Bloomberg says the emerging US-Iran nuclear memorandum is weaker than Obama's 2015 deal, as Vance pushes for the text to be made public before Friday's scheduled signing
Arriving late to the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, Trump joked "I'm the boss" upon entering the room, while G7 leaders backed the interim US-Iran deal on the Strait of Hormuz
The draft framework covers a ceasefire, a $300B economic recovery fund, phased sanctions relief, and nuclear commitments, with the final version to be ratified via a binding UN Security Council resolution
VP JD Vance says any agreement with Iran will include a two-stage verification process and that Washington expects the Strait of Hormuz to remain open without transit fees
Trump threatened new U.S. strikes on Iran and blamed Tehran for the escalation, as Qatari negotiators rushed to secure a deal
Both sides have incentives to reach an agreement but are digging in, with Trump saying he won’t do a bad deal
In the current phase of the Iranian crisis, I regard, the American president has trapped himself.
What comes next would present its own set of challenges
Indirect negotiations mediated by Oman come as Washington deploys additional naval forces to the region and Tehran signals it wants sanctions relief without abandoning uranium enrichment
Iran and the U.S. continue nuclear talks with a focus on economic incentives, as tensions rise in the Middle East and both sides explore possible compromises.
Tehran reports progress in Oman-mediated discussions, signaling enough consensus to continue talks despite regional tensions and U.S. naval deployments
Iran's foreign minister addressed rising tensions a day after Tehran and Washington agreed to continue indirect nuclear talks following discussions in Oman that both sides described as constructive.
Neither side moved from their initial position, but Iran said it was open to further talks
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismisses President Trump’s offer of renewed negotiations and rejects U.S. claims that Iranian nuclear capabilities were destroyed
Tehran and the UN’s nuclear watchdog have agreed on a new framework to resume inspections at Iranian nuclear facilities, months after cooperation was suspended following Israeli and US strikes in June. Both sides hailed the deal as a step forward
Tehran says European powers lack the right to trigger or extend sanctions under the 2015 nuclear deal, pushing back against threats of a “snapback” mechanism
Iran halts cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, restricting inspections and citing Western bias after IAEA ruling and reported damage to its Fordow site from a U.S. bombing
Iran’s withdrawal from IAEA oversight—if implemented—could mark a major turning point in its relationship with international nuclear governance and further complicate efforts to maintain stability in the region
Chinese refineries have become hooked on cheap imports of sanctioned Iranian crude
PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke at an energy-related conference in Athens, where he said Greece should consider nuclear power and technology, and even referring to its use for marine propulsion