Despite significant gaps in preconditions ahead of Friday's talks, Iran has agreed to negotiate with the U.S., understanding that if Tehran wants sanctions lifted, it will have to discuss the broader issues of its nuclear program, ballistic missiles and regional proxies
President Trump said earlier Wednesday that Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei should be 'very worried,' amid reports on clashes between the United States and Iran on the scope and location of the talks
A late-January poll found that nearly half of Israelis believe the country should avoid direct involvement in a conflict with Iran unless attacked. It also showed that a majority back Netanyahu's decision to join the Gaza Board of Peace, despite Turkish and Qatari participation
Special envoy Steve Witkoff will try to convince Tehran that disaster awaits if it rejects the United States' demands. The talks' failure this time could begin a countdown to an American attack in Iran, despite uncertainty in Washington about whether that can bring about regime change
Even if both the U.S. and Iran are reluctant to take that major step toward an all-out conflict, at this point it's hard to imagine any sort of effort that would allow all parties to save face
Araghchi told CNN that Tehran would expect the United States to respect Iran's right to a non-military nuclear program and to lift its sanctions on the country, which have caused severe economic strain on Iran for over a decade
In the absence of an immediate justification for an attack, Trump may give Turkey credit for resolving the crisis in Iran, which understands that Turkey could be a more effective mediator than Saudi Arabia. A senior Turkish official told Haaretz that Istanbul may propose transferring enriched uranium to Turkey, pledging it would never be returned to Iran
Longtime minister Steve Berger says private conversations with senior figures point to escalating pressure on Iran through tariffs, sanctions, and targeted military action.
Fed up by conflicting media reports and growing uncertainty over a potential U.S. strike on Iran, an Israeli tech worker created a real-time dashboard estimating the likelihood of a strike in the next eight hours
After Trump reminded a 'massive armada' was heading to Iran, threatening the next attack will be 'far worse.' An adviser to Iran's leader said any military action from the U.S. will see Iran targeting the U.S. and Israel and those who support it
While open-source tracking shows several fighter jets deployed to protect Israel from Iranian strikes have landed in Jordan, and a heavily equipped aircraft carrier strike group is expected near Iran, the current U.S. deployment appears, for now, smaller than in previous rounds of conflict
U.S. media have reported in recent days on a buildup of American forces in the region, including the aircraft carrier USS Lincoln, which is en route to the Persian Gulf, after Trump said Friday that a 'huge fleet' is heading toward Iran
Israel increasingly assesses that if there is a U.S. strike on Iran, the Iranian leadership would weigh whether and how to respond, including the possibility of drawing Israel into the confrontation through missile launches. But senior IDF officials stressed there is no certainty that Iran would choose Israel as its initial target
As Oman and Saudi Arabia push for U.S.-Iran talks, and Steve Witkoff outlines terms for negotiation, the assumption that Trump is locked into a military path should be met with healthy skepticism
Israelis who never joined demonstrations for their fellow citizens being killed in unprecedented numbers in a wave of criminal violence and wouldn't consider demonstrating for Gazan civilians, are appalled by what they perceive as the global left's silence on Iran
As the head of Israel's Mossad arrived in Washington on Friday and is expected to meet with Witkoff to discuss Iran, Trump said that over 800 scheduled hangings of Iranian protesters were cancelled by Iranian leadership, amid reports Netanyahu and Arab leaders convinced the U.S. president not to strike
In 1979, the last Israelis were expelled from Iran and the new regime declared a complete severing of ties. Yet this didn't prevent Israel from selling weapons and ammunition to the ayatollahs' regime a few years later. The full details of the secret ties between the two countries may come to light if the regime in Tehran falls
The Gulf states and Turkey are mounting an intensive diplomatic push to avert a U.S.–Iran clash that could trigger a costly regional war, offering economic incentives to ensure their territory and interests remain protected. So far, the effort appears to be working
A U.S. official told the New York Times that Netanyahu and Trump spoke on Wednesday, when the president said he had been told that the killing of protesters in Iran has stopped, and that there are no plans for executions. The official did not specify why Netanyahu requested the delay