Nuclear watchdog

IAEA exposes North Korea's secret nuclear enrichment facility, expansion of weapon infrastructure

The report relied on satellite imagery and open-source material, including photographs published by North Korean state media, to track Pyongyang's nuclear activities.

Korean leader Kim Jong Un, accompanied by his daughter Kim Ju Ae, attends the commissioning ceremony of the destroyer "Kang Kon", at Wonsan Port, North Korea, September 6, 2026 in this picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency.
The IAEA logo is displayed in front of the agency’s headquarters in Vienna, Austria, June 5, 2026.

IAEA passes resolution reporting Iran to UN for breaching non-proliferation obligations

 IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi holds a news conference after the first day of the agency's quarterly Board of Governors meeting at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria, June 9, 2025.

IAEA inspections in Iran need to be fundamentally different after Iran was bombed - analysis

IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi attends an interview with the Reuters team in Vienna, Austria, September 3, 2025.

IAEA chief urges Iran to re-engage on nuclear inspections, clarify enriched uranium status


Iran nuclear chief Salehi says 60% enrichment has started at Natanz site

On Thursday, the IAEA said that Tehran was already deep into preparations to make its threats a reality.

Iran's nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi reacts as he speaks to Reuters during an interview in Brussels, Belgium November 27, 2018

Iranian FM calls cyberattack on Natanz a 'war crime,' 'nuclear terrorism'

"The Zionists want to take revenge because of our progress in the way to lift sanctions... We will not fall into their trap...We will not allow this act of sabotage to affect the nuclear talks."

THE NATANZ uranium enrichment facility 250 km. south of Tehran.

UN atomic watchdog reports new Iranian breach of nuclear deal

While the amount of enriched uranium extracted is small, it amounts to a fresh breach at a delicate stage, as the US and Iran hold indirect talks in Vienna regarding a renegotiation of the deal.

FILE PHOTO: Members of the media and officials tour the water nuclear reactor at Arak, Iran December 23, 2019. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Iran gives positive signals on informal nuclear talks, time short

"Things are moving in the right direction, and we have had positive signals this week and especially in the last few days," a French diplomatic source said.

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.

North Korea developed nuclear, missile programs in 2020 - UN report

In the past year, North Korea displayed new short-range, medium-range, submarine-launched and intercontinental ballistic missile systems at military parades, the UN report said.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un provides guidance on a nuclear weapons program in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang September 3, 2017.

Iran has told IAEA it plans to enrich uranium to 20%, Russian envoy says

The move is the latest of several recent announcements by Iran to the International Atomic Energy Agency that it plans to further breach the nuclear deal.

IAEA director-general Rafael Grossi listens as head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Ali-Akbar Salehi delivers his speech at the opening of the IAEA General Conference at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria September 21, 2020

Top UN inspector: Biden’s plan to rejoin the Iran deal will not be easy

Iran is now enriching and stockpiling uranium at levels well beyond the deal’s parameters, but nowhere near the levels it was at before the 2015 deal.

INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi talks at the opening of the IAEA General Conference in Vienna, on Monday.

Head of US agency overseeing nuclear weapons stockpile resigns

The action drew criticism from Senator James Inhofe, Republican chairman of the Armed Services Committee who praised Gordon-Hagerty and harshly criticized Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette.

Under Secretary for Nuclear Security of the U.S. Department of Energy and Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration Lisa Gordon-Hagerty tours the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Alabama in Bangor, Washington, U.S. in this October 10, 2018

UAE launches start-up operations at first nuclear power plant

ENEC said its subsidiary Nawah Energy Company "has successfully started up Unit 1 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant, located in the Al Dhafrah Region of Abu Dhabi."

The open reactor with fuel rods are seen in a water pool inside the nuclear power plant Muehleberg during a yearly revision in Muehleberg, Switzerland August 16, 2012.

Pakistan making ‘significant’ strides in securing its nuclear material

Islamabad ‘most improved’ in anti-theft ranking, US watchdog group says upon publishing index.

A view shows railway packages for containers with uranium hexafluoride salt, raw material for nuclear reactors, similar to the one be used for the IAEA Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) Bank