From Congress to a major conference of American Jews and other supporters of Israel, President Obama is being buffeted by calls for a more aggressive posture toward Tehran.

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Israel’s Backers in Aipac Press Obama to Harden Iran Policy

A cloud of uncertainty has drifted in over the hallowed national laboratory that has been a crucible of the United States’ nuclear weapons research and development.

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Los Alamos Braces for Deep Cuts at Lab

American officials assessed that Iran would retaliate to an Israeli strike by launching missiles on Israel and terrorist-style attacks on United States civilian and military personnel overseas.

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U.S. Sees Iran Attacks as Likely if Israel Strikes

The United States is moving on a costly modernization of its nuclear Triad: the submarines, strategic bombers and land-based missiles that can deliver nuclear weapons to targets across the world. But the pace is apparently not fast enough for Sen. Jon Kyl (Ariz.), the leading Republican spokesman on the subject. Read full article > >

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Nuclear weapons modernization: not fast enough for Kyl

A report indicated Iran had begun producing fuel inside a new facility near the holy city of Qum, but also showed the country is having trouble deploying next-generation equipment.

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Atomic Agency Says Iran Is Making Nuclear Fuel at Protected Site

Talk of war over Iran’s nuclear program has reached a strident pitch in recent weeks, with threats from Israel of a possible strike, bellicose American oratory and defiance from Tehran.

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News Analysis: In Din Over Iran, Echoes of Iraq War – News Analysis

U.N. nuclear officials conceded failure on Tuesday after an extraordinary, two-day visit to Iran yielded no progress in clearing up allegations about the country’s pursuit of nuclear weapons technology. Read full article > >

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IAEA mission to Iran ends in failure

An attack would take at least 100 planes, American defense officials and military analysts said, and take far more time than earlier strikes on nuclear sites in Syria and Iraq.

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Iran Raid Seen as Complex Task for Israeli Military

There is a growing interest among U.S. foreign policy officials and scholars in deterring Iran; that is, in tolerating a nuclear armed Iran but keeping it at bay by threatening it in kind should it use its nuclear weapons. Although the Obama administration has not embraced this position, some observers believe this is the direction it is headed.

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Opinion: Deter a nuclear Iran?

Iran’s foreign minister was reported on Monday to have offered to extend a three-day visit to his country by United Nations inspectors.

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Iran Offers to Extend U.N. Nuclear Inspection

As Israel’s political and military leaders weigh options to stop Iran’s nuclear program, many are guided by an assessment that an attack is unlikely to set off widespread conflict.

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Israelis See Iran’s Threats of Retaliation as Bluff

BRUSSELS — Europe banned the import of Iranian oil Monday and froze Europe-based assets of the Central Bank of Iran, intensifying an international campaign to choke Iran’s economy and force the radical Islamic government to dispel fears that it is working to develop nuclear weapons. Read full article > >

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Europe bans Iranian oil imports in push to curtail nuclear program

Every country involved in the dispute over Iran’s possibly acquiring nuclear weapons is calculating how the American presidential election plays to their agendas.

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News Analysis: Confronting Iran in a Year of Elections

The president, trying to contain Iran’s nuclear ambitions, must balance choices that could harm either the economic recovery or his image as a firm leader.

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Faceoff With Iran Complicates Obama’s Re-election Campaign

A campaign of bombings, assassinations, defections and cyberattacks, which experts believe is mainly Israel’s work, seems meant to halt Iran’s progress toward a nuclear weapon.

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Adversaries of Iran Said to Be Stepping Up Covert Actions