5th Feb Iran makes an offer of negotiation with the USAthat coversNuclear matters and Iran's support for Palestinian groups resisting Israeli occupation, the offer is spurned by the Bush administration
16th June DirectorGeneral of the InternationalAtomic Energy Agency, declares that "Iran failed to report certainNuclear materials and activities" and requests "co-operative actions" from the country
Sep Washington says Iran is not complying with non-proliferation accords but agrees to support proposal from Britain, France and Germany to give Iran until end of October fully to discloseNuclear activities and allow surprise inspections
Nov Tehran agrees to suspend its uranium enrichment programme and allow tougher UN inspections of itsNuclear facilities
Dec Bam USAsends humanitarian aid to Iran after earthquake kills up to 50,000 people in city of Bam
16th June DirectorGeneral of the InternationalAtomic Energy Agency, declares that "Iran failed to report certainNuclear materials and activities" and requests "co-operative actions" from the country
31st Oct The IAEA declares that Iran has submitted a "comprehensive" declaration of itsNuclear program
11th Nov The IAEA declares that there is no evidence that Iran is attempting to build anNuclear atomic bomb
