Nuclear Power

Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty (C) meets with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi (L) and Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Cairo on June 2, 2025.

Iran, Egypt, IAEA hold nuclear talks as Tehran mulls US proposal: What to know

Iran is engaging on multiple diplomatic fronts as it weighs a new US proposal and braces for potential censure by the UN’s nuclear watchdog.

US President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Memorial Amphitheatre in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on May 26, 2025. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

US, Iran may punt on enrichment issue to keep talks alive

The interim deal under discussion would kick the can down the road on the thorny issue of Iran's uranium enrichment capabilities.

Elizabeth Hagedorn

By Elizabeth Hagedorn

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

Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq (R) officially welcomes Iranian President Mahmoud Pezeshkian at Muscat's Al Alam Palace, on May 27, 2025.

Analysis

Iran's delegations visit Oman, Russia as 'temporary' nuclear deal floated

With US-Iran nuclear talks stalled over nonnegotiable red lines, Tehran is ramping up diplomacy — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian visited Oman and Security Chief Ali Akbar Ahmadian arrived in Russia — to push for a deal on its own terms.

A correspondent in Tehran

By A correspondent in Tehran

In Tehran, reporting on politics

A woman walks past an anti-US mural near the former US Embassy in Tehran, on May 11, 2025.

Analysis

As US-Iran nuclear talks hit deadlock, can Gulf consortium offer solution?

The two sides remain at odds over the central issue of uranium enrichment, blocking progress at the highest level.

Sabena Siddiqui

By Sabena Siddiqui

In Karachi, reporting on South Asia, Middle East, Iran

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Iran steps up military posturing as nuclear talks stall, Israel threatens

An Iran-made missile and its launchers are exhibited during a rally that marks the 46th anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, on February 10, 2025. (Photo by Hossein Beris / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by HOSSEIN BERIS/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

A correspondent in Tehran

By A correspondent in Tehran

In Tehran, reporting on politics

US, Iran to resume talks as enrichment standoff threatens deal

The US flag is seen hung upside down at the former US Embassy in downtown Tehran on April 19, 2025, in Tehran, Iran.

What's next for US-Iran nuclear talks as Khamenei holds firm on enrichment?

People walk near anti-US mural with the slogan "Down with the USA" and skulls replacing the stars on the flag, in Tehran, on May 20, 2025.

Analysis

Iran's industries risk collapse as grid falters, nuclear talks drag on

Sun setting at the back of large buildings under construction of Tehran at dusk.

A correspondent in Tehran

By A correspondent in Tehran

In Tehran, reporting on politics

In this handout provided by the EU Delegation in Vienna, Representatives of the European Union (L) and Iran (R) attend the Iran nuclear talks at the Grand Hotel on April 06, 2021 in Vienna, Austria.

Iran nuclear talks resume in Vienna

Iranian officials say they are ready to stay as long as necessary in this latest round of talks.

Iranian diplomat and political deputy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran Ali Bagheri Kani, in London, on Nov. 11, 2021.

Iran says window for talks not 'open forever' as Vienna dialogue resumes

Iran insists that it wants the original terms of the nuclear deal fully implemented.

Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Bagheri Kani (R), and members of his delegation are seen leaving the Coburg Palais in Vienna on Dec. 3, 2021.

Iran's chief negotiator says burden is on West, not Iran, for next move in nuclear talks

Ali Bagheri Kani may wait for the other side to bring "something to the table" now.

Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani arrives at the Coburg Palais, the venue of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) meeting, in Vienna on Nov. 29, 2021.

Iran, world powers resume nuclear talks in Vienna

The return to negotiations will be the first talks with Iran under new President Ebrahim Raisi.

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UN nuclear agency chief leaves Iran with no agreement

IAEA chief is concerned time could be running out regarding inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities.

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Iran increases enriched uranium, prevents inspector access, says IAEA

Confidential International Atomic Energy Agency reports have revealed Iran is still restricting inspectors' access to Karaj, where The Wall Street Journal reports the production of advanced centrifuges has resumed.

Director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi.

Iran says IAEA director to visit soon

Iran has presented its case ahead of the nuclear talks.

A woman checks the website of Israel-made Pegasus spyware at an office in Nicosia, Cyprus, July 21, 2021.

Is Iran behind cyberattacks on Israeli hospitals?

Iran's gas stations have also been the target of cyberattacks, increasing fears of an escalation in the Israel-Iran cyberwar.

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Iran says 'all countries' of Gulf should get details on nuclear talks

Iran’s position that they will inform the region of the details of the nuclear talks is a departure from the previous administration.

An undated image of Ali Bagheri-Kani.

Iranian nuclear negotiator replaced by hard-line protege

The appointment of the hard-line figure Ali Bagheri Kani at the Foreign Ministry has raised questions about ongoing negotiations over the 2015 nuclear deal.

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.

US blasts Iran's uranium metal production as 'unconstructive'

The State Department condemned Iran's violations of the deal following a UN watchdog report that found Tehran has produced 200 grams of uranium metal enriched up to 20%.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi arrive to make a press statement following the 2019 Russia-Africa Summit at the Sirius Park of Science and Art, Sochi, Russia, Oct. 24, 2019.

Egypt postpones nuclear power plant amid tensions with Russia over Nile dam

Egypt pauses El-Dabaa nuclear power plant project for two years amid tensions hanging over the relationship with Russia due to its recent position on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam crisis and its rapprochement with Ethiopia.