Iran’s clerical rulers are facing a grave crisis, caught between growing discontent at home and a stalled nuclear deal that together have left the country more isolated and divided. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/29/world/politics/iran-cleric-nuclear-deadlock/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #iran #nuclearweapons #nuclearenergy #un #iaea
The "snapback" of U.N. sanctions on Iran sends Western powers back to the drawing board on how to contain and monitor Iran's nuclear program. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/28/world/politics/iran-snapback-nuclear-program/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #iran #nuclearweapons #us #iaea #israel #irannucleardeal #france #britain #germany #donaldtrump
The U.N. nuclear watchdog's talks with Iran on how to resume inspections at sites cannot go on for months on end, its chief said, pushing for a deal as early as this week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/04/world/un-nuclear-chief-iran-inspections/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #iaea #un#rafaelgrossi #nuclearweapons #nuclearenergy #iran
Iran has officially suspended its cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog, a move the United States described as "unacceptable." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/03/world/politics/iran-un-nuclear-israel-us/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #iran #nuclearweapons #un #us #iaea #israel#rafaelgrossi #masoudpezeshkian
States seek nuclear weapons out of insecurity or ambition, and the use of force tends to harden their resolve instead of preventing their pursuit. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/02/world/nuclear-proliferation-cannot-be-bombed-away/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #iaea #nuclearumbrella #newstart #nuclearweapons #israel #nonproliferation #iran
The bombing of Iranian nuclear sites creates a conundrum for U.N. inspectors: are Iran's uranium stocks buried beneath the rubble or were they secretly hidden away? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/30/world/us-iran-nuclear-sites-missing-uranium/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #donaldtrump #middleeast #israel #iran #nuclearweapons #uranium #iaea#rafaelgrossi
U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi says Iran likely will be able to begin to produce enriched uranium "in a matter of months," despite damage to several nuclear facilities from U.S. and Israeli attacks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/29/world/iran-enrich-uranium-iaea-months/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #iaea #iran #nuclearweapons #us #israel #donaldtrump#rafaelgrossi #usmilitary
Military strikes might slow down a nuclear program, but they cannot impose long-term restraint — especially when they are carried out by powers that flout the very rules they claim to be enforcing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/06/27/world/iranian-bomb-now-more-likely/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #iran #nuclearweapons #israel #iaea #donaldtrump #us #defense #middleeast