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Iran's nuclear program

Former prime minister and B'Yachad party chief Naftali Bennett (left) speaks in an interview with Channel 12 broadcast on August 22, 2026. (Screenshot/Channel 12); Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu votes in Jerusalem in the Likud primary, August 17, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Says he's willing to be in junior role to replace government
Bennett: ‘Anarchist’ Netanyahu’s toxic campaigning may lead to violence against his rivals
By Michael Bachner
In interview accompanying new book, B'Yachad party head recounts PM's lack of orderly handover and threats to mark him as traitor, says his own actions as PM were key to recent successes against Iran
File: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian during a welcome ceremony in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday, June 23, 2026. (Office of the Prime Minister of Pakistan via AP)
Iran’s president admits country faces ‘many problems,’ insists deal is best way forward
By Agencies
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a state ceremony reburying Shimon and Rivka Herzl, the grandparents of Theodor Herzl, on Mount Herzl, in Jerusalem, August 5, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)
August 17, 2026, 4:14 pm
False Iranian nuke quote spread from Indian Twitter account to Netanyahu speech in 8 hours
Fabricated statement by IRGC chief seeming to confirm Iran’s nuclear ambitions first appeared on Indian account on X, was rapidly cited by Israeli and US leaders, media
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump returns a salute as he walks from Marine One to his limousine upon his arrival at the Ellipse just outside of the White House, August 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)
August 17, 2026, 3:26 pm
Trump threatens to bomb Oman over its deal with Iran on Hormuz, as 60-day MOU expires
US president says stopping Iran from building nuclear weapon is top priority for US, contradicting Vance; drones target office of Iraqi Kurdistan’s PM, home of top intel official
By Nava Freiberg, Jacob Magid and Agencies
Hezbollah leader Naem Qassem (left) and Iranian leader Mojtaba Khamenei as seen in an AI-generated video issued by Defense Minister Israel Katz on August 10, 2026. (X screenshot)
August 12, 2026, 4:48 pm
Our AI-generated defense minister emblemizes an Israeli leadership that refuses to face reality
Whatever Israel Katz may want to believe, Iran’s leaders are not cowering, and Israel will not defeat its enemies by endlessly blowing things up; Netanyahu should know better, but he’s in full-blown denial mode
By David Horovitz
Former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen speaks at a Shurat HaDin conference in New York City, October 27, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
August 11, 2026, 5:08 pm
Ex-Mossad chief says ‘we toured’ Iran’s Fordo nuclear site ‘many times’
In remarks at forum in Safed, Yossi Cohen says US bombing of site in 2025 was ‘the fulfillment of all my dreams,’ suggests that 60% uranium enrichment ‘is still far from a bomb’
By ToI Staff
A woman waves an Iranian flag next to a billboard showing a graphic of a man wearing a shirt showing the face of late Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with words calling upon the avengers of Imam Hussein, in a square in downtown Tehran, Iran, August 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
August 8, 2026, 7:44 pm
In risky gamble, Iran bets control over Strait of Hormuz can force Trump to bend
Tehran believes US munitions shortages and voter discontent over high energy prices give it upper hand, but prolonged war and economic pain could turn its leverage into a liability
By Joseph Krauss and AMIR-HUSSEIN RADJY
US President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, August 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP/Alex Brandon)
August 3, 2026, 11:24 pm
Trump: ‘Unbelievably duplicitous’ Iran begged for talks, now denies they’re happening
US president says talks are Tehran’s ‘last chance to sign a good document’ before ‘decapitation,’ and it will ‘take a little while’ to get to issue of Iran’s nuclear program
By Jacob Magid and Agencies
US President Donald Trump walks to speak to reporters onboard Air Force One while returning to the White House, August 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
August 3, 2026, 9:29 am
Déjà vu in Iran: Trump keeps threatening major escalation, only to walk it all back
