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Iran–United States relations

Rafael Mariano Grossi, director-general of International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, center, attends a meeting with the Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Mohammad Eslami, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021.
Iran-UN nuclear agreement signals ‘very, very tempered optimism’ for negotiations, Iran analyst says
Technicians work at the Arak heavy water reactor's secondary circuit.
Conflict & Justice
US officials and signatories of the Iran deal to meet in Vienna next week
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to reporters following a meeting with members of the U.N. Security Council, Aug. 20, 2020.
Conflict
Iran nuclear deal negotiator: US lacks UN standing and ‘cannot snap back sanctions’
A man wearing a protective face mask and gloves, amid fear of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), jumps rope at Valiasr street in Tehran, Iran, March 26, 2020.
COVID-19
Should sanctions against Iran be lifted in the wake of COVID-19?
A bicyclist rides past the front entrance of the former Embassy of Iran.
History
Iran’s govt buildings in DC are vacant. But they’re full of stories.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin take questions as they announce new sanctions on Iran in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on Jan. 10, 2020.
Foreign policy
Analysis: Iran-US relationship still precarious with no clear US strategy in sight
A close-up of President Donald Trump raising his index finger.
Military
Trump wants NATO more involved in the Middle East. What does Europe want?
President Donald Trump departs from a podium, flanked by several officials
Conflict
‘Neither the United States nor Iran wants to go to war,’ says former ambassador
People march as they take part in an anti-war protest
Conflict & Justice
Escalating conflict with Iran: What’s happening?
Iranians shout slogans during a protest
A new year, a new Iran nuclear deal?
Students walk on the Temple University Campus
Global Nation Education
Iranian students in US scramble as sanctions ratchet up tuition costs
Two oil tankers in the ocean.
Military
Tensions rise in Gulf after oil tanker standoff between Iran and the UK
A man holds Iranian and American currency
Nuclear
Things That Go Boom: Are sanctions on Iran spurring economic resilience?
Several men in dark suits stand as others sit
Politics
Things That Go Boom: Is America’s foreign policy for sale?
Iranian American businesses in Westwood, Los Angeles, California.
Diaspora
War or no war? Iranians in California try to make sense of US-Iran tensions
Ayatollah Khamenei stands on a stage.
Conflict & Justice
Ayatollah Khamenei says nuclear weapons are ‘forbidden under Islamic law’
Men and women sit around a negotiating table with flags in the background.
Nuclear
Things That Go Boom: In nuclear negotiations, diplomacy can be a slog
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters with National Security Adviser John Bolton looking on in the Oval Office at the White House
Foreign policy
Sen. Chris Murphy says Trump’s Iran plan is ‘blind escalation with no endgame’
A man looks seriously through a crowd of soldiers in fatigues
Foreign policy
Without proper intel vetting, could the US be headed toward ‘rushed war’ in the Middle East?
A sign reads: "It's 2 minutes to midnight"
Nuclear
‘Things That Go Boom:’ Nothing good happens after ‘nuclear midnight’
A man stands at a podium with an Iranian flag behind him
Nuclear
Nuclear deal rollback won’t get Iran a weapon, but it’s not an empty threat
A man with short brown hair sits in front of a colorful geometric mural
Sanctions are ‘dead end’ for middle-class Iranians risking life for asylum
A IranAir Boeing 747SP aircraft is pictured before leaving Tehran's Mehrabad airport September 19, 2011.
The Iran nuclear deal created an opening for American businesses. Then Trump walked away.
US President Donald Trump
Conflict
Trump seems to have opened a door to extending Iran sanctions relief
Marathon Oil Refinery in Detroit
Blood Oil: Why what you put in your gas tank may be funding terrorism
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Jason Rezaian
Conflict
Freed: My friend, Jason Rezaian
US Secretary of State John Kerry and US Energy Secretary Dr. Ernest Moniz sit side-by-side on April 2, 2015, in Lausanne, Switzerland, before the P5+1 member nations held a meeting to discuss ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran.
Global Politics
The Iran nuclear deal wouldn’t have been possible without computer models
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hosted John Boehner, the Speaker of the US House of Representative in Jerusalem on April 1, 2015. Netanyahu called on world powers locked in nuclear negotiations with Iran to demand a "better deal.”
Global Politics
Israel reacts to a deal its leader calls ‘a danger to the region’
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif addresses reporters regarding his nation's nuclear deal during a joint statement with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini in Lausanne, Switzerland, on April 2, 2015.
Conflict
Iranian joy after nuclear deal is ‘tempered with pragmatism’ — and for good reason
US Secretary of State John Kerry waits with others before a meeting with P5+1, European Union and Iranian officials in Lausanne, Switzerland, on March 30, 2015.
