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US, Iran to hold next round of nuclear talks on April 26

The Oman-mediated talks in Rome lasted about four hours, according to Iranian state television, which described the atmosphere as "constructive".

Iran said that the third round of talks would take place in Oman.(AFP)

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Published on Apr 19, 2025 09:55 PM IST

AFP |

Second US aircraft carrier deployed in Mideast ahead of US-Iran talks

Negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program are ongoing, with a focus on uranium enrichment levels and missile verification.

Ahead of the upcoming round of negotiations between the United States and Iran on Tehran's rapidly developing nuclear program, a second US aircraft carrier is in operation in Mideast waters.(AFP)

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Published on Apr 15, 2025 04:35 PM IST

PTI |

Iran bombing ‘very real’ if Donald Trump’s planned nuclear talks…: Report

The US is boosting its military presence in the region, sending a second aircraft carrier strike group and B-2 Spirit stealth bombers to the Middle East.

This picture taken on August 28, 2015 shows South Korean KF-16 fighter jets dropping bombs on a mountain target during a joint live firing drill between South Korea and the US at the Seungjin Fire Training Field in Pocheon. (AFP FILE/ Representative image )

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Updated on Apr 09, 2025 01:56 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Donald Trump warns Iran of ‘great danger’ as US set for direct nuclear talks

Donald Trump said the talks would take place “at almost the highest level,” but he did not disclose the location.

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP)

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Updated on Apr 08, 2025 10:17 AM IST

ByHT News Desk

Military confrontation seems inevitable if no new Iran nuclear deal, France says

IRAN-NUCLEAR-FRANCE:Military confrontation seems inevitable if no new Iran nuclear deal, France says

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Published on Apr 02, 2025 10:24 PM IST

Reuters |

‘No choice' but to acquire nukes: Khamenei's aide over Trump's threat to Iran

US President Donald Trump had last week reportedly threatened Iran of “bombing” if Tehran did not agree to a nuclear programme deal.

Ayatollah Khamenei had promised to hit back if Trump carried out his threat to bomb the Islamic republic if it did not make a nuclear program deal.(AP)

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Published on Apr 01, 2025 08:37 AM IST

ByHT News Desk

Iran's ready to launch missiles after Donald Trump's ‘bombing’ threat: Report

Donald Trump said there would be bombings on Iran if they didn't reach an agreement with the US over Tehran's nuclear program.

Iran has reportedly readies missiles in their launchers in underground cities(REUTERS)

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Updated on Mar 31, 2025 08:17 AM IST

ByHT News Desk

Iran rejects Trump's call for nuclear deal talks under ‘maximum pressure’ policy

Iran also brushed aside Israel's threats to attack its nuclear facilities and said that those are scattered throughout the country and well protected

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi gives a joint press conference at the foreign ministry headquarters in Tehran. (AFP file)

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Published on Mar 08, 2025 01:24 AM IST

ByHT News Desk

IAEA warns of acceleration in Iran's weapons-grade uranium stockpile

The IAEA also estimated in its quarterly report that as of February 8, Iran’s overall stockpile of enriched uranium stands at 8,294.4 kilograms (18,286 pounds).

People hold flags and pictures of Maryam Rajavi, as supporters of Iranian opposition group National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) gather to protest against the nuclear program.(REUTERS)

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Updated on Feb 26, 2025 07:26 PM IST

AP |

Russia's Lavrov aligns positions with Iran on nuclear programme

RUSSIA-IRAN-NUCLEAR-DIPLOMACY:Russia's Lavrov aligns positions with Iran on nuclear programme

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Published on Feb 26, 2025 03:51 AM IST

Reuters |

Iran warns US' ‘maximum pressure’ policy will fail again

The "maximum pressure" policy was originally implemented by Donald Trump during his first term as US President.

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday decided to reinstate the

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Updated on Feb 05, 2025 04:06 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Iran begins building 4 more nuclear power plants amid concerns about nukes

The UN's nuclear watchdog said last year that Iran has increased the rate at which it is producing near-weapons grade uranium.

