Iran-US tensions

A firefighting helicopter flies through thick clouds of smoke after a deadly explosion at Shahid Rajaee port in Bandar Abbas, Iran, on April 27, 2025. The blast, believed to have originated from hazardous chemicals, killed at least 40 people and injured over 1,200, according to local sources. (Photo by Rahim / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by RAHIM/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

As fires rage at Iran's largest port, IAEA team visits Tehran for nuclear talks

The Iranian Foreign Ministry stressed on Monday that the country's right to enrich uranium domestically and the removal of sanctions are nonnegotiable.

Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi (R), and Oman's foreign minister, Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi, give a joint press conference in Tehran on Dec. 30, 2024.

Analysis

Iran-US talks set to resume in Oman amid differences over enrichment: What to know

As Iran and the United States are set to kick off a third round of their nuclear negotiations, Tehran is grappling with mounting confusion about Washington's stance while reaffirming that its right to enrich uranium is not up for debate.

A correspondent in Tehran

By A correspondent in Tehran

In Tehran, reporting on politics

LEESBURG, VIRGINIA - APRIL 24: U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at Leesburg Executive Airport on April 24, 2025 in Leesburg, Virginia. Trump is attending the MAGA Inc. fundraiser dinner at Trump National Golf Club. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump willing to meet Iran's Khamenei but 'will be leading' war pack if no deal

In an interview with Time Magazine, President Donald Trump says he believes a deal with Iran can be reached via negotiations while expressing readiness for war in the event that it doesn't.

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Top US general visits Israel ahead of next round of US-Iran nuclear talks

The CENTCOM commander's latest visit comes as the Pentagon considers maintaining two aircraft carriers in the Middle East in case diplomatic overtures to rein in Iran's nuclear enrichment should fail.

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Iran, Russia, China envoys present joint front to Grossi on nuclear talks

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US floats imported fuel solution for Iran ahead of third round nuclear talks

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks alongside US President Donald Trump during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on April 10, 2025, in Washington.

China slams sanctions, voices support for Iran’s nuclear program during FM visit

Iranian and Chinese delegations, led by Abbas Araghchi and Wang Yi, respectively, meet in Beijing, on April 23. 2025.

Amid differences, Trump and Netanyahu hold call, discuss Iran nuclear talks

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TEHRAN, IRAN - MARCH 01: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) arrives to cast his ballots during the parliamentary and key clerical body elections at a polling station on March 1, 2024 in Tehran, Iran. Iranians are voting in parliamentary elections and will also cast ballots for the Assembly of Experts, which selects and nominally oversees the work of Iran's supreme leader. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

Iran’s Khamenei says Israel ‘will be punished’ for Syria consulate bombing

Khamenei's remarks come as the region awaits a response to the suspected Israeli strike on the Iranian Consulate in Damascus.

Iranian attend the funeral procession for seven Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members killed in a strike in Syria, which Iran blamed on Israel, in Tehran on April 5, 2024. The Guards, including two generals, were killed in the air strike on April 1, which levelled the Iranian embassy's consular annex in Damascus. The funeral ceremony coincides with the annual Quds (Jerusalem) Day commemorations, when Iran and its allies stage marches in support of the Palestinians. (Photo by Hossein Beris / Middle East

Analysis

Israel braces for potential Iranian attack as most troops leave Gaza

Uncertain how Iran might respond after the killing last week of senior Iranian Quds Force commander Mohammad Reza Zahedi in Damascus, Israel's military is preparing for multiple scenarios, including a possible direct strike from Iranian soil.

Rina Bassist

By Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

Elizabeth Tsurkov

Lawmakers urge Biden to help free Princeton researcher kidnapped in Iraq

The State Department says it has urged senior Iraqi officials to locate and secure the release of Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli-Russian researcher believed to be held by Iran-backed militia Kataib Hezbollah.

Emergency and security personnel extinguish a fire at the site of strikes which hit a building annexed to the Iranian embassy in Syria's capital Damascus on April 1, 2024.

Israel rewrites rules of engagement in covert war with Iran

Israel's bold move in striking the Iranian Embassy in Damascus this week changes the contours of its shadow war with Iran, though much will depend on how Tehran and its proxies choose to respond.

Jared Szuba

In Washington, DC, reporting on defense, national security, military

An Israeli soldier wearing a patch on the back of his flack jacket showing Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah as a target stands in front of a self-propelled artillery howitzer, as an artillery unit shells southern Lebanon, in Upper Galilee, northern Israel, Jan. 4, 2024.

Analysis

Killing of IRGC commander in Syria ‘clear escalation’ in tacit Israel-Iran war

Iran vows to avenge an alleged Israeli strike in Damascus that killed Mohammad Reza Zahedi, Quds Force commander in Lebanon and Syria.

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

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (R) receives Hamas' Doha-based political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh.

Iran reassures Hamas of continued support as Haniyeh visits Tehran

The meetings in Tehran were held as Iranian officials celebrated a moment of triumph for Hamas after the United States allowed the UN Security Council to pass a Gaza cease-fire resolution.

Large oil tanker ship in the Persian Gulf, Iran.

Iran vows retaliation against tanker seizures as it bolsters naval presence

Iran has in recent months been flexing its naval capabilities in the Persian Gulf in anticipation of potential confrontations with the United States, which has dispatched reinforcements to push back on Iranian harassment of international vessels.

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G7 nations warn Iran against sending ballistic missiles to Russia

The United States and allies are warning of new economic sanctions should Tehran equip the Russian military with ballistic missiles amid the war in Ukraine.

Al-Monitor Staff

By Al-Monitor Staff

Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard boats attack a naval vessel during a three-day military drill in the Gulf on April 22, 2010.

Iran, Russia, China conduct new military drills, defying Western pressure

The exercise brought together the three countries' lead warships for the stated purpose of bolstering maritime security, while Tehran-backed Yemeni rebels continued to target international navigation in the wake of the Gaza war.

Iranians carry the coffins at the Shah Cheragh shrine of Shiraz on April 15, 2008 during the funeral of the people who were killed in a mosque blast on April 12 in the southern city of Shiraz.

Iranian court orders US to pay $2.5 billion over 2008 bombing

The Islamic Republic accuses Jamshid Sharmahd, a German citizen and US resident, of involvement in a 2008 bombing in relation to his work with an Iranian monarchist group, but his trial was unfair, according to a rights watchdog.

President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with his Competition Council in the State Dining Room of the White House on March 5, 2024, in Washington.

With no cease-fire, Biden's State of the Union to tread carefully on Gaza

The annual State of the Union address will give President Joe Biden the chance to defend his handling of Gaza before the nation.

A picture shows the new Iranian drone "Mohajer 10" during Iran's defence industry achievements exhibition in Tehran on August 23, 2023. Iran unveiled on August 22 its latest domestically built drone that can fly at a higher altitude and for a longer duration with enhanced weapons capabilities, state media reported. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)

Iran showcases Shahed drones, missiles at Qatar's defense exhibition

This year’s Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference features Iranian drones, Russian warships and delegations from across Asia and Africa.