Iran nuclear deal

Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani in Tehran, Iran, January 17, 2017. (Ebrahim Noroozi/ AP/ File)

Top Iran official: If Israel attacks, response will cause trillions in damage

Head of Tehran’s National Security Council makes threat in English and Hebrew in response to reports Jerusalem has okayed $1.5 billion for strikes against its nuclear program

Robert Malley, US special envoy for Iran (R) and Stephan Klement, EU ambassador and European external action service special advisor on Iran, talk in front of the Hotel Imperial near the Grand Hotel Vienna where closed-door nuclear talks took place in Vienna, Austria, June 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Florian Schroetter)

October 25, 2021, 8:51 pm

Iran’s excuses to avoid nuclear talks are ‘wearing thin’ – US official

Robert Malley, special envoy for Tehran, says world is impatient with delays, alarmed over nuclear violations

By Lazar Berman

October 24, 2021, 4:41 pm

Top Iran official: If Israel attacks, response will cause trillions in damage

Head of Tehran’s National Security Council makes threat in English and Hebrew in response to reports Jerusalem has okayed $1.5 billion for strikes against its nuclear program

By TOI staff

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, (left) speaks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on Monday, October 18, 2021, in the Benjamin Franklin Room at the State Department in Washington, ahead of a meeting. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)

October 24, 2021, 11:01 am

IAEA chief: Monitoring ‘no longer intact’ at Iran site allegedly hit by Israel

Tehran reportedly refusing to allow replacing of UN watchdog cameras damaged in alleged Israeli drone attack on nuclear site in Karaj in June

By TOI staff and Agencies

October 22, 2021, 2:38 pm

US Iran envoy to meet European officials in Paris on renewing Iran nuclear talks

Robert Malley to meet with representatives of the UK, France and Germany after visiting Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates

By AFP

October 19, 2021, 8:07 pm

UN nuclear watchdog heading back to Iran for talks in coming weeks

IAEA head Rafael Grossi will look to resolve a number of issues regarding Tehran’s program, including suspended monitoring; unsure if agency will condemn nuke deal violations

By Matthew Lee

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell arrives for a dinner, prior to an EU summit, at the Brdo Castle in Kranj, Slovenia, October 5, 2021. (Darko Bandic/AP)

October 18, 2021, 11:45 am

EU top envoy ‘optimistic’ on new Iran nuclear talks, though nothing confirmed

Josep Borrell says he hopes diplomats will meet with Iranian officials later this week in Brussels as a prelude to restarting negotiations to revive 2015 deal

By TOI staff and AFP

TV cameras in front of the 'Grand Hotel Vienna' where closed-door nuclear talks take place in Vienna, Austria, June 20, 2021. (Florian Schroetter/AP)

October 17, 2021, 3:51 pm

Nuclear talks in Brussels to resume on Thursday, Iran lawmaker says

After meeting with Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, MP says discussions with UK, China, France, Russia and Germany to restart for the first time since June

By AFP and TOI staff

Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Mariano Grossi, from Argentina, addresses the media during a news conference regarding the agency's monitoring of Iran's nuclear energy program at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, on June 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Lisa Leutner)

October 15, 2021, 2:25 pm

Iran criticizes UN nuclear agency for ‘negligence’ on monitoring Israel

Tehran’s envoy to the IAEA tweets that ignoring Israel’s purported nuclear program ‘sends a negative message’ to members of the Non-Proliferation Treaty

By AFP

Deputy Secretary General and Political Director of the European External Action Service, Enrique Mora, addresses the media in front of the 'Grand Hotel Vienna' where closed-door nuclear talks take place in Vienna, Austria, on June 20, 2021. (Florian Schroetter/AP)

October 14, 2021, 11:44 pm

Iran, EU to meet in Brussels on restarting nuclear talks — Tehran

Iranian Foreign Ministry says visiting European Union envoy Enrique Mora told officials that his bloc is ‘ready to collaborate with Iran and the other parties’

By AFP

From left: Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan take part in a joint news conference at the State Department in Washington, on October 13, 2021. (Andrew Harnik/Pool/AFP/via Getty Images)

October 14, 2021, 9:15 pm

Backing ‘every’ option against Iran, Blinken appears to nod at military action

Comments made by the US secretary of state alongside his Israeli counterpart send a message to Israel that an offensive strike could be used to keep Tehran from getting the bomb

By Ron Kampeas

Iran's UN Ambassador Majid Takht Ravanchi speaks to reporters following a meeting with members of the UN Security Council, August 20, 2020, at the United Nations. (Mike Segar/Pool via AP)

October 14, 2021, 3:52 pm

Iran warns Israel against ‘military adventure’ in letter to UN

Tehran’s ambassador to the UN Majid Takht Ravanchi accuses Israel of ‘provocative and adventurous threats’ against Iran’s ‘peaceful nuclear program’

By AFP and TOI staff

Deputy Secretary General and Political Director of the European External Action Service (EEAS), Enrique Mora, center, arrives to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi at the parliament in Tehran, Iran, August 5, 2021. (Vahid Salemi/AP)

October 14, 2021, 2:15 pm

European Union envoy on nuclear talks meets Iran deputy minister in Tehran

Ali Bagheri said meeting with EU’s Enrique Mora would include discussion of lifting ‘cruel sanctions’ imposed after US pulled out of 2015 pact

By AFP

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, left, accompanied by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, speaks at a joint news conference at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

October 13, 2021, 10:15 pm

Blinken and Lapid talk publicly of ‘other options’ to stop Iran nuke program

US secretary warns ‘time running out for return to nuclear deal,’ adds US moving to reopen Palestinian consulate; UAE’s foreign minister pledges to visit Israel ‘soon’

By Lazar Berman

This photo released Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, by the Iranian Army, shows a missile being fired during a military drill at an undisclosed location in Iran. (Iranian Army via AP)

October 13, 2021, 8:08 pm

Amid Israeli threats, Iran touts successful test of anti-missile defense system

General says Tehran is ‘perfectly prepared to protect sensitive and vital installations’ across the country

By AFP

October 13, 2021, 2:20 pm

EU envoy to visit Iran Thursday, seeking progress in nuclear talks

Iranian Foreign Ministry says Enrique Mora’s visit is to follow up on matters of shared interest, particularly Iran-EU relations, Afghanistan and the 2015 nuclear agreement

By AFP