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Asharq Al-Awsat
6 days ago
- Politics
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Iran Says Talks with IAEA Will Be ‘Technical' and ‘Complicated' Ahead of Agency's Planned Visit
Talks between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency will be "technical" and "complicated," the country's Foreign Ministry said Monday ahead of a visit by the nuclear watchdog for the first time since Tehran cut ties with the organization last month. Relations between the two soured after a 12-day air war was waged by Israel and the US in June, which saw key Iranian nuclear facilities bombed. The IAEA board said on June 12 Iran had breached its non-proliferation obligations, a day before Israel's airstrikes over Iran that sparked the war. The IAEA did not immediately issue a statement about the visit by the agency's deputy head, which will not include any planned access to Iranian nuclear sites. Esmail Baghaei, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, told reporters there could be a meeting with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, "but it is a bit soon to predict what the talks will result since these are technical talks, complicated talks." Baghaei also criticized the IAEA's "unique situation" during the June war with Israel. "Peaceful facilities of a country that was under 24-hour monitoring were the target of strikes and the agency refrained from showing a wise and rational reaction and did not condemn it as it was required," he said. Araghchi had previously said that cooperation with the agency, which will now require approval by Iran's highest security body, the Supreme National Security Council, would be about redefining how both sides cooperate. The decision will likely further limit inspectors' ability to track Tehran's program that had been enriching uranium to near weapons-grade levels. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on July 3 ordered the country to suspend its cooperation with the IAEA, after the US bombed three major Iranian nuclear sites as Israel waged an air war with Iran, killing nearly 1,100 people, including many military commanders. Retaliatory Iranian strikes killed 28 in Israel. Iran has had limited IAEA inspections in the past as a pressure tactic in negotiating with the West, and it is unclear how soon talks between Tehran and Washington for a deal over its nuclear program will resume. US intelligence agencies and the IAEA had assessed Iran last had an organized nuclear weapons program in 2003, though Tehran had been enriching uranium up to 60% — a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90%.
Yahoo
04-08-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Cardile working for Aston after dispute resolved
Aston Martin have resolved their legal dispute over their new chief technical officer Enrico Cardile. The Italian, who was formerly Ferrari's chassis technical director, signed for Aston Martin last summer but the team had taken legal action to prevent him starting work. But a statement from Aston Martin on Monday said: "We are pleased that a resolution has been found and that Enrico can move forward with the team as we look to 2026 and beyond as our chief technical officer, leading our design and technical functions at the AMR Technology Campus. "The legal process in which Enrico has been engaged in Italy has now been resolved and Enrico is working at Silverstone." Cardile will work under managing technical partner Adrian Newey, who started work in March after leaving Red Bull last year. Newey has been leading work on the car Aston Martin are designing for the 2026 rules, and the start of their new factory deal with engine partner Honda. Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll will continue to drive for Aston Martin next year. The Spaniard is entering the last year of his contract and will turn 45 in July 2026. Alonso has previously said he will go into 2026 thinking it will be his last year in F1, but is keeping an open mind as to whether he might want to continue longer. "Probably - or at least to start - it will be my last season in F1," he told BBC Sport last December. "Because my contract finishes at the end of 2026. It is the time of delivering and the time of truth. High expectations." 'He definitely has it', so why did Hamilton say he was useless? I'm not making life easy for myself - Norris Hungarian Grand Prix Review
BBC News
04-08-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Cardile working for Aston after dispute resolved
Aston Martin have resolved their legal dispute over their new chief technical officer Enrico Italian, who was formerly Ferrari's chassis technical director, signed for Aston Martin last summer but the team had taken legal action to prevent him starting work. But a statement from Aston Martin on Monday said: "We are pleased that a resolution has been found and that Enrico can move forward with the team as we look to 2026 and beyond as our chief technical officer, leading our design and technical functions at the AMR Technology Campus."The legal process in which Enrico has been engaged in Italy has now been resolved and Enrico is working at Silverstone." Cardile will work under managing technical partner Adrian Newey, who started work in March after leaving Red Bull last has been leading work on the car Aston Martin are designing for the 2026 rules, and the start of their new factory deal with engine partner Alonso and Lance Stroll will continue to drive for Aston Martin next year. The Spaniard is entering the last year of his contract and will turn 45 in July has previously said he will go into 2026 thinking it will be his last year in F1, but is keeping an open mind as to whether he might want to continue longer."Probably - or at least to start - it will be my last season in F1," he told BBC Sport last December. "Because my contract finishes at the end of 2026. It is the time of delivering and the time of truth. High expectations."
