Just days before the U.S. strikes on Iran, Tehran was hinting a nuclear deal with Washington was a possibility.

Vice President JD Vance argued that Tehran’s actions during negotiations indicated that it was aiming to acquire a nuclear weapon, causing the U.S. strike on the country. In an interview on Fox News,

President Donald Trump said that Iran's nuclear program was "obliterated" last summer, but he now says the U.S. may have to bomb Iran again over Iran's nuclear ambitions.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that it was crucial to "act now" against Iran because the leadership in Tehran was building underground facilities to shield its missile and nuclear

Iran's nuclear program, enrichment of uranium and its ballistic-missle development program have been at the crux of the negotiations.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he's "not happy" with the latest talks over Iran's nuclear program but indicated he would give negotiators more time to reach a deal to avert another war in the Middle East.

For decades, Iran’s nuclear ambitions have been at the center of tensions with the US and its allies, raising concerns that Tehran could eventually build atomic weapons. Israel has long considered a nuclear-armed Iran as an existential threat.

Iran and the United States held indirect talks in Geneva, attempting to reach a deal on Tehran’s nuclear program and potentially avert another war as the U.S. gathers a massive fleet in the Middle East.

President Trump defended ordering the U.S. strikes, saying Iran's refusal to halt its pursuit of nuclear weapons combined with a growing ballistic missile program posed "an intolerable threat."