Trump urges Iran to abandon nuclear weapon ambitions and pursue diplomacy. Iran announced a third enrichment facility amid stalled talks. The IAEA censures Iran; military action remains a possibility if negotiations fail.

Trump envoy to meet Iran’s foreign minister for stalled nuclear deal talks - US president says he is becoming less confident Tehran will agree to halt uranium enrichment as demanded by Washington

Iran is conducting more military exercises and building a third enrichment facility in response to the latest pressure.

President Trump warned that a "massive" war could break out in the Middle East over Iran's nuclear program, after the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Iran wasn't complying with its nonproliferation duties.

By Jeff Mason, Francois Murphy and Parisa Hafezi WASHINGTON/VIENNA/DUBAI (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that an Israeli strike on Iran "could very well happen" but he would not call it imminent and prefers to avoid conflict with Tehran and reach a peaceful solution over its nuclear program.

Iran announced new nuclear countermeasures on Thursday, June 12, in response to a resolution passed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The resolution declared that Tehran is non-compliant with its non-proliferation obligations.

President Trump acknowledged on Thursday that there was a significant risk that Israel could soon attack Iran, but he said that “I don’t want them going in” at a moment when progress was being made toward an agreement to shut down Iran’s easiest pathway to building a nuclear weapon.

U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff plans to meet Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Oman on Sunday and discuss Iran's response to a recent American proposal for a nuclear deal, a U.S. official said late on Wednesday.

The claim of halting sanctions was untrue, and new sanctions have been imposed,” the ministry spokesperson, Esmail Baghaei said.

Between enrichment disputes and demands for sanctions relief, Tehran is expected to send Washington a counter offer to its nuclear proposal