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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 625

Iran nuclear talks

US President Donald Trump meets with members of the Juventus soccer club in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, June 18, 2025. (AP/Alex Brandon)
Trump to decide ‘within next two weeks’ whether to join Iran strikes — White House
By Jacob Magid, Lazar Berman, Agencies and ToI Staff
Timeline to allow for diplomacy appears to clash with expectations in Jerusalem that US president will move to enter campaign against nuclear facilities in coming days
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during the 51st session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Istanbul, June 21, 2025. (Yasin Akgul/AFP)
June 21, 2025, 8:12 pm
Erdogan urges Iran to continue talks with US, says Israel’s rhetoric is ‘poison’
Turkish president announces UNRWA office to open in Ankara, calls on Muslim countries to impose punitive measures against Israel
By Reuters and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press upon arrival at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, New Jersey, on June 20, 2025. Trump is heading to his Bedminster golf resort for a MAGA Inc. fundraising dinner. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)
June 21, 2025, 4:20 am
Trump indicates he’s disinclined to restrain Israel ‘when it’s winning’ against Iran
US president dismisses European effort to initiate talks, rejects his intel director’s assessment on nuclear breakout time, suggests Israel lacks the means to take out Fordo alone
By Jacob Magid
US President Donald Trump meets with members of the Juventus soccer club in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, June 18, 2025. (AP/Alex Brandon)
June 19, 2025, 11:54 pm
Trump to decide ‘within next two weeks’ whether to join Iran strikes — White House
Timeline to allow for diplomacy appears to clash with expectations in Jerusalem that US president will move to enter campaign against nuclear facilities in coming days
By Jacob Magid, Lazar Berman, Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: In this photo released on January 15, 2021, by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, missiles are launched in a drill in Iran. (Iranian Revolutionary Guard/Sepahnews via AP)
June 19, 2025, 5:00 am
Could Iran’s missiles carry nuclear warheads? An expert breaks down the threat
Veteran analyst Tal Inbar details the Islamic Republic’s missile technology, nuclear ambitions and the challenges of verifying its secretive activities
By Stav Levaton
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) speaks, as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on March 6, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP); Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with a group of defense officials, in Tehran, February 12, 2025. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
June 16, 2025, 9:55 pm
Iran said to seek ceasefire via Gulf states as Trump urges deal ‘before it’s too late’
Tehran reportedly offers flexibility in nuclear talks if attacks halted, though Israel signals campaign will continue; Oman drafts proposal for limited enrichment freeze
By Nava Freiberg, Lazar Berman and Reuters
This handout satellite image released by Maxar Technologies on June 15, 2025, shows the Natanz nuclear facilities (Shahid Ahmadi Roshan Nuclear Facilities), near Ahmadabad, Iran after IDF airstrikes on June 15, 2025. (Handout / Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies / AFP)
June 16, 2025, 6:32 pm
UN nuclear agency warns of contamination inside Iran’s Natanz site after IDF strikes
IAEA chief Grossi says damage may have caused internal leak of toxic uranium hexafluoride gas, which could cause death if inhaled, but says radiation outside facility is unchanged
By AP and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he leaves the West Wing of the White House, April 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Mark Schiefelbein)
June 14, 2025, 11:20 pm
Netanyahu wishes Trump happy birthday, appreciates help ‘against criminal regime in Iran’
PM says Tehran sought to give nukes to proxies in ‘nuclear terrorism on steroids’; US president celebrating 79th birthday with military parade honoring US Army’s 250th anniversary
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump (L) raises a fist next to US First Lady Melania Trump during the Congressional Picnic on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 12, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
June 14, 2025, 5:54 pm
‘We knew everything’: Trump lauds Israeli attack; ‘nobody knows’ how badly Iran set back
US president says not concerned about a regional war breaking out, nuke deal still possible; Iran cancels sixth round of talks scheduled for Sunday
By Steve Holland
US President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he leaves the West Wing of the White House, April 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Mark Schiefelbein)
June 13, 2025, 5:29 pm
How an Israeli-American deception campaign lulled Iran into a false sense of security
Israeli official says Trump’s warnings to Netanyahu not to attack, as well as stories of Israeli officials flying to the US and PM taking a short vacation, were put out to fool regime
By Lazar Berman
US President Donald Trump listens during an event to sign a bill blocking California's rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035, in the East Room of the White House, June 12, 2025. (AP/Alex Brandon)
June 13, 2025, 4:59 pm
‘Excellent’: Trump lauds Israeli strikes on Iran, says Tehran can still make a deal
President says he ‘gave Iran chance after chance,’ warns next strikes will be ‘even more brutal’; tells regime to reach agreement ‘before there is nothing left’
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff delivers remarks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, May 28, 2025. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images via AFP)
June 13, 2025, 1:33 am
Witkoff said to warn Iranian response to Israeli strike could lead to mass casualties
According to Axios, Trump’s envoy told Senate Republicans US concerned Israel’s air defenses could be overwhelmed by a retaliatory attack involving hundreds of ballistic missiles
By ToI Staff
A handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency shows President Masoud Pezeshkian, second left, and the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran chief Mohammad Eslami, second right, during the 'National Day of Nuclear Technology,' in Tehran, on April 9, 2025. (Iranian Presidency / AFP)
June 12, 2025, 1:35 pm
Iran vows to ramp up enrichment after UN watchdog finds it breached nuke safeguards
International Atomic Energy Agency says Tehran failing to uphold its obligations, urges answers ‘without delay’; defiant Iran says it’ll build a third uranium enrichment site
By Lazar Berman and Agencies
People walk next to a sign with a portrait of US President Donald Trump in central Jerusalem, May 7, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 12, 2025, 9:44 am
‘No disrespect’ to Netanyahu, but Trump could do his job while president, says Witkoff
Speaking at gala for Jewish rescue group, US president’s special envoy also declares Iran must be stopped from obtaining nuclear weapons ‘no matter the cost’
By ToI Staff
Troops from the IDF Golani Brigade guard the entrance to a tunnel underneath the European Hospital in Khan Younis, June 8, 2025 (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)
June 10, 2025, 3:06 pm
Daily Briefing June 10: Day 613 – Under Gaza hospital, IDF reveals Hamas HQ
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman discusses Iran nuclear talks, his tour of Hamas command tunnels under a European-funded hospital in Gaza, and reported Qatar defense deals
By Ariela Karmel and Lazar Berman
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