* US and Iran set to hold further nuclear talks on Sunday
* Trump says US personnel being moved out of region
* Iran says ‘friendly country’ has warned it of possible impending Israeli attack
* Iranian military begins drills earlier than planned to focus on ‘enemy movements’, state media say
>The U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board of governors declared Iran in breach of its non-proliferation obligations on Thursday and Tehran announced counter-measures, as an Iranian official said a “friendly country” had warned it of a potential Israeli attack.
>U.S. and Iranian officials will hold a sixth round of talks on Tehran’s escalating uranium enrichment programme in Oman on Sunday, according to U.S. and Omani officials.
>But security fears have risen since U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday American personnel were being moved out of the region because “it could be a dangerous place” and that Tehran would not be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon.
>Washington is concerned that Israel could take military action against Iran in coming days, U.S. officials said on condition of anonymity, despite Trump’s recent warning to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against such a strike while U.S. diplomacy continues with Tehran.
>U.S. intelligence indicates that Israel has been making preparations to hit Iran’s nuclear installations. But one U.S. official said there was no sign that Israel had made a final decision.
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>The International Atomic Energy Agency’s policy-making Board of Governors declared Iran in breach of its non-proliferation obligations for the first time in almost 20 years, raising the prospect of reporting it to the U.N. Security Council.
>The step is the culmination of a series of stand-offs between the IAEA and Iran since Trump pulled the U.S. out of a nuclear deal between Tehran and major powers in 2018 during his first term, after which that accord unravelled.
>An IAEA official said Iran had responded by informing the U.N. watchdog that it plans to open a third uranium enrichment plant.
>Enrichment can be used to produce uranium for reactor fuel or, at higher levels of refinement, for atomic bombs. Iran says its nuclear energy programme is only for peaceful purposes.
>After the IAEA decision, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said Tehran’s actions undermined the global Non-Proliferation Treaty and posed an imminent threat to regional and international security and stability.
>Iran is a signatory to the NPT. Israel is not, and is believed to have the Middle East’s sole nuclear arsenal.
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* US and Iran set to hold further nuclear talks on Sunday
* Trump says US personnel being moved out of region
* Iran says ‘friendly country’ has warned it of possible impending Israeli attack
* Iranian military begins drills earlier than planned to focus on ‘enemy movements’, state media say
>The U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board of governors declared Iran in breach of its non-proliferation obligations on Thursday and Tehran announced counter-measures, as an Iranian official said a “friendly country” had warned it of a potential Israeli attack.
>U.S. and Iranian officials will hold a sixth round of talks on Tehran’s escalating uranium enrichment programme in Oman on Sunday, according to U.S. and Omani officials.
>But security fears have risen since U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday American personnel were being moved out of the region because “it could be a dangerous place” and that Tehran would not be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon.
>Washington is concerned that Israel could take military action against Iran in coming days, U.S. officials said on condition of anonymity, despite Trump’s recent warning to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against such a strike while U.S. diplomacy continues with Tehran.
>U.S. intelligence indicates that Israel has been making preparations to hit Iran’s nuclear installations. But one U.S. official said there was no sign that Israel had made a final decision.
>[…]
>The International Atomic Energy Agency’s policy-making Board of Governors declared Iran in breach of its non-proliferation obligations for the first time in almost 20 years, raising the prospect of reporting it to the U.N. Security Council.
>The step is the culmination of a series of stand-offs between the IAEA and Iran since Trump pulled the U.S. out of a nuclear deal between Tehran and major powers in 2018 during his first term, after which that accord unravelled.
>An IAEA official said Iran had responded by informing the U.N. watchdog that it plans to open a third uranium enrichment plant.
>Enrichment can be used to produce uranium for reactor fuel or, at higher levels of refinement, for atomic bombs. Iran says its nuclear energy programme is only for peaceful purposes.
>After the IAEA decision, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said Tehran’s actions undermined the global Non-Proliferation Treaty and posed an imminent threat to regional and international security and stability.
>Iran is a signatory to the NPT. Israel is not, and is believed to have the Middle East’s sole nuclear arsenal.
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