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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 650

Iran nuclear deal

This handout photograph taken and released by the German Federal Foreign Office on June 20, 2025 shows Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (2nd-L) during a meeting on Tehran's nuclear program, with Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, the European Union's top diplomat Kaja Kallas and Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy, at the Intercontinental Hotel in Geneva. (Handout/ German Federal Foreign Office/AFP)
July 16, 2025, 11:05 am
US, European allies to give Iran until end of August to reach nuclear deal – report
Nations said to believe snapback process must be completed before Russia takes Security Council presidency; PM raised matter with Trump amid concern US president could oppose it
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Russia's President Vladimir Putin, left, and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi shake hands during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on June 23, 2025. (Alexander KAZAKOV / POOL / AFP)
July 12, 2025, 6:49 pm
Putin said to tell Trump, Iran that he backs deal barring Tehran from enriching uranium
Iran’s FM stresses rejection of ‘any agreement in which enrichment isn’t included,’ says snapback sanctions ‘would signify the end of Europe’s role in the Iranian nuclear dossier’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A devotee holds portraits of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (right) and Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani (left) in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala, on July 6, 2025. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
July 8, 2025, 8:42 am
‘We didn’t wipe them out’: Why Iran is still dangerous even after key strikes
Despite weakening of Tehran’s nuclear program and its terror proxies, experts warn that a credible threat of force is still needed to complement diplomatic efforts
By Stav Levaton
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)
July 1, 2025, 8:20 pm
Why the United States bombed a bunch of metal tubes in Iran
A nuclear engineer explains the importance of centrifuges to Iranian efforts to build nuclear weapons, and what the Islamic Republic likely had before Trump’s June 21 strike
By Anna Erickson
Mossad chief David Barnea in Tel Aviv, on February 25, 2025. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
June 18, 2025, 9:52 pm
Quietly transforming Mossad, David Barnea paved the way for triumph in Iran
Israel’s spy chief worked from the shadows to build a campaign that has crippled Tehran, winning the backing of a once-reluctant IDF and shocking Iran, and the world, yet again
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Left to right: France's President Emmanuel Macron, Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz take part in a meeting during the European Political Community (EPC) summit, in Tirana, Albania, on May 16, 2025. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)
June 17, 2025, 12:50 pm
Why the UK, Germany and France harshly criticize Israel on Gaza but support it on Iran
With the Islamic Republic’s relationship with Russia a possible factor, European powers don’t complain about the taming of what they perceive as a threat to their own security
By Ron Kampeas
US President Donald Trump, left, greets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, April 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)
June 10, 2025, 2:22 am
Trump speaks with Netanyahu, stresses US wants Iran deal ‘so there’s no destruction and death’
More nuclear talks planned for next weekend as Tehran drafts counter-offer; PM said to tell Haredi MKs that ‘we’re in a dramatic period’ as he works to keep coalition together
By Nava Freiberg, Jacob Magid and Lazar Berman
US President Donald Trump gestures as he disembarks from Air Force One upon arrival at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, New Jersey, on June 6, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP)
June 7, 2025, 11:06 am
Trump insists nuclear deal won’t let Tehran enrich uranium, hints US could strike Iran
‘If they enrich, then we’re going to have to do it the other way,’ US president tells reporters; Iran rejected deal that would have reportedly allowed limited enrichment
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
The Al-Ansar Mosque in Gaza's Deir al-Balah after Israeli airstrikes, June 3, 2025. (Photo by Ali Hassan/Flash90)
June 4, 2025, 3:53 pm
Daily Briefing June 4: Day 607 – Iran balks, Spain reneges, Gaza aid closes for a day
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman discusses hostages, nuke talks, Gazan aid and arms for Spain; reporter Ariela Karmel looks at settlement expansion and ex-hostage Eli Sharabi as author
By Jessica Steinberg, Lazar Berman and Ariela Karmel
A handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency shows President Masoud Pezeshkian (2nd R) and the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) chief Mohammad Eslami (R) during the "National Day of Nuclear Technology", in Tehran, on April 9, 2025. (Iranian Presidency / AFP)
June 3, 2025, 5:19 am
Trump insists no enrichment in Iran deal after US said to offer limited nuke activity
Proposal detailed by Axios and confirmed to AP would allow Tehran to enrich uranium to 3% if it shuts down underground facilities for period, seemingly backing off Israeli demand
By Lazar Berman and AP
People walk near an anti-US mural over the former US embassy in Tehran, on May 20, 2025. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
May 26, 2025, 12:43 pm
Iran rejects temporary freeze on enrichment, says it’s not worried about sanctions
Day after Trump hints agreement may be imminent, Tehran’s Foreign Ministry says interim deal not on table while president says Tehran ‘will survive’ even if talks fall apart
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a memorial in Tehran, Iran, May 20, 2025 for late president Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash last year. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
May 20, 2025, 3:08 pm
Iran’s Khamenei says nuclear talks with US unlikely to ‘lead to any outcome’
Ayatollah says American negotiators should ‘refrain from speaking nonsense’ after Witkoff says Tehran will not be allowed to enrich uranium
By Ramin Khanizadeh
US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff (left) in Paris, France, April 17, 2025. (Ludovic Marin, Pool Photo via AP); Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Moscow, Russia, April 18, 2025. (Tatyana Makeyeva/Pool Photo via AP)
May 19, 2025, 12:10 am
Witkoff says US ‘red line’ in Iran talks is any ability for Tehran to enrich uranium
As US-Iran talks enter technical phase, Islamic Republic insists on right to enrichment, says it hasn’t received US proposal and warns diplomacy must be based on ‘reality’
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump visits the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, accompanied by Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (R), in Abu Dhabi on May 15, 2025. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
May 15, 2025, 6:46 pm
Oil prices fall after Trump says Iran nuclear deal may be close
Dollar still facing pressure over uncertainty surrounding Trump tariffs, while equity markets were generally lower Thursday
By AFP
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attends a news conference following his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, Friday, April 18, 2025. (Tatyana Makeyeva/Pool Photo via AP)
May 12, 2025, 6:20 pm
Iran warns Europeans of possible ‘irreversible consequences’ from reimposing sanctions
Britain, France and Germany said to be mulling renewed measure as form of diplomatic leverage over the Islamic Republic as US seeks to ramp up pressure amid nuclear talks
By Reuters and ToI Staff
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