TEHRAN, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Minister
Manouchehr Mottaki on Tuesday called for return of Iran's nuclear case to the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the official IRNA news agency
reported.
"Since both the world and the IAEA have become
confident of the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program, it is time for
returning Iran's nuclear case to the agency through a brave and logical
decision," Mottaki said.
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr
Mottaki. He on Tuesday called for return of Iran's nuclear case to the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). (Xinhua/Reuters
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The Iranian foreign minister made the remark in a
meeting with the visiting head of foreign relations commission of the Turkish
parliament Murat Mercan.
"Iran's success in the area of peaceful nuclear
program is indebted to the country's rightful stand and resistance," he added.
The United States has accused Iran of trying to
develop nuclear weapons under the cover of a civilian nuclear program, which
Iran has denied. Iran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only.
The UN Security Council has adopted two resolutions -
one in December 2006 and the other in March this year - to force Iran to suspend
uranium enrichment activities and to give up its nuclear program.
As Tehran remains defiant, Washington and its allies
have been pressuring the UN Security Council to impose a new round of sanctions
against the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program.
A general view shows a nuclear power
plant in Bushehr, about 1,215 km (755 miles) south of Tehran, Iran in this
Feb. 26, 2006 file photo.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo
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TEHRAN, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- A senior member of the
parliament said on Monday that Iran's first home-grown nuclear power plant is
scheduled to be operational in about nine years, local ISNA news agency
reported.
The power plant "is scheduled to come online by the
(Iranian) year of 1395 (March 2016 - March 2017)," said Alaeddin Boroujerdi,
head of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, in a
report issued by Iran's Atomic Energy Organization. Full story
MOSCOW, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Iran's first nuclear power
plant, Bushehr, will not be completed and operational as scheduled by the end of
next year, the Russian media cited the Russian contractor as saying on Thursday.
"The plant's launch cannot be guaranteed before the end of
2008," Sergei Shmatko, president of the Atomstroy export company that is
building the plant, said during a visit to China. Full
story
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W.
Bush said Monday that Iran would have no legitimate need to enrich uranium at
home after Russian deliveries of nuclear fuel to the Islamic Republic.
"If the Russians are willing to do that -- which I support
-- then the Iranians do not need to learn how to enrich. If the Iranians accept
that uranium for a civilian nuclear power plant, then there's no need for them
to learn how to enrich," Bush told a mass rally in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Full story
TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- A senior Iranian nuclear
official said on Monday that the first shipment of nuclear fuel from Russiafor
Iran's Bushehr nuclear power station has arrived in the country, the official
IRNA news agency reported.
"The first shipment arrived in Iran on Monday and the
transfer of the fuel will continue according to the timetable," Gholamreza
Aghazadeh, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, was quoted as saying. Full story
MOSCOW, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Russia is seeking an early
settlement of all issues on Iran's nuclear issues, Foreign Minister Sergei
Lavrov said on Thursday in talks with his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr
Mottaki.
"We would sincerely like to have all issues surrounding
the Iranian nuclear program settled. This could be achieved on the basis of the
nuclear nonproliferation treaty, cooperation with the IAEA and recognition of
Iran's right to peaceful use of nuclear energy," Lavrov was quoted by the RIA
Novosti news agency as saying. Full story
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- The United States said
Thursday it will continue to work with allies and partners on a third U.N.
Security Council resolution on Iran's nuclear programs.
"Our allies, the P-5-plus-1 continues to work forward on a
third resolution for the U.N. Security Council," White House spokeswoman Dana
Perino said, referring to the five permanent members of the U.N. Security
Council plus Germany. Full story
