Iran negotiations

US planning renewed military action against Iranian infrastructure should talks fail - CNN

The option to strike Iranian energy infrastructure, as Trump had previously threatened, remains on the table as a way to pressure Tehran into agreeing to a deal.

An F/A-18F Super Hornet prepares to launch from the US Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in support of the Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran, February 28, 2026.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif meets with Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, as delegations from the United States and Iran are expected to hold peace talks, in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 11, 2026.

Iranian delegation 'forbidden' from raising nuclear issues in US talks - report

US President Donald Trump speaks about research into mental health treatments in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., April 18, 2026.

Trump, Pakistani sources say US-Iran talks could begin Friday as ceasefire extended - report

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Polymarket forecast low chances of ceasefire being extended even after Trump's announcement


US will work with Israel on tougher Iran stance in wake of Vienna - opinion

Appeasing and reassuring Israel is important to avoid unilateral Israeli military action against Iran, and it supports the White House’s ability to break the deadlock on the Iranian nuclear issue.

 KAZEM GHARIB ABADI, Iran’s permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency, leaves a meeting in Vienna on following up the Iran nuclear agreement.

JCPOA withdrawal left 'unconstrained' nuclear Iran - US official

“Every day that goes by is just further proof and demonstration of how self-defeating the decision to withdraw from the JCPOA was [It] left an Iranian nuclear program that is unconstrained."

 Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Enrique Mora and Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani and delegations wait for the start of a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria December 17, 2021

Iran top negotiator says nuclear talks to pause for a few days

The indirect US-Iran talks on bringing both sides back into full compliance with the deal are in their seventh round.

 Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani arrives for a meeting of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in Vienna, Austria, November 29, 2021.

Israel must work to rein in Iran's nuclear ambitions - editorial

Israel’s goal is to prevent Iran from producing sufficient enriched uranium to become a nuclear threshold state.

Iranian flag flies in front of the UN office building, housing IAEA headquarters, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Vienna, Austria, May 24, 2021.

Iran’s nuclear strategy - opinion

It is obvious to deduce that Iran has been proceeding apace with its nuclear program in defiance of the deal.

 IRANIAN, BRITISH and Russian representatives await the start of a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna on Monday.

Iran starts enriching with advanced centrifuges while stalling in Vienna talks

Negotiations between world powers and Iran to restore the 2015 nuclear deal resumed in Vienna for the first time in over five months.

 Deputy Secretary-General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Enrique Mora and Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani wait for the start of a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria November 29, 2021.

Iran backtracks on previous months of nuclear talks

Iranian officials continued to maintain that the talks are about lifting US sanctions, as opposed to their country’s nuclear program.

 Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani arrives for a meeting of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in Vienna, Austria, November 29, 2021.

Sen. Risch: Negotiating a return to the JCPOA is 'waste of time'

“I am very much in disagreement when they say [returning to the JCPOA] is the only way. To me, it's the only way for [Iran] to reasonably go forward to get the bomb, which is what they want.”

 Iranian flag flies in front of the UN office building in Vienna

Iran nuclear crisis coming 'soon' - opinion

It is important to realize the seriousness of Iran’s move to put everyone against the wall.

 IAEA DIRECTOR-GENERAL Rafael Grossi speaks at a news conference during a Board of Governors meeting in Vienna in September.

Mixed Israeli signals about renewed US talks with Iran - analysis

This schedule of meetings speaks of a government not quite sure how to deal with an American administration obviously keen on restoring the nuclear deal with Iran.

Iranian flag flies in front of the UN office building, housing IAEA headquarters, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Vienna, Austria, May 24, 2021.