Early US intelligence report suggests US strikes only set back Iranโs nuclear program by months
Read full article: Early US intelligence report suggests US strikes only set back Iranโs nuclear program by monthsA new U.S. intelligence report suggests that Iranโs nuclear program has been set back only a few months after U.S. strikes, not โcompletely and totally obliteratedโ as President Donald Trump has said.
The Latest: Trump says all of Tehran should evacuate 'immediately'
Read full article: The Latest: Trump says all of Tehran should evacuate 'immediately'U.S. President Donald Trump has posted an ominous message on his social media site, calling for the immediate evacuation of Tehran but later denied reports that he'd rushed back to Washington to work on a ceasefire.
UN nuclear agency warns of possible contamination inside Iran's Natanz site after Israeli strikes
Read full article: UN nuclear agency warns of possible contamination inside Iran's Natanz site after Israeli strikesThe head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says there is a possibility of both radiological and chemical contamination within Iranโs main nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz.
Israel supplied Iran with centrifuge platforms containing explosives, top official acknowledges
Read full article: Israel supplied Iran with centrifuge platforms containing explosives, top official acknowledgesIsrael supplied Iran with centrifuge platforms containing explosives for its nuclear enrichment program in an act of sabotage.
Iran to begin enriching uranium with thousands of advanced centrifuges, UN watchdog says
Read full article: Iran to begin enriching uranium with thousands of advanced centrifuges, UN watchdog saysIran will begin enriching uranium with thousands of advanced centrifuges at its two main nuclear facilities at Fordo and Natanz.
After AP report, Iran's nuclear chief says Tehran to cooperate with inspectors on 'new activities'
Read full article: After AP report, Iran's nuclear chief says Tehran to cooperate with inspectors on 'new activities'The head of Iranโs nuclear program is insisting that his nation will cooperate with international inspectors on any โnew activitiesโ regarding its nuclear sector.
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Iran offers upbeat assessment of progress in nuclear talks
Read full article: Iran offers upbeat assessment of progress in nuclear talksA senior Iranian official has offered a cautiously upbeat assessment of progress in talks aimed at bringing the United States back into world powersโ 2015 deal with Tehran on its nuclear program.
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Attack on Iran's Natanz plant muddies US-Iran nuclear talks
Read full article: Attack on Iran's Natanz plant muddies US-Iran nuclear talksIndirect talks between Iran and the United States on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal have been thrown into uncertainty following an attack on Iran's underground Natanz nuclear facility.
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Attack on Iran's Natanz plant muddies US, Iran nuke talks
Read full article: Attack on Iran's Natanz plant muddies US, Iran nuke talksIndirect talks between Iran and the United States on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal have been thrown into uncertainty following an attack on Iran's underground Natanz nuclear facility.
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EXPLAINER: Iran atomic sites targeted by diplomacy, sabotage
Read full article: EXPLAINER: Iran atomic sites targeted by diplomacy, sabotageIranโs nuclear program has been targeted by diplomatic efforts and sabotage attacks over the last decade, with the latest incident striking its underground Natanz facility.
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Satellite photos show construction at Iran nuclear site
Read full article: Satellite photos show construction at Iran nuclear siteDUBAI โ Iran has begun construction at its Natanz nuclear facility, satellite images released Wednesday show, just as the U.N. nuclear agency acknowledged Tehran is building an underground advanced centrifuge assembly plant after its last one exploded in a reported sabotage attack last summer. โNothing in Iran regarding its peaceful nuclear program is being done in secret, in full keeping with the JCPOA, and as the IAEA has repeatedly confirmed,โ Miryousefi said in an email. Iran maintains its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, though Western countries fear Tehran could use it to pursue atomic weapons. Despite being one of the most-secure sites in Iran, Natanz was targeted by the Stuxnet computer virus โ believed to be the creation of the U.S. and Israel โ before the nuclear deal. There have been tensions with the IAEA and Iran even at Natanz, with Tehran accusing one inspector of testing positive for explosives last year.
