Latest International Atomic Energy Agency News

Russian forces edge closer to a key eastern Ukraine city in intense fighting, officials say

Dec. 13, 2024 00:00 AM EST

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Fighting around the key eastern Ukraine city of Pokrovsk is “extremely intense” after a monthslong Russian push, Ukraine’s top military commander said, with analysts estimating Russian forces are now within just a few kilometers (miles) of the city. ...

Analysis: Collapse of Syria's Assad is a blow to Iran's 'Axis of Resistance'

Dec. 08, 2024 21:01 PM EST

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — For Iran’s theocratic government, it keeps getting worse. Its decadeslong strategy of building an “Axis of Resistance” supporting militant groups and proxies around the region is falling apart. First came the crushing Israeli campaign in Gaza triggered...

IAEA chief: Iran is poised to 'quite dramatically' increase stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium

Dec. 06, 2024 23:27 PM EST

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Iran is poised to “quite dramatically” increase its stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium as it has started cascades of advanced centrifuges, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency warned Friday. The comments from Rafael Mariano Grossi came...

Iran to begin enriching uranium with thousands of advanced centrifuges, UN watchdog says

Nov. 29, 2024 22:44 PM EST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran will begin enriching uranium with thousands of advanced centrifuges at its two main nuclear facilities at Fordo and Natanz, the United Nations' nuclear watchdog said Friday, further raising tensions over Tehran's program as it enriches at near weapons-grade...

UN nuclear agency’s board condemns Iran for the 2nd time this year for failing to fully cooperate

Nov. 21, 2024 19:09 PM EST

VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board on Thursday condemned Iran for failing to cooperate fully with the agency, the second time it has done so in just five months. The International Atomic Energy Agency also called on Tehran to provide answers in a long-running...

Iran defies international pressure, increasing its stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium, UN says

Nov. 19, 2024 15:00 PM EST

VIENNA (AP) — Iran has defied international demands to rein in its nuclear program and has increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, according to a confidential report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog seen Tuesday by The Associated Press. ...

Head of UN's nuclear watchdog visits Iran as Mideast wars and Trump's return raise worries

Nov. 14, 2024 16:44 PM EST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency warned Thursday that the “space for negotiation and diplomacy ... is getting smaller” over Iran's advancing atomic program as wars in the Mideast rage on and as President Donald Trump will return to the...