Sep 24 Iran foreign minister says country will return to nuclear talks ‘very soon’ By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press Former President Donald Trump denounced the nuclear accord and withdrew the U.S. from the agreement in 2018. Biden and his team have made a U.S. return to the deal one of their top foreign policy priorities. Continue reading
Jun 28 WATCH: Biden tells Israel’s outgoing president he won’t tolerate nuclear Iran By Aamer Madhani, Josh Boak, Associated Press President Joe Biden sought to assure Israel that he would not tolerate a nuclear Iran as he met with outgoing Israeli President Reuven Rivlin at the White House. Continue reading
Jun 20 Diplomats: Progress made in Vienna at Iran nuclear talks By Kirsten Grieshaber, Philipp Jenne, Associated Press Enrique Mora, the European Union official who chaired the final meeting of the sixth round of talks between Russia, China, Germany, France, Britain and Iran, told reporters that "we are closer to a deal, but we are not still there.”… Continue reading
Jun 02 European diplomats sees progress in latest rounds of Iran nuclear talks By Philipp Jenne, Frank Jordans, Associated Press Delegations from Russia, China, Germany, France, Britain, Iran and the U.S. have been holding talks in Vienna aimed at making Tehran comply with a 2015 deal curbing its atomic ambitions and also bringing the U.S. back into the accord. Continue reading
Jan 30 U.S. hits Iran with new sanctions, keeps some waivers in place By Deb Reichmann, Associated Press Brian Hook, U.S. envoy to Iran, said the U.S. would renew for 60 days sanctions waivers that permit Russian, European and Chinese companies to continue to work on Iran's civilian nuclear facilities without running afoul of U.S. sanctions. Continue reading
Jul 08 Watch 6:16 News Wrap: Iran exceeds allowed levels of uranium enrichment In our news wrap Monday, Iran announced it has begun enriching uranium to levels higher than is allowed under the 2015 nuclear accord. The new level is still far below weapons-grade, but a foreign ministry spokesman threatened that it could… Continue watching
Jul 14 Deal to keep Iran from making a nuclear bomb in 10 points By Larisa Epatko After nearly a decade of diplomatic efforts, culminating in weeks of wrangling and late-night sessions in Vienna, negotiators emerged with a final deal Tuesday to prevent Iran from making a nuclear bomb. Continue reading
Jul 12 Watch Could the historic Iran nuclear deal come on Monday? By PBS News Hour On Sunday, there was word that the historic deal between Iran and several nations about limiting their nuclear program in exchange for lifting economic sanctions could come as early as Monday. But Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said there was… Continue watching
May 10 Gulf nation leaders look to Obama for reassurance of fears over Iran By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press Leaders of Gulf nations unnerved by Washington's nuclear talks with Iran and Tehran's meddling across the Mideast look to President Barack Obama to promise more than words and weapons at Thursday's Camp David summit. Continue reading
Apr 12 Kerry tells opponents of Iran nuclear deal to ‘hold their fire’ By Associated Press Secretary of State John Kerry is urging congressional opponents of an emerging nuclear deal with Iran to "hold their fire" until they see a final agreement later this year. Continue reading