#iran-nuclear-program

#iran-nuclear-program

What we were targeting was the capacity to make more of those, of that enriched uranium, and also the attempt to weaponize it. There's the enriched core of uranium, but you have to put a weapon around it. You know, these balls that you see in all these movies? That's the weapon around it. And then you have the missiles to carry that weapon. That's what we struck at.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian also spoke at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday. Pezeshkian told the chamber that Iran has "no intention" to build a nuclear bomb. "I hereby declare once more before this assembly that Iran has never sought and will never seek to build a nuclear bomb. We do not seek to build a nuclear bomb. We do not seek nuclear weapons," Pezeshkian said in his speech.

In less than a fortnight, Israel brought to its knees a major regional adversary, geographically nearly 75 times its size and 1,000 miles away. As we learned on a recent trip to Israel with the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, Israel-with crucial U.S. support-crippled Iran's nuclear and missile capabilities, dismantled its air defenses, and decapitated its command and control. At the Pentagon's request, Israeli pilots cleared the way for U.S. B-2 bombers.

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Abbas Araghchi, Iran's foreign minister, tried to quell the backlash by saying the inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) would not be visiting any of the bombed sites and that discussions about these were still to be had. He said the return had been endorsed by Iran's supreme national security council and that the inspectors would be allowed to visit the Bushehr nuclear site to oversee refuelling only a role required by the international nuclear non-proliferation treaty.

The conclusion many states may now draw is that complying with the NPT is no longer a guarantee of nuclear security.

U.S. officials state that airstrikes inflicted significant damage on Iran's Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan nuclear sites, though actual destruction varies in assessment.

Stovepiping—streamlining information that confirms bias—was used by the Bush administration during the Iraq War and appears to be employed by Trump today.

Gabbard believed the Trump administration would align with her views, but soon found herself at odds with his aggressive military stance, jeopardizing her role.

There's nobody who went under the mountain to see. The Iranians can't even do that because the mountain may collapse on them. There's absolutely no primary source reporting.

Trump's relentless attacks on media outlets like CNN and The New York Times highlight his dissatisfaction with coverage, particularly regarding national security issues.

But you're not disputing the report said what it said, even though it was initial. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: The report said what it said, and it was fine.

A US intelligence assessment indicates that President Trump's bombing campaign in Iran may have delayed its nuclear program temporarily, although doubts linger about long-term effectiveness.

VANCE: What we know, Bret, is that uranium is something that exists in very large supply. Our goal was to bury the uranium.

"The fact that the whole group disappeared is basically throwing back the program by a number of years, by quite a number of years," Ambassador Joshua Zarka said.

"What is important here is that a major threat has been eliminated, and I can only repeat that this is good news for the Middle East, but also for Europe."

"Dubbed Operation Midnight Hammer, U.S. officials characterized it as a 'precision strike' that 'devastated the Iranian nuclear program,' even as an assessment was ongoing."

The bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities by the United States marks a perilous turn in a region that is already reeling, Guterres said.