Azernews.Az

Saturday, May 23, 2026

IAEA meeting on Iranian nuclear program

29 November 2012 11:29 (UTC+04:00)
IAEA meeting on Iranian nuclear program

The UN's nuclear watchdog is due to meet in Vienna on Thursday, November 29 for talks on Iran's nuclear program, Radio Liberty reported.

The gathering comes after a recent report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Iran could soon start operating many more centrifuges at its underground Fordow facility.

On the eve of the IAEA meeting, Iran's top nuclear energy official said Iran will go on refining uranium "with intensity."

Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani said Iran is making nuclear advances despite severe economic sanctions imposed by the UN and the West.

Abbasi-Davani did not say whether Iran's stepped-up work would be at the 5 percent fuel level or the higher 20 percent quality, which has concerned the West because it can be purified to weapons grade more quickly.

Abbasi-Davani said the Arak research reactor -- which could provide plutonium for nuclear arms -- was progressing on schedule.

A UN report this month, however, showed that Iran has postponed until 2014 the planned start-up of the Arak complex.

Here we are to serve you with news right now. It does not cost much, but worth your attention.

Choose to support open, independent, quality journalism and subscribe on a monthly basis.

By subscribing to our online newspaper, you can have full digital access to all news, analysis, and much more.

Subscribe

You can also follow AzerNEWS on Twitter @AzerNewsAz or Facebook @AzerNewsNewspaper

Thank you!

Loading...
Latest See more