Our region is a far cry from peace, as exciting as the reports from Vienna might appear.

Israel is assassinating Iranian nuclear scientists as part of a covert war against the Islamic Republic's illicit weapons program, the Daily Telegraph on Tuesday quoted Western intelligence analyst

Israel said on Thursday that its atomic expert met an Iranian official as part of Middle East nuclear talks, in the arch-foes’ first direct contact in 30 years, but Tehran den

Three weeks ago, Iran confidentially revealed to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that it was constructing a nuclear facility near the city of Qom. A close reading of the development suggests that the latest move in Iran’s cat and mouse game may have been motivated by fears of an Israeli blow like the one that destroyed a secret nuclear site in Syria. If true, Iran’s anxieties about a possible military confrontation may provide the United States added leverage as it seeks to negotiate an end to Iran’s weapons program.

Tensions over Iran's suspect nuclear programme soared today with confirmation that Tehran has developed a new, secret uranium enrichment plant that could be used to engineer a nuclear bomb, but had kept the project hidden from UN inspectors for years.