Iran Nuclear

Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned on Wednesday that approaching nuclear sites hit in recent strikes is unsafe and said inspections there can only resume under new security arrangements.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Wednesday said no direct nuclear negotiations are taking place with the United States, but channels remain open if Washington decided to change stance.

Iranian scientists linked to the country’s defense establishment are marketing radiation-detection instruments that they say contain UK-made components from a supplier based in south London borough of Croydon, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.

The International Atomic Energy Agency wants to fully reengage with Iran to restore access to its nuclear sites and verify the country’s enrichment activities, Director General Rafael Grossi said on Tuesday, after the UN watchdog’s board censured Tehran for restricting access.

A hardline Iranian lawmaker on Monday cited months-old comments by former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev as a sign Moscow might be prepared to provide Iran with nuclear weapons.

President Masoud Pezeshkian sent a letter via Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to President Donald Trump with the permission of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei offering to revive nuclear talks, a former Iranian lawmaker said after Tehran denied seeking Riyadh’s mediation.

Iran on Sunday denied that President Masoud Pezeshkian’s letter to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was aimed at securing Saudi mediation with Washington, calling it a standard bilateral note tied to Hajj coordination.

Tehran is considering suspending or withdrawing from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) following a Western-backed resolution passed by the UN atomic watchdog this week, a member of Iran’s parliament said on Saturday.

Iran’s nuclear strategy has entered an ambiguous new phase, said veteran non-proliferation expert Mark Fitzpatrick, and Israel’s attacks in June could have left intact Tehran's ability to pivot toward a bomb if it so chose.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday that the United States and three European powers have “killed” the Cairo nuclear agreement through what he called a sequence of hostile actions.

Iran said on Friday it will respond to the latest resolution by the UN nuclear watchdog’s board, calling it a political misuse of the agency and saying the vote has invalidated an inspection accord reached in Cairo.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Thursday that the United States has persistently pushed for negotiations with Iran on terms amounting to surrender, both before and after the 12-day June war.

Iran’s foreign minister said an accord it reached with the UN nuclear watchdog is now invalid after the agency’s 35-member Board of Governors adopted a Western-backed resolution demanding greater transparency from Tehran.

Iran has asked Saudi Arabia to help persuade the United States to restart nuclear talks, Reuters reported citing two regional sources with knowledge of the matter.

The UN nuclear watchdog’s 35-member Board of Governors on Thursday approved a resolution calling on Iran to promptly clarify the status of its enriched uranium and the condition of atomic sites hit in June by US and Israeli strikes.

The Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) citing satellite imagery reported apparent construction at Taleghan 2, a former nuclear weapons development facility within Iran's Parchin military complex.

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that its Mideast arch-foe Iran was seeking to reach a deal and that his administration would "probably" achieve one.

Tehran’s fraught relationship with the UN nuclear watchdog is set to enter a more confrontational phase as the IAEA Board of Governors meets in Vienna this week to vote on a Western-backed resolution censuring Iran for non-cooperation.