Moscow and Beijing's bid to stop a UN sanctions committee discussion on Iran collapses amid claims they aim to protect defence ties.

For decades, Iran’s nuclear ambitions have been at the center of tensions with the US and its allies, raising concerns that Tehran could eventually build atomic weapons. Israel has long considered a nuclear-armed Iran as an existential threat.

Just days before the U.S. strikes on Iran, Tehran was hinting a nuclear deal with Washington was a possibility.

In the latest turn, Trump spelled out what he called the Islamic Republic’s “sinister nuclear ambitions” Tuesday night.

Iran accuses Trump of lying in his State of the Union about the country's nuclear ambitions, as the next round of bilateral talks looms.

The assessment contradicts U.S. President Donald Trump’s statements that Iran’s nuclear program was “completely and fully obliterated” after U.S. strikes, according to two people familiar with the early assessment.

President Donald Trump’s strikes on Iran were decisive. His reasons for launching the war and definition of victory have been less clear.

In March, the US intelligence community assessed that Iran was “not building a nuclear weapon.” In June, the Trump administration nevertheless launched airstrikes targeting Iran’s nuclear program. And today, it might strike Iran again over its ...

Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said Iran has an “ambitious” nuclear program but doesn’t have a program for building nuclear weapons currently. “It is an evaluation that is based on the fact that Iran has a very big,