February 5, 2021 Iran U.N. inspectors find radioactive traces, raising fresh concerns United Nations inspectors have found new evidence of undeclared nuclear activities in Iran, according to three diplomats briefed on the discovery, raising new questions about the scope of the country's atomic ambitions.
January 27, 2021 Iran pushing Biden to act first, drop sanctions before reviving nuclear deal Iran’s foreign minister is reportedly urging President Biden to make the first move toward reviving a 2015 nuclear deal "by removing all sanctions imposed since [former President Donald] Trump assumed office" -- despite lingering concerns about the Islamic Republic’s pursuit of atomic weapons.
January 22, 2021 Russia welcomes Biden's proposal to extend nuclear arms control treaty The Kremlin on Friday welcomed U.S. President Joe Biden’s proposal to extend the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the two countries, which is set to expire in less than two weeks.
January 11, 2021 Iranian nuclear deal must be restored soon, UN atomic watchdog warns The United Nations’ atomic watchdog chief stressed urgency Monday in reviving an Obama-era nuclear deal aimed at thwarting Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons, a report says.
December 16, 2020 Iran leader says Biden's arrival doesn't guarantee better relations with US Iran’s supreme leader and the country’s president both warned America on Wednesday that the departure of President Donald Trump does not immediately mean better relations between the two nations.
December 14, 2020 US blames Iran for presumed death of Robert Levinson, sanctions two intelligence officers The Trump administration for the first time on Monday formally blamed Iran for the presumed death of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, publicly identifying two Iranian intelligence officers believed responsible for his abduction and imposing sanctions against them.
November 27, 2020 Obama CIA Director John Brennan blasts assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency John Brennan condemned the killing of an Iranian scientist believed to be linked to Tehran’s nuclear program Friday, calling it “criminal” and “highly reckless.”
September 4, 2020 Trump says the US is negotiating a nuclear nonproliferation treaty with Russia In a White House press briefing Friday, President Trump said that the U.S is in talks with Russia renegotiating a nuclear nonproliferation treaty, adding that China may be brought into those talks at some point later.
September 1, 2020 China planning to double its stockpile of nuclear warheads: Pentagon China is likely planning to double its stockpile of nuclear warheads in this decade, including those designed for ballistic missiles and that can reach the U.S., the Pentagon said in a report Tuesday.
August 6, 2020 Hiroshima survivors mark 75th anniversary of attack, urge ban on nuclear weapons Survivors of the world’s first atomic bombing gathered in diminished numbers near an iconic, blasted dome Thursday to mark the attack’s 75th anniversary, many of them urging the world, and their own government, to do more to ban nuclear weapons.