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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 469

US-Iran relations

US President Joe Biden confers with his National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan during a roundtable with Jewish community leaders at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, October 11, 2023 in Washington. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)
January 3, 2025, 2:56 am
Biden briefed on plans for potential US strikes if Iran makes nuclear move — report
Source tells US news site that presentation by Jake Sullivan was part of ‘prudent scenario planning,’ in case Tehran attempts dash for bomb before Trump takes office
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A portrait of former US president Jimmy Carter adorns wall of the US ambassador's former office in the building that had housed the embassy of the United States in Tehran, Iran, now dubbed the "Den of Spies" museum, on October 25, 2023. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
December 30, 2024, 6:06 pm
‘He will rot in hell’: Iranians remember Jimmy Carter as ‘architect of sanctions’
State TV claims late US ex-president, who oversaw Tehran hostage crisis and broke off relations after Islamic Revolution, lost 1980 election due to his failed Iran policies
By Majid Sourati
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi attends a joint press briefing with his Syrian counterpart Bassam Sabbagh, in Tehran, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi/File)
December 28, 2024, 8:56 pm
Anticipating Trump administration, Iran says 2025 ‘important year’ for nuclear program
Islamic Republic fears US president-elect will renew previous ‘maximum pressure’ policy; Iranian rial has fallen 18% since Trump’s re-election
By Reuters and ToI Staff
President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a Time magazine Person of the Year event at the New York Stock Exchange, in New York, December 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
December 13, 2024, 10:03 am
Trump weighing options to stop Iran going nuclear, including preemptive strikes – report
Incoming US administration said to be planning ‘maximum pressure 2.0’ campaign against Tehran, may threaten military action or even back Israeli attack — but still seeks to avoid war
By ToI Staff
This combination of file pictures created on November 14, 2024, shows Elon Musk (L) and Iranian Ambassador to the UN Amir Saeid Iravani. (Mandel Ngan and Bryan R. Smith/AFP)
November 15, 2024, 4:36 am
Elon Musk met Iranian UN envoy in bid to defuse tensions under Trump — report
NYT says the tech billionaire and Amir Saeid Iravani had a ‘positive’ meeting, in possible sign the US president-elect could adopt a less hawkish stance toward Tehran this term
By AFP and ToI Staff
File - Then-US president Donald Trump appears on Fox & Friends with co-host Pete Hegseth during a Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride event at the White House in Washington, April 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
November 13, 2024, 6:49 am
Trump taps Fox News host who said US must ‘stand by strong ally’ Israel to head Pentagon
US president-elect says ‘America’s enemies on notice’ after nominating Pete Hegseth, an Iran hawk who has said ‘either we put up or shut up’ vis-à-vis Iranian nuclear program
By AP and ToI Staff
Then-Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event, Wednesday, September 25, 2024, in Mint Hill, North Carolina. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
November 9, 2024, 11:53 pm
After US allegations, Iran denies plot to assassinate Trump
Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi says ‘repulsive’ charges by US prosecutors were conjured by Israel and opposition expats seeking to undermine US-Iran relations
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian (R) and former foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif visit Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's shrine in the south of Tehran on July 6, 2024. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
November 9, 2024, 5:14 pm
Iran says Trump must change ‘harmful’ pressure policy, warns of ‘expansion of war’
Top official Mohammad Javad Zarif says next US president should ‘show that he is not following the wrong policies of the past’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is reflected in the bullet proof glass as he finishes speaking at a campaign rally in Lititz, Pennsylvania, November 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
November 8, 2024, 9:25 pm
Iran sought to assassinate Trump, US alleges as it announces charges against suspect
Plot said directed by IRGC terror group to avenge US killing of Qassem Soleimani; suspect was also allegedly told to kill two US Jews in New York and Israeli tourists in Sri Lanka
By Agencies
Former president Donald Trump visits his campaign headquarters, Tuesday, November 5, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Florida. (AP/Evan Vucci)
November 8, 2024, 1:59 pm
Trump said planning to renew ‘maximum pressure’ strategy against Iran
President-elect’s policies of harsh sanctions led to mixed results during previous term, as Islamic Republic advanced toward nuclear weapon and strengthened proxies
By ToI Staff
US Republican Party spokesperson Elizabeth Pipko appears on Israel's Channel 12, November 6, 2024. (Channel 12 screen capture; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 7, 2024, 10:58 am
GOP spokesperson says Trump wants Israel’s wars to end soon, with decisive victory
Elizabeth Pipko, speaking to Channel 12 news, blames Biden administration’s ‘back and forth’ for length of war, says US political considerations have caused ‘unnecessary bloodshed’
By ToI Staff
US President-elect Donald Trump arrives at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center, in West Palm Beach, Florida, November 6, 2024. (Evan Vucci/AP)
November 6, 2024, 11:52 pm
Trump may restrict Iranian oil but China might not play along, analysts say
US president-elect says he believes in enforcing sanctions and then removing them, expected to ease clamps on Russian energy
By Reuters
Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), attends an IAEA Board of Governors meeting at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on April 11, 2024. (Joe Klamar/AFP)
November 6, 2024, 10:35 pm
UN nuclear watchdog chief may visit Iran as Trump victory shuffles geopolitical deck
Rafael Grossi says IAEA seeks to resolve outstanding issues with Islamic Republic; Trump’s Tehran policy unclear as he heads for second term
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Israeli F-16 fighter jets escort an American B-52 bomber through Israeli airspace on March 12, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)
November 4, 2024, 1:31 pm
Iran slams ‘destabilizing presence’ as US sends B-52 bombers to region
Tehran says it won’t be deterred, vows ‘definite and decisive’ response to Israeli airstrikes, but expresses support for ceasefire efforts in Gaza and Lebanon
By AFP
Women wave Iranian, Palestinian and Hezbollah flags as they carry a mock coffin bearing the Israeli flag during a rally outside the former US embassy in Tehran on November 3, 2024 (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
November 3, 2024, 10:36 am
Iranians mark 1979 hostage crisis anniversary with protest outside former US embassy
Chants of ‘Death to America,’ ‘Death to Israel’ spread among protesters, who burn flags to celebrate standoff that brought an end to Iran’s relations with the US
By AFP and ToI Staff
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