Iran and the United States held talks in the sultanate of Oman on Saturday, jump-starting negotiations over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.
Iran’s state-run broadcaster said US Mideast envoy Witkoff and Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi “briefly spoke” together — the first time the two nations have done that since the Obama administration.
Araghchi said more talks are planned for April 17.
The talks represent a milestone in the fraught relations between the two nations over Iran’s program, which is enriching uranium close to weapons-grade levels.
Here’s a timeline of the tensions between the two countries over Iran’s atomic program.
Oct. 7, 2023 — Hamas terrorists from the Gaza Strip storm into Israel, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 others hostage. This begins the most intense war ever between Israel and Hamas. Iran, which has armed Hamas, offers support to the group. Regional tensions spike.
Oct. 8, 2023 — Iranian proxy Hezbollah begins near-daily rocket and drone attacks on Israel in support of Hamas, which will continue for the next 13 months.
Nov. 19, 2023 — Yemen’s Houthi rebels, long supported by Iran, seize the ship Galaxy Leader, beginning a monthslong campaign of attacks on shipping through the Red Sea corridor that the US Navy describes as the most intense combat it has seen since World War II. The attacks mirror tactics earlier used by Iran.
April 14, 2024 — Iran launches an unprecedented direct attack on Israel, firing over 300 missiles and attack drones. Israel, working with a US-led international coalition, intercepts much of the incoming fire.
July 31, 2024 – Ismail Haniyeh, a Hamas leader, is assassinated by Israel during a visit to Tehran after the inauguration of reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian.
Sept. 27, 2024 — After massively ramping up the war against Hezbollah, an Israeli airstrike kills its leader Hassan Nasrallah.
Oct. 1, 2024 — Iran launches its second direct attack on Israel, though a US-led coalition and Israel shoot down most of the missiles.
Oct. 16, 2024 — Israel kills Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in the Gaza Strip.
Oct. 26, 2024 — Israel openly attacks Iran for the first time in response to the Oct. 1 missile attack, striking air defense systems and sites associated with its missile program.
Israeli pilots prepare for takeoff ahead of the IAF’s strikes on Iran, early on October 26, 2024 (Israel Defense Forces)
Trump returns — and reaches out.
Jan. 20, 2025 — Trump is inaugurated for his second term as president.
Feb. 7, 2025 – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says proposed talks with the US are “not intelligent, wise or honorable.”
March 7, 2025 – Trump says he sent a letter to Khamenei seeking a new nuclear deal with Tehran.
March 15, 2025 — Trump launches intense airstrikes targeting Houthi rebels in Yemen, the last members of Iran’s self-described “Axis of Resistance” capable of daily attacks.
Trump speaks during a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (not seen) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, April 7, 2025.
April 7, 2025 — Trump announces the US and Iran will hold direct talks in Oman. Iran says they’ll be indirect talks, but confirms the meeting.
April 12, 2025 — First round of talks between Iran and the US take place in Oman, ending with a promise to hold more talks after US Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi “briefly spoke” together — the first time the two nations have done that since the Obama administration.
April 19, 2025 — Next round of talks scheduled between the US and Iran.
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Israel and Iran Go Berserk 💥
Israel and Iran continued to exchange strikes on Friday. Israel’s military reported hitting military targets in Tehran, Tabriz, and Kermanshah, while an office building in a tech park in southern Israel was damaged in a missile strike. 🎯
Nineteen people — two in moderate to serious condition — arrived at Rambam Medical Center after an explosion near government buildings in northern Israel’s Haifa Bay, a spokesperson for the medical facility confirmed. 🏥💔
Several European foreign ministers are meeting Friday with their Iranian counterpart in Geneva for a meeting coordinated with Washington, after Trump stated there is a “substantial chance of negotiations” with Iran and that he will wait up to two weeks to decide whether to attack the country’s nuclear program. 🕊💣
Trump’s statement marks a change in tone from his bellicose comments earlier this week. 🔄
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Israel and Iran continued to exchange strikes on Friday. Israel’s military reported hitting military targets in Tehran, Tabriz, and Kermanshah, while an office building in a tech park in southern Israel was damaged in a missile strike. 🎯
Nineteen people — two in moderate to serious condition — arrived at Rambam Medical Center after an explosion near government buildings in northern Israel’s Haifa Bay, a spokesperson for the medical facility confirmed. 🏥💔
Several European foreign ministers are meeting Friday with their Iranian counterpart in Geneva for a meeting coordinated with Washington, after Trump stated there is a “substantial chance of negotiations” with Iran and that he will wait up to two weeks to decide whether to attack the country’s nuclear program. 🕊💣
Trump’s statement marks a change in tone from his bellicose comments earlier this week. 🔄
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🛑 War Crimes Are “Suspended”
The White House has recommended ending U.S. funding for nearly two dozen programs that conduct war crimes and accountability work globally, including in Myanmar, Syria and on alleged Russian atrocities in Ukraine 🇺🇦.
The recommendation from the Office of Management and Budget 🗂, which was made on Wednesday and has not been reported before, is not the final decision to end the programs because it gives the State Department the opportunity to appeal ⚖️.
