World news | The GuardianMar 12
We attacked Iran with no clear plan for regime change, Israeli security sources say https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/12/israel-iran-us-attack-no-plan-for-regime-change-security-sources #UsisraelWarOnIran #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #Israel #WorldNews #Iran #AyatollahAliKhamenei #MojtabaKhamenei #IranNuclearProgramme
We attacked Iran with no clear plan for regime change, Israeli security sources say

If regime holds, control of enriched uranium may be ultimate measure of US-Israeli success, insiders say

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World news | The GuardianMar 12
Thursday briefing: What an Iran negotiator thinks could happen next – and why Trump still has an off-ramp https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/12/thursday-briefing-first-edition-trump-netanyahu-us-israel-war-in-iran-whats-next #Iran #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #UsisraelWarOnIran #WorldNews #Israel #UsNews #JoeBiden #IranNuclearProgramme
Thursday briefing: What an Iran negotiator thinks could happen next – and why Trump still has an off-ramp

In today’s newsletter: Robert Malley, who led talks for the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, helps make sense of the war

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World news | The GuardianMar 10
US weighs sending forces into Iran to secure nuclear stockpile, reports say https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/10/us-weighs-sending-forces-into-iran-to-secure-nuclear-stockpile-reports-say #IranNuclearProgramme #UsisraelWarOnIran #Iran #UsForeignPolicy #NuclearWeapons #UsNews #WorldNews
US weighs sending forces into Iran to secure nuclear stockpile, reports say

Tehran has enough material to make at least 10 nuclear warheads but extracting it would be very risky, say experts

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World news | The GuardianMar 10
Was Iran really building a nuclear weapon? – podcast https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2026/mar/10/was-iran-really-building-a-nuclear-weapon-podcast #IranNuclearProgramme #Iran #NuclearWeapons #Science #WorldNews #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica
Was Iran really building a nuclear weapon? – podcast

Among the many justifications Donald Trump has presented for the US and Israel attacking Iran has been the supposedly imminent threat posed by its nuclear weapons programme. But how close was the country really to developing an atomic weapon? Ian Sample hears from Kelsey Davenport, the director of non-proliferation policy at the Arms Control Association

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US news | The GuardianMar 7
A Japanese ‘conman’ tried to sell an undercover DEA agent nuclear materials – but how did he get them? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/07/japanese-conman-convicted-drug-nuclear-weapons #UsCrime #NewYork #NuclearWeapons #IranNuclearProgramme #WorldNews #UsNews
A Japanese ‘conman’ tried to sell an undercover DEA agent nuclear materials – but how did he get them?

Takeshi Ebisawa, sentenced to 20 years in prison last week, believed he was selling weapons-grade plutonium to Iran

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World news | The GuardianMar 3
Trump administration has still not settled on reasons for going to war with Iran https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/03/trump-administration-reasons-for-going-to-war-with-iran #UsisraelWarOnIran #TrumpAdministration #Iran #Israel #MarcoRubio #WorldNews #GeorgeBush #IranNuclearProgramme #DonaldTrump #UsNews
Trump administration has still not settled on reasons for going to war with Iran

The rationale keeps changing – from Iran planning a preemptive strike to lobbying by Israel

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World news | The GuardianFeb 27
US urges its citizens to leave Israel immediately amid strike threat on Iran https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/27/us-urges-citizens-leave-israel-threat-strike-iran #Israel #IranNuclearProgramme #Iran #DonaldTrump #UsForeignPolicy #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #WorldNews
US urges its citizens to leave Israel immediately amid strike threat to Iran

Department of State authorises non-essential officials to leave, with embassy staff told to book flights to anywhere

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World news | The GuardianFeb 26
Latest US-Iran nuclear talks conclude with claims of ‘significant progress’ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/26/trump-attack-threat-looms-as-nuclear-talks-between-us-and-iran-go-to-wire #IranNuclearProgramme #Iran #UsForeignPolicy #TrumpAdministration #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #UsNews #WorldNews
US-Iran nuclear talks end without a deal as threat of war grows

Mediators suggest talks will reconvene next week but no immediate evidence two sides any closer on uranium enrichment

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World news | The GuardianFeb 24
Armed police flood Iran’s universities to crush student protests https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/24/iran-armed-police-flood-universities-to-crush-student-protests #Iran #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #WorldNews #IranNuclearProgramme #UsNews
Armed police flood Iran’s universities to crush student protests

Campus clashes provide uneasy backdrop to third round of talks on nuclear programme in Geneva

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US news | The GuardianFeb 22
Washington and Tehran to hold more nuclear talks as protests reignite in Iran https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/22/washington-and-tehran-to-hold-more-nuclear-talks-as-protests-reignite-in-iran #Iran #IranNuclearProgramme #UsForeignPolicy #TrumpAdministration #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #UsNews #WorldNews #UsPolitics
Washington and Tehran to hold more nuclear talks as protests reignite in Iran

Fresh Geneva negotiations suggest Trump’s team believes the Iranian government is making serious proposals

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