US leader’s hardball negotiation strategy leaves all sides guessing what’s next, but critics say even he doesn’t know where he’s going and may be looking for a reset button
By AAMER MADHANI
A man looks at a banner depicting US President Donald Trump displayed in front of the Zolfaghar and Zolghadr ballistic missiles exhibited at Azadi Square in Tehran, Iran's capital, on August 2, 2026. (Fatemeh Bahrami / Anadolu via Reuters)
August 2, 2026, 2:53 pm
Iran denies it asked Trump not to strike or agreed to deal to split control of Hormuz
Regime’s media mocks Trump’s climbdown; Israel still mum after US announces deal is imminent; Saudis confirm pushing Trump to hold off attacks; Iranian armed forces remain ‘on high alert’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump waves as he walks from Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, New Jersey, July 31, 2026, from Camp David, the presidential retreat. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
August 2, 2026, 8:06 am
Trump says he and Israel have called off Iran attack after being assured deal is imminent
US leader claims pact will fully reopen Hormuz, ‘end’ Iran’s nuclear threat; Tehran had threatened response to planned attack, warning Israeli gas fields would be ‘burned to ashes’
By Jacob Magid, Reuters and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting, July 31, 2026, at Camp David, the presidential retreat, near Thurmont, Md., July 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
August 1, 2026, 12:34 am
Trump slams ‘dishonorable’ and ‘dishonest’ Iran, hints additional strikes possible
President also gives credit to Iran, calling it ‘tough’ and saying most would’ve given up by now; Iran claims to hit 2 tankers in Hormuz, launches drones at US facilities in Kuwait
By Jacob Magid, Agencies and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House about Dulles International Airport modernization, July 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
July 30, 2026, 5:29 pm
2/3 of US adults say Iran war hasn’t been worthwhile; 28% back Trump’s handling of it
AP-NORC poll shows 61% of Republicans approve of conflict, down from 71% last month; 72% of US adults say it’s extremely or very important to keep gas prices in check
By Linley Sanders and MIKE CATALINI
Pedestrians walk past a billboard depicting US President Donald Trump being grabbed by the neck alongside the message “Revenge is inevitable” in English and Farsi, in Tehran, Iran, July 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
July 29, 2026, 4:26 pm
While Trump blusters, and Netanyahu spins, is Iran already on the brink of the bomb?
PM enthuses and president notes a good and important meeting behind closed doors at the White House on Tuesday. But the critical war they began in February is anything but over, and it’s not clear they agree on how to win it
By David Horovitz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and US President Donald Trump meet in the Oval Office on July 28, 2026. (GPO)
July 28, 2026, 11:07 pm
Netanyahu: Meeting with Trump was one of our best ever; White House: Productive, positive
Reporters kept out; PM’s aide claims Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain nuclear facility not discussed, president didn’t press Israel to advance reconstruction of Gaza, or to withdraw IDF from Syria, Lebanon
By Jacob Magid, Lazar Berman, ToI Staff and Agencies
US President Donald Trump, left, greets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the West Wing of the White House, September 29, 2025, in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
July 27, 2026, 5:01 pm
At odds with Trump on Iran, Netanyahu heads to DC to seek agreement where he still can
With both leaders facing elections and divergent priorities, the premier may pursue understandings on Israel’s security needs while advancing Saudi normalization and US-backed pacts in Gaza and Lebanon
By Nava Freiberg
Iranian Shi'ite pilgrims carrying Iranian flags arrive at the Al-Mundheriya border crossing to join millions of Muslims heading to the holy city of Karbala for the annual Arbaeen pilgrimage, in Diyala, Iraq, July 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
July 27, 2026, 3:01 pm
Iran says no current talks with US, while regional official hails mediation progress
Mediation efforts by Pakistan and Qatar ongoing, mediators working with Iran and Oman on Hormuz mechanism; Tehran confirms neighboring countries carried out strikes
By Agencies and Lazar Berman
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