Iran began construction on four more nuclear power plants in the country's south, with expected total capacity of 5,000 megawatts, the official IRNA news agency reported on Thursday.(REUTERS)

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Published on Feb 01, 2024 06:30 PM IST

PTI |

‘Disappointed at lack of progress over nuclear talks,’ France tells Iran: Report

In June, Iran began removing essentially all the agency's monitoring equipment, installed under its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.

Macron also urged the liberation of four French citizens that he said were

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Updated on Jul 24, 2022 05:03 AM IST

Reuters |

Iran nuclear talks: The stakes are high in Vienna

Irrespective of whether the US or Israel or both decide to use the military option, it may not stop Iranian proliferation while also possibly resulting in a war

The decision to use the military option will be tough. One hopes that diplomacy will succeed and tough decisions will not have to be taken. (REUTERS)

opinion

Updated on Feb 09, 2022 09:11 PM IST

ByKunal Singh

'Losing precious time': European diplomats on Iran nuclear stance

After a five-month pause, talks resumed on salvaging the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in Vienna on November 29.

The 2015 agreement aimed to prevent Iran from developing an atomic bomb, a goal Tehran has always denied.(REUTERS)

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Published on Dec 14, 2021 03:39 AM IST

AFP |

Israel worries Iran will get sanctions relief without capping nuclear projects

Negotiators will convene in Vienna on Monday in a last-ditch effort to salvage a nuclear deal which the United States under then-President Donald Trump quit in 2018, reimposing sanctions on Iran.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.(AFP)

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Published on Nov 29, 2021 01:48 AM IST

Agencies | , Jerusalem

US warns of 'other options' on Iran if diplomacy fails

Top US diplomat Anthony Blinken has hinted that Iran could face force if talks fail to salvage a 2015 nuclear deal.

Blinken (front l.) and Lapid (front r.) discussed 'other options' than diplomacy for bringing Iran back to the 2015 nuclear deal. (Andrew Harnik/AP Pool/dpa/picture alliance)

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Published on Oct 14, 2021 11:26 AM IST

ByDeutsche Welle

'Sabotage attack' on nuclear building foiled, says Iran media

Iran's semi-official news agency said the building was located near Karaj City, some 40 kilometers west the capital of Tehran.

A general view of the Bushehr main nuclear reactor, 1,200 km south of Tehran.(Reuters / Representative Image)

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Published on Jun 23, 2021 02:52 PM IST

AP | , Tehran, Iran

Iran says 60% enrichment meant to show nuclear prowess, is reversible

Talks in Vienna aimed at bringing the United States and Iran back to full compliance with a 2015 nuclear deal have been further complicated by an explosion at Iran's main uranium enrichment facility at Natanz.

An Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria.(Reuters)

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Published on Apr 20, 2021 03:33 PM IST

Reuters |

Israel 'of course' behind nuclear site attack: Iran foreign ministry

The Sunday incident, which Iran called an act of "anti-nuclear terrorism," came a day after Tehran said it had started up advanced uranium centrifuges at Natanz, a breach of its commitments under the troubled 2015 deal with world powers.

The US withdrew from the landmark nuclear agreement in 2018 and re-imposed sanctions, prompting Iran to retaliate by progressively rolling back its own commitments.(Reuters)

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Published on Apr 12, 2021 01:22 PM IST

AFP | | Posted by Prashasti Singh

Mossad may have carried cyber attack against Iran's Natanz nuclear facility

Israel public radio cites intelligence sources saying Israel behind Iran nuclear site incident.

This satellite photo from Planet Labs Inc. shows Iran's Natanz nuclear facility. (AP/PTI)

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Published on Apr 11, 2021 10:09 PM IST

Reuters | , Jerusalem

Chinese envoy says Iran talks to resume next week

Speaking to reporters after a meeting of the deal's participants to take stock following a week of discussions, Wang Qun, China's ambassador to the U.N. atomic watchdog, said the talks were going in the right direction and parties were narrowing differences.

An Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria.(File Photo / REUTERS)

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Published on Apr 09, 2021 04:09 PM IST

Reuters | , Vienna

Iran says talks switch to lifting US sanctions in one step

The US has so far ruled out unilaterally removing sanctions in order to get Iran to return to enrichment parameters set by the 2015 agreement. The Islamic Republic says Washington must move first as it was the party that abrogated the deal.

