Iran News

A report from the UN nuclear watchdog agency on Thursday found Iran to be generally truthful about key aspects of its nuclear history.

Chief Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said on Thursday he would be alone at the next round of talks with the European Union’s top diplomat, Javier Solana, to discuss Tehran’s nuclear program.

Iran on Thursday said it will not set any deadline for India to join the gas pipeline that also includes Pakistan and hoped New Delhi will not buckle under US pressure to dump the multi-billion dollar project for a rival pipeline from Turkmenistan.

Iran appears to be pushing ahead with its third major liquefied natural gas project, known as Iran LNG, with the assistance of European companies.

Iran on Thursday said it has arrested more suspects in a nuclear espionage case, a day after a former nuclear official was accused of handing over atomic secrets to Britain.

Iranian Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari said on Friday it was too early to say what action OPEC might take when it meets in early December, leaving the door open for a possible production rise to cool prices.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to pay a daylong visit to Bahrain prior to his participation in the upcoming summit of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Saudi Arabia on Saturday.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki is due to leave Tehran for Riyadh on Friday to take the introductory steps for the participation of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the upcoming OPEC heads of state summit in Saudi Arabia next week.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General, Mohamed ElBaradei is likely to present his report on Iran’s latest cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog agency on Thursday.

Iran has the right to a peaceful nuclear energy program and is not seeking atomic weapons, China said on Thursday, while urging talks to resolve the dispute over Tehran’s nuclear programs.