IRNA - The US withdrawal from the international nuclear agreement (JCPOA) with Iran could have played a role in collapsing US-North Korea talks, a former senior US State Department official says. Thomas Countryman, former US Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Non-proliferation told IRNA in a phone interview that Donald Trumps ...

(Reuters) - The United States said on Friday thatIranand North Korea were trying to obtain high-tech materials linked to their nuclear programs in violation of U.N. sanctions. Iran was also sending weapons and ammunition to Syrian government forces despite a ban, said Thomas Countryman, Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation....

(Reuters) - Iran's nuclear program poses the greatest threat to the credibility of the global pact aimed at halting the spread of atomic weapons, a senior U.S. arms control official said on Monday. The Islamic Republic has a "long history" of deceiving the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its nuclear enrichment program far exceeds that ...