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UN watchdog: Iran building at underground nuclear facility
Read full article: UN watchdog: Iran building at underground nuclear facilityFollowing the July explosion at the Natanz nuclear site, Tehran said it would build a new, more secure, structure in the mountains around the area. Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Iran's nuclear department, last month told state television the destroyed above-ground facility was being replaced with one โin the heart of the mountains around Natanz.โNatanz hosts the countryโs main uranium enrichment facility. Natanz became a flashpoint for Western fears about Iranโs nuclear program in 2002, when satellite photos showed Iran building an underground facility at the site, some 200 kilometers (125 miles) south of the capital, Tehran. In 2003, the IAEA visited Natanz, which Iran said would house centrifuges for its nuclear program, buried under some 7.6 meters (25 feet) of concrete. Still though, Iran has continued to allow IAEA inspectors full access to its nuclear facilities, including Natanz, Grossi said.
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Iran confirms damaged nuclear site was centrifuge facility
Read full article: Iran confirms damaged nuclear site was centrifuge facilityTEHRAN Iran on Sunday confirmed that a damaged building at the underground Natanz nuclear site was a new centrifuge assembly center, the official IRNA news agency reported. A spokesman for Irans nuclear agency, Behrouz Kamalvandi, said Sunday that work had begun on the center in 2013 and it was inaugurated in 2018. Iran began experimenting with advanced centrifuge models in the wake of the U.S. unilaterally withdrawing from the deal two years ago. Two U.S.-based analysts who spoke to The Associated Press on Friday, relying on released pictures and satellite images, identified the affected building as Natanzs new Iran Centrifuge Assembly Center. Currently, the IAEA says Iran enriches uranium to about 4.5% purity above the terms of the nuclear deal but far below weapons-grade levels of 90%.
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Messages claiming Iran nuclear site fire deepen mystery
Read full article: Messages claiming Iran nuclear site fire deepen mysteryThis Friday, July 3, 2020 satellite image from Planet Labs Inc. that has been annotated by experts at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at Middlebury Institute of International Studies shows a damaged building after a fire and explosion at Iran's Natanz nuclear site. An online video and messages purportedly claiming responsibility for a fire that analysts say damaged a centrifuge assembly plant at Iran's underground Natanz nuclear site deepened the mystery Friday around the incident even as Tehran insisted it knew the cause but would not make it public due to "security reasons." (Planet Labs Inc., James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at Middlebury Institute of International Studies via AP)
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Messages claiming Iran nuclear site fire deepen mystery
Read full article: Messages claiming Iran nuclear site fire deepen mysteryA fire burned the building above Iran's underground Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, though officials say it did not affect its centrifuge operation or cause any release of radiation. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)DUBAI An online video and messages purportedly claiming responsibility for a fire that analysts say damaged a centrifuge assembly plant at Iran's underground Natanz nuclear site deepened the mystery Friday around the incident. Two U.S.-based analysts who spoke to The Associated Press, relying on released pictures and satellite images, identified the affected building as Natanz's new Iran Centrifuge Assembly Center. Iranian nuclear officials did not respond to a request for comment from the AP on the analysts' findings. A video claimed the group included soldiers from the heart of regimes security organizations who wanted to stop Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.
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Fire damages building at Iran nuclear enrichment site
Read full article: Fire damages building at Iran nuclear enrichment siteThis photo released Thursday, July 2, 2020, by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, shows a building after it was damaged by a fire, at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility some 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran. A fire burned the building above Irans underground Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, though officials say it did not affect its centrifuge operation or cause any release of radiation. The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran sought to downplay the fire Thursday, calling it an incident that only affected an industrial shed. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)TEHRAN A fire broke out early Thursday at a building above Iran's underground Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, though officials said it did not affect its centrifuge operation or cause any release of radiation. A photograph later released by the atomic energy agency showed a brick building with scorch marks and its roof apparently destroyed.

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