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US President Donald Trump, left, on July 22, 2018, and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on February 6, 2018. (AP Photo)
US said to reassure Israel: Iran sanctions will stay even if Trump, Rouhani meet
By TOI staff and AFP
US president’s recent comments heighten concerns in Jerusalem that he aims to arrange a summit with his counterpart at the upcoming UN General Assembly
US President Donald Trump, left, on July 22, 2018, and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on February 6, 2018. (AP Photo)
September 13, 2019, 10:34 pm
US said to reassure Israel: Iran sanctions will stay even if Trump, Rouhani meet
US president’s recent comments heighten concerns in Jerusalem that he aims to arrange a summit with his counterpart at the upcoming UN General Assembly
By TOI staff and AFP
US President Donald Trump speaks to the media prior to departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, September 12, 2019, as he travels to speak at the 2019 House Republican Conference Member Retreat Dinner in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
September 13, 2019, 2:26 am
Trump says Iranian leadership ‘wants to meet’
US president’s comments increase expectations he is trying to arrange a summit with his counterpart at the upcoming UN General Assembly
By AFP and TOI staff
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, on September 11, 2019. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP)
September 12, 2019, 10:15 am
Trump mulls $15b bailout plan for Iran if complies with nuclear deal – report
US president said to be considering French proposal for line of credit guaranteed by future oil sales
By TOI staff and AFP
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, on September 11, 2019. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP)
September 11, 2019, 11:37 pm
Trump warns Iran on uranium enrichment, but open to lifting sanctions
US president says he believes Tehran wants a new deal as economic pressure is ‘getting tougher and tougher’; Rouhani tells Macron talks ‘meaningless’ unless sanctions eased
By AFP
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo answers a question from an audience member after giving a speech at the London Lecture series at Kansas State University Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, in Manhattan, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
September 10, 2019, 7:02 pm
US joins Israel in accusing Iran of covert nuclear activity
Pompeo says Tehran’s ‘lack of full cooperation’ with UN atomic agency raises questions about its commitment to 2015 deal, after Netanyahu unveils alleged nuke development site
By Agencies and TOI staff
European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini (L); Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif (C) and political deputy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran Abbas Araghchi take part in a Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) ministerial meeting on the Iran nuclear deal on July 6, 2018 in Vienna, Austria. (AFP/APA/Hans Punz)
September 10, 2019, 4:27 pm
EU calls Iran installation of new centrifuges ‘extremely worrisome’
Spokesperson for bloc says move ‘inconsistent’ with 2015 nuclear deal, warns it could ‘significantly’ boost Tehran’s enrichment capacity
By TOI staff and Agencies
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif talks to journalists during a joint press conference with his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Sept. 6, 2019. (AP/Achmad Ibrahim)
September 10, 2019, 6:29 am
Iran accuses Netanyahu of seeking war after nuclear site reveal
Foreign minister says Israel ‘crying wolf,’ points to 2002 deposition in which prime minister urged Congress to remove Iraq’s Hussein; UN envoy accuses US of breaking NPT
By Raphael Ahren and TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to the press regarding the Iranian nuclear program, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, September 9, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 9, 2019, 11:52 pm
Netanyahu’s new Iran revelation: Another bombshell or an election stunt?
Questions abound as PM exposes site where he says experiments to develop nuclear weapons were conducted: Why now? Was Trump told? Which experiments? And what else does Israel know?
By Raphael Ahren
Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz attends the Srugim conference in Jerusalem on September 2, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 9, 2019, 10:07 pm
Opposition raps Netanyahu’s Iran briefing as ‘selling out security’ for politics
Blue and White leaders tear into PM for revealing alleged nuke site eight days before election; PMO officials say move was urged by national security officials
By Raphael Ahren
PM Netanyahu, speaking to reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, reveals what he said is a secret facility in which Iran conducted experiments in its pursuit of nuclear weapons, September 9, 2019 (GPO)
September 9, 2019, 7:40 pm
Netanyahu reveals site where Iran ‘experimented on nuclear weapons development’
In new disclosure, PM shows facility south of Isfahan, which he says was demolished and covered up, once Tehran realized it had been compromised
By Raphael Ahren
A technician at the Uranium Conversion Facility just outside the city of Isfahan, Iran, 255 miles (410 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, February 3, 2007. (AP/Vahid Salemi/File)
September 9, 2019, 2:10 pm
UN atomic watchdog confirms Iran installing advanced centrifuges
Agency chief urges Tehran to ‘respond promptly’ to concerns over its breaches of limits set down in fast-unraveling nuclear deal with major powers
By AFP and TOI staff
Iran's alleged 'atomic warehouse' in Turquzabad, Tehran. (YouTube screenshot)
September 8, 2019, 8:47 pm
Uranium traces found in Iran warehouse flagged by Netanyahu
Report says Tehran has stonewalled UN atomic agency amid repeated requests to explain the origin of the material, which was not sufficiently enriched to be used in a nuclear bomb
By TOI staff
In this photo released by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, the head of the organization Ali Akbar Salehi, left, shakes hands with Acting Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Cornel Feruta during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, September 8, 2019. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)
September 8, 2019, 4:29 pm
Iran blames Europe as it rolls back nuclear commitments
Head of Iranian atomic agency accuses EU of having ‘failed to act on their promises’ after US pullout from nuclear deal
By David Vujanovic
French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian attends a French president's press conference in Biarritz, southwest France on August 26, 2019, on the third day of the annual G7 Summit attended by the leaders of the world's seven richest democracies, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP)
September 8, 2019, 3:09 pm
France condemns Iran for nuclear steps but says dialogue channels ‘still open’
Paris criticizes Tehran for announcing new enrichment enhancement, saying it ‘must give up’ such actions to save nuclear deal
By AFP
Acting Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Cornel Feruta from Romania waits for the start of the IAEA board of governors meeting at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, August 1, 2019. (Ronald Zak/AP)
September 8, 2019, 10:51 am
UN nuclear watchdog head in Iran for talks as atomic accord unravels
International Atomic Energy Agency says Cornel Feruta’s visit is part of its ‘ongoing interaction’ with Tehran and to monitor compliance with endangered 2015 nuclear pact
By Agencies
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