Iran negotiations

Netanyahu pushes for new deadline on Lebanon talks, CENTCOM prepares renewed strikes on Iran

Trump braces for long Hormuz blockade • Surveillance drone downed near US embassy in Baghdad • Hezbollah drone hits near northern community

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem on March 19. On April 16, Netanyahu said Israel had an opportunity “to forge a historic peace agreement with Lebanon.”
US President Donald Trump against the backdrop of the NATO flag, April 24, 2026; illustrative.

Trump braces for long Hormuz blockade, IDF strikes Hezbollah launcher inside civilian building

 Iranian flag with stock graph and an oil pump jack miniature model are seen in this illustration taken October 9, 2023.

Iran uses improvised oil storage to avoid damage to oil facilities amid blockade - report

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press during an event outside the Oval Office of the White House on April 13, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Trump reportedly preparing for extended Iran blockade as US imposes fresh sanctions


EU Foreign Minister: Iran talks have been ‘exhausted,’ need a decision now

EU High Commissioner for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell warned that rejecting the deal would "risk a dangerous nuclear crisis, set against the prospect of increased isolation for Iran and its people."

 Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian meets with High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, in Tehran, Iran June 25, 2022

Israel working to convince US to push Iran for ‘no-sunset-clause’ nuke deal

The proposed plan is a deal without the 2015 JCPOA’s “sunset clauses,” which gradually lift restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program.

former Iranian president Hassan Rouhani reviews Iran's new nuclear achievements during Iran's National Nuclear Energy Day in Tehran, Iran April 10, 2021.

Iran is completing production, installation of 1,000 advanced centrifuges - Gantz

Tehran is at 20% enrichment level, preventing IAEA access • Gantz confirms drones shot down in February by US fighter jets near Erbil

 Members of a special IRGC force attend a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2022.

Yuli Edelstein calls on Christian MPs to lobby against Iran deal

"This is the road to hell," the MK said of the Iranian nuclear deal.

 MK Yuli Edelstein in Atarot on March 20, 2022

Iran suspends talks with Saudi Arabia

Meanwhile talks on an Iranian nuclear deal in Vienna have stalled as well.

  Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends the Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) 40th Summit in Riyadh

How much longer will Iran talks be 'weeks from ending?' - analysis

The longer the US and E3 complain about Iran negotiating too slowly, but do anything about it, the more Iran will take full advantage.

 MEMBERS OF the JCPOA Joint Commission convene in Vienna last month.

Why the Iran nuclear negotiations failed - opinion

Negotiations have been held in Vienna in an attempt to create a new Iran Deal to stop them from gaining nuclear weaponry.

 IRAN'S PRESIDENT Ebrahaim Raisi meets with the UAE's National Security Adviser Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Tehran last month.

US will work with Israel on tougher Iran stance in wake of Vienna - opinion

Appeasing and reassuring Israel is important to avoid unilateral Israeli military action against Iran, and it supports the White House’s ability to break the deadlock on the Iranian nuclear issue.

 KAZEM GHARIB ABADI, Iran’s permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency, leaves a meeting in Vienna on following up the Iran nuclear agreement.

JCPOA withdrawal left 'unconstrained' nuclear Iran - US official

“Every day that goes by is just further proof and demonstration of how self-defeating the decision to withdraw from the JCPOA was [It] left an Iranian nuclear program that is unconstrained."

 Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Enrique Mora and Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani and delegations wait for the start of a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria December 17, 2021

Iran top negotiator says nuclear talks to pause for a few days

The indirect US-Iran talks on bringing both sides back into full compliance with the deal are in their seventh round.

 Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani arrives for a meeting of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in Vienna, Austria, November 29, 2021.