Nuclear Energy

China hosted the leaders of squabbling neighbors South Korea and Japan on Tuesday. flexing its diplomatic muscle with America’s two key military allies in Asia and seeking regional unity on how to deal with a belligerent North Korea.

The secondary circuit of Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor became operational.

The secondary circuit of the Arak heavy water nuclear reactor will be operational on Monday in the presence of Iran’s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi.

Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev said Iran’s legal right to benefit from the 2015 nuclear deal was an unavoidable necessity to prevent the agreement from total collapse.

Spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi and French Ambassador to Tehran Philippe Thiebaud exchanged views about a host of issues. including the 2015 nuclear deal. known as the JCPOA.

Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said he has stressed Iran'.s right to peaceful nuclear energy during his meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington. DC.

Grossi is the first Latin American to take over the role of IAEA director general since the agency was established in 1957.

The election of the IAEA new chief was held after the death of former IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano in July 2019.

Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi said there is evidence that an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspector who was recently prevented from entering an Iranian nuclear site was carrying suspicious material.

China representatives will attend an upcoming meeting of JCPOA Joint Committee. adding that the Iran nuclear issue has come to a critical stage.