Updated on: Feb 22, 2026 7:21:58 PM IST
Iran-US tensions LIVE: At the Board of Peace inaugural meeting, Donald Trump reiterated the threats saying, “Now is the time for Iran to join us on a path that will complete what we’re doing.”
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At the Board of Peace inaugural meeting, Trump reiterated the threats saying, “Now is the time for Iran to join us on a path that will complete what we’re doing. And if they join us, that’ll be great. If they don’t join us, that’ll be great, too. But it’ll be a very different path.”
Heated talks follow the second round of talks, mediated by Oman, in Geneva and have been continuing between the two nations ever since the Islamic Republic launched a deadly crackdown on anti-regime protests that rocked the country in December 2025.
While the US is seeking to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear bomb, which the nation claims it’s not pursuing, it is seeking relief from US sanctions.
Meanwhile, the US Supreme Court on Friday ruled that Trump acted unlawfully by using a long standing federal emergency powers law to justify his “reciprocal” tariffs.
After the ruling, Trump imposed a 10% global tariff on foreign goods in a move aimed at protecting his trade agenda, HT earlier reported.
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Feb 22, 2026 7:21:57 PM IST
Iran-US tensions live updates: Tensions between the US and Iran have remained high since protests erupted in Iran over economic pressures and were met with a violent crackdown. While Iran says over 3,000 people died and blames foreign-backed “terrorists,” the US-based HRANA reports more than 7,000 deaths.
The crackdown drew strong US criticism, with President Donald Trump threatening military action. Disputes over human rights and Iran’s nuclear programme have since continued to strain ties between the two countries.
Feb 22, 2026 7:03:40 PM IST
Iran-US tensions live updates: “The last round of talks showed that US ideas regarding the scope and mechanism of sanctions relief differ from Iran’s demands. Both sides need to reach a logical timetable for lifting sanctions,” an Iranian official told Reuters
“This roadmap must be reasonable and based on mutual interests.” Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Friday that he expected to have a draft counterproposal ready within days
Feb 22, 2026 6:49:14 PM IST
Iran-US tensions live updates: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Saturday said that his country would not bow its head to pressure from world powers amid nuclear talks with the United States, Reuters reported.
“World powers are lining up to force us to bow our heads… but we will not bow our heads despite all the problems that they are creating for us,” Pezeshkian said.
Feb 22, 2026 6:28:24 PM IST
Iran-US tensions live updates: Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff in an interview, said that Iran has been enriching well beyond the number that you need for civil nuclear. “It’s up to 60% (fissile purity). They’re probably a week away from having industrial, industrial-grade bomb-making material, and that’s really dangerous,” Witkoff said.
Tehran says its nuclear programme is peaceful but it is willing to accept some curbs on it in return for the lifting of financial sanctions.
Feb 22, 2026 6:12:14 PM IST
Iran-US tensions live updates: Arab and Islamic countries issued a joint condemnation on Sunday of remarks by US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, who suggested Israel had a biblical right to a vast swath of the Middle East, AFP reported.
Iran joined the chorus with its foreign ministry accusing Huckabee on X of revealing “American active complicity” in what it called Israel’s “expansionist wars of aggression” against Palestinians.
Feb 22, 2026 5:56:32 PM IST
Iran-US tensions live updates: President Donald Trump on Friday warned that limited strikes against Iran are possible even as the country’s top diplomat said Tehran expects to have a proposed deal ready in the next few days.
In response to a reporter’s question on whether the US could take limited military action as the countries negotiate, Trump said, “I guess I can say I am considering that.”
Feb 22, 2026 5:37:46 PM IST
Iran-US tensions live updates: Iranian lawmaker and former foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Tehran’s demands in negotiations with the United States include the right to enrich uranium, the full lifting of sanctions, and the right to self-defense, Iran International reported.
“We are throwing a rope to Trump, but he is not taking it,” he said.
Mottaki said “if the US does not enter into war after possible failure of negotiations, the current situation will continue and we will go on managing our country.”
Feb 22, 2026 5:24:31 PM IST
Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, on Friday said that he expected to have a draft counterproposal ready within days following nuclear talks with the United States this week.
Two US officials told Reuters that US military planning on Iran had reached an advanced stage, with options including targeting individuals as part of an attack and even pursuing leadership change in Tehran, if ordered by Trump.
Feb 22, 2026 5:04:00 PM IST
A senior Iranian official told Reuters that a diplomatic solution delivers economic benefits for both Tehran and Washington. “Within the economic package under negotiation, the United States has also been offered opportunities for serious investment and tangible economic interests in Iran’s oil industry,” the official said.
However, he said Tehran will not hand over control of its oil and mineral resources.
Feb 22, 2026 4:43:04 PM IST
Iran-US tensions live updates: Students at Beheshti University in Tehran held a rally on Sunday during 40th-day memorials for protesters killed in the uprising, chanting slogans including “This is the final battle, Pahlavi will return,” Iran International Reported.
