Iran Deal

Smoke rises as fire burns, in an alleged site of IRGC's missile launch targeted by Israel on the mountains of Shiraz, Iran on June 21, 2025. Israel attacked Iran in early hours of June 13, and the exchange of fire between the two countries continues ever since. (Photo by Hiroon / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by HIROON/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

Israel likely to strike Iran in 2026, European diplomats say

Israel might opt to strike Iran again next year if it assesses that the Tehran-based government is resuming high-level uranium enrichment.

Rina Bassist

By Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

currency exchange in Tehran

Iran currency dips to new low of 1.2M per dollar as sanctions bite: What to know

Since US President Donald Trump took office in January, the rial has plummeted.

In this handout photo released by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) on November 10, 2025, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi (L) is accompanied by AEOI chief Mohammad Eslami during a visit to a facility in Tehran. (Photo by Atomic Energy Organization of Iran / AFP)

Iran stops IAEA inspections following UN watchdog's reprimand

The IAEA Board of Governors approved a resolution on Thursday demanding Iran provide access to attacked nuclear facilities and information on its uranium stockpiles.

A couple sits facing the skyline of Tehran from Bam-e Tehran in Tehran, Iran on October 24, 2025. (Photo by Bahram / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by BAHRAM/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Iran judicial chief orders crackdown on women defying hijab law: What to know

Chief Justice Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei also called for legal action against the United States over the June strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.

Latest News

Analysis

Could ongoing Iran-IAEA stalemate risk new war?

A view of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran, on Jan. 26, 2014.

A correspondent in Tehran

By A correspondent in Tehran

In Tehran, reporting on politics

Iran, Uzbekistan eye $5B in trade, mining investment: What to know

Minister of Industry, Mine, and Trade Seyed Mohammad Atabak departed Tehran for Tashkent.

Iran’s Khamenei rules out US cooperation barring major policy shift

ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

Iran scrambles to revive diplomacy as its last firewall against new war

A view of the Bushehr nuclear power plant.

A correspondent in Tehran

By A correspondent in Tehran

In Tehran, reporting on politics

Ben Stansall - WPA/Getty Images

UK, France, Germany trigger snapback sanctions on Iran

The three countries set an end-of-month deadline for Iran to cooperate over its nuclear program.

Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, arrives for an IAEA Board of Governors meeting at the IAEA headquarters on June 23, 2025, in Vienna, Austria.

Analysis

As E3 prepares to restore Iran sanctions, IAEA's Grossi pushes nuclear access

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said his team is seeking access to Tehran's nuclear sites "as soon as possible."

Elizabeth Hagedorn

By Elizabeth Hagedorn

In Washington, DC, reporting on diplomacy, regional politics, human rights

Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, arrives for an IAEA Board of Governors meeting at the IAEA headquarters on June 23, 2025, in Vienna, Austria.

IAEA chief says inspectors back in Iran as E3 weighs reimposing sanctions

Rafael Grossi's comments come just hours after talks between the E3 and Iran concluded in Geneva, where the two sides discussed the reimposition of UN Security Council sanctions on Iran.

A picture taken on Nov. 10, 2019, shows an Iranian flag in Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant, during an official ceremony to kick-start works on a second reactor at the facility.

Iran turns to Russia ahead of E3 nuclear talks: What to know

The meeting on Tuesday follows a call on Monday between Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which Putin expressed support for Iran's nuclear program and its upcoming talks.

AO/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

Iran to launch missile drill as Araghchi signals conditional IAEA cooperation

Ahead of a missile exercise planned for Thursday, Iran’s foreign minister said that the return of IAEA inspectors will be possible should it be approved by Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.

OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP via Getty Images

Russia, Iran in talks on construction of small nuclear plants: What to know

The comments by the head of Rosatom follow increasing cooperation between Iran and Russia on gas.

Grossi speaks to UNSC

IAEA official visits Tehran for first time since Iran-Israel war: What to know

Following its June war with Israel, Iran halted cooperation with the UN's nuclear watchdog and its inspectors departed the country.

A ship loaded with oil docks at a pier with the help of a tugboat at the port of Qingdao, in eastern China's Shandong province on June 12, 2025.

China's oil imports fall 5.4% as Iranian flows recede from June highs

US President Donald Trump has intensified pressure on Iran’s economy, clamping down on its oil sector, a critical component of the state budget.

Pedestrians walk past a mural at Palestine Square in central Tehran on July 8, 2025, as an anti-Israeli billboard is displayed on the facade of a building depicting the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu with text in Persian and Hebrew reading "Netanyahu lost another war; you fell victim to Bibi's political games; Where will the next failure to stay in power occur?" (Photo by -- / AFP) (Photo by --/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

With Iran weakened but not defeated, Israel pushes Trump to prioritize deterrence over deal

Israel and the United States agree on preventing a restart of Iran's nuclear program, but otherwise differ in their preferred policies toward Tehran.

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

A plume of heavy smoke and fire rise from an oil refinery in southern Tehran after it was hit in an overnight Israeli strike, on June 15, 2025.

Mysterious fires, alleged cyberattack hint at escalating Israel-Iran shadow war

Amid a shadow war with Israel that appears to be escalating, Iran's foreign minister has said that nuclear negotiations are still possible, but will require overcoming rising "anti-negotiation" sentiment in Iran.

An Iranian flag flutters on board the Adrian Darya oil tanker, formerly known as Grace 1, off the coast of Gibraltar on Aug. 18, 2019.

Trump admin unveils largest-to-date Iran sanctions on oil 'shipping empire'

The sanctions target more than 115 individuals, entities and vessels that the Treasury Department has linked to a network transporting oil from Iran and Russia.

A train moves during the inauguration of a 140-kilometer line running from eastern Iran into western Afghanistan, at a railroad station in Khaf, on Dec. 10, 2020.

China steps in to help electrify Iran’s railways: What to know

Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref met with members of the Iran-China Joint Chamber of Commerce on Monday as ties grow.