Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Top News

Iran test-fires missiles in military exercises

Sep. 27, 2009
Iran tested a missile-launching system and two types of missiles on Sunday, according to state-run media. The testing comes days after Iran acknowledged the existence of a second uranium enrichment facility. The United States and Israel claim Iran is seeking nuclear weapons under the guise of a...
Related Stories from UPI.com

Iran installs 7,000 centrifuges at Natanz

TEHRAN, April 9 (UPI) -- Iran announced Thursday on the occasion of National Nuclear Day that it installed and started 7,000 uranium centrifuges at its Natanz nuclear facility.

Nuclear announcement expected from Iran

TEHRAN, April 8 (UPI) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will announce major achievements made in Iran's nuclear program Thursday on National Nuclear Day, officials said.
Bushehr nuclear plant operational by 2008

Bushehr nuclear plant operational by 2008

BEIJING, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- The director of Russia's leading nuclear power equipment and service export company said nuclear operations at Iran's Bushehr facility would start in late 2008.

Russia: U.N. controls Iran's nuclear cycle

MOSCOW, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Russia's deputy foreign minister said the International Atomic Energy Agency is in full control of Iran's contentious nuclear program.

Iran announces nuclear advance

NATANZ, Iran, April 10 (UPI) -- The head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization used the nation's nuclear holiday to announce plans for a major planned upgrade at a uranium enrichment facility.

Iran giving tours of nuclear facility

TEHRAN, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Iran Saturday denied reports it had started installing 3,000 centrifuges at its uranium enrichment site at Natanz, the Fars News Agency reported.

Iran: Uranium conversion has resumed

TEHRAN, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- A top Iranian official confirmed Friday that uranium conversion has resumed at the Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center.

EU3 talks with Iran end without deal

PARIS, March 23 (UPI) -- Britain, France and Germany Wednesday ended a round of talks with Iran without persuading the Islamic republic to give up its uranium enrichment program.

Iran committed to developing nuclear power

PARIS, March 22 (UPI) -- Iran intends to move forward and develop civilian nuclear power despite U.S. allegations it plans to build nuclear weapons, a senior Iranian official said Tuesd

Iran withdraws enrichment threat

TEHRAN, June 19 (UPI) -- Iran Saturday withdrew an earlier threat to restart its uranium enrichment program.
1 of 28
Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
View Caption
Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler