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A fire breaks out in a factory outside of Tehran, Iran on September 22, 2020. (Screencapture/Twitter)
September 23, 2020, 1:39 pm
Large fire breaks out in factory outside Tehran
No casualties reported in incident, which follows a number of mysterious blasts and blazes throughout Iran
By TOI staff
US President Donald Trump dances with the music after speaking at a campaign rally, in Swanton, Ohio, September 21, 2020. (Tony Dejak/AP)
September 22, 2020, 8:11 pm
West’s unity on Iran hinges on US presidential vote
Washington’s old allies have been reluctant to follow Trump in his crusade to reinstate sanctions after exiting 2015 nuclear deal
By Valerie LEROUX and Philippe RATER
Missiles are fired in an Iranian military exercise by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, July 28, 2020,. (Sepahnews via AP)
September 21, 2020, 2:31 pm
Planning new sanctions, US said to claim Iran can make nuke in months
Official offers no evidence for assertion that Tehran will have enough material for bomb by year’s end; over 2 dozen individuals and entities linked to arms trade to be penalized
By TOI staff and AP
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Mariano Grossi at the IAEA board of governors meeting at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, September 14, 2020. (Ronald Zak/AP)
September 14, 2020, 4:02 pm
UN atomic watchdog: Hopeful of greater trust with Iran
Rafael Grossi, head of International Atomic Energy Agency, says Tehran’s granting inspectors access to two disputed sites could build cooperation
By AP and TOI staff
Judges take their seats prior to reading the court's verdict as delegations of Iran and the US listen at the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, February 13, 2019.
September 14, 2020, 7:35 am
US, Iran to battle over sanctions at International Court of Justice
Opening week arguments to focus on whether UN’s top justice forum has jurisdiction to rule on Tehran’s claim against Washington; final judgement will take years
By AFP and TOI staff
A satellite image from September 15, 2017, of the Fordo nuclear facility in Iran. (Google Earth)
September 13, 2020, 11:35 pm
Iran says 1,044 centrifuges now active at underground plant
Tehran announced resumption of enrichment at Fordo site last November in a further step away from 2015 nuclear accord abandoned by Washington in May 2018
By AFP
The aftermath of an explosion and a fire at an advanced centrifuge assembly plant at Iran's Natanz nuclear site, July 5, 2020. (Planet Labs Inc. via AP)
September 8, 2020, 6:32 pm
Iran building new centrifuge production site, state TV says
Tehran’s nuclear chief says work has already begun on facility to replace Natanz, damaged in mysterious July 2 explosion
By AP and TOI staff
A building damaged by a fire, at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility some 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, in a photo released on July 2, 2020. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)
September 6, 2020, 5:29 pm
Iran claims it’s identified saboteurs behind blast at nuclear site
Atomic organization spokesperson says security services now have full knowledge of what happened at Natanz facility in July
By TOI staff
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi attends a meeting with head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi, in Tehran, Iran on August 25, 2020. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)
August 25, 2020, 1:24 pm
Iran hails ‘constructive’ talks with visiting IAEA chief
Spokesman for Iran’s nuclear body says Tehran may grant UN agency approval to inspect two sites, provided it does not subsequently demand to see more
By Amir Havasi
This photo released July 2, 2020, by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, shows a building after it was damaged by a fire, at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility some 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)
August 23, 2020, 9:01 pm
Iran’s nuclear agency says blast at Natanz facility was result of sabotage
Spokesperson tells state TV that security officials will ‘reveal in due time’ the cause of the explosion at the nuclear site
By TOI staff
Rafael Grossi, (left) Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), opens a virtual meeting of the Board of Governors of the IAEA in Vienna, Austria, on June 15, 2020 (JOE KLAMAR / AFP)
August 23, 2020, 3:12 pm
Iran: UN nuclear chief’s visit to Tehran unrelated to US sanctions push
Tehran’s envoy to IAEA says Rafael Grossi coming at Islamic Republic’s invitation, without link to Trump’s attempts to trigger ‘snapback’ mechanism
By Nasser Karimi
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to reporters following a meeting with members of the UN Security Council, with US Ambassador to the UN Kelly Craft, left, and US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook, right, at the United Nations, August 20, 2020. (Mike Segar/Pool via AP)
August 22, 2020, 2:53 am
US claims countdown to restoring Iran sanctions underway, dismissing opposition
White House claims ‘legal right’ to reimposing UN restrictions on Tehran, to take effect in 30-days, as both allies and foes call move illegal, doomed to failure
By Edith M. Lederer and Matthew Lee
(From L-R) UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan, US UN Ambassador Kelly Craft, US Special Envoy for Iran Brian Hook and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meet in New York on August 21, 2020. (Ronny Przysucha/Israeli UN Mission)
August 21, 2020, 10:54 pm
Erdan meets with Pompeo, thanks him for push to reimpose Iran sanctions
Israel’s new UN envoy praises Washington-brokered UAE normalization deal, calls for altering UNIFIL mandate; meeting joined by US ambassador to UN and special envoy on Iran
By Jacob Magid
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks on the second day of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, February 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
August 21, 2020, 12:30 pm
Iran says US has no right to demand restoration of sanctions
FM says UN Security Council should stop Washington’s unilateral ‘misuses’ of council resolutions and ‘force’ American accountability for damage it has caused to Iran
By AP
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wears a facemask as he departs after speaking to reporters following a meeting with members of the UN Security Council about Iran's alleged non-compliance with a nuclear deal and calling for the restoration of sanctions against Iran at United Nations headquarters in New York, August 20, 2020. (MIKE SEGAR / POOL / AFP)
August 21, 2020, 5:50 am
Pompeo aims fury at Europe as Iran sanctions snapback bid rebuffed
Top US diplomat accuses countries of ‘siding with ayatollahs’; Russia withdraws request for UN meeting to extend sanctions relief after apparent US move to block summit
By Agenices and TOI staff
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