Nuclear Energy

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has ordered the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) to plan work on nuclear propulsion devices to be used in sea transport in response to the recent violation of a multilateral nuclear deal by the United States.​

The managing editor of leading conservative newspaper Kayhan has reviewed the course of Iran’s nuclear talks with world powers, and highlighted the numerous mistakes made by Rouhani’s government and his nuclear team.

Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has left Tehran for the Austrian capital of Vienna to attend the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Nuclear Security meeting.

Iran’s nuclear chief says cooperation with Europe in the area of nuclear technology is on the rise, more than a year after a landmark nuclear deal was inked between Tehran and six world powers.

Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), says European countries have voiced their readiness to buy 20 tons of heavy water from Iran.

Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Chief Ali Akbar Salehi stressed that Tehran’s nuclear industry has yet to reach a commercial level, but even its current status surprises other countries.

Russian state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom announced that Tehran and Moscow have agreed to convert Fordow nuclear facility into a research center for producing heavy isotopes.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a ceremony on Thursday unveiled 12 new achievements of the country’s peaceful nuclear industry, ahead of the National Nuclear Technology Day.

Spokesman of Iran Atomic Energy Organization Behrouz Kamalvandi said the country is in need of nine atomic power plants in the next 10 years given that in 2025 it should generate at least 100 thousand megawatt electricity.

The NBC journalist asked, surprised, “Who will be the sixth martyr?” The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), to the journalist’s astonishment, said, “I hope that it will be me.”

Head of Iranian Atomic Energy Organization has spoken of great eagerness by the nuclear countries to cooperate with Iran.

Iran is going to take on an active role in the world’s energy sector in parallel with its new upgraded position in the international relations, Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi said.

The whole nuclear case of Iran was "manufactured" in order to ratchet up the pressure on Iran, said director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali-Akbar Salehi.

The top diplomat said the draft resolution recently submitted to the IAEA explicitly says it has fully considered the IAEA chief's report on Iran’s PMD case and has closed it.

Shamkhani said that with the release of the Amano report there remains no legal or technical reason not to close the case of past and present issues regarding Iran’s nuclear activities.

During the meeting, the two sides stressed the implementation and execution of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) reached between Iran and the P5+1.

Talks are underway between Iran and China on building ACP100 small reactors, said Kamalvandi.

President Rouhani has said that Iran's chief gain in nuclear talks was the fact that the US president admitted that Iranians will not surrender to bullying, sanctions and threats.

Iran’s nuclear chief Ali-Akbar Salehi has announced that the country is looking into the development of small reactors.

Iran is ready to create a regional safety convention for the supervision of the regional countries' power plant operations, said Salehi.

Salehi said the IAEA had 18 questions and we have responded to all of them but two.

Iran’s nuclear chief says the country has answered all the questions raised by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over Tehran's nuclear energy program.

AEOI chief Ali Akbar Salehi says that Iran will be the winner of the nuclear talks with P5+1.

Iran says experts at the Atomic Energy Organization have built seven new state-of-the-art laser systems to be used in medical procedures.

Production of nuclear energy is cheaper than wind and solar energies and is not tied to any specific climatic conditions.