Iran: One step away from victory in peaceful nuke program

    TEHRAN, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that Tehran is only one step away from celebrating victory in its peaceful nuclear program, the official IRNA news agency reported.

    Ahmadinejad made the remarks in a speech to residents of the northwestern border city of Baneh, according to IRNA. During the speech, the Iranian president promised that this "great celebration" would come before the end of the current Iranian year which ends on March 20, 2007. Full story>>

IAEA: new traces of enriched uranium, plutonium found in Iran

    VIENNA, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- New traces of plutonium and enriched uranium, both possible weapons materials, have been found in Iran, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a report released on Tuesday.

    Iran has been "requested to provide further clarification" of enriched uranium as well as plutonium particles and responded to this request on Tuesday, the report said. Full story>>

Ahmadinejad: U.S. global policies defeated

Iran's President Ahmadinejad speaks to the Iranian media during a news conference in Tehran, Nov. 14, 2006. (Xinhua/AFP Photo) Photo Gallery >>>

    TEHRAN, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that the Republican's defeat in U.S. mid-term election was not the defeat of President George W. Bush but a defeat of U.S. policies in the world.

    "This is not the defeat of Bush's party but the defeat of U.S. policies in the world, the police of arrogance, the policy of disrespect to the world nations," Ahmadinejad said at a press conference. Full story>>