September 16, 2016
11:00 pm

US President Barack Obama meets with Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at the White House in October 2013 (screen capture: YouTube)

Pakistan may be building new nuclear site — analysts

Experts say construction some 30km east of Islamabad is fresh evidence of country’s intentions to boost atomic arsenal

By AFP

September 16, 2016
7:01 pm

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, right, and European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Federica Mogherini, give a joint press conference after a meeting on April 16, 2016 in Tehran, Iran. (AFP/Atta Kenare)

EU demands Iran disclose details of nuclear parts manufacture

Tehran urged to provide ‘full cooperation’ follwing UN report that it is making rotor tubes for centrifuges

By George Jahn

September 10, 2016
10:41 am

International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors (2nd and 3rd left) and Iranian technicians at Natanz nuclear power plant south of Tehran on January 20, 2014 (Photo credit: Kazem Ghane/IRNA/AFP, illustrative)

Iran begins construction on 2nd nuclear power plant

$8.5 billion project launched with Russia’s help will ultimately include 2 facilities expected to go online in 10 years

By AP

September 8, 2016
8:39 pm

Illustrative image of centrifuges enriching uranium (photo credit: US Department of Energy/Wikimedia Commons)

UN nuclear report on Iran hints at potential problem

While agency says Tehran largely abiding by accord, it is also manufacturing new centrifuge parts that may not be in line with deal

By AP

January 15, 2016
7:12 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry (right), speaks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif as they walk in Geneva, Switzerland, ahead of nuclear discussions, January 14, 2015. (AP/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron, File)

US awaiting UN agency approval before lifting Iran sanctions

White House says it needs IAEA verification that Tehran has met its obligations before easing economic measures

By AFP

December 19, 2015
1:11 pm

File: An Iranian worker at the Uranium Conversion Facility at Isfahan, 410 kilometers south of Tehran, January 2014. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran said exporting uranium stockpile to Russia in coming days

Rouhani says Tehran will meet all obligations needed to lift sanctions in next two weeks

By Times of Israel staff and AP

December 15, 2015
6:39 pm

The IAEA Board of Governors meeting in Austria, December 15, 2015. (Dean Calma/IAEA)

UN watchdog closes probe into Iran nukes, drawing Israeli ire

After report finds Tehran stopped most work by 2003, IAEA paves way for implementation of nuclear deal in early 2016; Jerusalem accuses body of acting out of political motivations

By AFP and Times of Israel staff

November 11, 2015
2:08 am

An International Atomic Energy Agency inspector disconnects the connections between the twin cascades for 20% uranium production at Natanz nuclear power plant south of Tehran on January, 20, 2014 (Photo credit: Kazem Ghane/IRNA/AFP)

Iran said to cease dismantling centrifuges

Decommissioning is required for compliance with nuclear deal, but hardliners object

By JTA and Times of Israel staff

July 6, 2015
4:55 pm

Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid speaks at a conference at the David Citadel Hotel in Jerusalem on December 11, 2014 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Lapid: Netanyahu must quit if Iran deal goes through

Yesh Atid leader says prime minister insisted he could prevent bad nuclear agreement, but actually achieved opposite outcome

By Judah Ari Gross

June 30, 2015
2:39 pm

From left: US Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, US Secretary of State John Kerry and US Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman meet with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (second from right), at a hotel in Vienna, Austria, June 27, 2015. (Carlos Barria/Pool via AP)

Zarif back at Iran nuke talks, seeks ‘just’ deal

US officials say sticking points for agreement remain, but insist accord will be based on original framework

By AP and AFP

March 28, 2015
12:33 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, speaks with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Jerusalem in 2013. (photo credit: AP/Gali Tibbon)

Kerry updates Netanyahu as Iran deal nears completion

Israeli TV says agreement will leave Iran with 6,100 centrifuges spinning; Israeli official calls looming accord ‘incomprehensibly’ bad

By Times of Israel staff and Avi Issacharoff

March 27, 2015
10:33 pm

Israeli TV: Iran deal, leaving 6,100 centrifuges spinning, to be signed by Tuesday

Iran hails ‘massive progress’ as Kerry-Zarif continue talks; Israeli official calls looming agreement ‘incomprehensibly’ bad

By Times of Israel staff

March 26, 2015
6:34 pm

A satellite image of Iran's Fordo uranium enrichment facility. (AP/DigitalGlobe)

Deal may let Iran keep centrifuges at fortified site

Tehran could be allowed to maintain Fordo facility, as long as it allows inspection and doesn’t pursue an atomic bomb

By George Jahn and Matthew Lee

February 23, 2015
8:09 pm

Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon (Alex Kolomoisky/POOL/FLASH90)

Defense minister rips into deal with ‘apocalyptic’ Iran

Moshe Ya’alon says nuclear agreement taking shape in Geneva is a danger to the West and to the citizens of Israel

By Mitch Ginsburg

February 8, 2015
8:18 pm

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (cenet) in Vienna on November 18, 2014 (photo credit: AFP/Joe Klamar)

Iran FM: Now’s the time for a nuclear deal

Israeli warnings of ‘hypothetical Iranian threat’ a ‘smokescreen’ to hide atrocities against Palestinians, says Zarif

By Matthew Lee and David Rising

Topic: centrifuges