Vance: US has seen evidence Iran is trying to rebuild its nuclear weapons program

Times of Israel · Feb 25, 2026 · Collected from RSS

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The Times of Israel is liveblogging Thursday’s events as they unfold. Vance says US has seen evidence that Iran is trying to rebuild its nuclear weapons program The United States sees evidence that Iran is trying to rebuild its nuclear program after US-led strikes against Iranian nuclear sites in June, US Vice President JD Vance says. “The principle is very simple: Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon,” Vance tells reporters, a day ahead of talks in Geneva between US and Iranian delegations. “If they try to rebuild a nuclear weapon, that causes problems for us. In fact, we’ve seen evidence that they have tried to do exactly that.” Vance notes that US President Donald Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are due to attend the negotiations with Iran on Thursday, adding that Trump wants to address the Iranian nuclear program “diplomatically, but of course the president has other options as well.” NEW: Vice President JD Vance on Iran: Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon; if they try to rebuild the nuclear weapon, that causes problems for us. In fact, we've seen evidence that they have tried to do exactly that. pic.twitter.com/Hr4gEKnC6e — Tabz (@TabzLIVE) February 25, 2026 Red Crescent says man critically wounded, reportedly shot by settlers The Palestinian Red Crescent Society says it received a 35-year-old man from the IDF in critical condition and rushed him to a hospital after he was shot near the village of Yatta, south of Hebron in the southern West Bank. The IDF has not commented on the incident. WAFA, the Palestinian Authority’s official news agency, says the man was shot by settlers who pursued and opened fire on a vehicle carrying him and several other Palestinians. The settlers then fled with the vehicle, according to eyewitnesses cited by the PA outlet. Netanyahu dons traditional Indian clothing for dinner with Modi Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office releases photos of Netanyahu dressed in traditional Indian clothing with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi before their dinner this evening.