During the weekend, Iran failed to respond to an informal two-week deadline to give a yes-or-no answer to negotiations on dismantling critical parts of its nuclear program. Instead, it was busy unleashing a flurry of diplomatic and military activity to bolster its position. ...more

August 4, 2008

With his moves last week involving Iraq, Iran and North Korea, President Bush accelerated a shift toward centrist foreign policies, a change that has cheered Democrats, angered some Republicans and roiled the presidential campaign. ...more

July 20, 2008

Iran indicated Saturday that it has no plans to meet a key Western demand that it stop enriching uranium, a day after Tehran sent the European Union a response to an international offer of incentives for halting enrichment. ...more

July 6, 2008

Iran rejected a six-nation offer of incentives to stop enriching uranium on Saturday, prompting President Bush and French President Nicolas Sarkozy to jointly warn Tehran against proceeding toward a nuclear bomb. ...more

June 15, 2008

President Bush on Wednesday raised the possibility of a military strike to thwart Tehran's presumed nuclear weapons ambitions, speaking aggressively even as he admitted having been unwise to have done so previously about Iraq. ...more

June 12, 2008