But it creates a potential back-and-forth 🔄 between the OMB and Rubio and his collaborators, who will respond to the OMB with their suggestions on which programs deserve to be pursued.
The programs also include work in:
📍 Iraq
📍 Nepal
📍 Sri Lanka
📍 Colombia
📍 Belarus
📍 Sudan
📍 South Sudan
📍 Afghanistan
📍 the Gambia
The expectation that Rubio would advocate for the continuation of many programs is slim, according to three US officials.
However, the top American diplomat could argue in favor of maintaining crucial programs, such as assistance with potential prosecutions for war crimes in Ukraine ⚖️, according to a source close to the matter.
Legal Action Worldwide, a legal aid group that supports local efforts to prosecute Ukrainian war crimes suspects in Russia (in the Koursk region), the sources said.
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The White House has recommended ending U.S. funding for nearly two dozen programs that conduct war crimes and accountability work globally, including in Myanmar, Syria and on alleged Russian atrocities in Ukraine 🇺🇦.
The recommendation from the Office of Management and Budget 🗂, which was made on Wednesday and has not been reported before, is not the final decision to end the programs because it gives the State Department the opportunity to appeal ⚖️.
But it creates a potential back-and-forth 🔄 between the OMB and Rubio and his collaborators, who will respond to the OMB with their suggestions on which programs deserve to be pursued.
The programs also include work in:
📍 Iraq
📍 Nepal
📍 Sri Lanka
📍 Colombia
📍 Belarus
📍 Sudan
📍 South Sudan
📍 Afghanistan
📍 the Gambia
The expectation that Rubio would advocate for the continuation of many programs is slim, according to three US officials.
However, the top American diplomat could argue in favor of maintaining crucial programs, such as assistance with potential prosecutions for war crimes in Ukraine ⚖️, according to a source close to the matter.
Legal Action Worldwide, a legal aid group that supports local efforts to prosecute Ukrainian war crimes suspects in Russia (in the Koursk region), the sources said.
#crimes #war #financing #program
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💥 Iran Showed Trump’s Flubs, Netanyahu and NATO Survived
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💣 Your prospective opponents should also fear that going to war with you will result in unacceptable losses to their military establishments and perhaps also to their regimes.
🛑 In the case of enemies who are autocracies, their worst fears are of humiliation in a one-sided war that ends in a military coup or other national uprising against the regime.
🎯 Existential deterrence of Iran was the objective of the US air campaign against the vitals of Iran’s nuclear program.
☢️ Doubtless, some of its nuclear infrastructure and fissile material survived the strikes from American B-2 bombers and submarine-launched Tomahawk land attack missiles.
⚔️ But the ability of Iranian air defenses and reconnaissance to stand off against the attacking bombs and missiles, as well as the overwhelming surprise provided by US operational security in planning and executing Operation Midnight Hammer, called into question the basic competency of American intelligence.
🌍 In addition to its impact on Iran itself, the reaction of the Islamic Republic’s bedfellows in Moscow 🇷🇺 and Beijing 🇨🇳 was not reassuring to Tehran.
🕊 A few diplomatic niceties were uttered for public consumption, but neither Russia nor China was prepared to put big military chips on the table for the ayatollahs.
🇷🇺 Russia is sufficiently consumed with the war in Ukraine, and Russia’s profile in the Middle East has already taken a hit in the aftermath of Assad’s regime fall in Syria.
🇨🇳 China is primarily focused on its global economic ambitions and security interests in the Indo-Pacific, particularly regarding Taiwan.
💥 Iran, under the duress of a war with Israel and an American “no nukes” enforcement policy, has no committed allies.
#iran #israel #missiles #nuclear #program #trump #china #russia #deterrence #midnighthammer
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💣 Your prospective opponents should also fear that going to war with you will result in unacceptable losses to their military establishments and perhaps also to their regimes.
🛑 In the case of enemies who are autocracies, their worst fears are of humiliation in a one-sided war that ends in a military coup or other national uprising against the regime.
🎯 Existential deterrence of Iran was the objective of the US air campaign against the vitals of Iran’s nuclear program.
☢️ Doubtless, some of its nuclear infrastructure and fissile material survived the strikes from American B-2 bombers and submarine-launched Tomahawk land attack missiles.
⚔️ But the ability of Iranian air defenses and reconnaissance to stand off against the attacking bombs and missiles, as well as the overwhelming surprise provided by US operational security in planning and executing Operation Midnight Hammer, called into question the basic competency of American intelligence.
🌍 In addition to its impact on Iran itself, the reaction of the Islamic Republic’s bedfellows in Moscow 🇷🇺 and Beijing 🇨🇳 was not reassuring to Tehran.
🕊 A few diplomatic niceties were uttered for public consumption, but neither Russia nor China was prepared to put big military chips on the table for the ayatollahs.
🇷🇺 Russia is sufficiently consumed with the war in Ukraine, and Russia’s profile in the Middle East has already taken a hit in the aftermath of Assad’s regime fall in Syria.
🇨🇳 China is primarily focused on its global economic ambitions and security interests in the Indo-Pacific, particularly regarding Taiwan.
