United Nations: A combination of increasingly tough financial sanctions, an arms embargo and other international restrictions on trade with North Korea have not stopped Pyongyang's illicit nuclear arms program but appear to have significantly delayed it, according to a confidential report by a UN panel of experts seen by Reuters on Tuesday.
"While the imposition of sanctions has not halted the development of nuclear and ballistic missile programs, it has in all likelihood considerably delayed (North Korea's) timetable and, through the imposition of financial sanctions and the bans on the trade in weapons, has choked off significant funding which would have been channeled into its prohibited activities," said the 52-page report said.
In the report to the UN Security Council's North Korea sanctions committee, the panel also recommended sanctioning three North Korean entities and 12 individuals.
The individuals listed were nine North Korean nationals, a man from Kazakhstan and two men from Ukraine, all due to their links to arms-smuggling deals, the report said....
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05:06 AM, May 15, 2013
World powers hope Iran will respond positively on Wednesday to their new offer to lift some sanctions if Tehran scales back nuclear activity the West fears could be used to build bombs. But any hopes of a significant easing of the deadlock in the decade-old nuclear dispute were dented when Russian media cited a source close to the talks as saying there had been no clear progress in the discussions...
01:30 PM, Feb 27, 2013
France, a key player in the P5 1 talks with Iran on its contentious nuclear programme, today asked India to "convince" its "close friend" Tehran to enter into serious negotiations and respect international obligations with regard to nuclear non-proliferation. ...
04:08 PM, Feb 15, 2013
Vienna: Iran would currently need at least two to four months to produce enough weapons-grade uranium for one nuclear bomb, and additional time to make the device itself, a US security institute said on Monday. Estimates of how quickly Iran could enrich its uranium to the fissile level required for bombs are closely watched as they may give an indication of how much time its foes believe they have to...
10:04 AM, Oct 09, 2012
Washington/Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Sunday that Iran was just six to seven months away from the brink of being able to build a nuclear bomb, adding urgency to his demand that President Barack Obama set a "red line" for Tehran in what could deepen the worst US-Israeli rift in decades. Taking to the television airwaves to make his case directly to the American public, Netanyahu said...
01:26 AM, Sep 17, 2012
Chennai: Ethiraj Colleges post graduate department of Human Rights and Duties Education organised an International Peace Symposium on nuclear victims commemorating the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Day, honouring Hiroo Iso, a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bomb attack. The event was organised in collaboration with the Internal Association for Religious Freedom (IARF), South Asia Coordinating Council (SACC) and the Religious Freedom Young Adult Network (RFYN). Various topics regarding nuclear weapons, their...
12:33 PM, Aug 11, 2012
Washington: The US military has stepped up efforts to make their largest conventional weapon, the 13.6 tonne "bunker-buster" bomb, more powerful and capable of destroying Iran's most heavily fortified underground nuclear facilities. The efforts have been speeded up as part of contingency planning for a possible strike against Iranian nuclear sites, the Wall Street Journal reported quoting US officials. The move comes after Pentagon war planners concluded that their largest...
03:02 PM, Jan 28, 2012
The EU measures include an immediate ban on all new contracts to import, purchase or transport Iranian crude and petroleum products. ...
10:26 AM, Jan 24, 2012
Tehran: Iran accused Europeans on Monday of waging "psychological warfare" after the EU banned imports of Iranian oil, and US President Barack Obama said Washington would impose more sanctions to address the "serious threat presented by Iran's nuclear program." The Islamic Republic, which denies trying to build a nuclear bomb, scoffed at efforts to choke its oil exports, as Asia lines up to buy what Europe scorns. Some Iranians also...
09:01 AM, Jan 24, 2012
Vienna: Western states will try this week to overcome divisions with Russia over a UN nuclear report on Iran, hoping to show big power unity that will pile pressure on Tehran to address growing fears that it wants atomic bombs. But Western diplomats fear they may have to choose between a tough stance that alienates Russia and China and a gentler, more inclusive approach which they say does not reflect...
03:58 AM, Nov 16, 2011
New Delhi: The Government on Wednesday rejected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh's suggestion for a revisit of the 'no first use' policy for nuclear weapons, saying the existing doctrine, announced by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) regime, will continue. "Our policy (no first use) remains as it exists. Government is committed to safeguarding India's security interests in consonance with our declared (nuclear) doctrine," External Affairs Minister SM Krishna...
05:15 PM, Mar 16, 2011
United Nations: The head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency on Tuesday said that Iran is still not cooperating with the IAEA to show that its nuclear programme is peaceful. "Iran is not providing the necessary cooperation to enable the Agency to provide credible assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran, and therefore to conclude that all nuclear material in Iran is in peaceful activities,"...
12:03 PM, Mar 08, 2011
Manama: Iran is trying to build a nuclear bomb, posing a threat to its neighbours, and the United States is "very ready" to counter Iran should it make a move, the top US military officer said on Saturday. Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, reassured Persian Gulf nations nervous that an increasingly militarized government in Iran might try to start a war. "The United States takes...
06:45 PM, Dec 18, 2010
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01:43 PM, May 26, 2009
Britain's Home Secretary says public should help govt in fighting terror. ...
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An IAEA report says Iran has built up a stockpile of nuclear fuel. ...
08:48 AM, Feb 21, 2009
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