Global Politics
Iran nuclear talks go down to the wire, but no one knows what deal may emerge
Republican Senator Tom Cotton speaks at his election victory party on November 4, 2014. The freshman senator from Arkansas is emerging as a vocal opponent of nuclear negotiations with Iran.
Global Politics
Republicans to Iran: A nuclear deal can disappear ‘with a stroke of a pen’
US Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif before a meeting in Geneva on January 14, 2015.
Conflict
While the US and Iran pursue a nuclear arms deal, their cyberwar continues
A heavy water reactor near Arak, Iran
Conflict
Hopes rise for a nuclear deal with Iran
US Secretary of State John Kerry sits with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif before a meeting in Geneva in January 2015. Zarif said that his meeting with Kerry was important to see if progress could be made in narrowing differences on his coun
Education
As the US government courts Iranian students, one university briefly says ‘no, thanks’
Golshid Mola wants to introduce the works of underground Iranian designers to the world.
Arts
An Iranian American entrepreneur is keeping a close eye on nuclear talks
A woman makes a purchase at a store in Tehran.
Global Politics
Iranian entrepreneurs are ‘dreaming of the doors opening’ to the West
President Obama talks with Cuban President Raul Castro before the thaw in US-Cuban relations was announced on December 17, 2014.
Global Politics
Iranians are jealous of the new US-Cuba thaw
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif both say a landmark nuclear deal might still be possible.
Global Politics
Talks failed to produce a deal on Iranian nukes, but negotiations will go on
The Arak IR-40 heavy water reactor in Iran.
Conflict
Iranians are eager for a nuclear deal as negotiations near the deadline
Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (L) holds a bilateral meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R) on the second straight day of talks over Tehran's nuclear program in Vienna, July 14, 2014.
Culture
The Persian art of declining what you really want and offering what you’ll never give could play a role in US-Iran nuclear talks
Jim Riddle
Lifestyle & Belief
Why this Minnesota farmer went to Iran to talk about organic food
Kurdish security forces in Iraq detain a man suspected of being a militant belonging to the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), June 16, 2014. Iraq's Shiite rulers defied Western calls to reach out to Sunnis to defuse the ISIS uprising
Conflict & Justice
The US and Iran could work together in Iraq to counter the ISIS insurgency
Kurdish security forces in Iraq detain a man suspected of being a militant belonging to the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), June 16, 2014. Iraq's Shiite rulers defied Western calls to reach out to Sunnis to defuse the ISIS uprising
Conflict & Justice
The US and Iran could work together in Iraq to counter the ISIS insurgency
US ships
Global Politics
Could the crisis in Iraq lead to cooperation between Iran and US?
US ships
Global Politics
Could the crisis in Iraq lead to cooperation between Iran and US?
Iran nuclear talks
Global Politics
What’s different in the latest round of talks between Iran and the West?
Global Politics
Iran strikes nuclear deal with Brazil and Turkey
The flag of the International Atomic Energy Agency
Global Politics
A nuclear deal between Iran and the western powers begins to take effect
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, shakes hands with a US Air Force general officer prior to his departure from the United States.
Global Politics
The history of US-Iranian relations
Islamic Republic of Iran Army T-55s move to front line of Iran-Iraq War.
Global Politics
The US and Iran part IV – hostile relations
A man holding a sign during a protest of the crisis in Washington, D.C., in 1979.
Global Politics
The US and Iran part III – the hostage crisis
Protestors during Iran's 1979 revolution.
Global Politics
The US and Iran part II – the Shah and the revolution
Tanks in the streets of Tehran, 1953.
Global Politics
The US and Iran part I – the 1953 coup
Nuclear power plant unit in Bushehr, Iran
Global Politics
The deal freezing Iran’s nuclear program starts in a week
US President Barack Obama talks with Iranian President Hasan Rouhani during a phone call in the Oval Office September 27, 2013. REUTERS/Pete Souza/The White House
Global Politics
In 2013, the presidents of Iran and the US spoke on the phone for the first time in 34 years
Supporters of Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan
Global Politics
Turkey’s political turmoil may be tied to its relations with Iran
Employees of PSA Peugeot Citroen Aulnay-sous-Bois automotive plant demonstrate over pension reforms in Paris, September 10, 2013. PSA has laid off thousands of workers, in small part because of business lost from Iran sanctions.
Business, Economics and Jobs
A deal with Iran could change lives, for workers in France
Global Politics
US allies in the Middle East are very nervous about the nuclear deal with Iran
Global Politics
Iranian citizens deserve some credit for the Iranian nuclear deal
Meeting between Iran and world powers in Geneva
Global Politics
Talks with Iran fail, for the moment