Iran Nuclear

As Iran's fiscal year draws to an end in March, the government and parliament grapple with the challenge of raising wages in line with an inflation rate of 40% that has pushed millions of workers to poverty.

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he hoped a deal over Iran's nuclear program would make it so that the United States did not have to support an Israeli attack on Iran.

The chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee warned Tehran over its uranium enrichment on Thursday, adding that any acceleration would result in further sanctions and heightened international pressure to dismantle its nuclear program.

Several politicians and commentators in Iran have indicated that president Masoud Pezeshkian has received approval from Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the Supreme National Security Council to initiate negotiations with the United States.

Iran must mend ties with its neighbors and the US by showing a clear commitment to abandoning nuclear weapons development, the UN chief said Wednesday.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has not yet received authorization from the higher authorities to begin talks with Washington, leading Iranian commentator Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh said this week.

The UN nuclear watchdog is not inspecting Iran’s nuclear program sufficiently while Tehran edges closer to weapons grade uranium, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief said on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump will seek the restoration of United Nations sanctions on Iran which were lifted by a 2015 nuclear deal, newly sworn-in secretary of state Marco Rubio told congress.

Iran’s Supreme Leader has forbidden the development of nuclear weapons, the head of Armed Forces Judiciary said a day after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, sounding a conciliatory note as Tehran explores talks to ease sanctions.

Iranian officials and media remain sharply divided over Tehran's relationship with Washington, as President Donald Trump's inauguration speech focused almost entirely on US domestic politics.

There is no point in negotiating with Iran about its nuclear program and President Donald Trump should instead help Israel bomb it, Senator Lindsey Graham said.

Iran's nuclear program is central to strengthening national security and deterring international threats, a top official said on Monday as hawkish President Donald Trump returned to the White House after repeatedly vowing to deny Tehran a bomb.

Iran will never negotiate over its military capabilities, the foreign ministry spokesman told reporters on Monday, in response to questions about potential Western demands to limit Tehran’s ballistic missile program.

The Leighee family travelled from Chicago to Washington DC, braving the January chill to queue for hours at Donald Trump's victory rally, a day before his inauguration.

Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson on Friday said President Masoud Pezeshkian will discuss Iran's nuclear program with Vladimir Putin during his ongoing trip to Moscow.

Iranian officials find themselves in a Shakespearian dilemma over whether to negotiate with the incoming Trump administration. Engaging would mean justifying or apologizing for past intransigence, while refusal risks confronting a deeper existential threat.

The United States should not rule out any arrangement with Iran that leads to peace and security in the Middle East, president-elect Donald Trump’s pick for state secretary Senator Marco Rubio said on Wednesday.