Iran Nuclear Reactor

• Iran's nuclear reactor hit by 'malfunction': official

  Iran's Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant has suffered a malfunction in its main generator, the Islamic Republic's ambassador to Moscow said on Monday.

• Iran's Arak reactor looms into Israeli, Western view

  Iran aims to start a reactor next year which the West fears could arm an atomic bomb; Israel, which has bombed such construction sites around the Middle East before, may try to stop the plant being completed.

• Iran poised for big nuclear expansion

  Diplomats say Iran is poised for a major expansion of its nuclear program at a cavernous underground site. They say that electrical circuitry, piping and supporting equipment for the new centrifuges is in place.

• After Iran's nuclear show, it is ready for talks

  Iran has told world powers it is ready to resume talks as soon as possible over its disputed nuclear program, according to a letter obtained on Wednesday by The Associated Press, an offer that could reflect its difficulty in coping with tough U.S. and European sanctions, or amount to another delaying tactic as it moves ahead with activities that co...

• Iran nuclear standoff: Aggressive acts signal pressure on leadership, say observers

  A string of aggressive gestures by Iran this week -- assassination attempts on Israelis living abroad that were attributed to Tehran, renewed posturing over its nuclear program and fresh threats of economic retaliation -- suggest that Iranian leaders are responding frantically, and with increasing unpredictability, to the tightening of sanctions by...

• US dismisses Iran nuclear claims as 'hyped'

  The United States said today that Iran's claim of progress on its nuclear programme seems "hyped" as it feels the bite of international sanctions and a possible need to return to negotiations.

• In letter, Iran says it's ready for talks

  Iran has told world powers it is ready to resume talks as soon as possible over its disputed nuclear program, according to a letter, an offer that could reflect its difficulty in coping with tough U.S. and European sanctions, or amount to another delaying tactic as it moves ahead with activities that could bring it closer to developing an atomic bo...

• Defiant Iran unveils nuclear progress

  Iran announced new strides on Wednesday in its nuclear programme, in a defiant blow to US and EU pressure to rein in its atomic activities and amid signs of an increasingly vicious covert war with Israel over the issue. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveiled on state television what was said to be Iran's first domestically produced, 20-percent enri...

• Stop opposing our Nuclear programme: Ahmadinejad tells US

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• Iran says it has begun loading fuel at nuclear reactor

  Iran  said on Tuesday that it had begun loading the first of 163 fuel rods into the core of its first nuclear reactor, set to go into operation early next year, and vowed to pursue nuclear activities "in other areas."Iran's nuclear program has spread deep concerns in the West because governments, including the United States, believe Tehran has...