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US President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Trump listens to a question from a reporter at the end of a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, on December 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
May 24, 2026, 3:00 pm
Trump said to assure Netanyahu he will thwart Iran nuke program as Israel fears ‘very bad’ deal
Israel deeply concerned over plan that gives Iran time, money, falls short of key security needs, with regime’s nuclear activities only up for discussion later, no commitment to export uranium stockpile, terror proxies intact
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Vessels are seen anchored in the Strait of Hormuz, off the port city of Khasab on Oman's northern Musandam Peninsula on May 17, 2026. (AFP)
May 24, 2026, 11:29 am
US-Iran deal said to open strait for 60 days, push off talks on regime’s nuclear program
US said ready to lift some sanctions, enabling Iran to trade oil; Strait of Hormuz would be open to all; Iran denies reports of any commitment to relinquish its enriched uranium stockpile
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Iranian army soldiers stand in front of a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei during a pro-regime rally in Tehran, Iran, on April 29, 2026. (AFP)
May 21, 2026, 2:47 pm
Iranian sources say regime has decided to keep highly enriched uranium in Iran, defying Trump
Khamenei said to refuse to give up stockpile of near-weapons grade nuclear material, which US and Israel have demanded be confiscated before war can end
By Reuters
This photo released on May 12, 2026 shows US Marines with Maritime Raid Force rappelling out of an MH-60S Sea Hawk, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25, during helicopter and roping sustainment training aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli at sea on May 8, 2026. (US Marine Corps photo)
May 16, 2026, 2:46 pm
As Iran talks stall, Israel and US prepping to renew war as soon as next week – report
Commandos could be put on the ground to extract nuclear material, US officials tell New York Times; senior Israeli official reportedly says fighting would last ‘days to weeks’
By ToI Staff
Rafael Grossi, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General and a candidate for United Nations Secretary-General, speaks during an interview at UN headquarters, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
April 30, 2026, 10:48 am
UN nuclear chief: Much of Iran’s highly enriched uranium likely still buried at Isfahan site
IAEA’s Grossi says inspectors need access to nuclear facilities at Isfahan, Fordo and Natanz; says US-Iran talks very different from those of 2015 due to Iran’s nuclear progress
By Edith M. Lederer
US President Donald Trump listens in the Oval Office of the White House, Saturday, April 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
April 28, 2026, 11:47 am
Trump reportedly unhappy with Iran’s proposal to reopen Hormuz but shelve nuclear issue
Vance said to express concern war depleting US arms stockpiles; Iran reportedly resorting to ‘junk storage’ for oil amid US blockade on exports, will soon run out of space for crude
By Reuters and ToI Staff
US Vice President JD Vance speaks during a news conference after meeting with representatives from Pakistan and Iran, April 12, 2026, in Islamabad. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
April 14, 2026, 9:45 am
Vance: Lot of progress made in talks toward ‘grand deal,’ but ball in Iran’s court
Trump’s VP says he wants Iran to be ‘normal country,’ but can’t have nukes; US said to ask for 20-year enrichment freeze, but Iran reportedly offered 5-10, which Trump rejected
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
US President Donald Trump speaks about the conflict in Iran in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 6, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP)
April 8, 2026, 6:25 pm
Trump claims Iran won’t enrich uranium, will give up uranium, while US lifts sanctions
No indication Tehran accepted such terms, as US president threatens tariffs, touts progress; Pentagon claims Iranian military decimated, despite ongoing missile, drone attacks
By Jacob Magid, AFP and ToI Staff
Centrifuges line a hall at the Uranium Enrichment Facility in Natanz, Iran, in a still image from a video aired by the Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting company on April 17, 2021, six days after the hall had been damaged in a mysterious attack. (IRIB via AP)
March 22, 2026, 1:12 pm
In the war’s fourth week, the hunt for Iran’s enriched uranium takes center stage
With the Revolutionary Guards now calling the shots in Tehran, the US and Israel know ending the conflict without removing Iran’s near-weapons-grade stockpile invites disaster
By Amir Bar Shalom
This handout satellite picture, provided by Maxar Technologies and taken on June 22, 2025, shows damage after US strikes on the Isfahan nuclear enrichment facility in central Iran. (Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies / AFP)
March 16, 2026, 10:35 am
Seizing Iran’s uranium could take ‘largest special forces operation in history’ – WSJ
Upward of 1,000 personnel could be required on-site to secure Isfahan facility, dig through rubble for near-weapons grade nuclear material, amid Iranian missile and drone fire
By ToI Staff
This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows Iran's Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center outside of Isfahan, Iran, on Jan. 28, 2026. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
March 8, 2026, 9:36 am
Iran may still have access to enriched uranium at site bombed by US last year – report
NY Times says US intelligence believes there’s a ‘very narrow access point’ through which uranium at Isfahan could be moved; Trump doesn’t rule out ground op to secure stockpiles
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Iranian women walk past a banner bearing a portrait of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the Iranian-Islamic fashion design fair at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in Tehran on February 22, 2026. (AFP)
February 23, 2026, 12:28 am
US, Iran to hold talks Thursday as Tehran claims ‘good chance’ of diplomatic solution
Iranian FM says hopeful of averting attack as Trump masses forces, warns Iran will strike back, says missiles can hit Israel again; official says Iran offering new concessions
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A man cycles past a mural and a giant billboard displaying a map of potential targets in the Tel Aviv area along with a warning message reading, 'You start, we finish!' in Palestine Square, in Tehran, Iran, on February 9, 2026. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
February 9, 2026, 11:54 pm
Iran steps up arrests, floats ‘diluting’ its enriched uranium as Netanyahu heads to US
PM set to give Trump latest intel; Tehran’s atomic chief floats downblending near-weapons-grade nuclear material in exchange for sanctions relief; Khamenei calls for national ‘resolve’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi (left) attends the IAEA's Board of Governors meeting at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on November 19, 2025. (Joe Klamar / AFP)
November 20, 2025, 4:20 pm
UN nuclear watchdog demands full cooperation from Iran on sites bombed in 12-day war
IAEA says that accounting for Iran’s enriched uranium stock, which includes material close to bomb-grade, is ‘long overdue’; Iran calls resolution ‘counterproductive’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi (L) and the Chairman of the IAEA Board, permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations (Vienna), Ian David Grainge Biggs (R) attend the IAEA's Board of Governors meeting at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on November 19, 2025. (Joe Klamar / AFP)
November 19, 2025, 12:38 pm
US, European nations urge Iran to cooperate with UN nuclear watchdog
IAEA board to vote this week on draft demanding Islamic Regime allow organization access to nuclear sites
By AFP and ToI Staff
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