US-Iran Conflict

US-Iran Conflict

Siamak Namazi and Morad Tahbaz, who were released during a prisoner swap deal between U.S. and Iran, arrive at Doha International Airport, Qatar September 18, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Dabbous/File Photo

American prisoners freed by Iran head to US after choreographed swap

After the transfer was confirmed, the five US prisoners plus two relatives took off on a Qatari plane from Tehran, at the same time as two of the five Iranian detainees landed in Doha on their way...

FILE PHOTO: USA and Iranian flags are seen in this illustration taken, September 8, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/file photo

Timeline: US-Iran relations from 1953 coup to 2023 detainee swap deal

Chess pieces are seen in front of displayed Iran's and U.S. flags in this illustration taken January 25, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

US would welcome any Iranian steps to slow nuclear program

FILE PHOTO: Iran's and U.S.' flags are seen printed on paper in this illustration taken January 27, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

US slaps sanctions on Iran officials over protest crackdown

Model of petrol pump is seen in front of U.S. and Iran flag colors in this illustration taken March 25, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

US targets Chinese, UAE firms in new Iran oil sanctions

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Biden to Israeli PM: US has options if Iran nuclear diplomacy fails

The guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) is shown in the South China Sea, March 6, 2016/ US Navy

Iran, US warships in first tense Mideast encounter in a year

Iran and six major world powers reached a nuclear deal on Tuesday, capping more than a decade of on-off negotiations with an agreement that could potentially transform the Middle East. US Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, US Secretary of State John Kerry, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi and the Iranian delegation (L-R) meet during a plenary session at the United Nations building in Vienna, Austria July 14, 2015. REUTERS/Joe Klamar/Pool/File Photo

US, Iran head to Vienna for indirect nuclear deal talks

A staff member removes the Iranian flag from the stage after a group picture with foreign ministers and representatives of the U.S., Iran, China, Russia, Britain, Germany, France and the European Union during the Iran nuclear talks at the Vienna International Center in Vienna, Austria July 14, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

World Court to hear sanctions dispute filed by Iran against United States

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, US, January 12, 2021. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS

US imposes fresh sanctions on Iran in final days of Trump presidency

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a press briefing at the State Department in Washington, US, April 22, 2020. Nicholas Kamm/Pool via REUTERS

Pompeo says Iran gives al Qaeda new 'home base,' analysts skeptical

Elliott Abrams speaks during a news conference at the State Department, in Washington, US, March 31, 2020. Andrew Harnik Pool via REUTERSFile Photo

US envoy to Iran says more sanctions coming

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an update on the so-called Operation Warp Speed program, the joint Defense Department and HHS initiative that has struck deals with several drugmakers in an effort to help speed up the search for effective treatments for the ongoing coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, in an address from the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, US, November 13, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Trump asked for options for attacking Iran last week, but held off