JCPOA

I helped sell Obama’s Iran deal, and its critics owe us all an explanation - opinion

Each promised but failed breakthrough gave way to another promised breakthrough. And now comes the final indignity: the so-called memorandum of understanding.

US President Donald Trump holds up the memorandum of understanding, signed by the US, and Iran, at the Palace of Versailles, in France.
JEWS PROTEST against the nuclear deal reached with Iran before US Vice President Joe Biden meets with Jewish community leaders at the David Posnack Jewish Community Center on September 3, 2015, in Davie, Florida.

Jewish groups push back against Trump’s Iran deal, more quietly than in 2015

US President Donald Trump, with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, holds a press conference during the G7 Summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, June 17, 2026.

Trump’s Iran diplomacy could empower Hezbollah, weaken deterrence - opinion

TOPSHOT-IRAN-US-ISRAEL-WAR TOPSHOT - An woman walks past a billboard displaying Iran's national flag at Enghelab Square in Tehran on June 14, 2026. US President Donald Trump said that a deal with Iran to end the Middle East war could be signed on June 14, and that the strategic Strait of Hormuz woul

The US-Iran MoU is a product of Tehran's survival-first strategy - analysis


Russia: Not reviving nuclear deal will have 'irreversible consequences'

Russian officials optimistic on potential revival of the JCPOA • West 'hysterical' over drones because of nuke deal

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi attend a meeting in Tehran, Iran July 19, 2022.

IAEA chief: There is Iranian nuclear activity we know nothing about

Want to meet with Iran, but they must resolve doubts.

 INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC Energy Agency director-general Rafael Grossi at an IAEA Board of Governors meeting in Vienna, September 13.

How will a Netanyahu-led Israeli gov't impact Iran policy? - analysis

All of Netanyahu’s actual record for using force suggests that he is no more likely to actually pull the trigger for a preemptive strike against Tehran than Bennett-Lapid were.

 Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu is seen speaking at the Givat Harel outpost in the West Bank just days before the elections, on October 26, 2022.

Herzog on Ukraine: 'There are things we cannot provide'

"There are secrets that we can't deliver," the president said. "But wherever we can help, we are trying to help."

 Israeli President Isaac Herzog looks on during a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, not pictured, in Washington, DC, on October 25, 2022.

US negotiator slams door on Iran nuke negotiations - analysis

Unless Khamenei is ready to reverse himself on allowing aspects of the IAEA probes remain open, there is no telling how long the freeze could go on for.

 Atomic symbol and USA and Iranian flags are seen in this illustration taken September 8, 2022.

'The Administration needs a plan B now' preventing Iranian nuclear weapons

Rob Malley's comments about reviving the JCPOA is "not on the agenda" and "not the focus" bring two main questions to the spotlight.

A gas flare on an oil production platform in the Soroush oil fields is seen alongside an Iranian flag in the Persian Gulf, Iran, July 25, 2005

US says Iran nuclear deal is 'not our focus right now'

"It is very clear and the Iranians have made very clear that this is not a deal that they have been prepared to make. The deal certainly does not appear imminent," Ned Price told a briefing.

 A number of new generation Iranian centrifuges are seen on display during Iran's National Nuclear Energy Day in Tehran, Iran April 10, 2021

US issues new sanctions against Iranian oil sector

The new sanctions will be reversed if Iran returns to the JCPOA nuclear deal.

A gas flare on an oil production platform in the Soroush oil fields is seen alongside an Iranian flag in the Persian Gulf, Iran, July 25, 2005

Lapid: Iran can be forced into a better deal with strong military threat

The prime minister stressed that Netanyahu's approach to the JCPOA nuclear deal "failed miserably."

An Israeli Air Force F-35 flies during an aerial demonstration at a graduation ceremony for Israeli air force pilots at the Hatzerim air base in southern Israel, June 27, 2019.

President Biden showed weakness by granting Raisi a visa to speak at UN - opinion

Who exactly is Iranian President Raisi? A terror master who oversaw the mass execution of some 30,000 Iranians, and runs Iran’s nuclear program.

 Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi holds up a picture of Quds Force Commander General Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. attack, as he addresses the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 21, 2022.