Nuclear program

Iran rushes to protect Natanz, its most crucial nuclear site, from potential US strike

Tehran may have used the delay in the US's potential strike to make the beneath-mountain facility nearly untouchable.

A satellite image shows airstrike craters covered with dirt at the Natanz Enrichment Facility, following US airstrikes, in Natanz County, Iran, June 24, 2025
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi is welcomed by an Omani official upon his arrival in Muscat, Oman, in this handout image obtained on February 6, 2026.

Iran says nuclear talks gauged 'seriousness' of US as Araghchi refuses to halt uranium enrichment

Chinese and US flags flutter outside the building of an American company in Beijing, April 8, 2025.

US accuses China of secret nuclear testing as it calls for broad new arms treaty after New START

US Vice President JD Vance at the Civil-Military Coordination Center in Kiryat Gat in October 2025.

Vice President JD Vance to chair US discussion on Iran - report


Tehran claims success in latest missile barrage against Israel amid rising tensions

The IRGC Aerospace Force is employing precision-guided and smart missile systems to strike military centers and airbases, according to Tasnim News.

 Rescue personnel work at an impact site following missile attack from Iran on Israel, Israel, June 14, 2025.

Senior official: Israel could face exchange of missile-based blows with Iran in coming month

The official added that the round of US-Iranian nuclear negotiations scheduled for Sunday was part of a coordinated US-Israeli deception aimed at lowering Iran’s guard ahead of Friday’s attack.

Israeli Air Force fighter jets seen ahead of Operation Rising Lion in Iran, June 13, 2025

Iran won’t stop enriching uranium: The bomb is just part of the plan - opinion

The United States and Israel must recognize that Iran will never voluntarily abandon its nuclear enrichment unless forced to do so.

 MEMBERS OF Iran’s delegation leave Oman’s Embassy in Rome, where the fifth round of US-Iran talks took place

Emerging nuclear agreement between US and Iran seems problematic, officials tell 'Post'

The US is not automatically adopting Israel’s position that the enrichment facilities must be dismantled.

 Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian visits Iran's nuclear achievements exhibition in Tehran, Iran April 9, 2025.

US, Iran conclude 'positive' first round of nuclear talks, to resume next week

US-Iran talks were focused on sanctions against the Islamic Republic and wars in the Middle East, according to an Omani source.

 US President Donald Trump seen over an illustrative image of American-Iranian ties (illustrative)

Earthquake in Iran unlikely to have damaged Iranian nuclear centrifuges

The 'Post' learned that the earthquake was not caused by a nuclear test, seeing as the shocks were too close to a deep fault.

 Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C) visits the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, 350 km (217 miles) south of Tehran, April 8, 2008.

Iran will respond to Trump letter after 'full scrutiny,' ministry spokesperson says

The Iranian spokesperson noted contradictory signals from the US, which was voicing readiness for talks while also applying new sanctions.

 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with Iranian students in Tehran, Iran, March 12, 2025.

A strike or deal? Trump will have his way regarding Iran's nuclear program - opinion

Trump was confident he could cut a deal with Iran that would stop it from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

 IRAN’S VICE PRESIDENT for Strategic Affairs Javad Zarif speaks at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, last month. ‘I’m not sure he’s involved any longer in decision-making in the Iranian leadership, even if he has a title,’ quipped President Isaac Herzog.

Why is Iran’s FM talking about 'advanced centrifuges'? - analysis

Iran views the nuclear program as more than the sum of its parts.

A number of new generation Iranian centrifuges are seen on display during Iran's National Nuclear Energy Day in Tehran

Iran is making nuclear moves in conflict with West - analysis

"The Western parties that have been trying to push back Iran's nuclear program will face a different reality: a program that is significantly broader and more advanced," an Iran spokesperson said.

 A missile is launched during an annual drill in the coastal area of the Gulf of Oman and near the Strait of Hormuz, Iran