Iran and the U.S. traded threats and warnings even as negotiators sat down to discuss a deal to avert a war, but Tehran says "we now have a clearer path ahead."

Arizona Senator Mark Kelly on Monday linked the current nuclear crisis in the Middle East directly to the 2018 collapse of the Iran nuclear deal. Speaking on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360,” the Democratic senator and former astronaut argued that while Iran’s enrichment levels haven’t quite hit the final 90% “weapons-grade” mark,

Clinton was at the center of an Obama-era deal that constrained Iran's uranium enrichment when the U.N. was calling for its suspension.

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

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

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.

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Democratic Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly raised concerns Monday about Iran’s nuclear ambitions while arguing that the country was not enriching uranium at weapons-grade levels.