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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on upon his arrival at the Quai d'Orsay, France's Minister of Foreign Affairs before a bilateral meeting with his French counterpart Jean-Noel Barrot in Paris Thursday, April 17, 2025. (Julien de Rosa, Pool via AP)

Rubio says Iran must give up nuclear enrichment in any deal with the US

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Iran must give up all nuclear enrichment if it wants to make a deal during talks with the Trump administration and head off the threat of armed conflict.
 
U.S. delegates leave the Omani Embassy in Rome after closed-door meeting with an Iranian delegation to discuss Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program, Saturday, April 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

US and Iran say talks over Tehran’s nuclear program make progress and set plans for more

 
In this photo released by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General, Rafael Mariano Grossi, center, visits an exhibition of Iran's nuclear achievements, in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)

UN nuclear watchdog says US-Iran talks at a ‘very crucial’ stage

 
In this photo released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, right, shakes hands with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi prior to their meeting in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (Iranian Foreign Ministry via AP)

Iran confirms that the 2nd round of nuclear talks with the US will be in Rome

 
This combo shows Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, left, pictured in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025 and Steve Witkoff, right, White House special envoy, pictured in Washington, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photos Stringer, Mark Schiefelbein)

Tehran says next round of Iran-US nuclear talks in Oman after Rome named by officials

 

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It’s been an intense day of diplomacy for Iran ahead of second round of talks with US, AP explains

It’s been an intense day of diplomacy for Iran, with the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog and a Saudi prince visiting Tehran. Talks between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program are “in a very crucial” stage.
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Iran confirms further nuclear talks with US as IAEA chief arrives in Tehran

UN nuclear watchdog chief says Iran has accepted request to stop increasing near weapons grade uranium stock

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A part of Arak heavy water nuclear facilities is seen near the central city of Arak, 150 miles (250 kilometers) southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, Jan. 15, 2011. (Mehdi Marizad/Fars News Agency via AP, File)

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A view of the containment vessel that protects the remains of reactor number four at the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant and built to contain radiation, after a drone attack in Chernobyl, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

A drone pierced the outer shell of Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear plant. Radiation levels are normal

 
In this photo taken from a video distributed by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, a Russian self-propelled multiple rocket launcher Uragan (Hurricane) is fired toward Ukrainian position at an undisclosed location in the Kursk region border area. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russia claims it’s taken another eastern Ukraine town. Kyiv officials make no comment

 
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, right, and Minister of Energy of Ukraine Herman Galushchenko look at damaged transformers during their visit to a substation in Kyiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

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In this image provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters put out a fire following a Russian missile attack on the country's energy system in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, Dec. 25, 2024. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP, File)

Russian attacks near Ukrainian nuclear infrastructure heighten scrutiny of Kyiv’s preparedness

 
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi during a meeting with the Japanese government in Tokyo Thursday, March 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool, File)

IAEA chief: Iran is poised to ‘quite dramatically’ increase stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium

 
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi speaks during a joint press briefing with head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Mohammad Eslami in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Head of UN’s nuclear watchdog visits Iran as Mideast wars and Trump’s return raise worries

 
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi speaks to the media after his talks with Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation Director General Alexey Likhachev in Kaliningrad, Russia, on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

The UN’s nuclear chief says the world needs to pursue dialogue with North Korea over nuclear weapons

 
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, shakes hands with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

UN nuclear watchdog warns conditions ‘very fragile’ at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia power plant

 
FILE - International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi waits to meet Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida shakes hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo Thursday, March 14, 2024. The head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog will travel to Iran next week as Tehran's nuclear program enriches uranium a step away from weapons-grade levels and international oversight of the program remains limited, officials said Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool, File)

The UN nuclear watchdog chief travels to Iran as its monitoring remains hampered

 
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, center, visits a facility for sampling treated and diluted radioactive water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO), in Futaba town, northeastern Japan, Wednesday, March 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

