah Ghanimifard, the representative of Iranian oil minister to the IPI talks, said Monday.

April 18th, 2009 TORONTO - A Canadian of Iranian origin has been arrested for trying to send nuclear technology to Iran, police said here Friday. The technology could have been used by Tehran to enrich uranium to weapons grade, police added.

April 13th, 2009 QOM - Iran will be among the major builders of nuclear power plants worldwide within the next ten years, a senior official said. The Deputy Head of Iran Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO) Mohammad Saeedi was quoted by IRNA Monday as saying that Iran attained its nuclear technology despite mounting pressure from home and abroad and added that the natural period for achieving such technology worldwide was 20 to 22 years.

April 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The United States has said it would start negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program. The decision is has being seen as a further step toward the direct engagement with Iran that US President Barack Obama has promised.