The head of Iran’s parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy said Sunday that Tehran will never halt its atomic program but suggested that talks between his country and the international community continue anyway: Alaeddin Boroujerdi said the talks were “considered effective and a step forward,” but he added,...

Zero progress: Negotiations over Iran’s disputed nuclear program broke off on Saturday without signs of even incremental progress… The failure to reach any accord was a serious setback for the talks… After the conclusion of two days of tense bargaining, Catherine Ashton, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, said that...

Today’s P5+1 talks with Iran in Almaty, Kazakhstan ended without progress, as Western diplomats expressed frustration not just over Iranian intransigence but over what appears to be a kind of unseriousness regarding the details of the P5+1’s offer. A Western diplomat described to The Tower gaps not just in agreeing...

The P5+1 began its latest round of talks with Iran today in Kazakhstan. Analysts worry that Iran will agree to temporarily suspend its enrichment – some leaks have indicated that the target timeframe is for six months – only to use the time to build up its critical nuclear infrastructure. The result...

The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog has issued a renewed warning that Iran may currently be secretly developing a nuclear weapon. The International Atomic Energy Agency has repeatedly warned about possible clandestine nuclear weapons work being conducted by Tehran — a November 2011 report highlighted [PDF] “the possible...

An operative from Iran’s Quds Force – an elite branch of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard that conducts overseas terror operations – was caught by Bulgarian authorities conducting surveillance of Sofia’s only synagogue in July 2012, just days after the Burgas, Bulgaria bus bombing that killed five Israelis and a Bulgarian....