Iran, the European Union, China, Russia and the US have gathered in the Austrian capital to try to end a crisis over the deal’s future, and are scheduled to reconvene on Friday.(via REUTERS)

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Published on Apr 09, 2021 06:09 AM IST

Bloomberg |

Iran, world powers to discuss US return to nuclear deal, compliance today

U.S. President Joe Biden's predecessor, Donald Trump, withdrew from the deal in 2018 and reimposed U.S. sanctions, prompting Iran, after waiting more than a year, to violate some of the pact's nuclear restrictions in retaliation.

The United States and Iran have yet to agree even to meet about reviving the deal and are communicating indirectly via European nations, Western officials have said.(REUTERS)

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Published on Apr 02, 2021 06:17 AM IST

Reuters | | Posted by Prashasti Singh, Paris

Iran says sanctions could force shutdown of nuclear power plant

Bushehr, developed by Russia and operational since 2011, is one of the oldest civilian nuclear power plants in the Middle East and is not regarded by the United Nations atomic watchdog as a proliferation threat.

Iranians drive past missiles by their motorcycle during a rally marking the 42nd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, at Azadi (Freedom) Square in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. Iranians Wednesday began a vehicle-only rallies in cities and towns across the country to mark the anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution. The decision for replacing traditional rallies and demonstrations by vehicle-only move came as a measure to prevent spread of the coronavirus as the country struggles to stem the worst outbreak of the pandemic in the Middle East with death toll nearing 59,000 and some 1.48 million confirmed cases of the virus. The country on Tuesday launched a coronavirus inoculation campaign. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)(AP)

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Published on Mar 29, 2021 01:57 PM IST

Bloomberg |

Clock is ticking for Joe Biden if he wants to salvage the nuclear deal with Iran

For his part, Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Tehran would only return to compliance if the US first lifted economic sanctions.

FILE - In this file photo released Jan. 16, 2021, by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, a missile is launched in a drill in Iran. The Biden administration’s early efforts to resurrect the 2015 Iran nuclear deal are getting a chilly early response from Tehran. Though few expected a breakthrough in the first month of the new administration, Iran’s tough line suggests a difficult road ahead.(Iranian Revolutionary Guard/Sepahnews via AP, File)(AP)

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Published on Mar 01, 2021 02:27 PM IST

ANI | , Cyprus

Iran's Khamenei demands 'action' from Biden to revive nuclear deal

Iran has set a deadline of next week for Biden to begin reversing sanctions imposed by his predecessor Donald Trump.

Iran says the United States must first lift Trump's sanctions while Washington says Tehran must first return to compliance with the deal(REUTERS)

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Published on Feb 18, 2021 05:43 AM IST

Reuters | , Dubai

Iran may pursue nuclear weapon, intel minister warns West

In December Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani vowed to avenge Fakhrizadeh's killing, saying his country will decide time or venue of any retaliatory action.

In this picture released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with army's air force and air defense staff in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021. Iran's supreme leader said the U.S. must lift all sanctions if it wants Iran to return to its commitments to the nuclear deal with Western powers. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)(AP)

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Published on Feb 09, 2021 04:34 PM IST

AP | , Tehran

IAEA highlights another Iranian breach of nuclear deal

The ultimate goal of the deal is to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear bomb, something Iran insists it does not want to do.

Tehran has been using the violations to put pressure on the other signatories to provide more incentives to Iran to offset crippling American sanctions re-imposed after the American pullout. (AFP)(AFP)

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Published on Jan 14, 2021 10:41 PM IST

AP | , Berlin

Europe wants nuclear watchdog IAEA to ‘rebuke’ Iran for refusing inspections

Major European powers want to admonish Iran at the UN nuclear watchdog over its ongoing refusal to give access to inspectors at sites suspected of activities that may have been part of a nuclear weapons programme, a draft resolution showed.

