Uranium

WTO chief warns Greenland could lead to trade war, but what can the US gain from the island?

A 2023 survey by the European Commission showed that 25 of 34 minerals deemed "critical raw materials" were found in Greenland.

World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala speaks to members of the media, on the second day of the G20 Leaders' Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, November 23, 2025.
 A satellite image shows airstrike craters covered with dirt at the Natanz Enrichment Facility, following U.S. airstrikes amid the Iran-Israel conflict, in Natanz County, Iran, June 24, 2025.

Iran must give status of bombed nuclear sites, IAEA warns in passed resolution

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with students in Tehran, Iran, November 3, 2025

Iran giving up on nuclear uranium enrichment shows Khamenei has gone off the deep end - analysis

An illustration of enforcing sanctions on Iran.

Israel praises UN snapback of sanctions against Iran for nuke violations


Iran will not enrich uranium past 60% even if nuclear talks fail - nuclear chief

Iran's nuclear activities are "carried out according to the agreements, statutes and regulations of IAEA," the Iranian nuclear chief stated.

Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Mohammad Eslami and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi attend a news conference, in Tehran, Iran, September 12, 2021.

Iran starts enriching with advanced machines at Fordow during deal talks

The IAEA plans to increase the frequency of its inspections at Iran's Fordow plant after Iran started producing enriched uranium with more advanced machines there

An Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria September 9, 2019

Iran's stockpile of 20% enriched uranium reaches 25 kg. - report

Western officials and analysts believe Tehran's escalation of enrichment is meant to gain leverage to extract more concessions when negotiations do resume.

 The Iranian flag flies in front of the IAEA headquarters in Vienna

Iran feeds highly enriched uranium into more machines at Natanz -IAEA

Iran has yet to announce a date to resume discussions in Vienna about reviving the 2015 nuclear pact under which it curbed its nuclear program for relief from US, EU, and UN economic sanctions.

Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in April 2008, shortly before its centrifuges were destroyed by the Stuxnet virus. Why is responsibility now being taken for attacks and involvement being admitted with bluster and bravado?

Iran claims to have 80% of uranium needed to build nuclear bomb

Iran claims 120 kg. jump in 20% enriched uranium. If true, the numbers could be considered a major jump forward in Iran's uranium enrichment efforts.

Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Mohammad Eslami and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi attend a news conference, in Tehran, Iran, September 12, 2021.

Do lost cameras mean disappearing uranium in Iran? - analysis

IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi said that some of the agency's monitoring cameras were mysteriously broken or damaged and some left unattended for months — was something missed during that time?

Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in April 2008, shortly before its centrifuges were destroyed by the Stuxnet virus. Why is responsibility now being taken for attacks and involvement being admitted with bluster and bravado?

US, Iran, Israel nuke standoff, everyone blinks - now what? - analysis

Blinking from all sides over the last few weeks and even days has started to reshape the geopolitics surrounding the issue of the Iran nuclear deal talks.

The Iranian flag waves in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters, before the beginning of a board of governors meeting, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Vienna, Austria, March 1, 2021.

Uranium cubes tested to see if they are from the Nazi era

Hundreds of uranium cubes were confiscated from the Nazis and then lost. Now, scientists are analyzing the remaining cubes to clarify their origin.

Dismantling the German experimental nuclear pile at Haigerloch, 50 km S.W of Stuttgart, April 1945

Iran says it can enrich uranium to 90% purity - weapons grade - if needed

Iran has been breaching the deal in several ways after the United States withdrew from the agreement in 2018, including by producing 20% and 60% enriched uranium.

A number of new generation Iranian centrifuges are seen on display during Iran's National Nuclear Energy Day in Tehran

IAEA chief: Deeply concerned Iran hiding nuclear material

“After many months, Iran has not provided the necessary explanation for the presence of the nuclear material particles at the 3 locations where the Agency has conducted complementary accesses."

A view of the water nuclear reactor at Arak, Iran December 23, 2019. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS