Iran nuclear deal

Pilots pose with an aircraft at a new underground Iranian air force base in this picture released February 7, 2023 (Iranian Army)

Iran unveils underground airbase tasked with responding to potential Israeli assault

By ToI Staff

Iranian state news agency says hidden site home to fighter jets equipped with long-range cruise missiles

February 7, 2023, 4:26 pm

Iran unveils underground airbase tasked with responding to potential Israeli assault

Iranian state news agency says hidden site home to fighter jets equipped with long-range cruise missiles

By ToI Staff

Various centrifuge machines line a hall at the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility, on April 17, 2021. (Screenshot/Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting-IRIB, via AP)

February 2, 2023, 1:25 am

Nuclear monitor says Iran made furtive changes to Fordo centrifuges

IAEA flags ‘substantial’ revision to links between IR-6 cascades enriching uranium to 60%; Tehran claims report based on flubbed data from inspectors that was since corrected

By AFP

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, shakes hands with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in Jerusalem, Jan. 31, 2023. (Ronaldo Schemidt/Pool Photo via AP)

January 31, 2023, 1:23 pm

Gallant to Blinken: We speak in one voice; your visit sends a clear message to Iran

Defense minister calls for more security coordination with regional US allies; in his meeting with top US diplomat, Lapid stresses importance of protecting democratic institutions

By Lazar Berman

Screen grab from an unverified video circulating on social media said to show explosion at a defense facility in Iran's Isfahan after an alleged drone strike, January 28, 2023. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

January 30, 2023, 9:40 am

Mossad carried out Iran defense facility strike for Israel’s own interests — report

US officials tell NYT drone attack not aimed at stopping weapons exports to Russia; ex-PM Bennett says he intensified Iran strikes after plot to kill Israelis in Turkey, Cyprus

By ToI Staff

January 29, 2023, 8:53 pm

Report: Israel carried out drone attack on Iranian defense facility

The alleged strike comes while talks between Jerusalem and Washington are aimed at finding new ways to counter Tehran’s nuclear program

By ToI Staff

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a news conference at the State Department, January 17, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

January 18, 2023, 11:02 am

Blinken says Iran deal no longer a priority, warns Tehran of ‘consequences’

US policy is instead focusing on unilateral and multilateral measures to hold Iran to account over cooperation with Moscow and crackdown on protesters, secretary of state says

By ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a video conversation with members of AIPAC from his office in Jerusalem on January 9, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

January 9, 2023, 10:41 pm

Netanyahu to AIPAC: Time for US and Israel to ‘close ranks’ on Iran

PM says allied nations are more closely aligned than ever on threat posed by Islamic Republic, as Dermer lands in Washington for meetings with Biden officials

By Jacob Magid

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L), Tzahi Braverman (2nd L) National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (2R) and Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman (R) at a cabinet meeting on January 3, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

January 3, 2023, 3:26 pm

Netanyahu says he’ll revert to ‘openly’ opposing Iran deal, names security cabinet

At 1st full cabinet meeting, ministers approve key security cabinet, largely comprising Likud leaders along with Ben Gvir, Smotrich; PM promises to fight crime, cut cost of living

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Illustrative: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian listens to a journalist's question during a news conference in Moscow, Russia, August 31, 2022. (Maxim Shemetov/Pool Photo via AP)

December 29, 2022, 8:14 pm

Iranian FM: Window for nuclear talks ‘won’t always be open’

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Tehran ready to negotiate but will alter stance if West doesn’t end ‘hypocritical and interventionist behavior’

By AFP

President Isaac Herzog (right) and Mossad head David Barnea light the Hanukkiah at the President's House, December 22, 2022. (Haim Tzach/GPO)

December 22, 2022, 11:16 pm

Mossad chief says Iranian actions being foiled ‘every day’ across the globe

David Barnea says Tehran ‘expanding’ supply of advanced weapons to Russia, slams ‘absurd’ Western hopes of still reaching a nuclear agreement

By Ash Obel

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (L) speaks at a press conference in Tehran on December 19, 2022. (AFP)

December 19, 2022, 8:26 pm

Iran says regional summit off Dead Sea coast a good opportunity to revive nuke talks

Jordan set to host ‘Baghdad II’ conference, bringing together Iraq, France and main players in Mideast, including rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia, in effort to defuse tensions

By AFP

This October 26, 2010 photo shows the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran. (AP Photo/Mehr News Agency, Majid Asgaripour)

December 3, 2022, 3:07 pm

Iran starts construction on $2 billion nuclear power plant Karoon, state media says

300-megawatt site in oil-rich Khuzestan province, near western border with Iraq, will take eight years to build

By AP and ToI Staff

US National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications John Kirby answers questions during the daily briefing at the White House, August 1, 2022, in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images via AFP)

November 22, 2022, 10:45 pm

US, Europe condemn Iran as IAEA confirms uranium enrichment ramping up

White House says ‘all options available to the president’ to stop regime’s development of nuclear weapon, as UK, France and Germany to consult on how to respond to escalation

By Agencies and ToI Staff

A satellite image from September 15, 2017, of the Fordo nuclear facility in Iran. (Google Earth)

November 22, 2022, 9:30 am

Iran says it has begun enriching uranium to 60% purity at Fordo underground site

Tehran also claims to build new centrifuges, says moves are retaliation for international resolution criticizing its lack of cooperation with UN nuclear agency

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), speaks at the 66th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria, September 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Theresa Wey)

November 21, 2022, 12:19 pm

Iran says it has taken ‘initial measures’ in retaliation against IAEA resolution

Tehran accuses UN atomic energy agency and Western countries of trying to exert ‘maximum pressure’ amid two months of nationwide protests in the Islamic Republic

By AFP