Nuclear weapons

The United States and Iran will resume talks on Friday aimed at restoring trust and bridging what Washington calls “tremendous and profound differences.”

Officials from five world powers have begun a new effort to try to bring the United States back into the foundering 2015 nuclear deal they signed with Iran

Mun Chol Myong, the first ever North Korean national extradited to the United States, is accused of defrauding U.S. banks and laundering money to evade sanctions.

The U.K. has changed its defense policy which may enable it to use nuclear weapons in response to “emerging technologies.”

“There’s probably just about 10 weeks left for some serious diplomacy,” Former U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz told CNBC.

Iran’s leadership has already rejected the Biden administration’s invitation to begin talks.

“There is less access, let’s face it,” IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said of Iran’s nuclear sites after returning from Tehran. 

The Biden administration last week offered to begin talks with Tehran, but Iran has not agreed and has stressed that the U.S. must lift sanctions first.

Iran has set a deadline of Feb. 21, vowing that if oil and banking sanctions are not lifted, it will expel the U.N.’s nuclear inspectors from the country.

The Biden administration says it’s ready to join talks with Iran and world powers to discuss a return to the 2015 nuclear deal.

Iran has alarmed some in the international community, since a greater quantity of uranium metal could be used to build the core of a nuclear bomb.

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The United States has joined Russia in extending the last remaining nuclear-arms treaty between the two countries

The Kremlin has welcomed U.S. President Joe Biden’s proposal to extend the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the two countries, which is set to expire in less than two weeks

The White House says President Joe Biden has proposed to Russia a five-year extension of a nuclear arms treaty that is otherwise set to expire in February

A recent law passed by Iran’s hawkish Parliament mandates that Iran ramp up its nuclear program on multiple fronts. 

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has threatened to expand his nuclear arsenal while disclosing a list of high-tech weapons systems under development in response to what he called hostile American policy

Pelosi said she spoke to Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley about precautions that could block Trump from “ordering a nuclear strike.”

After getting an “interim freeze deal,” CSIS’ Victor Cha said the U.S. should then try to “transform the political relationship” with North Korea.

While a Biden administration will likely try to restart talks with Iran, the main obstacle may be whether Iran is willing to negotiate — and at what price.