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Iran's nuclear program
Woody Johnson, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom, in London, April 11, 2018. (Chris Jackson/Pool Photo via AP)
August 12, 2018, 5:59 pm
US ambassador urges UK to back Trump on Iran nuke deal
In op-ed, envoy asks Britain to join a united front aimed at achieving a 'genuinely comprehensive agreement' with Tehran
By AP
A man takes a nap on a bench in the Iranian capital Tehran on August 6, 2018. (AFP/ATTA KENARE)
August 7, 2018, 1:54 pm
Sanction sanctorum: 7 things to know for August 7
Whether Iran will come crawling to the table or dig in its heels, and whether a deal with Gaza is possible, remain enigmas; but at least one mystery that never was gets solved
By Joshua Davidovich
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani gives an interview on August 6, 2018. (Press TV screen capture)
August 6, 2018, 9:33 pm
Rouhani: US trying to divide Iran, must remove ‘knife’ of sanctions to negotiate
Islamic Republic's president says Tehran 'welcomes' talks, but Washington has shown it cannot be trusted
By TOI staff and Agencies
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with newly recruited Israeli soldiers at the Tel haShomer army base on July 26, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 6, 2018, 7:08 pm
Jerusalem extols Trump for putting sanctions back on Iran
Netanyahu calls on skeptical Europe to follow Washington's lead; defense minister says 'courageous decision will be remembered for generations'
By Raphael Ahren
An Iranian woman walks past a mural on the wall of the former US embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran, November 9, 2016. (AFP/Atta Kenare)
July 31, 2018, 11:32 pm
Israel says it’s unfazed by specter of US-Iran summit, but anxiety brews
One minister sees 'opportunity' in Trump's overture and says Washington and Tehran may already be talking, but others are uneasy after what happened with North Korea
By Raphael Ahren
A warehouse in Shorabad, south Tehran, where Mossad agents discovered and extracted tens of thousands of secret files pertaining to Iran's nuclear weapons program (Prime Minister's Office)
July 19, 2018, 5:45 am
Iran says notion of Mossad raiding Tehran warehouse ‘laughably absurd’
After US reporters view documents from captured archive on nuclear weapons program, Islamic Republic insists Jerusalem's claims are 'outlandish'
By TOI staff
A sentence reading The Whole World is Watching is projected on the presidential palace on the eve of a summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on July 15, 2018. AFP / Jonathan NACKSTRAND)
July 16, 2018, 1:16 pm
To Helsinki in a handbasket: 9 things to know for July 16
Expectations are not especially high for the Trump-Putin meeting, and open questions remain over who won in Gaza and what the upshots of the Iran nuclear revelations are
By Joshua Davidovich
President Hassan Rouhani listens to explanations on new nuclear achievements at a ceremony to mark 'National Nuclear Day,' in Tehran, Iran, April 9, 2018. (Official website of the Iranian Presidency Office, via AP)
From the WebJuly 15, 2018, 7:58 pm
New details from Iran nuclear files show they were close to key bomb technology
Washington Post reports a 'foreign source' provided Iranians with weapons-design information, but Israel won't say if it was a government or an individual
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu showcases material he says was obtained by Israeli intelligence from Iran's nuclear weapons archive, in Tel Aviv on April 30, 2018. (Amos Ben-Gershom (GPO))
From the WebJuly 15, 2018, 7:50 pm
How Israel, in dark of night, torched its way to Iran’s nuclear secrets
The New York Times reports that Mossad agents cut open 32 safes in the space of hours to extract haul of documents
A satellite image from September 15, 2017, of the Fordo nuclear facility in Iran. (Google Earth)
June 13, 2018, 8:47 pm
If deal fails, Iran threatens to enrich uranium beyond accord’s limitations
Spokesman for Tehran's atomic energy organization says Fordo facility prepared for go-ahead from supreme leader
By Stuart Winer
US President Donald Trump (R) and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shake hands following a signing ceremony during their historic US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore on June 12, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB)
June 13, 2018, 12:37 am
What the Trump-Kim summit could mean for Israel and Iran
With North Korea possibly coming to terms with Washington, former air force chief says Jerusalem hopes to push Tehran's nuclear threat to top of agenda
By Ron Kampeas
Massoumeh Ebtekar (YouTube screenshot)
June 8, 2018, 10:09 pm
Iran ‘can’t wait forever’ for confirmation of nuclear deal, Tehran official says
Vice president for women's affairs says preserving 2015 accord 'very important' for peace and security of the Middle East and the world
By Vaidotas Beniusis
Screen capture from video of an interview given by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the BBC in London, and broadcast June 7, 2018. (BBC)
June 7, 2018, 9:13 pm
Iran nuke deal already dead thanks to sanctions, Netanyahu says
Prime minister says there is no need to persuade Europe to abandon 2015 agreement as it is finished anyway
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a meeting with French Economy Minister and entrepreneurs at the French Economy Ministry in Paris on June 6, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / ERIC PIERMONT)
June 7, 2018, 8:17 pm
Assad no longer immune if he harbors Iranian forces, Netanyahu warns
PM says Israel will destroy Syria's troops, criticizes west Europe for 'living in the past' and not understanding that the Middle East is realigning to counter Tehran
By AFP
In this frame grab from Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting, IRIB, state-run TV, three versions of domestically-built centrifuges are shown in a live TV program from Natanz, an Iranian uranium enrichment plant, in Iran, June 6, 2018. (IRIB via AP)
June 7, 2018, 8:05 pm
Iran shows off centrifuges as nuclear deal founders
Head of Iranian atomic agency gives interview from Natanz facility with advanced uranium enrichment equipment on display
By Jon Gambrell
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