IAEA Chief: Iran Working At ‘Quite High Speed’ On Implementing Nuclear Deal

Amano went on to praise Iran for working “at quite high speed” on implementing their requirements under the P5+1 nuclear deal, saying that the verification of Iran’s finishing all these steps could come in a matter of weeks.

Jason Ditz
By Jason Ditz
An Iranian security officer directs media at the Bushehr nuclear power plant, with the reactor building seen in the background, just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today formally closed the books on their long-standing investigation into pact nuclear weapons work by Iran, with chief Amano Yukiya saying they’ve resolved the investigation as well as they’re ever going to. The move follows the release of a report earlier this month resolving all questions on

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IAEA Report: Iran Dismantling Centrifuges Ahead of Schedule

Iran has disconnected almost a quarter of its uranium-enriching centrifuges in less than a month

Jason Ditz
By Jason Ditz
iran nuclear deal

Despite reports last week of Iran briefly halting its dismantlement of centrifuges over a political dispute with hardliners, the latest IAEA report shows Iran has already raced through nearly a quarter of the dismantlement in well under a month, putting them well ahead of schedule. Iran started dismantling the centrifuges under the terms of the

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IAEA: Iran Halts New Sensitive Nuclear Centrifuge Tests

“The disconnection reflects Iran addressing concerns about its enrichment (of uranium),” said the Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), which closely tracks Iran’s nuclear program.

Al Akhbar
By Al Akhbar

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani adjusts a translation headphone during a news conference in New York on Friday, Sept. 26, 2014. Iran has refrained from expanding tests of more efficient models of a centrifuge used to refine uranium under a nuclear agreement with six world powers, a UN report showed, allaying concerns it might be violating

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Iran Fulfills Nuclear Promise By Eliminating Most Potent Uranium

Iran Fulfills Nuclear Promise by Eliminating Most Potent Uranium.

Lauren McCauley
By Lauren McCauley

The Iranian government has fulfilled its commitment to an international agreement signed last year by eliminating the most highly-enriched uranium in its stockpile, according to reporting from the international agency overseeing the process. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says Iran has stood by its promise to dilute the nuclear

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UN: Iran Cuts Stock Closest To Nuke-arms Grade

In line with information given to The Associated Press by diplomats earlier this week, the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed Thursday that Iran had completed the dilution process.

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Catherine Ashton, Mohamad Javad Zarif

VIENNA — Iran has converted most of a nuclear stockpile that it could have turned quickly into weapons-grade uranium into less volatile forms as part of a deal with six world powers, the U.N. atomic agency reported Thursday. The development leaves Iran with substantially less of the 20-percent enriched uranium that it would need for a nuclear

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IAEA: Iran Sticking To Deal, Reducing Uranium Stockpile

The IAEA report confirmed Iran’s enrichment is at levels in keeping with the P5+1 deal

Jason Ditz
By Jason Ditz

The International Atomic Energy Agency’s latest report on Iran’s nuclear program shows that the nation is meeting its commitments for the interim P5+1 nuclear deal, and is reducing its stockpile of 20 percent enriched uranium. Iran had been performing 20 percent enrichment to make fuel for the US-built Tehran Research Reactor (TRR), but has

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