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Rex Tillerson, outgoing US Secretary of State, makes a statement after his dismissal at the State Department in Washington, DC, March 13, 2018. (AFP/Saul Loeb)
March 14, 2018, 7:02 pm
Iran says Tillerson firing shows US ‘determined’ to quit nuclear deal
After hard-line Pompeo appointed, Iranian deputy foreign minister asserts that if Washington bolts accord, Tehran will do same
By Agencies
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Yukiya Amano of Japan at the IAEA board of governors meeting at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, November 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
March 5, 2018, 3:57 pm
IAEA chief: Iran accord failure would be a ‘great loss’
Amano says Tehran 'implementing' its commitments under the nuke pact, marking a 'significant gain for verification'
By AFP
Iran's Ghadir submarine moves in the southern port of Bandar Abbas in Iran, Wednesday, November 28, 2012. (AP/Fars News Agency, Ebrahim Norouzi)
February 23, 2018, 4:00 am
Iran looking to build nuclear submarines, watchdog says
IAEA report says Tehran compliant with nuke deal, downplays plans for naval nuclear vessels, which may require highly enriched uranium
By AFP and TOI staff
The reactor building at the Russian-built nuclear power plant in Bushehr, in southern Iran, as the first fuel is loaded, August 21, 2010. (Iran International Photo Agency via Getty Images/via JTA/File)
November 13, 2017, 7:21 pm
UN watchdog says Iran in compliance with nuke deal
IAEA's announcement that Tehran has not breached thresholds set by nuclear pact comes weeks after Trump said he would decertify accord
By AFP
Illustrative: A view of a new shelter installed over the old sarcophagus housing the destroyed reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Chernobyl, Ukraine, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
November 10, 2017, 4:50 pm
Russia named as likely source of Europe radioactivity spike
Nuclear safety agency says release of isotope Ruthenium-106 poses no risk, likely came from between the Volga River and Ural Mountains; Russia denies it
By Angela Charlton
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
November 3, 2017, 10:29 am
Khamenei slams Trump, calls US Iran’s ‘number one enemy’
Iranian supreme leader says 'foolish remarks' by US leader 'show the depth of America’s hostility' towards Islamic republic
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of the Riyadh skyline in Saudi Arabia. (Screen capture/YouTube)
November 1, 2017, 9:32 am
Oil-rich Saudi Arabia plans dramatic shift to nuclear power
Kingdom's atomic energy chief says it will begin extracting uranium domestically, seeks as many as 17 reactors 'for peaceful purposes'
By TOI staff
Seats for an Iranian delegation at a nuclear energy conference sit empty in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, October 30, 2017. (AP/Jon Gambrell)
October 30, 2017, 12:02 pm
Iran skips UN Abu Dhabi meet on nuclear power; it had been seated next to Israel
Organizers ask media to not photograph the Israeli delegation
By AP
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general Yukiya Amano delivers a speech during a meeting at Accademia dei Lincei in Rome on October 9, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / TIZIANA FABI)
October 29, 2017, 1:13 pm
In Tehran, UN atomic chief says Iran sticking to nuke deal
Head of the IAEA meets with Iranian president after Trump decertifies Islamic Republic's compliance with pact
By Agencies and TOI staff
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, Britain Prime minister Theresa May, center, and French President Emmanuel Macron talk as they arrive in Brussels, on October 19, 2017. (AFP/John Thys)
October 20, 2017, 2:21 am
EU leaders push back against Trump on Iran nuclear deal
Bloc affirms support for pact despite US administrations refusal to certify compliance; IAEA head says inspections of sites continuing unabated
By AP
French President Emmanuel Macron, left, welcomes Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Yukiya Amano for a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, October 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
October 19, 2017, 11:02 pm
France committed to nuclear deal despite Trump decision
Meeting with IAEA head days after US president threatened to cancel accord, French foreign minister says agreement 'remains valid'
By AP
US President Donald Trump speaks during the Family Research Council's 2017 Value Voters Summit on October 13, 2017 in Washington, DC. (AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski)
October 17, 2017, 4:54 am
What happens now with the Iran deal
Trump wants Congress to scrap the 2015 nuclear accord, but is it possible to 'fix' it without breaking it?
By Ron Kampeas
Uzi Arad, former national security adviser, March 2012. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
October 13, 2017, 4:37 pm
Israeli experts: Trump won’t kill nuke deal, but expect the unexpected with Iran
Ahead of US president's speech on upholding or imperiling the JCPOA, PM's ex-security adviser Uzi Arad questions sincerity of both sides
By Judah Ari Gross
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general Yukiya Amano delivers a speech during a meeting at Accademia dei Lincei in Rome on October 9, 2017. (AFP/ TIZIANA FABI)
October 9, 2017, 5:03 pm
IAEA says Iran upholding deal, as Trump looks to ‘decertify’ it
UN atomic agency chief: Tehran's 'nuclear-related commitments' under agreement 'are being implemented'
By AFP and TOI staff
US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, right, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford wait for the beginning of a hearing before Senate Armed Services Committee October 3, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)
October 4, 2017, 2:13 am
To save face and Iran deal, US seeking ways around recertification minefield
Administration exploring avenues to keep nuke pact intact without Trump saying Tehran compliant, including avoiding recertification debate altogether
By Bradley Klapper and Matt Lee
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