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Nuclear talks between Iran and Britain, France, and Germany are set to take place in Geneva on Tuesday, Iranian state media reported. “Iran and the three European signatories to the 2015 nuclear agreement, along with the European Union, will hold a fresh round of discussions at the deputy foreign minister level in Geneva,” state television said Monday. This will mark …

US President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of two nuclear submarines on Friday, marking a dramatic escalation in what had previously been a war of words with a senior Russian official over Ukraine and tariffs. The move follows days of heated exchanges between Trump and Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, on social media. In a post on …

The Pentagon announced that recent U.S. airstrikes targeting Iranian nuclear sites have likely delayed Iran’s nuclear programme by up to two years. The strikes, conducted on June 22, hit three critical nuclear facilities in Iran. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell stated that internal assessments estimate a significant setback to Iran’s capabilities. “We have degraded their programme …

US airstrikes did not destroy Iran’s nuclear capability and only set it back by a few months, according to a preliminary US intelligence assessment, as a shaky ceasefire brokered by President Donald Trump took hold between Iran and Israel. Earlier on Tuesday, both Iran and Israel signaled that the air war between the two nations had ended, at least for …

Three sources familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Reuters of the preliminary assessment. According to two of the sources, the assessment was prepared by the US Defence Intelligence Agency. One of the sources said Iran’s enriched uranium stocks had not been eliminated, and in fact, the country’s nuclear programme may have been set back only …

Iran’s Ambassador to Pakistan, Dr Reza Amiri Moghadam, on Sunday asserted that Iran would continue its nuclear program despite the United States (US) attacked its three nuclear sites including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan. According to Pakistan’s state-run news agency, the APP, speaking at the emergency press conference here at the National Press Club, Islamabad, he called the Iranian nuclear program …

In a decisive response to the US aggression against Iran’s peaceful nuclear facilities, the Iranian parliament has voted to close the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz. A senior Iranian lawmaker, Esmaeil Kowsari, said on Sunday that the Majlis (Iranian parliament) has agreed to close the key artery for global energy trade in response to the American aggression and the silence …

In his first public remarks after the US strikes, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has accused Washington of breaching international law. “The United States, a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, has committed a grave violation of the UN Charter, international law and the NPT by attacking Iran’s peaceful nuclear installations,” Araghchi said in a social media post. …

“We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform. “A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow.” Trump added that “all planes are safely on their way home. Congratulations to our great American Warriors.” Donald Trump’s …

The strikes, confirmed by the White House early Sunday morning, targeted Iran’s Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan nuclear facilities. The US administration framed the attacks as a response to Tehran’s continued enrichment efforts and as a warning to deter further escalation in ongoing conflict with Israel. President Donald Trump described the operation as a “necessary and proportionate act to prevent a …