Iran nuclear program

Witkoff and Kushner to lead Iran talks on Friday

The negotiations are believed to hinge on three key issues: nuclear enrichment, ballistic missile development and Iran’s support for regional proxies like Hamas and Hezbollah

By Jacob Jaffa

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US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff (L) delivers a press conference with US businessman Jared Kushner (R) upon the signing of the declaration on deploying post-ceasefire force in Ukraine during the Coalition of the Willing summit at the Élysée Palace in Paris on January 6, 2026 (Getty Images)

US President Donald Trump gestures after holding a signing ceremony for the Board of Peace at World Economic Forum (WEF) on January 22, 2026 in Davos, Switzerland (Getty Images)

Iran protests 2026

Trump claims Iran ‘wants to talk’ as ‘armada’ arrives in Gulf

By Jacob Jaffa

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Steve Witkoff onstage at the Israeli-American Council's conference in Hollywood, Florida, on January 15, 2025. (YouTube/ErinMolan)

Iran

US sets out four conditions for Iran peace as aircraft carrier en route to Gulf

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

US President Donald Trump speaks during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (off frame) at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on December 29, 2025 (Getty Images)

Iran

US military ‘locked and loaded’ to intervene if Iran harms peaceful protestors, says Trump

By Jacob Jaffa

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US President Trump welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to his Mar-a-Lago club on December 29, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida (Getty Images)

Iran

Trump offers backing for fresh Iran strikes amid threat of ‘total war’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

US President Trump speaks to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu at Ben Gurion International Airport before boarding his plane to Sharm El-Sheikh, on October 13, 2025 in Tel Aviv, Israel (Getty Images)

Iran

Netanyahu to present Trump with plans for new attack on Iran during Florida visit

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Rafael Grossi, director general of the IAEA, speaks during the 69th annual IAEA general conference on September 15, 2025 in Vienna, Austria (Image: Getty Images)

Iran nuclear program

‘Majority’ of Iran’s nuclear stockpile left intact despite US-Israeli strikes

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

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By Kasra Aarabi

Prepare for a weak but reckless Iran to go on the front foot against Israel

The return of snapback sanctions hurt but, for the regime, Israel and the US are the immediate threats

4 min read

October 1, 2025 10:11

A masked Basij militant salutes to the camera in downtown Tehran, Iran, on January 10, 2025 (Photo by HOSSEIN BERIS/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

EU reimposes sanctions on Iran after UN ‘snapback’

The US hailed the move, but Iran threatened to withdraw its cooperation with the UN’s atomic watchdog

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

September 29, 2025 10:30

EU head of foreign affairs Kaja Kallas holds a press conference on September 22, 2025 ahead of UN General Assembly (Image: Getty)

‘Snapback’ UN sanctions against Iran go into effect

The US called the move an act of ‘decisive global leadership’

By Mike Wagenheim

2 min read

September 28, 2025 08:56

Then-Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits the Natanz uranium enrichment facilities (Photo by the Office of the Presidency of the Islamic Republic of Iran via Getty Images)

Iran carried out secret test launch while rebuilding missile production plants

New satellite images apparently show Tehran attempting to repair the damage of the 12-day war with Israel, but missing a key component

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

September 26, 2025 09:28

Satellite image showing a scorched launch pad at the Imam Khomeini Spaceport in Semnan, Iran (Image: Planet Labs PBC)

By Jason M. Brodsky

Iran’s costly statecraft failures

Tehran’s main foreign policy objectives were to thwart snapback, lure the US into a nuclear deal and avoid Israeli and/or US military strikes. With the E3 decision to trigger UN sanctions, Tehran has failed in all three

4 min read

September 2, 2025 13:38