The treated discharge from Japan’s ruined Fukushima nuclear plant is safe, IAEA chief says on visit

 
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, left, and Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, right, shake hands during their meeting at the prime minister's office Tuesday, March 12, 2024, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

UN nuclear chief tells Japan transparency is ‘very important’ in ruined nuclear plant’s discharges

 
FILE - Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi speaks during his interview with The Associated Press, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. The U.N. atomic watchdog agency’s director has arrived in Russia for talks on nuclear safety in Ukraine, where a nuclear power plant is at risk amid fighting, Russia's state news agency RIA Novosti reported Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

UN watchdog’s head in Russia to discuss safety of Ukrainian nuclear plant caught in crossfire

 
FILE - IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi attends a joint press conference with head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Mohammad Eslami in Tehran, Saturday, March 4, 2023. Iran has further increased its total stockpile of uranium, according to a report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog seen by The Associated Press on Monday, and continues to bar several of the most experienced inspectors from monitoring its nuclear program. The IAEA report estimated that as of Feb. 10, Iran’s total enriched uranium stockpile was at 5,525.5 kilograms, an increase of 1038.7 kilograms since the last quarterly report in November 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

The UN atomic watchdog’s director says he’s heading to Moscow for talks on nuclear safety in Ukraine

 
Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency speaks during the World Governments Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. The head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog warned Tuesday that Iran is "not entirely transparent" regarding its atomic program, particularly after an official who once led Tehran's program announced the Islamic Republic has all the pieces for a weapon "in our hands." (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

The head of UN’s nuclear watchdog warns Iran is ‘not entirely transparent’ on its atomic program

 
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi speaks during his interview with The Associated Press, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog says security at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant remains fragile amid recent staff cuts enacted by Russian authorities occupying the facility. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

UN nuclear chief says security is still fragile at Ukraine’s Russian-occupied nuclear power plant

 
FILE - The cooling tower of the Yongbyon nuclear complex is demolished in Yongbyon, North Korea on June 27, 2008. North Korea may have started operating a light-water reactor at its main nuclear complex in a possible attempt to establish a new facility to produce bomb fuels, the U.N. atomic agency and outside experts said Thursday Dec. 21, 2023. (Gao Haorong/Xinhua via AP, File)

North Korea appears to be looking to make more bomb fuels at its main nuclear facility, experts say

 
Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks with The Associated Press at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General, Rafael Grossi, arrives for an IAEA Board of Governors meeting in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

IAEA head says the barring of several nuclear inspectors by Iran is a ‘serious blow’ to monitoring

 
President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Iran’s president says US should ease sanctions to demonstrate it wants to return to nuclear deal

 
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi kisses a Quran as he addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Iran’s president urges US to demonstrate it wants to return to the 2015 nuclear deal

 
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, seen on screen, talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, right, during a video conference at the foreign ministry Friday, Aug. 25, 2023, in Tokyo. The tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant began releasing its first batch of treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday — a controversial step that prompted China to ban seafood from Japan.(AP Photo/Norihiro Haruta)

‘Stop it!’ UN’s nuclear chief pushes Iran to end block on international inspectors

 
This is a locator map for Iran with its capital, Tehran. (AP Photo)

UN nuclear agency slams Iran for barring ‘several’ inspectors from monitoring its program

 
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, damaged by a massive March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, is seen from the nearby Ukedo fishing port in Namie town, northeastern Japan, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will start releasing treated and diluted radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean as early as Thursday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

China bans seafood from Japan after the Fukushima nuclear plant begins its wastewater release

 
Main opposition Democratic Party lawmaker Woo Won-shik, left, shows a list of proposed disposal methods for the Fukushima contaminated water as his party lawmaker Wi Seong-gon and Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, right, look on during a meeting with the party's lawmakers at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, July 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korean lawmakers berate IAEA chief over Japanese plans to release treated Fukushima wastewater

 
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