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US nuclear proposal against national interest: Khamenei

IRAN'S supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday a US proposal for a nuclear agreement was against the national interest, amid sharp differences over whether Tehran can continue to enrich uranium...

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Rooppur Nuclear Power to join national grid by Dec: Adviser

Local government, rural development and cooperatives ministry adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain said that electricity from the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant was expected to be connected to the national grid by December this year.

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No nuclear deal if deprived of peaceful activities: Iran

Iran said Monday it will not accept a nuclear agreement that deprives it of what it calls ‘peaceful activities’, a reference to uranium enrichment, as it pressed the United States for guarantees it will drop sanctions.

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Iran warns of retaliation if Europeans ‘exploit’

Iran on Sunday warned it would retaliate if European powers that have threatened to reimpose nuclear sanctions ‘exploit’ a UN report showing Tehran has stepped up production of highly enriched uranium.

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Trump signs orders to boost US nuclear energy

President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders Friday to boost nuclear energy in the United States, including by rolling back regulatory processes on a still divisive technology...

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Iran, European powers hold nuclear talks in Turkey

Iran held talks with European powers on Friday about its nuclear negotiations with Washington, while US President Donald Trump issued a new threat unless the Iranians ‘move quickly’ towards a deal.

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Oil prices go down

Oil prices tumbled Thursday as president Donald Trump said the United States was close to making a deal on Iran’s nuclear programme, which could pave the way for increased crude supplies...

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Iran, US hold fresh nuclear talks

Iran and the United States kicked off the fourth round of nuclear talks in Oman Sunday amid a standoff over uranium enrichment, with Tehran calling it ‘non-negotiable’, while Washington has described it as a ‘red line’.

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US to lead Iran attack if no nuclear deal

President Donald Trump said the United States will ‘lead the pack’ in attacking Iran if talks over Tehran’s nuclear programme do not result in a new deal, according to a Time Magazine interview.

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Iran, US running out of time to secure deal: UN

UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said Thursday that Iran and the United States were running out of time to secure a deal as they prepare to hold fresh nuclear talks this weekend.

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Iran seeks fair deal in US nuclear talks

Iran is seeking a ‘real and fair’ agreement with the United States on its nuclear programme, a senior aide to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Friday, setting the stage for a diplomatic showdown this weekend in Oman.

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Iran says deal can be reached if US shows goodwill

Iran’s top diplomat said on Tuesday he believed a new nuclear deal could be agreed with the United States provided Tehran’s long-time foe shows sufficient goodwill in talks to begin in Oman on Saturday...

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Iran rejects Trump call for direct nuclear talks

Iran’s top diplomat has dismissed direct negotiations with the United States as pointless, his office said Sunday, after US president Donald Trump said he preferred face-to-face talks over its nuclear programme...

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Rooppur nuclear plant runs hydraulic pressure tests

Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant authorities have successfully conducted the hydraulic pressure tests in first of their two-unit under-built plant, a statement of its Russian builder Rosatom said.

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Will Iran be bombed or have a bomb?

‘DO WHATEVER the hell you want,’ said Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian after being fed up with Donald Trump’s maximum pressure tactic on Iran’s nuclear programme. He wants Iran to ‘agree to never make a nuclear weapon.’ He offered Iran to choose between military action and peace talks. He sent a letter to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei on March 5...

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TEPCO makes space for Fukushima nuclear debris

Workers at Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have started dismantling water storage tanks to free up space for tonnes of nuclear debris, 14 years after the facility was hit by a devastating tsunami.