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Nuclear program of Iran

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’
Commodities containers are seen at Shahid Rajaee harbor
Cybersecurity
Iran-Israel cyberattacks threaten unofficial rules of engagement
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 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
Iranians shout slogans during a protest
A new year, a new Iran nuclear deal?
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
What US-Iran tensions mean for US allies in the nuclear deal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center), Cabinet Secretary Tzachi Braverman (right) and Minister of Foreign Affairs Israel Katz (left), attend the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on July 7, 2019.
Nuclear
With the Iran deal falling apart, Israel faces new worries
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?
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 with short brown hair sits in front of a colorful geometric mural
Sanctions are ‘dead end’ for middle-class Iranians risking life for asylum
US President Donald Trump reacts to a question from the media as National Security Advisor John Bolton and Vice President Mike Pence look on after the president announced his intention to withdraw from the JCPOA Iran nuclear agreement.
Global Politics
Trump pulls US from Iran nuclear deal, to revive sanctions
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
A technician checks valves at the uranium conversian facility in Isfahan, 450 km south of Tehran, February 3, 2007.
Conflict
10 questions about Iran nuclear inspections answered
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
Seyed Hossein Mousavian says Iran's politics share the divisive, self-defeating nature of Washington's
Conflict
3 words explain Iran’s complex politics: Just like US
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
Iran nuclear talks
Global Politics
Israel and the US are in a game of spy vs. spy
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
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’
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
Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama
Global Politics
Russia is using the situation in Iran and Ukraine to continue to antagonize the West
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
Conflict & Justice
Regional Reactions to Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions
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
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
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
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
Global Scan
Sectarian violence costs more lives in Lebanon
Meeting between Iran and world powers in Geneva
Global Politics
Talks with Iran fail, for the moment
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called the Geneva talks "fruitful."
Global Politics
There’s still no breakthrough in US talks with Iran
Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu at the United Nations in New York. (Photo: REUTERS/Adrees Latif)
Global Politics
Israeli radio host says if Iranian leaders want a dialogue, they know whom to call
Arts, Culture & Media
The Art of Negotiating a Nuclear Program
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani waiting to address the 68th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, Tuesday.
Global Politics
Netanyahu calls Iranian president a ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’
Global Politics
Obama nudges open the door to Iran
Barack Obama addresses the 68th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday, September 24, 2013.
Global Politics
Forget About Obama’s ‘Pivot to Asia’
Global Politics
Iranian President-elect a moderate, with unknown ability to reform
Development & Education
Activists call for renewal of diplomatic relationship between Iran, U.S.
Development & Education
United Arab Emirates makes Missouri town beneficiary of expanded endeavor on foreign aid
Author argues Israeli militarism is as much to blame for failed peace efforts as anything
Environment
New, wide-spread surveillance malware discovered in several Middle East countries
Hopes high for latest round of nuclear talks between Iran, western government
Global Politics
Iran’s nuclear ambitions have the world on edge
Global Politics
Obama and Netanyahu discuss Iran’s nuclear program
Tensions rise between Iran and Israel as flurry of action continues
As tensions rise, Iranians fear that they’re on the road to war with U.S.
VIDEO: Iranian nuclear scientist killed; Doomsday Clock ticks toward midnight