File photo of a sign marks the seat of Iran’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). A draft resolution, seen by Reuters and dated June 10, put forward by Britain, France and Germany calls on Iran to cooperate fully and promptly with the IAEA.(REUTERS)

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Updated on Jun 16, 2020 09:11 PM IST

Vienna | ByReuters

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The Oman-mediated talks in Rome lasted about four hours, according to Iranian state television, which described the atmosphere as "constructive".

Negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program are ongoing, with a focus on uranium enrichment levels and missile verification.

The US is boosting its military presence in the region, sending a second aircraft carrier strike group and B-2 Spirit stealth bombers to the Middle East.

Donald Trump said the talks would take place “at almost the highest level,” but he did not disclose the location.

IRAN-NUCLEAR-FRANCE:Military confrontation seems inevitable if no new Iran nuclear deal, France says

US President Donald Trump had last week reportedly threatened Iran of “bombing” if Tehran did not agree to a nuclear programme deal.

Donald Trump said there would be bombings on Iran if they didn't reach an agreement with the US over Tehran's nuclear program.

Iran also brushed aside Israel's threats to attack its nuclear facilities and said that those are scattered throughout the country and well protected

The IAEA also estimated in its quarterly report that as of February 8, Iran’s overall stockpile of enriched uranium stands at 8,294.4 kilograms (18,286 pounds).

RUSSIA-IRAN-NUCLEAR-DIPLOMACY:Russia's Lavrov aligns positions with Iran on nuclear programme

The "maximum pressure" policy was originally implemented by Donald Trump during his first term as US President.

The UN's nuclear watchdog said last year that Iran has increased the rate at which it is producing near-weapons grade uranium.

In June, Iran began removing essentially all the agency's monitoring equipment, installed under its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.

Irrespective of whether the US or Israel or both decide to use the military option, it may not stop Iranian proliferation while also possibly resulting in a war

After a five-month pause, talks resumed on salvaging the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in Vienna on November 29.

Negotiators will convene in Vienna on Monday in a last-ditch effort to salvage a nuclear deal which the United States under then-President Donald Trump quit in 2018, reimposing sanctions on Iran.

Top US diplomat Anthony Blinken has hinted that Iran could face force if talks fail to salvage a 2015 nuclear deal.

Iran's semi-official news agency said the building was located near Karaj City, some 40 kilometers west the capital of Tehran.

Talks in Vienna aimed at bringing the United States and Iran back to full compliance with a 2015 nuclear deal have been further complicated by an explosion at Iran's main uranium enrichment facility at Natanz.

The Sunday incident, which Iran called an act of "anti-nuclear terrorism," came a day after Tehran said it had started up advanced uranium centrifuges at Natanz, a breach of its commitments under the troubled 2015 deal with world powers.

Israel public radio cites intelligence sources saying Israel behind Iran nuclear site incident.

Speaking to reporters after a meeting of the deal's participants to take stock following a week of discussions, Wang Qun, China's ambassador to the U.N. atomic watchdog, said the talks were going in the right direction and parties were narrowing differences.

The US has so far ruled out unilaterally removing sanctions in order to get Iran to return to enrichment parameters set by the 2015 agreement. The Islamic Republic says Washington must move first as it was the party that abrogated the deal.

U.S. President Joe Biden's predecessor, Donald Trump, withdrew from the deal in 2018 and reimposed U.S. sanctions, prompting Iran, after waiting more than a year, to violate some of the pact's nuclear restrictions in retaliation.

Bushehr, developed by Russia and operational since 2011, is one of the oldest civilian nuclear power plants in the Middle East and is not regarded by the United Nations atomic watchdog as a proliferation threat.

For his part, Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Tehran would only return to compliance if the US first lifted economic sanctions.

Iran has set a deadline of next week for Biden to begin reversing sanctions imposed by his predecessor Donald Trump.

In December Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani vowed to avenge Fakhrizadeh's killing, saying his country will decide time or venue of any retaliatory action.

The ultimate goal of the deal is to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear bomb, something Iran insists it does not want to do.

Major European powers want to admonish Iran at the UN nuclear watchdog over its ongoing refusal to give access to inspectors at sites suspected of activities that may have been part of a nuclear weapons programme, a draft resolution showed.

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