Tag: Iran
Trump’s Shadow Looms Over Fading Iran Nuclear Talks
WASHINGTON — Many factors are to blame for the dying prospects of reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.…
Fears Grow Over Iran’s Nuclear Program as Tehran Digs a New Tunnel Network
The deal, which President Donald J. Trump abandoned in 2018, limited Tehran’s ability to install new centrifuges and…
Iran Begins to Dismantle Nuclear Program Cameras After Western Criticism
Iran began dismantling the U.N. monitoring system of its nuclear program this week, partly blinding nuclear inspectors in…
Biden Has ‘Only Bad Options’ for Bringing Down Oil Prices
HOUSTON — When President Biden meets Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Saudi Arabia, he will be following…
Putin’s Threats Highlight the Dangers of a New, Riskier Nuclear Era
WASHINGTON — The old nuclear order, rooted in the Cold War’s unthinkable outcomes, was fraying before Russia invaded…
Israel Tells U.S. It Killed Iranian Officer, Official Says
At the funeral in Tehran for a colonel in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps, thousands of mourners packed the…
Yemen’s Houthis Went From Ragtag Militia to Force Threatening Gulf Powers
BEIRUT, Lebanon — When a band of scrappy rebels known as the Houthis stormed out of the mountains…
Missiles Fired From Iran Hit Near U.S. Consulate Site in Iraq
The Iraqi president, Barham Salih, who is Kurdish, said the timing of the attack was aimed at obstructing…
The Smugglers’ Paradise of Afghanistan
ZARANJ, Afghanistan — The smuggler barreled down the narrow dirt road, bouncing into craters and over rocks that…
More Than a Million Afghans Flee as Economy Collapses
ZARANJ, Afghanistan — From their hide-out in the desert ravine, the migrants could just make out the white…
What We Learned About Pegasus, the Smartphone Cracker
It is widely regarded as the world’s most potent spyware, capable of reliably cracking the encrypted communications of…