Weeks after the Islamic Republic launched a deadly crackdown on anti-regime protestors, students in the country again held rallies on Sunday in the latest display of outrage against the clerical regime.
Feb 22, 2026 4:26:46 PM IST
Iran-US tensions live updates: An Iranian official told Reuters that Tehran could seriously consider a combination of exporting part of its highly enriched uranium stockpile, diluting the purity of its most highly enriched uranium and the establishment of a regional enrichment consortium in exchange for the recognition of Iran’s right to “peaceful nuclear enrichment”.
The UN nuclear agency last year estimated that the stockpile at more than 440 kg of uranium enriched to up to 60% fissile purity, a small step away from the 90% that is considered weapons grade.
Feb 22, 2026 3:58:38 PM IST
Iran-US tensions live updates: Iran’s Foreign Ministry declared European Union member states’ naval forces and air forces as “terrorist organisation” as a reciprocal action against the EU’s recognition of Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist entity.
The Ministry announced its decision in a statement, while calling the EU’s action against the IRGC “contrary to fundamental principles and rules” of the United Nations Charter and International Law.
Feb 22, 2026 3:46:40 PM IST
Iran-US tensions live updates: Former CIA officer John Kiriakou has claimed that a final decision has been reached by the United States to initiate a military strike against Iran early next week, ANI reported.
Speaking on the Julian Dorey Podcast, Kiriakou revealed that a fellow former intelligence official recently at the White House suggested that an attack could be imminent, despite public deadlines given by the administration.
Feb 22, 2026 3:35:55 PM IST
A senior Iranian official on Sunday told Reuters that nuclear talks were scheduled in early March and could possibly lead to an interim deal.
He also said that Iran and the US have differing views over the scope and mechanism to lift sanctions on Tehran in exchange for curbs on its nuclear programme
Feb 22, 2026 3:24:41 PM IST
Iran-US tensions live updates: Iran, for its part, is seeking to negotiate an end to sanctions that have proven to be a massive drag on its economy, which played a role in sparking anti-government protests in December.
Western countries accuse the Islamic Republic of seeking to acquire nuclear weapons, which Tehran denies, though it insists on its right to enrichment for civilian purposes.
Feb 22, 2026 3:13:03 PM IST
Iran-US tensions live updates: The US envoy, Steve Witkoff, confirmed in an interview that he had met with Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran’s last shah and a critic of the current authorities, who has not returned to the country since before the 1979 Islamic Revolution that ousted the monarchy.
“I met him at the direction of the president,” Witkoff said, without providing further details.
Feb 22, 2026 3:01:53 PM IST
Iran-US tensions live updates: US envoy Steve Witkoff on Saturday said that President Donald Trump is questioning why Iran has not “capitulated” in the face of Washington’s military build-up aimed at pressuring them into a nuclear deal.
In a Fox News interview, Witkoff said, “I don’t want to use the word ‘frustrated,’ because he understands he has plenty of alternatives, but he’s curious as to why they haven’t… I don’t want to use the word ‘capitulated,’ but why they haven’t capitulated,” he said.
Feb 22, 2026 2:51:59 PM IST
Iran-US tensions live updates: Iran and the United States have differing views over the scope and mechanism to lift sanctions on Tehran in exchange for curbs on its nuclear programme, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Sunday, adding that new talks were planned in early March.
“The negotiations continue and the possibility of reaching an interim agreement exists,” the official said.
Feb 22, 2026 2:38:30 PM IST
Iran-US tensions live updates: Iranian army is monitoring movements along the borders every moments, Iran International reported citing the ground forces commander Amir Jahanshahi.
Jahanshahi on Sunday said that the armed forces’ round-the-clock vigilance was the main deterrent against what he described as adversaries’ adventurism and miscalculation.
Feb 22, 2026 2:28:47 PM IST
Iran-US tensions live updates: US senator Dave McCormick took to his X on Sunday to say that Iranian people deserve self-determination, and the world deserves peace.
Reposting his interview with Fox Business, McCormick said that Iran’s nuclear program had threatened the United States and its allies for decades and backed President Donald Trump’s continued pressure on Tehran.
Feb 22, 2026 2:08:57 PM IST
Iran-US tensions live updates: Weeks after the Islamic Republic launched a deadly crackdown on anti-regime protestors, students in the country again chanted slogans on Saturday in the latest display of outrage against the clerical regime.
Visuals from Iran International showed large crowds at Tehran’s top engineering university clashing in a packed area as people were reportedly heard shouting “bi sharaf”, or “disgraceful” in Farsi.
Feb 22, 2026 12:33:40 PM IST
Iran-US tensions live updates: Iranian foreign ministry declared European Union member states’ naval forces and air forces as “terrorist organization” after EU’s recognition of Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist entity.
The ministry announced its decision in a statement on X, while calling the EU’s action against the IRGC “contrary to fundamental principles and rules” of the United Nations Charter and International Law.