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In a blow to Iran, the board of the U.N. nuclear agency on Friday overwhelmingly backed a demand from the U.S., Russia, China and three other powers that Tehran immediately stop building its newly revealed nuclear facility and freeze uranium...
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Iran is in talks with the U.S., Russia and France over the details of a plan that would require it to ship much of a crucial uranium stockpile abroad. The U.S. and...
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If Hillary Clinton was hoping to win Russian support for efforts to use a threat of sanctions to pressure Iran to come clean about its nuclear ambitions, her first trip...
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President Barack Obama on October 1 gave Iran two weeks to open its hitherto secret nuclear facility at Qom to inspection. Iran eventually agreed to allow officials...
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The most striking observation of diplomats negotiating with the Iranians was the gulf between the belligerent rhetoric pouring out of Tehran in recent days and the...
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Iran agreed on Thursday in talks with the United States and other major powers to open its newly revealed uranium enrichment plant near Qum to international inspection...
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As the West raises the pressure on Iran over its nuclear program, Arab governments, especially the small, oil-rich nations in the Persian Gulf, are growing increasingly...
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Reporting from Cairo - Iran’s reported test-firing Monday of medium-range missiles that could reach Israel, Europe and American bases in the Persian Gulf was a...
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Tensions over Iran’s suspect nuclear programme soared today with confirmation that Tehran has developed a secret uranium enrichment plant that could be used to...
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President Obama appears to have won Russia’s support on new sanctions against Iran, but he has yet to get China on board. President Hu Jintao yesterday offered just a...
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The document drafted by senior officials at the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency is the clearest indication yet that the agency’s leaders share...
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