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| Iran has cut higher-enriched uranium stock 'by half' | Iran has cut higher-enriched uranium stock 'by half' |
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| Iran has neutralised half of its higher-enriched uranium stockpile, as per a deal agreed earlier this year, the world's nuclear watchdog says. | Iran has neutralised half of its higher-enriched uranium stockpile, as per a deal agreed earlier this year, the world's nuclear watchdog says. |
| The International Atomic Energy Agency has been checking Iran's adherence to the deal, struck with six world powers. | The International Atomic Energy Agency has been checking Iran's adherence to the deal, struck with six world powers. |
| The powers want Iran to scale back its enrichment of uranium, which they fear could be used to make a nuclear bomb. | The powers want Iran to scale back its enrichment of uranium, which they fear could be used to make a nuclear bomb. |
| Iran says its nuclear work is peaceful. It agreed to the deal in exchange for the easing of some sanctions. | Iran says its nuclear work is peaceful. It agreed to the deal in exchange for the easing of some sanctions. |
| Iran has diluted half of its higher-grade enriched uranium stockpile, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a confidential report. | Iran has diluted half of its higher-grade enriched uranium stockpile, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a confidential report. |
| Diplomats confirmed this conclusion of the report with the BBC. The full report is due to be published next week. | Diplomats confirmed this conclusion of the report with the BBC. The full report is due to be published next week. |
| The report also said that progress in commissioning a nuclear conversion plant, part of the interim agreement, had been delayed, Reuters reported. | The report also said that progress in commissioning a nuclear conversion plant, part of the interim agreement, had been delayed, Reuters reported. |
| The IAEA, which has inspectors in Iran, issues monthly updates on whether Iran is complying with the interim deal with the six world powers. | |
| The temporary agreement was signed in January, and ends in July. | The temporary agreement was signed in January, and ends in July. |
| Iran and the six powers involved - the US, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany - are keen to start drafting the terms of a new deal by May, but correspondents say they are still some way apart. | Iran and the six powers involved - the US, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany - are keen to start drafting the terms of a new deal by May, but correspondents say they are still some way apart. |
| The world powers want Iran to agree to permanently reduce the scope of its enrichment programme and to give UN inspectors more oversight. | The world powers want Iran to agree to permanently reduce the scope of its enrichment programme and to give UN inspectors more oversight. |
| Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has backed talks with world powers but warned Tehran will never give up its nuclear programme. | Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has backed talks with world powers but warned Tehran will never give up its nuclear programme. |
| So far, the six world powers have been united in their negotiations but Russia's annexation of the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine last month has caused tension between Moscow and the West. | So far, the six world powers have been united in their negotiations but Russia's annexation of the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine last month has caused tension between Moscow and the West. |
| Russia and Iran are said to be negotiating an oil-for-goods deal thought to be worth up to $20bn (£12bn), which the US says would undermine the nuclear talks. | Russia and Iran are said to be negotiating an oil-for-goods deal thought to be worth up to $20bn (£12bn), which the US says would undermine the nuclear talks. |