India on Thursday test-fired a long-range missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and reaching targets in regional rival China. Only the permanent members of the UN Security Council and Israel were believed to have such weapons.
Marc Perelman meets the Iran Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Ali Asghar Soltanieh. They discuss the nuclear issue, which has been a source of tension between the West and Iran for many years now.
Argentina's foreign minister on Friday claimed the UK had dispatched a nuclear-armed submarine to the South Atlantic near the disputed Falkland Islands, a region covered by a nuclear prohibition treaty. Britain refused to discuss the claims.
In a show of political defiance, Iran announced it was beginning the enrichment of uranium at an underground plant, which some Western countries believe is to produce nuclear arms. Iran maintains it is purely for civilian use. This latest diplomatic dispute comes in the wake of economic sanctions imposed by the US and threats from Iran to close a strategic waterway if Washington continues.
Long kept out of the public eye, Kim Jong-un is expected to succeed his late father as North Korean leader. FRANCE 24 takes a closer look at a shadowy figure whose swift political ascent has raised questions about his readiness to rule.
With fears growing over Iran’s nuclear intentions, Turki Al-Faisal tells Marc Perelman that Saudi Arabia may need nuclear weapons to protect itself from Iranian and Israeli threats.
Marc Perelman speaks to Olli Heinonen, former IAEA Deputy Director. They discuss the latest IAEA report on Iran’s nuclear programme and its consequences
Israel called on the international community Wednesday to do whatever necessary to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, after a report published by the UN nuclear watchdog said it had concerns about Tehran’s nuclear programme.
A military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities could compromise the global economic recovery and energy security, analysts have stated, as the UN nuclear watchdog prepares to release a report on Iran’s nuclear programme next week.
An Iranian nuclear scientist was assassinated in front of his home in the capital Tehran on Saturday, according to reports from the Iran student news agency. In November last year, another nuclear scientist was killed and a second wounded.
