Nuclear watchdog

US accuses China of secret nuclear testing as it calls for broad new arms treaty after New START

The accusations at a global disarmament conference highlighted serious tensions between Washington and Beijing at a pivotal moment in nuclear arms control.

Chinese and US flags flutter outside the building of an American company in Beijing, April 8, 2025.
 A satellite image shows airstrike craters covered with dirt at the Natanz Enrichment Facility, following U.S. airstrikes amid the Iran-Israel conflict, in Natanz County, Iran, June 24, 2025.

Iran must give status of bombed nuclear sites, IAEA warns in passed resolution

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi attends a meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, September 25, 2025.

IAEA inspectors visited Iranian nuclear sites last week, foreign ministry says

 An Iranian missile system is displayed next to a banner with a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during Iranian defence week, in a street in Tehran, Iran, September 24, 2024.

Iran secretly enriching enough uranium for nine nuclear weapons, IAEA report says


Russian ex-president Medvedev says Japanese PM should disembowel himself

In response to the Japanese and US president issuing a statement condemning potential use of Nuclear bombs against Ukraine, former Russian PM said the Japanese PM should disembowel himself.

Deputy Chairman of Russia's Security Council Dmitry Medvedev gives an interview at the Gorki state residence outside Moscow, Russia, January 25, 2022.

Iran urges IAEA 'not to yield to Israel's pressure', says ready to cooperate

"While Iran has obligations, it also has rights. The agency should preserve its credibility," charged Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani.

 Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi gestures after a news conference in Tehran, Iran August 29, 2022.

North Korea may face cyber sanctions from South Korea over nuclear tests

North Korea has conducted six nuclear tests since 2006. It has also tested ballistic missiles capable of reaching the United States.

Soldiers from North and South Korea verify the removal of guard posts on each side of the Demilitarized Zone, December 12, 2018.

Ukraine: IAEA loses touch with equipment at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

The IAEA announcement came a day after it said the same thing had happened at the radioactive waste facilities at Chernobyl, near the defunct power plant.

 A view shows a damaged administrative building of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Enerhodar, the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine in this handout picture released March 4, 2022.

There is no ‘second Europe’ coming to Iran’s rescue - analysis

Serbia is one of the few European countries publicly pursuing stronger ties with Tehran.

 Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Enrique Mora and Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani wait for the start of a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria November 29, 2021.

Iran nuclear chief Salehi says 60% enrichment has started at Natanz site

On Thursday, the IAEA said that Tehran was already deep into preparations to make its threats a reality.

Iran's nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi reacts as he speaks to Reuters during an interview in Brussels, Belgium November 27, 2018

Iranian FM calls cyberattack on Natanz a 'war crime,' 'nuclear terrorism'

"The Zionists want to take revenge because of our progress in the way to lift sanctions... We will not fall into their trap...We will not allow this act of sabotage to affect the nuclear talks."

THE NATANZ uranium enrichment facility 250 km. south of Tehran.

UN atomic watchdog reports new Iranian breach of nuclear deal

While the amount of enriched uranium extracted is small, it amounts to a fresh breach at a delicate stage, as the US and Iran hold indirect talks in Vienna regarding a renegotiation of the deal.

FILE PHOTO: Members of the media and officials tour the water nuclear reactor at Arak, Iran December 23, 2019. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Iran gives positive signals on informal nuclear talks, time short

"Things are moving in the right direction, and we have had positive signals this week and especially in the last few days," a French diplomatic source said.

The Iranian flag waves in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters, before the beginning of a board of governors meeting, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Vienna, Austria, March 1, 2021.

North Korea developed nuclear, missile programs in 2020 - UN report

In the past year, North Korea displayed new short-range, medium-range, submarine-launched and intercontinental ballistic missile systems at military parades, the UN report said.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un provides guidance on a nuclear weapons program in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang September 3, 2017.