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Iran conditionally agrees for talks with US amid threats of strike
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
The push for renewed diplomacy comes after weeks of escalatory rhetoric between Washington and Tehran. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly warned that unless Iran agrees to a deal on its nuclear program, "bad things" could happen, a message that has been amplified by the movement of
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Iran open to US talks if free of threats, says President Masoud Pezeshkian
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has directed his foreign minister to pursue talks with the US if conducted without threats. Tehran signalled conditional openness to dialogue amid rising tensions, rejecting limits on uranium enrichment and warning against military action.
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"Shame that Indira didn't approve it": Ex-CIA officer Barlow on Israel-Ind
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
According to reports and declassified accounts, Israel and India allegedly planned a preemptive airstrike on Pakistan's Kahuta uranium enrichment plant -- the core of its nuclear programme -- to prevent Islamabad from developing and proliferating nuclear weapons, particularly to Iran, whi
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"Our uranium enrichment will continue": Iranian FM ahead of nuclear talks
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Iran reaffirmed its right to enrich uranium ahead of a key meeting with European powers threatening new sanctions. The move follows recent Israel-US strikes and global criticism. Iran says talks with the US depend on trust-building, while denying any nuclear weapons intent, Al Jazeera report
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"We cannot give up our enrichment": FM Araghchi says Iran open to talks, f
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran will not abandon its uranium enrichment programme despite major damage from US-Israeli strikes, calling it a matter of national pride. He added Iran is open to talks with the US and urged a negotiated solution, Al Jazeera reported.
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Trump says Iran may restart nuclear programme "at a different location", c
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
US President Donald Trump said Iran hasn't agreed to nuclear inspections or halting uranium enrichment. He believes Iran's program is permanently set back but could restart elsewhere. Iran has cut ties with the IAEA after US-Israeli strikes, deepening tensions and uncertainty over nuclear mo
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IAEA Chief says Iran may restart Uranium enrichment "in months"
Updated : 8 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Grossi's comments appear to support an early assessment from the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency, which suggests the United States' strikes on key Iranian nuclear sites last week did not destroy the core components of its nuclear program, and likely only set it back by months.
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Trump opens two-week diplomatic window with Iran, hopes Tehran will 'drop
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
Trump and advisers hope that Iran -- under pressure from Israeli strikes and missile losses -- might agree to drop its uranium enrichment, a demand previously rejected, CNN reported. The pause also allows Trump more time to assess the risks of entering a foreign conflict he aimed to avoid.
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Hezbollah chief vows "all forms of support" to Iran amid conflict with Isr
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
In a speech on Thursday night, Qassem said, "It does not harm anyone in the slightest way; rather, it represents a great scientific contribution to the advancement of Iran and the region, relying on its own capabilities without foreign tutelage."
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Oman minister presented US nuke deal proposal, will respond: Iran Foreign
Updated : 9 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Iran and the US have held five rounds of talks -- three in Muscat and two in Rome--mediated by Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Al-Busaidi. The talks sought to replace the agreement that President Donald Trump withdrew the US from during his first term in office.
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Ahead of talks, Iran foreign minister says "no deal" if US seeks end to nu
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
Washington maintains that Iran's uranium enrichment programme could lead to developing nuclear bombs, while Tehran has consistently denied the claim, insisting that its nuclear programme is meant for civilian purposes.
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In a first, North Korea publically releases photos of banned uranium enric
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
A uranium enrichment facility is used to produce highly enriched uranium by placing uranium in centrifuges and spinning it at high speeds. Highly enriched uranium is essential for the manufacture of nuclear warheads.
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