ISTANBUL: Iran and the six world powers prepared on Friday for rare talks aimed at easing fears that a deepening dispute over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program could plunge the Middle East into a new war.
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VIENNA: Pre-emptive military strikes aimed at forcing Iran to abandon its nuclear activities may end up having the opposite effect: convincing the Islamic Republic's leaders they need an atomic arsenal to secure their hold on power.
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VIENNA: Senior UN nuclear watchdog officials could visit Iran for talks, the agency said on Wednesday, a day after an Iranian envoy suggested Tehran would be ready to discuss international concerns and remove "ambiguities" about its atomic (...)
VIENNA: Arab states and Israel plan to attend a rare round of talks next week on efforts to free the world of nuclear weapons but Iran has yet to say whether it will take part in the meeting in Vienna, diplomats said on Wednesday.
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VIENNA: Saudi Arabia said on Thursday it would hold Iran accountable for any hostile actions and condemned what it called a "dastardly" plot to kill the Arab kingdom's envoy to Washington.
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VIENNA: It is one of the West's biggest nuclear proliferation nightmares — that increasingly isolated Iran and North Korea might covertly trade know-how, material or technology that could be put to developing atomic bombs.
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VIENNA: Arab states are signaling that they will refrain from targeting Israel over its assumed nuclear arsenal at a UN atomic agency meeting next week, diplomats said on Thursday, a move that if confirmed would be welcomed by the West.
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VIENNA: The head of the UN's atomic watchdog said he was increasingly concerned on Monday about possible activity in Iran to develop a nuclear missile and accused Tehran of failing to cooperate fully with his inspectors.
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VIENNA: The UN nuclear agency has invited all its members, including Israel, Arab states and Iran, to attend rare talks later this year about the volatile Middle East and efforts to rid the world of atomic bombs, a document showed on (...)
VIENNA: A research center near Tripoli stocks uranium and other material that could be used to make a nuclear "dirty bomb" and Libya's rebels will need to secure it, a former senior UN inspector said on Wednesday.
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VIENNA: Arab states are expected to target Israel over its assumed atomic arsenal at a UN nuclear agency meeting next month, despite Western concerns this may undermine broader steps to ban such weapons in the Middle East.
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VIENNA: World powers told Iran on Wednesday "the door remains open" for dialogue on its disputed nuclear program, and that Tehran must cooperate with the U.N atomic watchdog to resolve concerns it may have military aims.
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TEHRAN/VIENNA: Iran invited Russia, China, the European Union and others on Tuesday to visit key nuclear plants, but left out Britain, France, Germany and the United States — the countries most opposed to its nuclear program.
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Major powers and Iran are signaling readiness to restart talks on a year-old plan to swap atom fuel, seen by the West as a possible way to build confidence for broader negotiations on the Islamic state's nuclear program.
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VIENNA: The United States and leading European nations accused Iran on Wednesday of trying to intimidate the U.N.'s atomic watchdog, in a deepening dispute over Tehran's barring of some nuclear inspectors.
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