Iran, Israel and the Bomb
How decades of sabotage and brinkmanship over Iran’s nuclear programme erupted into the 2026 US-Israeli war on Iran.

How decades of sabotage and brinkmanship over Iran’s nuclear programme erupted into the 2026 US-Israeli war on Iran.









US President Donald Trump has accused his predecessor Barack Obama of ‘bribing’ Iran to agree to the 2015 nuclear deal.
Negotiators have yet to hold talks on key issues that have plagued US-Iran diplomacy for decades, say analysts.

US President Donald Trump has said the agreement with Iran is ‘all signed’.
Iran slams US-backed IAEA resolution as ‘politically motivated’ and warns it could complicate ceasefire talks.

IAEA chief says Iran-US nuclear talks in ‘complicated phase’.

Video shows plumes of smoke rising from Mahshahr Petrochemical Complex in Iran’s Khuzestan Province on Monday.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemns ‘extremely vile’ attack that did not lead to spike in radiation.
Safety concerns at Europe’s largest nuclear plant at Zaporizhzhia have been rife throughout Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Kim says expansion necessary due to worsening security threats, long-term confrontations with ‘most ferocious enemies’.
US-Iran memorandum of understanding reportedly covers Strait of Hormuz, sanctions relief and enriched uranium limits.