DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran plans to cooperate with the U.N. nuclear watchdog despite restrictions imposed by its parliament, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Saturday, but stressed that access to its bombed nuclear sites posed security and safety issues. The new law stipulates that any future inspection of Iran’s nuclear sites by the International Atomic…
State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said Wednesday that Iran “must cooperate fully, without further delay” after President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a law suspending his country’s cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Iran’s parliament had voted to suspend cooperation previously. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attend an event…
The release of waste water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station into the ocean has contributed to strained relations between Japan and Hong Kong. In response to the release, the government moved last August to ban aquatic products from Tokyo, Fukushima, Chiba, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Gunma, Miyagi, Niigata, Nagano and Saitama. A year later, the…
DUBAI – Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi on Saturday strongly denied a reported meeting between Tehran’s United Nations envoy and U.S. billionaire Elon Musk, in an interview with state TV. Iran denies meeting between envoy and Elon Musk Araqchi also warned that Iran was “prepared for confrontation or cooperation” in its dispute with the UN nuclear watchdog…
Hong Kong authorities will seek more information from Tokyo and Beijing to look into the possibility of easing restrictions on seafood imports from 10 Japanese prefectures, following the central government’s decision to “gradually” lift its own sweeping ban. “The Environment and Ecology Bureau will seek more relevant information from the authorities on the mainland and…