Zitat:Iran capable of building pool-type nuclear reactors: AEOI head

Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran says the country is capable of designing and building pool-type nuclear reactors under the supervision of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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“Pool reactors are similar to Tehran [Research] Reactor which has a capacity of 5 megawatts (MW) [of electricity] and we are planning to build a similar reactor with a capacity of up to 10 MW in the country,” Fereydoun Abbasi said on Saturday.
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“We are capable of designing and building pool reactors in the country because the main problem was the production of fuel plates which our fuel [production] complexes are currently producing,” Abbasi noted.

Elsewhere in his remarks the official said, “Since the Russian contractor of Bushehr nuclear power plant has worked properly [on the project] in recent years and they have shown their resolve to finish Bushehr power plan with quality, we are willing to work with them on several more power plants.”
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Zitat:Soltaniyeh Downplays Effects of Sanctions on Iran's Progress in N. Technology

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's Residing Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asqar Soltaniyeh stressed that western sanctions against Iran have left no negative impact on the country's progress in the field of nuclear technology, thanks to the arduous and precious efforts made by Iranian experts.
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These embargoes do not target Iran's centrifuges, "however, they affect the lives of the Iranian people," Soltaniyeh said.
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Zitat:Blix: US, Israel source most of IAEA allegations

A former chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency has challenged a report delivered by the IAEA in November on Iran’s nuclear activities, pinpointing that the agency receives unverified intelligence, mostly from the US and Israel. In an exclusive interview with Qatar-based news network, Al Jazeera, on Saturday, Hans Blix stated that the IAEA received information from a variety of sources, mostly from the United States and Israel.

“My view is that they must assess it very carefully and critically because otherwise they can be pulled by their noose,” he asserted.
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The UN nuclear agency’s current Director General Yukiya Amano issued a report on November 8, accusing Iran of pursuing military objectives in its nuclear energy program. Iran dismissed the report as “unbalanced, unprofessional, and prepared with political motivation and under political pressure mostly by the United States.”
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Regarding the Western hype over Iran’s Parchin military site, Blix said, “They (the inspectors) have been there several times,” adding, “Parchin is a military site with thousands of buildings. Any country would be reluctant to let international inspectors go anywhere near their military sites.”

“In a way the Iranians have been more open [about their nuclear activities] than most other countries would be,” he added.

Blix also questioned the Israeli warnings of Iran’s bid to build a nuclear bomb, saying according to Tel Aviv, Tehran should have had a nuclear bomb a long time ago. “If you ask the Israelis, it (the Iranian nuclear bomb) is just around the corner all the time, but they have said that for years, so I think one ought to be a bit cautious about it,” he said.
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Zitat:Soltanieh: Iran determined to continue nuclear energy program

Iranian ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Ali Asghar Soltanieh
Sat Mar 31, 2012 10:27PM GMT

Iranian ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says Iran is not after acquiring military atomic technology but resolute to continue with its nuclear energy program.

The Islamic Republic “has not been pursuing a nuclear weapon” Ali Asghar Soltanieh said in a recent interview with Fox News television channel.

We “will never, ever suspend our activities, including [uranium] enrichment,” he added.

Pointing to the “politicized” debate on the Parchin site, Soltanieh stressed that while Tehran is willing to cooperate with the IAEA on its nuclear energy program, it will not accede to any demand to visit its military facilities.
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UPCOMING / PLANNED EVENTS

IRAN (13 Apr)
New round of talks between Iran and the P5+1 (USA, Russia, France, Britain, China + Germany) scheduled on 13 Apr in Istanbul, Turkey … widely seen as last chance for diplomatic solution.

Zitat:Iranian suspicion grows over Turkey’s regional role’
Reuters | Apr 03,2012 | 22:35
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Turkey has repeatedly backed Iran’s right to develop peaceful nuclear technology. The US and its allies suspect Tehran of covertly working on nuclear weapons and have imposed tough new sanctions on its financial and energy sectors.
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Once-warm Iranian-Turkish ties have cooled over the past year due to the popular revolt in Syria, Iran’s closest Arab ally and a steadfast backer of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
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“Given the fact that our friends in Turkey have failed to fulfil some of our agreements, the talks... had better be held in another friendly country,” said former presidential candidate Mohsen Rezaie, Fars News reported.

Speaking to staff of the Economic Cooperation Organisation, a regional trade body with offices in Tehran, Rezaie did not specify what Turkey’s failures were, but said that Baghdad, Damascus or Beirut would be a more suitable venue.

“Offering Istanbul as the venue for the upcoming talks... might give this wrong impression to the opposite side that Iran has grown weak and is in weak conditions,” he added.

