Foreign Minister Lapid urges ‘renewed determination’ to halt Iran’s nuke program, while ministry spokesman says judiciary chief will be 'most extremist president to date'

Turnout expected to be among lowest in Islamic Republic's history as would-be voters express apathy over stunted candidate field seemingly designed to hand win to hardliner Raisi

Kohavi to lead Israeli delegation to US to meet with American counterparts on Tehran, Hezbollah's missiles, and Gaza

Defense minister also says 'all options remain on the table' in dealing with Tehran's nuclear ambitions, ahead of IDF chief's visit to Washington later this week

In further breach of nuclear deal and amid talks on striking new agreement, Tehran spokesperson says country has also stockpiled 108 kilograms of uranium enriched to 20% purity

Front-runner Ebrahim Raisi, a hardliner who earlier this year threatened Trump with assassination, has praised Hezbollah and criticized normalization with Israel

As diplomats say talks over 2015 deal need more time, countries warn Tehran against 'further escalation'; condemn its ballistic missile program, support for proxy terror groups

Leaders of the G-7 group of nations reaffirm a commitment to stop the Islamic republic from building nuclear weapons

Vienna talks not expected to yield major breakthrough before June 18 Iranian elections

Diplomats say complicating factors include order of proposed measures, dealing with advances in Iran’s nuclear processing capability and presidential election in Iran