Nuclear talks with iran

US planning of military operation against Iran in 'advanced stages,' official says - report

US forces in the Middle East are ready for operations against Iran, as military plans move into advanced stages, an anonymous official told Al Jazeera.

 L to R: Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, US President Donald Trump against backdrop of respective flags and missile strikes.
US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman hold hands during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., US, November 18, 2025.

Iran asks for Saudi help in reviving nuclear talks with Trump in letter to MBS

An Iranian woman walks past an anti-US mural on a street in Tehran, Iran, October 14, 2025

US is not ready for 'equal and fair' nuclear negotiations, Iran's Abbas Araghchi claims

 Donald Trump seen with a model of an Iranian missile (illustrative)

Trump says Iran has been asking if US sanctions can be lifted


Iran 'is in a hurry' to revive nuclear deal if its interests secured -foreign minister

Talks between world powers have been held in Vienna since April amid growing Western fears about Tehran’s accelerating nuclear advances

A meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna last week

Iran: Nuclear talks harder because world powers 'pretend' to take initiative

Only hours earlier, Russia's envoy to the talks in Vienna said "significant progress" has been made.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi gestures as he speaks at Tehran's Friday prayer on the occasion of the 43rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution of Iran in Tehran, Iran, February 11, 2022.

China breaks silence as talks drag on and Iran deflects

China’s ambassador to the UN in Vienna said that the negotiators “all agree that we have reached the concluding stage."

CHINESE AMBASSADOR to the United Nations, Wang Qun, waits for the start of talks on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal in Vienna, last month.

US envoy says returning to Vienna in hope of reviving Iran nuclear pact

Diplomats and analysts say the longer Iran remains outside the deal, the more nuclear expertise it will gain.

 US Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley and Barry Rosen, campaigning for the release of hostages imprisoned by Iran, sit at a table during an interview with Reuters in Vienna, Austria.

Iran says US must do more, despite its restoration of sanction waivers

Iran says the US' restoration of sanction waivers regarding Iran's nuclear program is not enough and that Iran has a legal right to maintain its peaceful nuclear capabilities.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian attends a press conference after his meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut, Lebanon, October 7, 2021.

Officials at Iran nuclear talks seek help from political bosses

Diplomats say negotiations are progressing but moving too slowly to reach an agreement before restrictions on Iran's nuclear activities contained in the 2015 deal have been irreversibly hollowed out.

A meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna last week

Iran talks: Will a deal be reached? Doubtful - INSS report

The report shows how Iran has taken an emboldened stance, and that Israel is not properly preparing for the worst.

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, December 3, 2021.

US grants Iran sanctions exemption to South Korea

The US has granted South Korea a license to pay damages owed to an Iranian company, possibly a gesture from the US to Iran to move nuclear talks forward.

 KAZEM GHARIB ABADI, Iran’s permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency, leaves a meeting in Vienna on following up the Iran nuclear agreement.

Weeks, not months for Iran deal, EU mediator says as Vienna talks resume

Lapid warns that Israel will act alone against Iran if needed.

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, December 3, 2021.

Iran talks – What does a 'weeks' deadline really mean? - analysis

The US set a late January deadline for returning to the 2015 nuclear deal.

 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