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  Abbas Araghchi dismisses 'speculation' on Iran-US talks; what's holding up the peace deal?

  World | June 01, 2026 6:32 IST

  The latest comments come at a time when hopes for a breakthrough have been tempered by new political obstacles in Washington. US President Donald Trump, who recently suggested that an agreement with Iran was close to completion, has reportedly asked for changes to the draft proposal.

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  'Iran negotiating on fumes, wants deal': Trump vows to 'finish the job' as peace talks hang fire

  World | May 27, 2026 23:28 IST

  On the strategically critical Strait of Hormuz, Trump vowed that the key shipping route would remain open for everyone. He said the US will keep a watch on it but no country is going to control it.

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  'May pursue 90% uranium enrichment if attacked': Iran's stark warning amid Trump's fresh threat

  World | May 12, 2026 16:51 IST

  Iran has significantly increased its stockpile of enriched uranium in the years following the United States’ withdrawal from the nuclear agreement signed with Tehran during Donald Trump’s first term as president.

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  Russia signals readiness to take Iran's enriched uranium after Trump's Hormuz blockade threat

  World | April 13, 2026 18:43 IST

  Russia has reiterated its willingness to take custody of Iran's enriched uranium under a future peace deal after US-Iran talks collapsed over the weekend. The Kremlin criticised Trump's threat to blockade the Strait of Hormuz while President Putin assured Iran of Moscow's support.

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  Rescue or ruse: Iran accuses US of using operation to retrieve airman as cover to 'steal' uranium

  World | April 07, 2026 6:50 IST

  Donald Trump stated that he authorised extensive military action to rescue two American soldiers who had entered Iranian territory after their F-15E aircraft was downed in a missile strike.

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  Iran further increases its enriched uranium stockpile amid chances of renewed nuclear talks

  World | August 29, 2024 22:41 IST

  As of August 17, Iran has 164.7 kg (363.1 pounds) of uranium enriched up to 60 per cent, just short of enough needed to create four nuclear bombs if enriched further. This came as Iran opened doors for restarting negotiations with the US on the now-scrapped nuclear deal.

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  Iran's enriched uranium stockpile grows to near weapons-grade limits amid stalled nuclear talks: UN

  World | May 28, 2024 7:37 IST

  The report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) means that Iran can produce as many as three nuclear weapons if its uranium stockpile is enriched further. Iran's overall stockpile of enriched uranium has vastly exceeded the limits of the suspended 2015 nuclear deal.

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  Iran has no credible reason to expand uranium enrichment programme: US

  World | November 06, 2019 6:56 IST

  "Iran's assertions that all these escalatory steps are reversible are false: the knowledge Iran could gain over time from R&D work on new centrifuge designs represents irreversible learning that could ultimately shorten Iran's breakout time to a nuclear weapon if it decided to pursue one," Secretary of state MIke Pompeo said.

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  Iran uses advanced centrifuges, threatens higher enrichment

  World | September 07, 2019 19:53 IST

  While insisting Iran doesn’t seek a nuclear weapon, the comments by Behrouz Kamalvandi of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran threatened pushing uranium enrichment far beyond levels ever reached in the country. Prior to the atomic deal, Iran only reached up to 20%, which itself still is only a short technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90%.

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  Iran to raise uranium enrichment beyond limits. What it means

  India | July 07, 2019 15:38 IST

  Iran announced it will raise its enrichment of uranium, breaking another limit of its faltering 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and further heightening tensions between Tehran and the U.S. Iran made the decision a year after President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the deal.

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  Iran speeds up uranium enrichment as Mideast tensions mount

  World | June 17, 2019 23:32 IST

  Atomic energy spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi suggested that Iran’s enrichment could reach up to 20%, just a step away from weapons-grade levels.

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  Iran to surpass uranium enrichment limits in days: Official

  World | June 17, 2019 17:44 IST

  Iran's atomic energy agency said that the country will breach on June 27 the limit on its stockpile of enriched uranium that was capped under a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.

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  Iran insists right to uranium enrichment

  World | April 04, 2013 18:58 IST

  Tehran, Apr 4: Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said Thursday that the West must recognize his country's right to uranium enrichment in the upcoming nuclear talks.Speaking in Almaty in Kazakhstan, Jalili said the Friday