Nuclear program

Renewed US blockade on Iranian ports in Strait of Hormuz closer pushes region closer to open war

Initially, the US undertook limited targeted counterstrikes at Iranian assets around Hormuz to convince Iran to back down.

Commander of US Central Command (CENTCOM) Navy Adm. Brad Cooper testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 14, 2026 in Washington, DC.
 IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi holds a news conference after the first day of the agency's quarterly Board of Governors meeting at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria, June 9, 2025.

IAEA inspections in Iran need to be fundamentally different after Iran was bombed - analysis

The United Nations headquarters before a meeting on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at the UN, in New York City, US, April 27, 2026.

Iran's nuclear weapon timeline barely set back despite US-Israeli strikes, sources say

CENTCOM Gen. Kenneth McKenzie

Ex-CENTCOM Chief: IRGC running Iran can make concessions without regime change - interview


Senior official: Israel could face exchange of missile-based blows with Iran in coming month

The official added that the round of US-Iranian nuclear negotiations scheduled for Sunday was part of a coordinated US-Israeli deception aimed at lowering Iran’s guard ahead of Friday’s attack.

Israeli Air Force fighter jets seen ahead of Operation Rising Lion in Iran, June 13, 2025

Iran won’t stop enriching uranium: The bomb is just part of the plan - opinion

The United States and Israel must recognize that Iran will never voluntarily abandon its nuclear enrichment unless forced to do so.

 MEMBERS OF Iran’s delegation leave Oman’s Embassy in Rome, where the fifth round of US-Iran talks took place

Emerging nuclear agreement between US and Iran seems problematic, officials tell 'Post'

The US is not automatically adopting Israel’s position that the enrichment facilities must be dismantled.

 Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian visits Iran's nuclear achievements exhibition in Tehran, Iran April 9, 2025.

US, Iran conclude 'positive' first round of nuclear talks, to resume next week

US-Iran talks were focused on sanctions against the Islamic Republic and wars in the Middle East, according to an Omani source.

 US President Donald Trump seen over an illustrative image of American-Iranian ties (illustrative)

Earthquake in Iran unlikely to have damaged Iranian nuclear centrifuges

The 'Post' learned that the earthquake was not caused by a nuclear test, seeing as the shocks were too close to a deep fault.

 Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C) visits the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, 350 km (217 miles) south of Tehran, April 8, 2008.

Iran will respond to Trump letter after 'full scrutiny,' ministry spokesperson says

The Iranian spokesperson noted contradictory signals from the US, which was voicing readiness for talks while also applying new sanctions.

 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with Iranian students in Tehran, Iran, March 12, 2025.

A strike or deal? Trump will have his way regarding Iran's nuclear program - opinion

Trump was confident he could cut a deal with Iran that would stop it from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

 IRAN’S VICE PRESIDENT for Strategic Affairs Javad Zarif speaks at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, last month. ‘I’m not sure he’s involved any longer in decision-making in the Iranian leadership, even if he has a title,’ quipped President Isaac Herzog.

Why is Iran’s FM talking about 'advanced centrifuges'? - analysis

Iran views the nuclear program as more than the sum of its parts.

A number of new generation Iranian centrifuges are seen on display during Iran's National Nuclear Energy Day in Tehran

Iran is making nuclear moves in conflict with West - analysis

"The Western parties that have been trying to push back Iran's nuclear program will face a different reality: a program that is significantly broader and more advanced," an Iran spokesperson said.

 A missile is launched during an annual drill in the coastal area of the Gulf of Oman and near the Strait of Hormuz, Iran

Iranian strategy advisor to 'Al Mayadeen': Iran has technical abilities to produce nuclear weapons

He added that Iran will respond to Israel's retaliatory attack at an appropriate time, saying Tehran will likely increase the range of their ballistic missiles.

 Head of the Strategic Council of Foreign Relations, Seyed Kamal Kharazi, speaks during the Iranian-Arab Dialogues for Cooperation Conference in Tehran, Iran, May 12, 2024.