Iran is "pressing the gas pedal" on its enrichment of uranium to near weapons grade, U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said on Wednesday, adding that Iran's recently announced acceleration in enrichment was starting to take effect.

The supreme leader announced he is prohibiting the development of nuclear weapons, which may be part of an effort to initiate sanctions talks.

Iran currently has about 200 kg of uranium enriched to up to 60% purity, close to the roughly 90% of weapons grade, U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi told reporters at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday.

Iran hopes U.S. President Donald Trump will choose "rationality" in its dealing with the Islamic Republic, Iran's Vice-President for Strategic Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday, adding Tehran had never sought nuclear weapons.

South Africa’s Chief Rabbi Dr. Warren Goldstein has created an Anti-Terror Task Force to combat terror from Iran and Jihadi groups globally. The group will also try to protect Christians under attack in Africa.

Once China produced weapons-grade uranium, it assembled its first atomic bomb in as little as three to five weeks. Iran may do it even faster.

An Italian journalist detained in Iran whose fate became intertwined with that of an Iranian engineer wanted by the United States says she assumed she would have been held much longer.

DUBAI (Reuters) - A Swiss national who Iranian authorities said took his own life while in an Iranian jail after being arrested on suspicion of espionage had taken pictures of military sites, Iran's judiciary spokesperson said on Wednesday.

Iran is experiencing a systemic energy crisis. While many times in the past, Iran has had gas shortages or refined product shortages, this time Iran is undergoing an energy meltdown, with parallel sho

With a six-week cease-fire now in effect in Gaza, longtime ally Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is urging President-elect Donald Trump to go after Iran with force. The target: Tehran's nuclear program. The country is now a " de facto nuclear threshold state ," and Graham doesn't believe diplomacy will stop Iran from eventually crossing the threshold.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) floated the idea of new talks at his confirmation hearing to be secretary of state, while remaining largely noncommittal on the prospect