Iran nuclear news

How do Israel, China view their dispute over Iran - analysis

China has managed to maintain mostly positive relations with both Tehran and Jerusalem, being an important trade partner of Israel while having strategic ties with Iran.

Members of the Iranian Navy attend the joint Navy exercise of Iran, China and Russia in the Gulf of Oman, Iran, in this handout image obtained on March 12, 2025; illustrative.
A satellite imagery taken on February 1, 2026, shows a new roof over a previously destroyed building at Isfahan nuclear site, Iran.

Satellite images show Iran is rebuilding missile arsenal, nuclear sites - New York Times

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, September 9, 2025.

Iran's FM Araghchi to hold talks on bilateral, nuclear issues in Paris on Wednesday, France says

 An Iranian missile is displayed during a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2022.

IAEA says Iran's uranium stock is 'long overdue' after inspecting locations not attacked by Israel


What underpins the danger and drive for an Iran deal? - analysis

Here are ten key observations to the Iran nuclear deal.

RALLYING AGAINST the Iran nuclear deal on Capitol Hill in Washington, 2015.

Could these Iran nuclear negotiations yield a different result? - analysis

All things considered, it remains unclear why US President Joe Biden thinks this round of talks with Iran will go any differently than the last.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi attend a meeting in Tehran, Iran July 19, 2022.

Iran, US to resume talks in Vienna tomorrow

The negotiations set to begin on Thursday will be the first talks on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal since June.

 Delegates from Iran attend the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference in New York City, New York, US, August 1, 2022.

Lapid to Biden: Put a credible military threat to Iran on the table

The United States affirms a military threat to Iran in the Jerusalem Declaration.

US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Yair Lapid meet on the second day of Biden's visit

Israel, US to declare ‘strategic partnership’ during Biden visit

The agreement includes a joint stance against Iran’s nuclear program and regional aggression to ensure Iran never attains a nuclear weapon.

Israeli and US flags are rolled up before being set up, as part of preparations for US President Joe Biden's visit later this week, in Jerusalem, July 10, 2022.

New US bill brings together Abraham Accords signatories against Iran

The DEFEND Act aims to "combat Iranian aggression threatening peace" as Iran is "on the one-yard line in their pursuit of a nuclear weapon."

 Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting via video conference with people from East Azarbaijan in Tehran, Iran, February 17, 2022.

'Nuclear agreement with Iran is very close' - EU Foreign Minister

Josep Borrell, the EU's High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, says the agreement with Iran regarding its nuclear status is very close to signature in Doha forum.

Josep Borrell speaks at a news conference on the Russian military operation against Ukraine, at EU headquarters in Brussels on Sunday

Iran launches 'three research cargos' into space

Iranian media says Iran successfully launched the Simorgh space-launch vehicle (SLV) to an altitude of 470 km. with cargos on board, releasing footage of a rocket being launched as evidence.

The Safir satellite-carrier rocket, which was designed for Iran's Omid satellite, is seen before launch at Iran's space centre in Tehran in 2009

Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant has emergency shutdown - state TV

Iran has witnessed dozens of mysterious fires and explosions across the country since mid-2020, many near nuclear facilities.

A VIEW of the Bushehr main nuclear reactor, 1,200 km. south of Tehran, in 2010

Iran ‘conceals illegal activities’ for WMD tech - German intel

The report said Iran’s regime can use “Detour deliveries over ‘third states’ in order not to identify the final buyer” and “the use and misuse of inexperienced freight deliverers and transporters."

Employees of the Research Institute for Protective Technologies, Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection (WIS) inspect a dummy sample which is contaminated with a substance similar to the chemical weapon Sarin.