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Iran Is Said to Begin Nuclear Enrichment...saying the enrichment did not preclude further negotiations with world powers on a proposal to swap Iran's uranium for imported fuel rods. Iran says it needs 120 kilograms of 20 percent enriched uranium to replace dwindling stocks at the... In this article: Iran, Uranium, Tehran, United Nations, Security Council, International Atomic Energy Agency, United States, Moscow, and Russia |
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washingtonpost.com | 4 hours ago
U.S. wants Iran sanctions in weeks; embassies attacked
...Pentagon said on Tuesday that the United States wanted a U.N. Security Council resolution "within weeks" to tackle Iran's nuclear program as Iran said it had begun making higher-grade nuclear fuel. The Islamic Republic, which denies its...
In this article: Uranium, United Nations, Tehran, U.N. Security Council, United States, Basij, and Benjamin Netanyahu
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Iran to stop enrichment if given nuclear fuel
...West fears that Iran's enrichment program is ultimately geared toward military purposes - a charge Iran denies. On Tuesday, the spokesman of Iran's Foreign Ministry, Ramin Mehmanparast told reporters the higher enrichment will be done...
In this article: Uranium, United Nations, U.N. Security Council, International Atomic Energy Agency, Tehran, Robert Gates, and U.S.
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Iran moves closer to nuke warhead capacity
...an opening for engagement for Iran," he said. "All these initiatives have been rejected." Israel, Iran's most implacable foe, said Iran's enrichment plans are "additional proof of the fact that Iran is ridiculing the entire world."
In this article: Uranium, International Atomic Energy Agency, Tehran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, U.S., and Vienna
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Iran tells IAEA it will increase uranium enrichment
...over its enrichment program, and Gates said in Rome on Sunday that "there is still time for sanctions and pressure to work" against Iran. Iran's leaders have given conflicting signals in recent days about whether they will accept a...
In this article: Uranium, International Atomic Energy Agency, Tehran, Robert M. Gates, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, United States, Bernard Kouchner, and U.N. Security Council
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Iran plans major nuclear expansion over next year
...open to a proposed nuclear fuel exchange with world powers, which they hope would minimize the risk of Iran developing atomic bombs. Iran says it wants only to generate electricity from low-level enrichment. Salehi said Iran would start to...
In this article: Uranium, International Atomic Energy Agency, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Tehran, U.N., and International Institute for Strategic Studies
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BusinessWeek Online | 1 day ago
Iran May Yield to Coordinated Sanctions, Gates Says (Update1)
...government even as an internal rebellion simmers. "I think pressures that are focused on the government of Iran as opposed to the people of Iran potentially have greater opportunity to achieve the objective," Gates said in Rome today. "I...
In this article: Robert Gates, Uranium, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, U.S., Rome, NATO, Hillary Clinton, and United Nations Security Council
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Iran says to start work on 20 percent nuclear fuel
...the fuel swap plan. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Yukiya Amano said he wanted dialogue with Iran to speed up. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told ISNA news agency on Sunday: "Iran's stance...
In this article: Tehran, Manouchehr Mottaki, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Uranium, International Atomic Energy Agency, U.N., and United States
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Iran (ایران ), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran is a country in Western Asia. The name Iran has been in use natively since antiquity and came into international use in 1935, before which the country was widely known as Persia. Both Persia and Iran are used interchangeably in cultural contexts; however, Iran is the name used officially in political contexts. The name Iran is a cognate of Aryan, and means "Land of the Aryans".
The 18th largest country in the world in terms of area at 1,648,195 km², Iran has a population of over 70 million. It is a country of particular geostrategic significance owing to its location in the Middle East and central Eurasia. Iran is bordered on the north by Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan. As Iran is a littoral state of the Caspian Sea, which is an inland sea and condominium, Kazakhstan and Russia are also Iran's direct neighbors to the north. Iran is bordered on the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan, on the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, on the west by Iraq and on the northwest by Turkey. Tehran is the capital, the country's largest city and the political, cultural, commercial and industrial center of the nation. Iran is a regional power, and holds an important position in international energy security and world economy as a result of its large reserves of petroleum and natural gas.
- Name:
- Iran
- Conventional Long Name:
- Islamic Republic of Iran
- Local Name:
- جمهوری اسلامی ایران
- Capital:
- Tehran
- Language:
- Persian
- Motto:
- Independence, Freedom, Islamic Republic
- Largest City:
- Tehran
- Government type:
- Islamic republic (a "theocratic republic".)
- Founding Date:
- January 01, 1501
- Formations:
- Parthian Empire
- Area:
- 1,648,195
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $830.058 billion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 73rd
- GDP (nominal):
- $331.757 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita) Rank:
- 87th
- GPD (nominal) Rank:
- 29th
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $4,477
- Time Zone:
- IRST
- Currency:
- Rial (ريال)
- Demonym:
- Iranian
- Drives On:
- right
- Currency (code):
- IRR
- Country Calling Code:
- 98
- ccTLD:
- .ir
- Anthem:
- National Anthem of Iran²
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