Amir Vahdat

People walk around Tehran’s traditional main bazaar, Iran, Thursday, July 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

US military launches new airstrikes to punish Iran for deaths of US troops

July 18, 2026 at 6:36 p.m.

The U.S. military says it has launched new airstrikes against Iran to “swiftly punish” the country’s Revolutionary Guard for an attack in Jordan that killed two American service members.

FILE – Iran’s Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Kazem Gharibabadi, waits for the start of the IAEA board of governors meeting at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, Nov. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, file)

Iran says it’s ready for nuclear talks with the US but only if Washington rebuilds trust

July 24, 2025 at 10:07 a.m.

Iran is ready to engage in talks on its nuclear program with the United States, but only if Washington takes meaningful steps to rebuild trust.

FILE – This combo shows Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, left, pictured in Tehran, Iran, on Feb. 25, 2025 and Steve Witkoff, right, White House special envoy, pictured in Washington, on March 19, 2025. (AP Photos Stringer, Mark Schiefelbein)

Iran insists it will never stop enriching uranium as US says it must if a new deal is to be reached

May 21, 2025 at 8:29 a.m.

Iran’s top diplomat insisted Wednesday that Tehran will never stop enriching uranium, further underlining the Islamic Republic’s red line in negotiations with the United States over its rapidly advancing nuclear...

In this photo released by the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General, Rafael Mariano Grossi attends a meeting with the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Mohammad Eslami, in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran via AP)

UN nuclear watchdog says US-Iran talks at a ‘very crucial’ stage

April 17, 2025 at 8:06 a.m.

Talks between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program are “in a very crucial” stage, the head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog said Thursday while...

This combo of pictures show President Donald Trump, left, addressing a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, March 4, 2025, and a handout of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attending a ceremony in Tehran, Iran, March 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis – Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Iran’s foreign minister says he will have indirect talks with US envoy over Tehran’s nuclear program

April 8, 2025 at 8:33 a.m.

Iran ‘s foreign minister said Tuesday he’ll meet with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff in Oman for the first negotiations under the Trump administration seeking to halt Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear...

FILE – In this photo released by the Iranian Presidency Office, President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a rally commemorating anniversary of 1979 Islamic Revolution that toppled the late pro-U.S. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and brought Islamic clerics to power, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP, file)

Iran has rejected direct negotiations with the US in response to Trump’s letter

March 30, 2025 at 1:15 p.m.

Iran’s president said Sunday that the Islamic Republic rejected direct negotiations with the United States over its rapidly advancing nuclear program, offering Tehran’s first response to a letter President Donald...

Vehicles drive past an anti-U.S. and anti-Israel banner with writing in Farsi reading: “America is the great Satan”, and in Hebrew “America will throw you away like used toilet paper”, at the Felestin (Palestine) Sq. in downtown Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran’s currency falls to an all-time low as Trump clinches the US presidency

November 6, 2024 at 8:20 a.m.

Iran’s currency fell on Wednesday to an all-time low as Donald Trump clinched the U.S. presidency again, signaling new challenges ahead for Tehran as it remains locked in the wars...

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, second right, Judiciary Chief Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejehei, right, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, second left, and President Masoud Pezeshkian read Quran in a ceremony commemorating slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, at Imam Khomeini grand mosque in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Iranian supreme leader praises missile attack on Israel, saying Iran will do it again if necessary

October 4, 2024 at 7:30 a.m.

Iran’s supreme leader on Friday praised the country’s recent missile strike on Israel and said it was ready to do it again if necessary, state TV reported.

Supporters of Iranian president-elect Ebrahim Raisi celebrate after he won the presidential election in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 19, 2021. Initial results released Saturday propelled Raisi, a protege of the country's supreme leader, into Tehran's highest civilian position. The vote appeared to see the lowest turnout in the Islamic Republic's history. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Reformist Pezeshkian beats hard-liner to win Iran presidential election, promising outreach to West

July 6, 2024 at 11:12 a.m.

Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian has won Iran's runoff presidential election, besting hard-liner Saeed Jalili. Pezeshkian has promised to reach out to the West and ease enforcement on the country's mandatory...

People attend the annual rally commemorating Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution under the Azadi (Freedom) monument tower in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. Iran marked Sunday the 45th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution amid tensions gripping the wider Middle East over Israel’s continued war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran marks the 45th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution as tensions grip the wider Middle East

February 11, 2024 at 9:20 a.m.

Iran marked Sunday the 45th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution amid tensions gripping the wider Middle East over Israel’s continued war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

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