Iran’s Mohammad Javad Zarif, talking to a gathering at the University of Denver over Skype, says hard-liners in both Iran and …
Iranian nuclear program
Iran Says It Will Reduce Military Potential of Nuclear Reactor
If Iran follows through the move could increase trust in further nuclear negotiations
Iran’s Poker Game: What Can Direct Talks Achieve?
If reports of direct talks between the U.S. and Iran are true, what will be achieved?
How Sending Fewer U.S. Troops to Israeli Joint Exercise Further Strains Relations
TIME’s report on the substantial scaling back of U.S. participation in next month’s joint military exercise with Israel created some waves. The story, posted on Friday, quoted military sources in both countries describing a …
Exclusive: U.S. Scales Back Military Exercise with Israel, Affecting Potential Iran Strike
A smaller U.S. contingent may make it more difficult for the Israeli government to launch a pre-emptive strike on Tehran’s nuclear program
Romney’s Israel Stop: Keeping Up Appearances
Though his remarks Monday morning later threatened to prove otherwise, it appeared that Mitt Romney got in and out of Israel with what he’d hoped for: No gaffes, no real headlines — nothing so substantial as to risk a clear …
Hillary Clinton in Jerusalem: Subtle Diplomacy, Subtler Electioneering
A great deal of business was done during Clinton’s Monday in Jerusalem, ranging from Egypt to Iran and, quietly, to Florida.
Finder of Flame Virus Tells Israel to Stop Before It’s Too Late
Eugene Kaspersky, the Russian cybersleuth who last week revealed the most sophisticated virus yet targeting Iran, was greeted as a hero at the Tel Aviv University conference on digital security on Wednesday. He didn’t pretend not …
What Lies? Beneath the Mysterious History of an Iranian Nuclear Site
On the northwestern edge of Tehran, a wooded hill rises abruptly out of the gray low-rise cityscape. The roads meandering to the top are lined with grills and picnic tables, and from the north slope it was once possible to peer through the trees and make out where the of the Physics Research Center used to stand. The vacant lot looked …
Israel’s New Coalition: Why Netanyahu Has Moved to the Center
By unveiling a new governing coalition that includes the centrist Kadima party, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu not only called off a national election he had just set for early September, he also re-calibrated the outlook of …
Mossad Cutting Back on Covert Operations Inside Iran, Officials Say
Israel’s intelligence services have scaled back covert operations inside Iran, ratcheting down by “dozens of percent” in recent months secret efforts to disable or delay the enemy state’s nuclear program, senior Israeli …
Another Blast in Iran, This Time Followed by Rockets Landing in Israel
Things keep blowing up in Iran. On Monday the big bang was in Isfahan, and the black smoke billowed from the direction of the nuclear plant on the edge of the city. More than 24 hours later, Iran’s official news sites had taken down an initial report and photograph and were offering an array of conflicting accounts instead. But if …