The major step is the culmination of several festering stand-offs between the International Atomic Energy Agency and Iran.

Iran said it would open a new uranium enrichment facility and increase its production of highly enriched fissile material after the U.N. atomic agency member states declared Tehran had failed to comply with its nuclear nonproliferation obligations,

The World Bank has lifted its long-standing ban on financing nuclear energy projects, marking its return to the sector for the first time in decades, President Ajay Banga announced on

The head of the United Nations atomic watchdog distanced himself from policies promoting diversity, equality and inclusion in the workplace even as he sought to promote the agency’s successful efforts in hiring more women.

European powers and the United States submitted a resolution to the UN’s nuclear watchdog board condemning Iran’s “non-compliance” with its nuclear obligations, in a bid to up pressure on Tehran, diplomats tell AFP.

Iran's foreign ministry and the Iranian nuclear agency rejected the report, calling it "politically motivated" in a joint statement.

The United Nations nuclear watchdog said Iran’s rapidly increasing stockpile of uranium enriched to just below weapons grade cannot be ignored as western nations plan a firm response this week in Vienna.

Iran’s nuclear program remains a top focus for inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency, particularly as any possible deal between Tehran and the United States over the program would likely rely on the agency long known as the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog.