NUCLEAR WEAPONS

Iran on Tuesday said it will give U.N. weapons inspectors access to a secret military complex where it's believed work on a nuclear weapon may be taking place, as Western countries offered to resume talks with Tehran over its nuclear program.

The matter also has great urgency given Israel’s warnings that it won't tolerate a nuclear Iran and that it may launch a pre-emptive military strike on Iranian atomic facilities.

The U.S. intelligence community is convinced that the Israeli administration has decided to launch an attack on Iran, over the Islamic state's nuclear weapons ambition, an Israeli news channel reported Monday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel cannot afford to wait any longer to see if the international sanctions have desired effect on Iran's nuclear ambitions.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured President Barack Obama during their White House talk on Monday that Israel has not made any decision on attacking Iran's nuclear sites, sources close to the talks said, but he gave no sign of backing away from possible military action.

Sitting in the Oval Office before his much publicized, but private, meeting with President Barack Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel has the right to “defend itself, by itself.”

The U.N. nuclear agency chief said Monday that Iran has recently tripled its uranium enrichment and not allowed inspectors to thoroughly investigate its nuclear energy program.

Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney has said that Iran will acquire a nuclear bomb if President Obama is re-elected.

Read Obama's address to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference, where he talks about his commitment to Israel and the dangers of Iran's nuclear program.

At his annual address at the pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC Sunday morning, President Barack Obama sought to reaffirm his commitment to Israel's security while warning against too much loose talk of war that has driven up the cost of oil.

In the light of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the U.S. to discuss strategies regarding Iran's allegedly clandestine nuclear weapons program, President Obama has made it clear that the U.S. will strive to protect its ally Israel, though he would persuade the Jewish state to postpone its war plans.

Iran will likely be the most-discussed issue at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference in the next few days, where three of the four remaining candidates for the Republican presidential nomination will give prominent speeches the morning of Super Tuesday.

Obama is concerned that a military strike on Iran by Israel might make Tehran more of a sympathetic figure to some countries

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Despite international pressure against the deal, Pakistan said it would honor a 2010 agreement to build a natural gas pipeline that will eventually send 8.7 billion cubic meters of Iranian gas to Pakistan annually.

North Korea has agreed with the United States to suspend major elements of its atomic weapons programme in a surprise breakthrough that could pave the way for the resumption of long-stalled nuclear disarmament talks with the secretive state.

Turkey is maintaining the façade of good relations with Iran, while a larger power struggle for domination of the Middle East is brewing between Ankara and Tehran

China welcomed the pact, but remained somewhat cautious about hopes for a nuclear-free future on the Korean peninsula.

In a surprise move, North Korea agreed to temporarily suspend its nuclear tests and the launch of long range ballistic missile in exchange for 240,000 metric tons of food aid from the U.S. The breakthrough decision was announced in two separate statements released in Washington and Pyongyang on Wednesday.

North Korea has agreed with the United States to suspend major elements of its atomic weapons program in a surprise breakthrough that could pave the way for the resumption of long-stalled nuclear disarmament talks with the secretive state.

While the international community and the U.N. nuclear watchdog allege that Iran is operating a clandestine nuclear weapons program, the latter has gone a step further in denial to condemn the production of atomic weapons as a great sin.