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Iran's president signaled a more diplomatic tone amid heightened tensions and distrust over nuclear negotiations weeks after both Israel and the United States launched strikes aimed at ending Iran's nuclear program. His remarks suggest Iran is looking to ease international pressure and avoid escalation.
Tehran issues warning against U.N. snapback sanctions amid concerns over its nuclear program, while expert warns that enforcing the U.N. mechanism could prompt Iran to exit non-proliferation treaty.
Officials in Israel are acknowledging that some enriched uranium may have survived the powerful U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities last month.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the foreign ministers of France, Germany and the UK agreed in a phone call on Monday to set the end of August as the de facto deadline for reaching a nuclear deal with Iran,
Israel believes at least some of Iran’s highly enriched uranium was buried by U.S. strikes and not destroyed or moved beforehand.
What many have called a "fragile" ceasefire between Israel and Iran remains in place following nearly two weeks of missile strikes, which included the U.S. dropping "bunker-busting" bombs on Iran's three nuclear sites. But questions remain about how much damage the operation actually did.
Iran’s foreign minister says the country is open to resuming nuclear talks with the U.S. if guaranteed no further attacks.
Portions of Iran’s near weapons-grade enriched uranium wasn’t entirely destroyed in US strikes and the stockpiles could potentially be accessed by nuclear engineers, according to a
President Donald Trump claims Iran's nuclear sites were "totally obliterated," while Israeli officials report a portion of enriched uranium may have survived the operation.
The process of uranium enrichment increases the concentration of U-235, an isotope that can sustain a nuclear chain reaction. Beginning in 2006, the U.N. Security Council called on Iran to suspend all uranium enrichment, but it endorsed the JCPOA on July 20, 2015.
IRAN has again threatened to ramp up enrichment of its near-weapons-grade uranium stockpile just days after being bombed by the US. It comes after Israel said some of Iran’s nuclear fuel