Iran says its nuclear program is for civilian energy purposes, and so peaceful. But it had enriched uranium to a near weapons-grade level, and well beyond what is needed for energy, putting it close to developing a bomb if it opted to do so.

Trump's administration spent months trying to convince Tehran to enter into a nuclear deal before it joined a bombing campaign spearheaded by Israel.

White House envoy Steve Witkoff is planning to meet Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Oslo next week to restart nuclear talks, according to two sources familiar with the discussions. Why it matters: The sources said a final date hasn't been set,

Iran will not retaliate further against the United States’s strikes on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program or pursue nuclear “militarization,” according to one of the country’s top diplomats. “As long as there is no act of aggression being perpetrated by the United States against us,

U.S. strikes on multiple Iranian nuclear facilities last month set back Tehran's nuclear program by about two years, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell disclosed during a press briefing. "Iran is much further away today from a nuclear weapon than they were before the president took bold action to fulfill his promise to the American people,