Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action

US-Iran deal means Israel will be ‘in this s*** a lot longer,’ Jerusalemites say

Some Israelis indicated that, with the MoU, which is set to be officially signed in Switzerland on Friday, they saw an emerging rift between the US and Israel.

|BySAM HALPERN
People walk on Jaffa Street in central Jerusalem, June 15, 2026.
People wave flags next to an Iranian missile on display during the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, February 10, 2025.

Obama-era nuclear deal may be best case scenario for US, Iran peace talks, Israeli expert warns

Israel is closely watching the possibility of an interim arrangement, particularly amid reports that Iran could reopen the Strait of Hormuz as part of a broader understanding with Washington. 

|By103FM
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
US President Donald Trump against backdrop of Iranian missile (illustration).

Iran may secure a deal before Trump's deadline - or face Israeli strikes in Tehran - analysis

We are nearing the endgame leading to an attack on Iran's nuclear program - or to serious new nuclear negotiations.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

Forget nixing Iran deal, for now DC just wants partners to agree to fix it

Trump delivered an ultimatum to the European powers on Jan. 12, saying they must agree to "fix the terrible flaws" or he would refuse to extend the US sanctions relief on Iran that it calls for.

FEBRUARY 18, 2018ByREUTERS
U.S. President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini before their meeting at the European Union headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, May 25, 2017.

Nuclear countdown: 100-day dash to the JCPOA finish line?

It appears that both Congress and the Europeans are increasingly willing to work with President Trump to keep the Iran nuclear deal alive.

FEBRUARY 5, 2018ByCHARLES BYBELEZER/THE MEDIA LINE
Missiles and a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Baharestan Square in Tehran, Iran

Russian FM calls for US 'flexibility' on Iran

“My assessment: despite all the difficulties, the nuclear deal still can be restored. For this to happen the US should demonstrate greater flexibility,” Russian envoy Mikhail Ulyanov said.

FEBRUARY 14, 2007ByTOVAH LAZAROFF, REUTERS
Russia's Governor to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mikhail Ulyanov briefs the media after a meeting of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in Vienna, Austria, November 29, 2021.