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File: A Saeqeh fighter jet of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force. (Wikipedia/Shahram Sharifi/CC BY-SA)
November 20, 2019, 3:52 am
US believes Iran will seek new fighter jets, tanks as 2020 arms embargo lifts
Intel report says Tehran committed to becoming dominant power in Middle East, warns it is making rapid progress developing attack drones and other missile systems
By Lolita C. Baldor
A view of the heavy-water production plant in the central Iranian town of Arak, August 26, 2006. (AP/ ISNA, Arash Khamoushi)
November 19, 2019, 5:07 pm
UN confirms Iran stockpiling heavy water in latest breach of nuclear deal
Tehran informed IAEA its heavy water production has surpassed 130 metric tons allowed by 2015 accord with world powers
By TOI staff
A satellite image from April 2, 2016, of the Fordo nuclear facility in Iran. (Google Earth)
November 18, 2019, 11:52 pm
US cancels Iran nuclear cooperation waiver after Fordo restart
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Tehran has no reason to restart enrichment at once-secret Fordo facility, but critics note allowances had given rare window into site
By Matthew Lee
This January 15, 2011, file photo, shows a part of Arak heavy water nuclear facilities, near the central city of Arak, 150 miles southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran (Mehdi Marizad/Fars News Agency via AP)
November 18, 2019, 6:04 pm
UN says Iran amassing heavy water in fresh breach of nuclear deal
In leaked report, IAEA says Tehran informed it this week that its stock of heavy water had exceeded 130 metric tons
By TOI staff
Protesters block a road in Shiraz, Iran, November 16, 2019 (video screenshot)
November 16, 2019, 7:13 pm
Footage spotlights rare protests in major Iranian cities over gas prices
Multiple rallies held throughout country, clashes with police reported, at least one person said killed; some protesters express anger at government spending on ‘Gaza, Lebanon’
By AP
In this picture released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with thousands of students in Tehran, Iran, November 3, 2019. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
November 15, 2019, 1:36 pm
‘Not anti-Semitic’: Khamenei defines Iran’s goal of ‘wiping out Israel’
Belying Tehran’s relentless threats to ensure ‘nothing left’ of Jewish state, ‘raze’ Tel Aviv and Haifa, leader says aim is to abolish ‘regime,’ get rid of ‘thugs’ like Netanyahu
By TOI staff
Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei, a prominent member of Iran's powerful Guardian Council, speaks in an interview with The Associated Press, in Tehran, Iran, Nov. 9, 2019. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
November 14, 2019, 2:49 pm
Powerful Iranian hard-liner says Tehran should stop honoring nuclear deal
In AP interview, Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei, a member of the Guardian Council controlling all parliamentary legislation, says pulling out of 2015 pact would ‘punish’ the US
By Nasser Karimi
Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
November 11, 2019, 7:14 pm
Hezbollah chief: Chance of US-Iran war down by 99%, Trump’s strategy failed
Hassan Nasrallah also claims he doesn’t need Iranian arms: ‘We have so many missiles, we don’t know where to put them’
By TOI staff
In this photo released on Nov. 4, 2019, Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the organization, speaks at a news conference after visiting Natanz enrichment facility, in central Iran. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)
November 11, 2019, 1:10 pm
Iran enriching 12 times as much uranium now Fordo restarted, nuclear head says
Salehi says production of low-enriched uranium soaring after operations at underground site resumed; Rouhani: Saving nuke deal could open up international arms sales
By MEHDI FATTAHI, Amir Vahdat and Jon Gambrell
In this March 6, 2012, file photo, an FBI poster showing a composite image of former FBI agent Robert Levinson, right, of how he would look like now after five years in captivity, and an image, center, taken from the video, released by his kidnappers, and a picture before he was kidnapped, left, displayed during a news conference in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
November 11, 2019, 6:03 am
Trump tells Iran return of missing FBI agent would be ‘very positive step’
US president appears to link information on Robert A. Levinson to nuclear issue, also warning Tehran in tweet against further uranium enrichment
By TOI staff and AP
Iran's alleged atomic warehouse in Turquzabad, Tehran. (YouTube screenshot)
November 10, 2019, 4:29 pm
‘It’s a trap’: Iran decries IAEA probe into uranium at site flagged by Israel
Tehran urges UN atomic agency to ‘maintain its vigilance’ as it steps up investigation of Turquzabad site, said by Netanyahu to be ‘nuclear warehouse’
By TOI staff
This photo taken on October 26, 2010, shows the inside of reactor at the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran. (HAMED MALEKPOUR/FARS NEWS AGENCY/AFP)
November 10, 2019, 3:40 pm
Iran begins building 2nd nuclear power reactor at Bushehr
In presence of journalists, authorities pour concrete for the base of Russian-funded facility
By Agencies
In this photo released by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, spokesman of the organization Behrouz Kamalvandi, center, briefs the media while visiting Fordo nuclear site near Qom, south of Tehran, Iran, November 9, 2019 (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)
November 9, 2019, 3:57 pm
Iran now enriching uranium at 5%, claims it can go up to 60%
Work breaches 3.67% limit established in 2015 deal; Tehran doubles down on claim that security check last week exposed a UN inspector’s tie to possible sabotage of the program
By AFP and TOI staff
FBI headquarters (J. Edgar Hoover Building) on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC. (CC BY-SA I, Aude, Wikimedia Commons)
November 9, 2019, 8:27 am
Engineer said to send US trade secrets to brother with Iran nuke program links
FBI says man sent confidential documents to Iran while working at a Michigan company that serves the auto and aerospace industries
By AP and TOI staff
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addresses the audience prior to an unveiling ceremony of a statue of former President Ronald Reagan on the top of United States embassy in Berlin, Germany, Nov. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
November 9, 2019, 7:42 am
Pompeo slams Iran’s ‘intimidation’ of IAEA inspector as ‘outrageous’
US secretary of state calls blocking of UN official from nuclear site an ‘unwarranted act of intimidation,’ says alarmed by Tehran’s ‘lack of adequate cooperation’
By Agencies
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