The chief UN nuclear inspector said that Syria had a right to his agency's help in planning a power-producing atomic reactor, in what diplomats described as a rejection of US-led efforts to block the aid.
Iran may restrict its cooperation with the IAEA in opening its nuclear facilities to inspection.- The UN atomic watchdog begins its traditional September board meeting on Monday to discuss the current stalemate in its long-running investigation into Iran's controversial atomic drive.
- Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency on Thursday resumed talks in the Austrian capital over the Islamic country's nuclear stand-off with the West, IRNA reported.
- The head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency warned on Saturday that any attack on Iran could turn the Mideast into a "ball of fire."
