JCPOA

From appeasement to escalation: Europe's dangerous Iran blind spot - opinion

In the 1930s, Europe watched a hostile ideology announce itself in plain language and chose not to believe it. Today, Europe is making the same calculation about Iran.

|BySAGIV STEINBERG
European Union, Israeli and German flags flutter near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, September 5, 2022
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress in the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 3, 2015.

Netanyahu's 2015 Congress speech: A blueprint for action, not a failure - analysis

Netanyahu's 2015 Congress speech on Iran now seems prescient as Israel and the US strike Iran, highlighting a growing partisan divide over Israel in America.

|ByHERB KEINON
An illustration of enforcing sanctions on Iran.

Israel praises UN snapback of sanctions against Iran for nuke violations

Israel’s Foreign Ministry praised the UN move to reinstate sanctions on Iran, calling it vital to stopping Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB, REUTERS
Members of the United Nations Security Council vote against a resolution by Russia and China to delay by six months the reimposition of sanctions on Iran during the 80th U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 26, 2025.

UN reinstates arms embargo, other sanctions on Iran

The E3, Britain, France, and Germany, confirmed that the sanctions will return over accusations that Iran violated the 2015 deal that aimed to stop it developing a nuclear bomb.

|ByREUTERS

Herzog in Basel: 'Iran’s behavior cannot be met with silence'

Herzog asked to call upon the Swiss and all other governments, “to oppose the Iranian nuclear program, in no uncertain terms."

AUGUST 29, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN
President Isaac Herzog meets with Swiss President Ignazio Cassis as they commemorate the 125th anniversary of the First Zionist Congress in Basel.

Has Washington recognized a nuclear Iran? - opinion

The biggest winner in the negotiations to resuscitate the nuclear agreement is hands down Iran.

AUGUST 27, 2022BySALEM ALKETBI
A number of new generation Iranian centrifuges are seen on display during Iran's National Nuclear Energy Day in Tehran, Iran April 10, 2021

Lapid pushing for call with Biden amid Iran nuclear deal concerns

Defense Minister Benny Gantz called to upgrade Israel's military capabilities to face Iran, even if nuclear deal is reached.

AUGUST 27, 2022ByLAHAV HARKOV
US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid sign a security pledge at Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Jerusalem, Israel July 14, 2022

Netanyahu's Iran blitz: Is history repeating itself? No - opinion

INSIDE POLITICS: Netanyahu and Lapid are jostling to see who is tougher on the burgeoning Iran deal.

AUGUST 26, 2022ByTAL SHALEV
THEN-PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu attends the Knesset plenum session ahead of the vote on the Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People, 2018

Israel opposes Iran nuclear deal, but there might not be another option

A military campaign against Iran might destroy the facilities but will only delay the regime’s nuclear development, expert says.

AUGUST 26, 2022ByADI KOPLEWITZ/THE MEDIA LINE
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

Gantz discusses US-Israel cooperation against Iran with CENTCOM commander

The defense minister is set to meet with US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan to discuss the efforts to return to the JCPOA deal.

AUGUST 26, 2022ByTZVI JOFFRE
CENTCOM General Michael Kurilla and Israel Defense Minister Benny Gantz.

Mossad Chief Barnea: New nuclear deal will not block us from acting against Iran

“Israel is not signed on to the deal. Israel is permitted to defend itself any way possible - and will act this way," Barnea said.

AUGUST 25, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
A view of the water nuclear reactor at Arak, Iran December 23, 2019. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Lapid: US adopted Israeli stances in Iran response

Nuclear talks may enter 10th round after US, Iran exchange responses to “final” draft of deal.

AUGUST 25, 2022ByLAHAV HARKOV
Iran's Chief Nuclear Negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani leaves the Palais Coburg, the venue where closed-door nuclear talks take place in Vienna, Austria, August 4,2022.

Biden talks to nuke deal partners about Iran’s ambitions

The UAE returned its envoy to Tehran • Shin Bet head visits Egypt amid rise in tensions

AUGUST 21, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian meets with Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, in Tehran, Iran, September 9, 2021.

The JCPOA Nuclear Deal 2.0 is coming any day now - opinion

US President Joe Biden will find a way to excuse even the most unreasonable and irresponsible arrangement with Iran in order to get a deal.

AUGUST 19, 2022ByDAVID M. WEINBERG
SENIOR TRUMP Administration officials – national security advisor John Bolton, secretary of state Mike Pompeo and White House press secretary Sarah Sanders stand in the Oval Office in 2019. An Iranian conspiracy to assassinate Bolton and Pompeo was recently revealed.