Rezaie has been an influential figure in Iranian politics for more than three decades since he was appointed commander in chief of the Revolutionary Guards, the elite force created to protect Iran’s system of theocratic rule.

A critic and electoral rival of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2009, Rezaie is now secretary of the Expediency Council, an influential body that advises Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who directs nuclear policy.
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Zitat:Iran rejects Istanbul as venue of nuclear talks
Atul Aneja

Iran’s discomfort with Istanbul as the venue of its nuclear talks with the six global powers has exposed the rift between Tehran and Ankara, apparently caused by Turkey’s support for Syria and its decision to scale down oil imports from Iran in accordance with the wishes of the United States.

After a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Iranian officials announced that Tehran was looking at Baghdad or even China as the venue of the upcoming talks slated for April 13. Iran has thus bluntly contradicted U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s recent assertion in Riyadh that Istanbul would be the venue of the crucial round of nuclear talks which have been stalled since January 2011.
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Justifying Iran’s decision, foreign minister, Ali Akbar Salehi, who had earlier declared Turkey as his country’s favoured destination for the proposed talks, said that new developments had taken place which Iran could not ignore.
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Shahab3 schrieb:Die türkische Regierung agiert außenpolitisch sehr unerfahren bzw. ungeschickt. Vermutlich gehört das zum Entwicklungsprozess einer neuen unabhängigeren Türkei, die ihre angepeilte Richtung und benötigte Erfahrungen nach Jahrzehnten politischer Inaktivität auf dem außenpolitischen Parkett erst noch sammeln muss.

Zitat:So hatte die türkische Regierung beispielsweise eine "zero-conflict" Stratgegie gegenüber allen ihren Nachbarn angekündigt. Was ist passiert? Passiert ist genau das Gegenteil: In der Folge wurde das Tuch mit Israel, Syrien, Irak, Iran..sowie gewohnheitsmäßig mal wieder mit Armenien/Frankreich gewaltig zerschnitten. Bei keinem dieser Länder lässt sich das in kurzer Zeit verlorene Vertrauen, wieder so einfach herstellen. Als Austragungsort eines solchen Treffens uninteressant.

Zitat:07.04.2012

Verhandlungen über Atomprogramm

Obama macht Irans Ajatollah ein Angebot

Vorsichtige Annäherung im Atomkonflikt: US-Präsident Obama hat Irans geistlichem Oberhaupt laut "Washington Post" eine Botschaft geschickt. Darin bietet er Chamenei an, das zivile Atomprogramm des Landes zu akzeptieren. Allerdings müsse Irans Regierung glaubhaft belegen, keine Bombe bauen zu wollen.
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Zitat:Atomstreit mit Iran
Medien: Westen fordert Schließung von Atomanlage

08.04.2012 · Der Westen verlangt zu Beginn der Atomverhandlungen mit Iran nach einem Zeitungsbericht, sofort die unterirdische Atomanlage in Fordo zu schließen. Zudem soll das Land die Urananreicherung auf 20 Prozent stoppen.
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Zitat:08.04.2012

Neue Verhandlungen im Atomstreit

Westen verlangt von Iran Schließung unterirdischer Atomfestung

In neuen Verhandlungen über Irans Atomprogramm will der Westen die sofortige Schließung der unterirdischen Anlage Fordo und die Verlagerung von angereichertem Uran ins Ausland fordern. Das berichten US-Medien. Die Amerikaner haben offenbar wichtige Details der Nuklearfabriken ausspioniert.
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Zitat:Iran rejects West's 'demands' before talks

Islamic Republic says will not close Fordo nuclear bunker or give up higher-level uranium enrichment ahead of negotiations set to begin Friday

Iran on Sunday rejected demands the West is reportedly to submit at talks due to take place in days, saying it will neither close its Fordo nuclear bunker nor give up higher-level uranium enrichment.

Those two demands, outlined by European and US diplomats to The New York Times newspaper, were "irrational," the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Fereydoon Abbasi Davani, told ISNA news agency in a lengthy interview.

Zitat:Iran weist Forderungen vor Atomverhandlungen zurück
Streit um Atomanlage Fordo schon vor den Gesprächen

Vor den für Ende kommender Woche geplanten internationalen Verhandlungen über das iranische Atomprogramm bleiben die Fronten verhärtet. Die Führung in Teheran wies Forderungen nach Schließung der Anreicherungsanlage Fordo und einem Anreicherungsstopp für Uran zurück. Laut Medien sollen die USA und Europa dies fordern.
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Stand: 08.04.2012 18:58 Uhr

Erich schrieb:Versteh ich Nightwatch richtig? Der Iran soll kapitulieren oder klein beigeben, damit Israels Regierung auf den angedrohten "Präventivschlag" verzichtet? Also Unterwerfung oder Prügel?