The United Nations nuclear watchdog sees Iran in a “very fragile” state amid stalled diplomatic efforts and nationwide protests that convulsed the country earlier this month.

The bloody crackdown offers hints about growing tensions inside the country’s ruling system as the cleric’s rule comes under strain.

US strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites in June slowed down the nuclear program, likely buried Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium, and effectively paused enrichment activities. The attacks prompted Iran to reevaluate its nuclear strategy, and ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — United Nations sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program were reimposed Sunday, putting Tehran under new pressure as tensions remain high in the wider Mideast over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. At the U.N. General Assembly ...

President Donald Trump has said the military will intervene if the Iranian government kills peaceful protesters.

By Michelle Nichols Jan 23 (Reuters) - Iran will treat any attack "as an all-out war against us," a senior Iranian official said on Friday, ahead of the arrival of a U.S. military aircraft carrier strike group and other assets in the Middle East in the coming days.

(CNN) — Iran’s deputy foreign minister Saeed Khatibzadeh has described his country’s nuclear program as still “intact” despite admitting that US and Israeli strikes badly damaged facilities earlier this year. In an exclusive interview with CNN ...

Iran’s deputy foreign minister Saeed Khatibzadeh has said his country’s nuclear program is still “intact” despite US and Israeli strikes on its nuclear facilities earlier this year. In an exclusive interview with CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen Sunday ...

In the wake of spiraling tensions between the United States and Iran over Tehran’s violent crackdown on protests, analysts warn that the internal upheaval affecting the Iranian theocracy could carry nuclear proliferation risks.