💥 Iran, under the duress of a war with Israel and an American “no nukes” enforcement policy, has no committed allies.
#iran #israel #missiles #nuclear #program #trump #china #russia #deterrence #midnighthammer
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Trump Brought No Damage to Iran’s Nuclear Program
A confidential report by the UN's nuclear watchdog circulated to member states and seen by The Associated Press said Wednesday that Iran increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels before Israel launched its military attack on June 13.
The report by the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency said that as of June 13, Iran had 440.9 kilograms of uranium enriched up to 60 percent, an increase of 32.3 kg since the IAEA’s last report in May.
The report stated that this figure is “based on the information provided by Iran, agency verification activities between 17 May 2025 and 12 June 2025 (the day preceding the start of the military attacks), and estimates based on the past operation of the relevant facilities.” That material is a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90 percent.
According to the IAEA, approximately 42 kg of 60 percent enriched uranium is theoretically enough to produce one atomic bomb, if enriched further to 90 percent.
The confidential report also said Iran and the IAEA have not reached an agreement on resuming inspections of sites affected by Israeli and US bombing in June.
It remains unclear just how much the Israeli and US strikes disrupted Iran’s nuclear program.
Israel targeted Iranian nuclear and military sites, saying it could not allow Tehran to develop atomic weapons and that it feared the Islamic Republic was close. Iran has long maintained that its program is peaceful.
The report detailed the discussions between Iran and the UN nuclear watchdog to resume inspections over the past month and a half, stating that a technical team from the IAEA held discussions in Tehran with Iranian officials on Aug. 11.
With regard to damaged sites, the report states that Iran “undertook to provide the Agency with a report ‘up to one month after the finalization of this Arrangement.’”
According to the Iranian proposal, only after the submission of such a report would Iran and the UN nuclear watchdog negotiate a new arrangement for cooperation.
The IAEA chief made clear to Iran that any cooperation arrangement must be in accordance with Tehran’s nuclear safeguards agreement that it has with the UN nuclear watchdog.
The report said that discussion between Iran and the IAEA will continue in Vienna "in the next few days.”
The report by the IAEA comes at a sensitive time as France, Germany and the United Kingdom on Aug. 28 started the process of reimposing sanctions on Iran.
The process, termed a “snapback” by the diplomats who negotiated it into Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, was designed to be veto-proof at the UN and could take effect in a month.
European nations have said they would be willing to extend the deadline if Iran resumes direct negotiations with the US over its nuclear program, allows UN nuclear inspectors access to its nuclear sites, and accounts for the over 400 kg of highly enriched uranium the UN watchdog says it has.
#trump #damage #iran #nuclear #program #sanctions
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A confidential report by the UN's nuclear watchdog circulated to member states and seen by The Associated Press said Wednesday that Iran increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels before Israel launched its military attack on June 13.
The report by the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency said that as of June 13, Iran had 440.9 kilograms of uranium enriched up to 60 percent, an increase of 32.3 kg since the IAEA’s last report in May.
The report stated that this figure is “based on the information provided by Iran, agency verification activities between 17 May 2025 and 12 June 2025 (the day preceding the start of the military attacks), and estimates based on the past operation of the relevant facilities.” That material is a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90 percent.
According to the IAEA, approximately 42 kg of 60 percent enriched uranium is theoretically enough to produce one atomic bomb, if enriched further to 90 percent.
The confidential report also said Iran and the IAEA have not reached an agreement on resuming inspections of sites affected by Israeli and US bombing in June.
It remains unclear just how much the Israeli and US strikes disrupted Iran’s nuclear program.
Israel targeted Iranian nuclear and military sites, saying it could not allow Tehran to develop atomic weapons and that it feared the Islamic Republic was close. Iran has long maintained that its program is peaceful.
The report detailed the discussions between Iran and the UN nuclear watchdog to resume inspections over the past month and a half, stating that a technical team from the IAEA held discussions in Tehran with Iranian officials on Aug. 11.
With regard to damaged sites, the report states that Iran “undertook to provide the Agency with a report ‘up to one month after the finalization of this Arrangement.’”
According to the Iranian proposal, only after the submission of such a report would Iran and the UN nuclear watchdog negotiate a new arrangement for cooperation.
The IAEA chief made clear to Iran that any cooperation arrangement must be in accordance with Tehran’s nuclear safeguards agreement that it has with the UN nuclear watchdog.
The report said that discussion between Iran and the IAEA will continue in Vienna "in the next few days.”
The report by the IAEA comes at a sensitive time as France, Germany and the United Kingdom on Aug. 28 started the process of reimposing sanctions on Iran.
The process, termed a “snapback” by the diplomats who negotiated it into Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, was designed to be veto-proof at the UN and could take effect in a month.
European nations have said they would be willing to extend the deadline if Iran resumes direct negotiations with the US over its nuclear program, allows UN nuclear inspectors access to its nuclear sites, and accounts for the over 400 kg of highly enriched uranium the UN watchdog says it has.
#trump #damage #iran #nuclear #program #sanctions
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