Iran negotiations

Iran could dilute 60% enriched uranium if all US sanctions lifted, nuclear official says

Earlier this week, Tehran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said a complete halt to uranium enrichment was absolutely unacceptable to Iran.

Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), speaks at the opening of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, September 15, 2025
A woman walks past a deactivated Kheibar Shekan ballistic missile in front of a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran's Bahrestan Square on September 27, 2025, as part of an exhibit to mark the "Sacred Defense Week" commemorating the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war.

What Arab media is expecting from the US-Iran talks in Oman - analysis

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

Why America's Western lens fails to understand Middle East dynamics - opinion

A banner with a photo of a new hypersonic ballistic missile called "Fattah" and with text reading "400 seconds to Tel Aviv" is seen on a street in Tehran, Iran June 8, 2023

Iran agrees to discuss proxy terror, ballistic missile arsenal in US negotiations - NYT


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.

IAEA announcement on Iran inspections status delayed due to mixed signals

The way that the different statements were made public in an uncoordinated fashion seemed to indicate some real substantive differences between the various Iranian officials.

An Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria September 9, 2019

What is behind Iran’s foreign policy stalemate? - opinion

Iran considers its regional influence as its winning card. Weakening Iran’s influence in the region’s countries will directly impact the outcome of the JCPOA negotiations.

IRANIAN FOREIGN Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend a news conference in Moscow in 2019.