Iran has faced suspicion for decades over its nuclear ambitions and whether it’s developing the capability to fire an atomic weapon. It agreed to cap its nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief in a landmark 2015 international deal.

The U.S. and Iran will meet later this week in Turkey to discuss Iran's nuclear program. The negotiations come after President Trump weighed military strikes on Iran.

Those pro-Israel hawks admit that years of sanctions have failed to curtail Iran’s military and nuclear ambitions. What they have succeeded in doing, U.S. officials now acknowledge, is crippling the Iranian economy and forcing that country to rely upon what the U.S. government calls a “shadow fleet” for its exports.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s rial currency fell Wednesday to a new low of 1.2 million to the U.S. dollar as nuclear sanctions squeeze Tehran’s ailing economy. Traders offered the new exchange rate as attempts so far to restart negotiations between ...