VIENNA, Nov. 28, 2008 (Reuters) The United States and the European Union said on Friday they were disturbed by apparent Syrian efforts to "sanitize" sites U.N. inspectors want to examine in a probe into alleged covert nuclear activity. ... > full story
VIENNA, Nov. 27, 2008 (Reuters) The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief prodded Syria on Thursday to open up military sites to investigators and said he would soon show Damascus satellite images which Washington says indicate covert atomic activity. ... > full story
TEHRAN, Nov. 26, 2008 (Reuters) Iran is now running 5,000 uranium enrichment centrifuges, a senior official said on Wednesday, signaling an expansion of work the West fears is aimed at making nuclear weapons. ... > full story
VIENNA, Nov. 26, 2008 (Reuters) The U.N. atomic agency approved a contested Syrian bid for nuclear aid on Wednesday, overcoming U.S.-led resistance to the project while Damascus is under investigation for covert activity that could lead to atom bombs. ... > full story
VIENNA, Nov. 25, 2008 (Reuters) A bid by Syria for aid in planning a nuclear power plant poses no proliferation risk and a Western move to block the project could discredit the U.N. nuclear watchdog, its chief said in remarks released on Tuesday. ... > full story
VIENNA, Nov. 24, 2008 (Reuters) The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief clashed with some Western nations on Monday over their bid to block aid for a planned Syrian nuclear power plant, saying U.S. intelligence pointing to secret Syrian atomic work was unproven. ... > full story
VIENNA, Nov. 21, 2008 (Reuters) Syria said on Friday a U.N. watchdog report failed to show anything suggesting a Syrian complex bombed by Israel was a covert nuclear reactor and no further inspector visits would be permitted. ... > full story
VIENNA, Nov. 21, 2008 (Reuters) The United States said on Friday the first independent monitoring report on an alleged Syrian nuclear site had hardened suspicions that Syria was building a covert reactor and would raise pressure on it to come clean. ... > full story
VIENNA, Nov. 19, 2008 (Reuters) A Syrian complex bombed by Israel bore multiple features resembling those of a nuclear reactor and U.N. inspectors found "significant" traces of uranium at the site, a watchdog report said on Wednesday. ... > full story
VIENNA, Nov. 19, 2008 (Reuters) An inquiry by the U.N. nuclear watchdog into alleged atom bomb research by Iran has degenerated into a silent standoff a few months after Tehran asserted "the matter is over," U.N. officials said on Wednesday. ... > full story
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Iran's Basij troops stage defense drills Nov. 26, 2008 (Xinhua News Agency) Iran's Basij (volunteer) troops organized civil defense drills on Sunday to prepare for any hostile air strikes, the semi-official Fars news agency ...
Khatami dilemma echoes Iran’s place at a crossroads Nov. 25, 2008 (Financial Times) Remember Mohammad Khatami? He is the gentle cleric who had offered a reformist, acceptable face of Iran, captivated its young population and led it ...
Israel and Iran Nov. 18, 2008 (American Spectator) Email . Over on the main site, I have a piece up based on conversations with sources in Israel, reporting that Israel will not tolerate a nuclear ...