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Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action JCPOA

Former US President Barack Obama talks with then-President-elect Donald Trump before the state funeral for former US President Jimmy Carter at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, on January 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
June 19, 2026, 2:12 pm
How Trump’s 14-point Iran deal compares with Obama’s 160-page nuclear agreement
MOU gives up-front sanctions relief, is light on inspection mechanism; 2015 deal that Trump scrapped, whose conditions had ‘sunset clause,’ conditioned relief on extensive checks
By Reuters and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump walks away after a group photo of leaders at the G7 summit, in Evian-les-Bains, France, June 16, 2026. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)
June 17, 2026, 10:54 am
White House talking points claim victories in Iran deal, but often don’t meet reality
Document sent to Trump supporters and lawmakers lists Iran agreeing to never have nuclear weapon, reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and a supposed end to fighting in Lebanon
By AP and ToI Staff
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi looks on during a meeting with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi, and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, at Tahrir Palace in Cairo, September 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Khaled Elfiqi)
September 23, 2025, 10:00 am
Iran, European powers hold last-ditch talks on averting restored nuclear sanctions
But officials say chances are slim that agreement will be reached before punishing measures go into effect, as Tehran vows to ‘continue our path’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul (C), flanked by Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy (L), France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot (2nd R) and EU High Representative and Vice-President for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas (R), makes a statement following their meeting with Iran's foreign minister on Tehran's nuclear program, at the Intercontinental Hotel in Geneva, on June 20, 2025 (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
September 7, 2025, 8:46 pm
After Israeli, US strikes, Europeans hope snapback threats push Iran to tougher nuclear deal
Britain, France, and Germany use remaining leverage in diplomatic effort; Iran has ways to retaliate if sanctions reimposed, but must contend with possibility of renewed IAF strikes
By Lazar Berman
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shake hands during their meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Tianjin, China, September 1, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
September 1, 2025, 9:20 pm
China and Russia back Iranian rejection of European sanctions snapback
Letter signed by foreign ministers from Tehran, Moscow and Beijing claims push by UK, France and Germany to reimpose measures lifted under 2015 deal an abuse of UN Security Council
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Traffic flows past a huge billboard bearing a painting of a missile falling on a Star of David, with the slogan in Farsi: "The missile has fallen amidst the demons" on a main road in central Tehran on July 16, 2025. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
August 25, 2025, 11:41 am
Iran to hold nuclear talks in Geneva this week with UK, France and Germany
Deputy foreign minister-level meetings come after European trio threatened ‘snapback’ sanctions under 2015 nuclear deal if Iran does not curb uranium enrichment, allow inspections
By AFP and ToI Staff
A billboard bearing a painting of a missile falling on Israel with a Farsi slogan reading 'The missile has fallen amidst the demons,' July 16, 2025. (Atta Kenare / AFP)
July 25, 2025, 9:50 am
Iran meets European powers for new nuclear talks amid snapback sanctions threat
German, British and French diplomats in Istanbul to meet Iranian counterparts for first time since war with Israel, as powers weigh reimposing UN sanctions
By AFP
An Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessel watches an American warship in the Strait of Hormuz May 19, 2023. (Jon Gambrell/AP)
July 21, 2025, 11:17 am
Iran lawmaker threatens security of Persian Gulf, key strait if UN reimposes sanctions
Member of Iran’s parliamentary national security commission says Tehran could ‘withhold commitment to security in the region’ if snapback mechanism invoked
By Agencies and ToI Staff
This handout photograph taken and released by the German Federal Foreign Office on June 20, 2025 shows Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (2nd-L) during a meeting on Tehran's nuclear program, with Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, the European Union's top diplomat Kaja Kallas and Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy, at the Intercontinental Hotel in Geneva. (Handout/ German Federal Foreign Office/AFP)
July 16, 2025, 11:05 am
US, European allies to give Iran until end of August to reach nuclear deal – report
Nations said to believe snapback process must be completed before Russia takes Security Council presidency; PM raised matter with Trump amid concern US president could oppose it
By ToI Staff and Agencies
The Iranian flag outside the IAEA headquarters during the International Atomic Energy Agency's Board of Governors meeting at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on November 20, 2024. (Joe Klamar/AFP)
June 11, 2025, 11:27 am
What to know about IAEA nuclear inspections ahead of vote on censuring Iran
Iran limited monitors’ access after Trump withdrew from 2015 deal; if new deal isn’t reached, Israel and US could strike nuclear sites, and Tehran may decide to build bomb
By AP and ToI Staff
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (front) visits an exhibition of the country's nuclear industry achievements in Tehran, June 11, 2023, accompanied by the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Mohammad Eslami (L). (Khamenei.ir/AFP)
May 31, 2025, 3:08 pm
Damning IAEA report spells out Iran’s past secret nuclear activities; PM: Stop Iran now
Findings include 2003 tests of detonator for nuclear bomb; UN watchdog also says Tehran now has enough uranium, if enriched further, for 9 bombs; Netanyahu’s office urges world to ‘act now to stop Iran’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Majid Takht Ravanchi, speaks during a joint press conference with the President of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan Region (not in picture) in the regional capital Arbil on February 17, 2025. (Safin HAMID / AFP)
May 19, 2025, 12:13 pm
Iran warns nuclear talks will fail if US pushes for zero enrichment
Deputy FM says enrichment is ‘national achievement’ that won’t be abandoned, despite US envoy Witkoff warning any such activity is a ‘red line’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Left: US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff in Paris, France, April 17, 2025. (Ludovic Marin, Pool Photo via AP); Right: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Moscow, Russia, April 18, 2025. (Tatyana Makeyeva/Pool Photo via AP)
May 11, 2025, 9:44 pm
Tehran says 4th round of nuclear talks difficult, while US ‘encouraged’
Three-hour meeting focuses on enrichment; sides plan to meet again; FM Sa’ar says US and Israel agree on need to dismantle enrichment sites
By AFP, Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Left to right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a state memorial ceremony for fallen Israeli soldiers, at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, April 30, 2025. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL); US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz during a television interview at the White House on May 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon); US President Donald Trump waves as he walks from the Oval Office to depart on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, May 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
May 3, 2025, 9:56 pm
Waltz’s coordination with Netanyahu on Iran strike contributed to his firing – report
Washington Post quotes US officials saying that ousted security adviser pushed policy ‘in direction Trump wasn’t comfortable with’; PM’s office denies they had ‘intensive contact’
By ToI Staff
Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani (L) meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi at the Italian Foreign Ministry in Rome before nuclear talks, on April 19, 2025. (Handout / ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY / AFP)
May 2, 2025, 4:14 pm
‘JCPOA 2’: New US-Iran nuke deal said shaping up as largely similar to one Trump ended
Agreement being negotiated ‘preserves the core’ of 2015 deal, sources say; may impose constraints on uranium enrichment but not dismantle nuclear facilities or address Iran’s ballistic missiles
By Samia Nakhoul, Humeyra Pamuk and Parisa Hafezi
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