The European Union (EU) here on Sunday adopted the legislative framework for lifting all of its nuclear-related economic and financial sanctions against Iran.
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif and European Union (EU) foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini issued a joint statement on Sunday, announcing the start of the implementation of the nuclear deal reached between Iran and the six world powers in July, according to Iran's Foreign Ministry website.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday told the UN General Assembly that the international community should check their enthusiasm for the Iran nuclear deal at the door, saying that "this deal does't make peace more likely."
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Tuesday that country's scientists in atomic energy are "steadily improving the levels of nuclear weapons with various missions in quality and quantity" and they have made innovations day by day in their research and production.
The development of nuclear energy is shifting increasingly toward Asia with China playing a central role, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano said on Monday.
China, the United States and Iran on Monday reached broad consensus over the modification of Tehran's Arak nuclear reactor, one of the West's main concerns, according to a press release by a Chinese nuclear delegation.
Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s No. 1 reactor at its Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, started full commercial operation Thursday, making the plant the first to be brought fully back online following new safety regulations in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima meltdowns.
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday pledged that Republicans would continue to make every effort to scuttle the Iran nuclear deal.
U.S. Senate Democrats on Thursday blocked a resolution disapproving of the nuclear deal reached by world powers and Iran.
China is likely to restart its nuclear power program in inland areas in the next five years to meet power demands, according to several sources.
Three more U.S. Democratic senators said Tuesday that they would support the Iran nuclear deal, giving President Brack Obama the votes he needs to prevent the Senate from passing a measure disapproving of the deal.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that the majority of U.S. citizens object to the agreement signed between Iran and the international community over Tehran's nuclear program.
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts said on Monday Kenya is on course to tap nuclear power.
Fifteen U.S. senators have announced their support for the Iran nuclear deal during the past two weeks, showing "some important momentum," the White House said Monday.
Japan restarted a nuclear reactor in the Sendai plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, at 10:30 a.m. local time Tuesday, making it the first utility in the country to do so though anti-atomic sentiment remains strong following the 2011 Fukushima crisis.
The deal on Iran's nuclear issue balanced the interests of all sides involved in the negotiations, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif said here on Sunday.
The nation remained in mourning on Sunday as the Japanese city of Nagasaki marked the 70th anniversary since the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city, killing at least 70,000 people, three days after the city of Hiroshima was eviscerated by a smaller atomic bomb.
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