UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei has said that Iran was missing a "unique and fleeting" opportunity after it rejected an IAEA offer on Wednesday to process nuclear fuel abroad.
The UN nuclear watchdog agency says “more clarification” is needed on the purpose of a nuclear site near the Iranian city of Qom and warns that the site's belated revelation poses the spectre of other such sites, according to a report.
A controversial nuclear power plant that Russia is building in Iran will not be operational by the end of 2009 as previously announced due to technical issues, a top Russian official has said.
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner warned Iran on Wednesday that Western powers would not wait "until the end of the world" for the Islamic Republic to give an official response to a UN-brokered nuclear deal.
Several world leaders have joined International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei (photo) in urging Iran to stop delaying its response to a proposed nuclear enrichment deal.
Iran has demanded further talks on how to procure nuclear fuel for its reactor before it delivers a full reply to a UN-drafted plan on nuclear cooperation with world powers.
Iran and the UN watchdogs are on the edge of finding a compromise on Iran controversial nuclear program. But Mahmud Ahmadinejad wants to add a few details in the deal that west countries are not ready to accept.
