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Trump Says He’ll End the Iran War in Weeks. What If He Can’t?
ByDavid E. Sanger April 2, 2026April 2, 2026

President Trump faces the possibility that at the end of his own two-to-three week window for wrapping up the war in Iran, nothing much will have changed.

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Iran Is Skeptical About Diplomacy, U.S. Intelligence Says
ByEdward Wong and Julian E. Barnes April 1, 2026April 2, 2026

Any decision by Iran to keep fighting would complicate President Trump’s stated goal of trying to end the war within weeks.

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‘I Don’t Care About That’: Trump Says Iran’s Enriched Uranium Is Not a Concern
ByDavid E. Sanger April 1, 2026

President Trump’s statement was the second time in 24 hours that he had declared that the nuclear problem with Iran had been solved, despite all evidence to the contrary.

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Iran Moves to Assert Control Over Strait While Trading Strikes With Israel
ByEuan Ward, Yeganeh Torbati, Adam Rasgon and Michael Levenson March 27, 2026March 28, 2026

Two ships turned back after being warned not to pass through the Strait of Hormuz on Friday. Iran said strikes in the country had hit a uranium processing plant and industrial sites.

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U.S. Circulates Iran Peace Plan While Sending Troops to the Middle East
ByDavid E. Sanger March 25, 2026March 25, 2026

The 2,000 paratroopers heading to the region may give President Trump more leverage in negotiations, but they also leave him with the option of doubling down on military force.

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Iran Could Retrieve Uranium at Site U.S. Bombed Last Year, Officials Say
ByJulian E. Barnes, Tyler Pager, Christiaan Triebert, Eric Schmitt and Ronen Bergman March 8, 2026March 8, 2026

The fate of the highly enriched uranium and the options for securing it have become critical issues for the Trump administration.

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A Critical Nuclear Site in Iran Is Spared During U.S.-Israeli Airstrikes, for Now
ByWilliam J. Broad March 3, 2026March 3, 2026

The Isfahan facility, suspected of storing a cache of enriched uranium, was smashed during the 12-day campaign last June.

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Iran Says U.S. Has Not Asked It to Stop Enriching Uranium
ByPranav Baskar February 20, 2026February 20, 2026

The comments by Iran’s foreign minister on Friday contradicted the Trump administration’s position.

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In Talks, Trump Won’t Allow Iran to Have Any Enriched Uranium
ByMichael Crowley February 6, 2026February 7, 2026

Can the two sides get past Iran’s claim that it has a “right” to enrich uranium?

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Iran Withdraws From Deal for International Nuclear Inspections
ByErika Solomon November 20, 2025

Iran’s foreign minister said his country would halt plans for a reinstatement of nuclear inspections at a time of heightened concern over Iran’s enriched uranium.

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