Uranium

Araghchi slams US-Israeli Miriam Adelson, accusing her of dual loyalties in antisemitic trope

Iran's FM Abbas Araghchi criticizes Miriam Adelson's claims, calls for diplomacy in US-Iran talks, and warns of military retaliation if negotiations fail.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi addresses the Al Jazeera Forum in Doha, February 7, 2026; illustrative.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with US Special Envoy and Jared Kushner at Blair House in Washington on February 10, 2026.

Netanyahu meets with Witkoff, Kushner ahead of discussion with Trump on 'principles' for Iran talks

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

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

Spokesperson of Russia's Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova attends the annual press conference held by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, January 14, 2025.

Russia says uranium proposal for Iran is still on the table


Tehran persists that Iran has the right to enrich uranium

The Iranian push for enrichment comes as Iran and the US continue to consider a fifth round of indirect talks.

 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi meets with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi in Tehran, Iran, April 16, 2025.

Iran says its right to uranium enrichment is non-negotiable

Iran and the US are due to hold a second round of talks in Oman on Saturday over Tehran's escalating nuclear program, with President Donald Trump threatening military action if there is no deal.

 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi in Muscat, Oman, April 12, 2025.

Israel, US must prevent uranium enrichment on Saudi soil, Lapid says

Opposition head Yair Lapid's cited three reasons for opposing independent Saudi enrichment of uranium.

Opposition head MK Yair Lapid leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, March 24, 2025

Averting ayatollah's atomic Auschwitz: The US, Israel should bomb Iran now - opinion

With each passing day, the would-be Hitler of Persia is drawing ever closer to his goal of obtaining a nuclear arsenal, threatening everyone and everything that all of us hold dear.

 THE SUPREME leaders loom over daily life in Tehran.

Iran, Europeans slip in nuke talks right before Trump inauguration - analysis

Sources have indicated that the E-3 is still concerned that Israel or Trump may only push Iran over the nuclear weapons line.

 Iranian centrifuges are seen on display during a meeting between Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and nuclear scientists and personnel of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), in Tehran, Iran June 11, 2023.

IAEA Board passes Iran resolution as West pushes Tehran towards talks

The board also requested a "comprehensive" report to pressure the Islamic Republic into new nuclear talks.

 INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi (left) meets with then-Iranian foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Tehran, in May. Can Iran’s nuclear threat be neutralized without force or sanctions?

EU considering reopening nuclear deal negotiations with Iran, sources claim

EU unsure Tehran ready for concessions or just looking to relieve pressure, play for time

 THEN-IRANIAN foreign minister Javad Zarif meets with EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell in Tehran, in 2020. Human rights in Iran are a victim of negotiations on the nuclear file and trade between the EU and Iran, says the writer

IAEA report: Iran installs more centrifuges at Fordow enrichment plant

Diplomats said Iran was responding to last week's IAEA board resolution against it by expanding its uranium-enrichment capacity at its two underground enrichment sites at Fordow and Natanz.

A SATELLITE view of Iran's Fordow nuclear plant.

Iran expanding nuclear enrichment capacity after IAEA resolution, diplomats say

Diplomats say that the escalation is not as big as feared, and involves installation of clusters of centrifuges, the machines that enrich uranium, at both its underground enrichment sites.

Military personnel stand guard at a nuclear facility in the Zardanjan area of Isfahan, Iran, April 19, 2024, in this screengrab taken from video.

Iran becoming aggressive in pursuit of nuclear weapons, IAEA chief warns

In recent months, multiple top Iranian officials have threatened the West that it might publicly decide that nuclear weapons are not prohibited by Islam.

AN IRANIAN FLAG is pictured near in a missile during a military drill, with the participation of Iran’s air defense units in October.  (West Asia News Agency/Reuters)