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Iran names nuclear facility sabotage suspect

A state TV broadcast has claimed the suspect is Iranian-born and fled the country hours before the explosion at Natanz

Iran

Iran 'begins enriching uranium to 60% purity' - its highest ever level

Iran appears to have followed through on its vow to increase enrichment after a bomb attack on its nuclear facility in Natanz.

Iran

Iran president calls 60% uranium enrichment an answer to 'evilness'

Iran's President Rouhani has said plans for 60 per cent nuclear enrichment will be an answer to 'evilness'

Iran

Iran to enrich uranium to highest level so far after Natanz attack

Iran will begin enriching uranium up to 60% following the attack on its Natanz nuclear facility.

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World News

Iran and Israel trade barbs after nuclear site sabotage

Israel has not yet confirmed or denied if it carried out the strike which damaged centrifuges at the Iranian Natanz nuclear plant.

Iran

Iran blames Israel for nuclear site sabotage and vows revenge

Israel has not directly claimed responsibility for the incident but Israeli media reported the cyberattack was orchestrated by the country.

Iran

Iran unveils new nuclear facilities

Iran has unveiled the country's newest advanced nuclear centrifuge in a ceremony to mark the National Nuclear Technology Day.

Europe News

Vienna talks offer hope for survival of Iran nuclear deal

The European Union is chairing a new round of negotiations in order to make all parties of the landmark deal return to compliance.

Austria

Remaining Iran nuclear deal countries meet in effort to bring back US

Officials from Iran and five other world powers who remain part of the Iran Nuclear Deal are to meet on Tuesday, amid efforts to bring the US back to the accord.

Iran

France urges Iran to avoid nuclear escalation ahead of talks

Washington and Tehran said they would take part in indirect talks in Vienna next week, nearly three years after President Trump pulled the US out of the 2015 nuclear deal.

Iran

Iran and other world powers ready to welcome back US to nuclear deal

Former US President Donald Trump withdrew Washington from the landmark nuclear deal in 2018 but Joe Biden has indicated that the U.S. would be willing to rejoin.

Iran

Iran charges French tourist with spying and ‘spreading propaganda’

It’s the latest in a series of cases against foreigners at a time of heightened tensions between Iran and the West.

United Arab Emirates

Israeli-owned cargo ship docks in Dubai after mysterious blast

The unexplained blast has raised security concerns for shipping in the Gulf of Oman amid heightened tensions with Iran.

Iran

Iran begins restricting international inspections of nuclear plants

State TV reported the country had officially begun restrictions on nuclear inspections, in what is seen as a bid to pressure the west into lifting sanctions and restore the 2015 nuclear deal.

Iran

Iran agrees to maintain nuclear surveillance temporarily

Iran’s parliament in December approved a bill that would suspend part of UN inspections of its nuclear facilities if European signatories do not provide relief from oil and banking sanctions by Tuesday, February 23.

USA

US eyes return to Iran nuclear deal by reversing Trump-era sanctions

The move by the new Biden administration comes ahead of a planned EU-led meeting to discuss a return to the Iran nuclear deal

Iran

EU has role in salvaging Iran deal, says Tehran UN envoy

"There are specific roles in that the EU can play and should play," says Tehran's United Nations Ambassador, Majid Takht-Ravanchi.

World News

France, Germany and UK tell Iran to stop producing uranium metal

The European countries said in a joint statement they were “deeply concerned” by Iran’s announcement it would produce uranium metal, a violation of the 2015 nuclear treaty.

Iran

Iran says it has started enriching uranium up to 20%

It comes amid escalating tensions with the US and marks the Middle Eastern country's largest breach of the 2015 nuclear deal it struck with several other countries.

Iran

Iran tells UN inspectors it plans to enrich uranium to 20%

This would push the country's programme a technical step away from weapons-grade levels as it increases pressure on the West over its tattered atomic deal.