Iran's nuclear program

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani speaks during a press conference in the capital Tehran on October 3, 2022. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

October 3, 2022, 2:54 pm

Iran ‘exchanging messages’ with US, believes nuclear deal still possible

Foreign ministry spokesperson says communication going through European mediator; if Washington willing, he says, deal can quickly be closed

By AFP

Iran's nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami speaks during the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on September 26, 2022. (Joe Klamar/AFP)

September 27, 2022, 7:45 am

IAEA head meets with Iranian atomic chief amid dispute on undeclared nuclear sites

‘Dialogue has restarted with Iran on clarification of outstanding safeguards issues,’ Rafael Grossi says after vowing UN watchdog won’t close probe opposed by Tehran

By AFP and TOI staff

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)

September 26, 2022, 6:33 pm

IAEA, Iran signal no compromise on impasse over undeclared nuclear sites

Speaking at nuclear watchdog’s annual conference, Grossi tells Iran that probe ‘not going to go away’; Tehran accuses Israel of planting evidence

By TOI staff and AFP

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi waves to media and officials as he boards his plane while leaving Tehran's Mehrabad airport to New York to attend annual UN General Assembly meeting, September 19, 2022. (Vahid Salemi/AP)

September 19, 2022, 9:35 am

Departing for UN General Assembly, Iran’s president says no plan to meet Biden

Ebrahim Raisi says appearance at annual gathering of world leaders is an opportunity to address ‘malice’ toward his country

By AP and TOI staff

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Ebrahim Raisi speaks during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, August 29, 2022. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

September 14, 2022, 5:00 pm

Iranian president says Tehran will pursue membership in Russia-China bloc

Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit set for Thursday and Friday in Uzbekistan is first entirely face-to-face leaders’ meeting since start of coronavirus pandemic

By AFP

In this file photo from May 25, 2022, Robert Malley, the Biden's administration special envoy for Iran, waits to testify about the Iran nuclear deal during a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP)

September 14, 2022, 4:14 am

US redoubles support for Iran talks envoy Israeli official claimed was sidelined

State Department says Rob Malley leading US effort on Iran, again rebuffing source in Lapid delegation who claimed Israel managed to box him out of its talks with the US

By Jacob Magid

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, leave a joint news conference in Brussels on September 9, 2022, a day after US Secretary of State's unannounced visit to Ukraine. JONATHAN ERNST / POOL / AFP)

September 13, 2022, 8:22 am

Blinken: Iran ‘unwilling or unable’ to finalize nuclear talks, deal unlikely for now

US secretary of state accuses Tehran of introducing extraneous issues in negotiations; State Department denies Israeli claims US is giving up on the talks

By TOI staff

US President Joe Biden, left, and Prime Minister Yair Lapid address the media following their meeting in Jerusalem, July 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

September 13, 2022, 2:52 am

US denies Israeli claim that Iran nuke talks failed or that Biden ‘toughened’ stance

State Department refutes several assertions by senior Israeli official who briefed reporters during PM’s visit to Berlin, rejects claim that Israel managed to sideline Rob Malley

By Jacob Magid

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, and Prime Minister Yair Lapid during a visit of the House of the Wannsee Conference memorial in Berlin, Germany, on September 12, 2022. (ANNEGRET HILSE / POOL / AFP)

September 12, 2022, 9:21 pm

Senior Israeli official: Iran talks are dead, time to start discussing a new deal

Source in Lapid’s delegation says Israel gave Europeans intel showing Tehran was lying during negotiations, calls for credible US military threat and a pact without sunset clauses

By Lazar Berman, TOI staff and Jacob Magid

Prime Minister Yair Lapid (left) walks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin, September 12, 2022. (Kobi Gideon/ GPO)

September 12, 2022, 5:04 pm

In Germany, Lapid says he gave Scholz ‘sensitive’ information on Iran nuke program

Speaking at press conference with German chancellor, PM says world must move on from nuclear talks and find new way to deal with Iran

By Lazar Berman and AFP

European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks during a press conference during an EU-Ukraine Association Council meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels on September 5, 2022. (John THYS/AFP)

September 5, 2022, 8:10 pm

EU foreign policy chief ‘less confident’ Iran deal can be revived

Borrell says Tehran’s latest response to EU draft ‘not constructive,’ warns sides are moving away from potential compromise

By AFP

Illustrative: IAEA inspectors at Iran's nuclear power plant in Natanz on January 20, 2014. (IRNA/AFP Kazem Ghane/File)

September 5, 2022, 11:14 am

Iran says IAEA probe of undeclared nuclear sites must end for ‘sustainable’ accord

Foreign Ministry spokesperson says closing of investigation needed as ‘guarantee’ for reentering accord; US has called recent Iranian positions ‘not constructive’

By AFP and Agencies

Israeli F-15 fighter jets escort an American B-52 bomber through Israeli airspace en route to the Persian Gulf on September 4, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

September 5, 2022, 9:09 am

In signal to Iran, Israeli jets again escort US bombers through region

F-16i fighters jets fly alongside B-52 strategic bombers flying through Israeli airspace as they head to Persian Gulf

By Emanuel Fabian and AP

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (R) attends a press conference with Josep Borell, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (L), at the foreign ministry headquarters in Iran's capital Tehran on June 25, 2022. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

September 3, 2022, 12:58 am

Despite setback in talks, Israel still believes Iran deal likely in weeks — report

Washington sees negotiated agreement as only solution to Iran’s nuclear program, as Jerusalem presses White House to prepare a military option, report says

By TOI staff and Jacob Magid

Iranian women form a human chain at the Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facility in support of Iran's nuclear program, outside the city of Isfahan, south of the capital Tehran, Aug. 16, 2005, (AP/Vahid Salemi)

September 2, 2022, 5:33 am

US says Iranian response to nuclear deal proposal ‘not constructive’

Washington confirms draft pact to revive JCPOA sent via EU mediators, will study it and respond, after Tehran said its reply was ‘constructive’

By AFP and TOI staff