Iran nuclear

Education Minister complains of disturbance during sirens, Iran says Hormuz Strait will stay closed

Iranian ballistic missile commander killed • Kindergarten struck in Hezbollah barrage on North • Bahrain calls for UN vote to defend Strait of Hormuz

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli security and rescue forces operate at the scene where several people were lightly injured by a missile fired from Lebanon in Bi’ina, northern Israel, April 2, 2026.
US President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation about the Iran war at the White House in Washington, DC, US April 1, 2026.

Trump says US 'on the cusp' of ending war, threatens to hit Iranian electric plants 'very hard'

“If there is no deal, we are going to hit each and every one of their electric generating plants very hard and probably simultaneously,” United States President Donald Trump stated.

|ByGOLDIE KATZ
Damage after Iranian missile fragments hit a residence in the Tel Aviv area, March 26, 2026.

Israelis lose faith in decisive victory in Iran war - opinion

Israelis can endure the war, but the consensus is cracking as trust, expectations, and ideas of what victory means are diverging.

|ByABIR GITLIN
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to the press following a G7 Foreign Ministers' meeting with Partner Countries before his departure at the Bourget airport in Le Bourget, outside Paris, France, March 27, 2026.

War with Iran was Trump's 'last best chance' to avoid a nuclear Islamic regime, Rubio says

Rubio said later on Tuesday that Washington could see the "finish line" in the Iran war, and added that there is potential for a "direct meeting at some point" between the two sides.

|ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN, REUTERS

Trump says US could end Iran war in two to three weeks

Trump added that Tehran does not have to make a deal with Washington to end the conflict.

APRIL 1, 2026ByREUTERS, AMICHAI STEIN, TZVI JASPER
US President Donald Trump speaks during the signing ceremony for an executive order on mail ballots, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, March 31, 2026.

Trump says intel chief Tulsi Gabbard 'softer' than him on Iran nuclear issue

"She's a little bit different in her thought process than me," US President Donald Trump said of intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard, regarding Iran's nuclear ambitions.

MARCH 30, 2026ByREUTERS
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testifies during a House Select Intelligence Committee hearing on March 19, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Trump considering operation to extract Iran's enriched uranium - WSJ

While the decision has not yet been made, Trump remains open to the idea, US officials told WSJ. However, he is taking into account the danger such an operation would pose to US troops. 

MARCH 30, 2026ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN
US President Donald Trump arrives on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, US, March 29, 2026.

Oil is Trump‘s Achilles heel: The Iran war is being fought at the gas pump - opinion

The world’s largest oil producer is being held hostage by Iran’s blockade of a 21-mile-wide chokepoint as President Donald Trump decides how to deal with the strait’s closure.

MARCH 29, 2026ByMARTIN OLINER
INDIAN VESSEL ‘Nanda Devi’ carrying liquefied petroleum gas arrives at Vadinar Port in the Jamnagar district of Gujarat state earlier this week, after Iran allowed it to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, a key energy corridor that Iran has selectively closed.

Iran's Pezeshkian clashes with IRGC's chief, nineteen injured in Beit Shemesh from shrapnel

IDF kills Hezbollah terrorist working as journalist • Pentagon preparing for week-long ground operation in Iran • Iran, Hezbollah step up night attacks against northern, southern Israel

MARCH 28, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Police snappers working at a house in Savyon were a shrapnel from a cluster munition missile fell.

Iranian regime hardliners ramp up calls for a nuclear bomb, sources claim

One of the sources alleged there was no plan to change Iran's nuclear doctrine yet and claimed that the regime had not decided to seek a bomb, despite enriching uranium.

MARCH 26, 2026ByREUTERS
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf looks on as parliament members chant in support of the IRGC while wearing military uniforms in Tehran, Iran, February 1, 2026; illustrative.

Israel’s 81% war consensus is an illusion - opinion

When we breakdown the data, what looks like national unity turns out to be two markedly different understandings of the war, imagined by two different publics.

MARCH 25, 2026By PAZIT BEN-NUN BLOOM
People rush into a public bomb shelter in Tel Aviv amid reports of incoming missiles on February 28.

US sends Iran 15-point proposal for ending war in Middle East

The plan, which was delivered to Iran via Pakistan, reportedly addresses Iran's ballistic missile and nuclear programs, as well as issues regarding the Strait of Hormuz.

MARCH 24, 2026ByGOLDIE KATZ
A U.S. Marines F-35C Lightning II prepares to make an arrested landing on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, in support of the Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran from an undisclosed location March 7, 2026.

Tehran residential area struck by US-Israeli airstrikes, rescuers search through rubble

Airstrikes reportedly hit a Tehran neighborhood, causing severe damage. Rescue teams search the rubble, and footage shows collapsed buildings. No official confirmation from Israel or the US.

MARCH 24, 2026ByREUTERS, SHOSHANA BAKER
Smoke plumes billow from the site of airstrikes near Azadi Tower in western Tehran on March 10, 2026.

‘If Iran keeps its uranium, everything was for nothing,' experts say on Trump's war pause

A five-day halt in strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure, following what President Donald Trump described as “productive” talks, is fueling debate over whether pressure is easing too soon.

MARCH 24, 2026ByGABRIEL COLODRO/THE MEDIA LINE
Smoke and flames rise at the site of airstrikes on an oil depot in Tehran on March 7, 2026.