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Strong quake near Iran nuclear plant kills 3

April 9, 2013 10:46
A powerful earthquake struck near Iran's Gulf port city of Bushehr on Tuesday, killing at least three people and injuring 500 but leaving Iran's only nuclear power plant intact, officials said. Shocks from the quake were felt across the Gulf in Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, provoking panic in some office towers, witnesses reported. "No damage at all has been caused" to the plant, Bushehr provincial Governor Fereydoon Hasanvand told state television.

World powers, Iran seek to break deadlock

April 9, 2013 09:20
Iran and world powers Saturday meet for a second and final day of a new round of talks aimed at breaking a decade-old deadlock over the Islamic state’s disputed nuclear programme, with time slowly running out on a solution. The two sides held a tense day of negotiation in the Kazakh city of Almaty on Friday that ended with only an agreement to meet again. The sides failed to resolve the main issue on the table: Iran’s willingness to accept some watered-down demands concerning its nuclear programme in return for relief of sanctions, which have crippled the Islamic republic’s eco

Russian firm says nuclear plant unaffected by Iran quake - RIA

April 9, 2013 09:16
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake in Iran was felt at the Bushehr nuclear power plant but did not affect its operations, an official with the Russian company that built the plant was quoted as saying by state news agency RIA on Tuesday. "The earthquake in no way affected the normal situation at the reactor, personnel continue to work in the normal regime and radiation levels are fully within the norm," RIA quoted an official at Atomstroyexport as saying. (Writing by Steve Gutterman; Editing by Gabriela Baczynska)

Quake hits near Iran's nuclear city Bushehr, 37 dead

April 9, 2013 08:45
By Yeganeh Torbati and Marcus George DUBAI (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake struck close to Iran's only nuclear power station on Tuesday, killing 37 people and injuring 850 as it destroyed homes and devastated two small villages, Iranian media reported. The 6.3 magnitude quake totally destroyed one village, a Red Crescent official told the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA), but the nearby Bushehr nuclear plant was undamaged, according to Iranian officials and the Russian company that built it.

Iran renews call for recognition of uranium enrichment right by P5+ 1

April 9, 2013 06:50
A senior Iranian official on Sunday renewed the call on world powers to recognize Iran's "right" of uranium enrichment, semi-official Fars news agency reported. "The P5+1 group has to accept Iran's indispensable right to the use of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes," Iran's Supreme Leader's Advisor for International Affairs, Ali-Akbar Velayati, said, underlining Tehran's commitment to the nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty. "What is emphasized by us is the right of enrichment for peaceful means which is not against international regulations," said Velayati, a presidential

Despite large differences, Iran, world powers still favor talks

April 9, 2013 04:45
Despite major differences between Iran and the world powers over the Islamic republic's disputed nuclear program during the latest round of talks, analysts say gestures for the continuation of negotiations are still resonated from both sides, which is favored to be the best choice. The two-day nuclear talks between Iran and so-called P5+1 group (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany) in Almaty of Kazakhstan concluded on Saturday with both sides saying that the gap of views over the key points could not be bridged. Iran and the P5+1 group remained "f

Iran unveils new uranium mines, production facility

April 9, 2013 04:30
Iran unveiled on Tuesday a new uranium production facility and two extraction mines, only days after talks with world powers on its disputed nuclear programme again ended in deadlock. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hailed the advances and boasted of mastery over "the entire chain of nuclear energy," while demanding that the work be accelerated. The announcements come after talks between sanctions-hit Iran and six world powers on Tehran's nuclear drive failed to produce a breakthrough in the Kazakh city of Almaty on Friday and Saturday last week.

Iran opens new uranium production facility, mines

April 9, 2013 02:45
Iran, under global sanctions for its controversial nuclear programme, on Tuesday launched a new uranium production facility and began operations in two extraction mines, state television said. The mines at Saghand city, in central Iran, operate 350 metres (yards) underground and are within 120 kilometres (75 miles) of the new yellowcake production facility in the city of Ardakan, in Yazd province, the television said.

Iran opens new uranium production facility

April 9, 2013 02:31
Iran, under global sanctions for its nuclear enrichment programme, on Tuesday launched a new uranium production facility and began operations in two extraction mines, state television said. The mines in the city of Saghand in central Iran operate 350 metres (1,150 feet) underground and are within 120 kilometres (75 miles) of the new yellowcake production facility in the city of Ardakan, in Yazd province, the television said.

Almaty round of Iran, P5+1 nuclear talks over

April 9, 2013 01:48
The Almaty round of nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 ended here on Saturday, said a source in the Iranian delegation to the two-day meeting. "Plenary sessions won't resume, the negotiations are over," the source said. Earlier, a source in the Iranian delegation told the Interfax news agency that the talks had been interrupted for consultations but would resume soon. European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and chief Iranian negotiator Saeed Jalili were expected to give briefings to sum up the talks. Representatives of Iran and the U.N.
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