Iran invites nuclear watchdog
Published: 25 June, 2007, 20:33
Iran has invited the International Atomic Energy Agency to Tehran to clear up suspicions about its nuclear programme. The invitation has been issued by Ali Larijani, Tehran's chief nuclear negotiator, in talks with IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei in Vienna.
Since December, the UN Security Council has imposed two sets of sanctions against Iran's missile and nuclear programmes.
Iran has repeatedly ignored demands to suspend uranium enrichment.
It argues it wants to produce fuel for nuclear reactors that would generate electricity and will not use technology to make a nuclear bomb.
25.06.2007, 20:32
UN bloodshed in LebanonSix UN peacekeepers, among them three Columbians and two Spaniards, have been killed in a blast directed at UN troops in southern Lebanon. Two more were injured. Following the events, Hezbollah denounced the attack and called it a “suspicious act&rd |
25.06.2007, 22:55
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