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A senior Iranian politician said Saturday the country would not ship low-enriched uranium out of the country, which is a major part of a pending nuclear deal between Iran and international powers, according to semiofficial state media.

Iran is ready for another round of talks on a U.N.-drafted nuclear fuel proposal, Tehran's envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Monday. "We are ready for the next round of technical discussions in Vienna at the IAEA headquarters," Ali Asghar Soltanieh told Reuters.

The Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu cautiously endorsed U.S.-backed efforts to limit Iran’s nuclear program through shipments abroad of its enriched uranium.

Iran's president today appeared to lend support to an International Atomic Energy Agency proposal to ship the bulk of his country's enriched uranium abroad, casting it as a victory for Iranian steadfastness as the world awaits Tehran's formal response to the deal.

Iran's foreign minister said Monday that Tehran may agree to ship part of its stockpile of low enriched uranium abroad for further ...

Iran did not reject the United Nations plan outright, but its counterproposal could draw out the negotiations.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton travels to Russia, hoping to win Moscow's backing for a strong stance on Iran's nuclear plans and looking for progress on a new arms control pact.

The leaders of China, Japan and South Korea kicked off a summit in Beijing on Saturday expected to focus on bringing North Korea back to nuclear disarmament talks and building regional trust. The gathering is the second leg of new Japanese ...

Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a stunning decision that honored the first-year U.S. president more for promise than achievement and drew both praise and skepticism around the world.

U.S. President Barack Obama said he and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed on Wednesday that serious additional sanctions must be considered if Iran does not respond to proposals to end a nuclear standoff.