Iran nuclear deal

This photo released November 5, 2019, by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, shows centrifuge machines in the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP, File)

Iran says it is producing half a kilo of 20% enriched uranium every day

Country’s nuclear agency chief, Ali Akbar Salehi, says it will resume adhering to nuke deal’s terms if ‘other parties’ do so

AnalysisViolating the nuke deal, Iran shows it wants to talk to Biden

By Lazar Berman

In this photo by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, concrete is poured for the base of the second nuclear power reactor at Bushehr plant, some 440 miles (700 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, November 10, 2019. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)

France: Iran is acquiring a nuclear weapons capacity

By TOI staff

Anthony Blinken speaks at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware, November 24, 2020. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)

January 19, 2021, 3:59 pm

No more ‘America First’: Biden’s top diplomat says US needs its allies to thrive

Antony Blinken to tell Senate confirmation committee America must mobilize support from other countries to ‘outcompete’ China, counter threats from Iran, Russia, North Korea

By Shaun Tandon

January 19, 2021, 11:02 am

Iran says it is producing half a kilo of 20% enriched uranium every day

Country’s nuclear agency chief, Ali Akbar Salehi, says it will resume adhering to nuke deal’s terms if ‘other parties’ do so

By TOI staff

This photo released on January 19, 2021, by the Iranian Army, shows paratroopers parachuting during a military drill. (Iranian Army via AP)

January 19, 2021, 10:48 am

Iran kicks off ground forces drill on coast of Gulf of Oman

Commando units and airborne infantry participate in annual exercise, which comes amid rising nuclear tensions

By Nasser Karimi

Left: US President-elect Joe Biden on January 14, 2021, in Wilmington, Delaware (AP Photo/Matt Slocum); Right: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a meeting in Tehran, Iran, December 9, 2020. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

January 18, 2021, 10:27 pm

Guided by domestic concerns, Biden aims to reenter Iran deal as ‘first step’

Despite objections by Israel, other countries, and many US lawmakers, president-elect wants to avoid escalation in Middle East so he can focus on America’s challenges

By Ellen Knickmeyer

January 18, 2021, 2:18 pm

Violating the nuke deal, Iran shows it wants to talk to Biden

Tehran is trying to gain leverage in expected negotiations with the US, experts say; but it’s also gradually advancing its nuclear weapons capability: ‘We are getting 2030 in 2020’

By Lazar Berman

A satellite image from April 2, 2016, of the Fordo nuclear facility in Iran. (Google Earth)

January 17, 2021, 4:07 pm

Iran asks UN not to publish ‘unnecessary’ details on its nuclear program

Tehran says IAEA must ‘prevent paving ground for misunderstanding’ after Europeans push back on uranium metal development plan following publication in watchdog’s report

By AP

January 17, 2021, 1:56 pm

France: Iran is acquiring a nuclear weapons capacity

French FM warns Trump’s ‘maximum pressure’ tactics only increased risk posed by Tehran; comments come after Iranian announcement of advancing research on uranium metal production

By TOI staff

January 16, 2021, 9:13 pm

Report: Biden team already holding talks with Iran on US return to nuclear deal

Channel 12 says officials in the incoming administration have updated Israel on the deliberations, as wary Jerusalem pushes for a broader accord

By TOI staff

US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman testifies on Capitol Hill before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Oct. 3, 2013 (AP/Molly Riley)

January 16, 2021, 5:57 pm

Biden announces Iran deal negotiator Wendy Sherman for deputy secretary of state

New diplomatic team, veterans of Obama administration, embodies ‘my core belief that America is strongest when it works with our allies,’ says US president-elect

By TOI staff and Agencies

File: An Iranian technician walks through the Uranium Conversion Facility just outside the city of Isfahan 255 miles (410 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007 (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

January 16, 2021, 4:16 pm

E3: Iran making uranium metal, a nuke component, has ‘grave military’ potential

Britain, France and Germany say Tehran has ‘no credible civilian use’ for the material, which it says it is now researching in breach of nuclear deal

By Agencies and TOI staff

In this photo released January 16, 2021, by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, missiles are launched in a drill in Iran. (Iranian Revolutionary Guard/Sepahnews via AP)

January 16, 2021, 2:13 pm

Iran says ballistic missiles destroy target 1,800 km away in anti-warship drill

Said to have range that could hit Israeli targets, missiles fired at ‘hypothetical hostile enemy ships’ in Indian Ocean

By Agencies and TOI staff

In this photo released on January 15, 2021, by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, missiles are launched in a drill in Iran. Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard forces on Friday held a military exercise involving ballistic missiles and drones in the country's central desert, state TV reported, amid heightened tensions over Tehran's nuclear program and a US pressure campaign against the Islamic Republic. (Iranian Revolutionary Guard/Sepahnews via AP)

January 15, 2021, 1:42 pm

Iran holds ballistic missile, drones drill amid tensions

In fourth large-scale exercise in recent weeks, IRGC launches ballistic missiles with 700-km range against simulated ‘enemy bases’

By Agencies and TOI staff

A new F-35 fighter jet at the Nevatim Air Base in southern Israel, on July 14, 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)

January 14, 2021, 7:09 pm

Report: IDF drawing up plans to strike Iran’s nuclear program

Newspaper says IDF chief has asked for options to derail atomic production, day after Likud minister warned Israel could attack Islamic Republic if US rejoins nuclear deal

By TOI staff

In this Feb. 3, 2007 file photo, a technician works at the Uranium Conversion Facility just outside the city of Isfahan, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

January 14, 2021, 12:30 am

Iran advances research on uranium metal, a key component in nuclear weapons

In latest breach of 2015 deal with world powers, Tehran tells UN watchdog it has already modified and installed equipment for R&D on material

By AFP

This Sunday, Feb. 26, 2006 file photo, shows a reactor building of the Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

January 13, 2021, 9:28 pm

Netanyahu said forming team for talks with Biden on Iranian nuclear program

Group will include security, intelligence, energy officials and may be led by Mossad chief Yossi Cohen, report says

By TOI staff