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Trkiye's United Nations (UN) ambassador, Ahmet Yildiz, has urged the international community to unite in condemning Israel's recent attacks on Iran and to push for Israel's accession to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and robust International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) verification. Yildiz spoke at
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U.S. President Donald Trump's recent remarks on Iran's nuclear program have sparked controversy, with the president directly contradicting the assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community and the sworn testimony of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. Trump claimed that Iran has a "tremendous
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As President Donald Trump weighs a military strike on Iran, Democrats in the Senate are sounding the alarm, drawing parallels to the Iraq War, which was waged on false pretenses nearly two decades ago. Despite Trump's claims about Iran's nuclear ambitions, experts within the intelligence community
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Tensions over Iran's nuclear ambitions have escalated as Israel launched airstrikes on the Islamic Republic's Arak heavy water reactor. The facility, situated approximately 250 kilometers southwest of Tehran, could produce plutonium, potentially used to create an atomic bomb. Despite Iran's claims of peaceful intentions,
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The White House shared a selectively edited clip of Senator Tulsi Gabbard's testimony to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, suggesting that Iran was on the verge of developing a nuclear bomb. However, Gabbard had explicitly stated that the U.S. intel community did not believe Iran was
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The US's sole option to destroy Iran's buried Fordow nuclear enrichment factory, capable of producing weapons-grade uranium, is the Massive Ordnance Penetrator (Mop) bomb. With its specialized design, the Mop can breach 60 meters underground before exploding, offering a unique solution to neutralize the threat. However,
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The discovery of a significantly expanded uranium-enrichment program in Iran's Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP) has led to increased tensions in the region, with Israel striking Iranian nuclear facilities. The IAEA has expressed serious concern about the production and accumulation of highly enriched uranium, which could be converted
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United States President Donald Trump has stated that Iran is "very close" to building nuclear weapons, echoing claims made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. However, this assessment contradicts the views of the US's own director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, and the International Atomic Energy
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As the world grapples with nuclear proliferation and the emergence of new nuclear-armed nations, the concept of uranium enrichment has become increasingly important. At its core, uranium enrichment is the process of increasing the proportion of uranium-235 while removing uranium-238. This critical process has significant implications for nuclear power reactors,
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The Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant, buried under nearly 80 meters of rock in Iran, is the Islamic Republic's most secure facility and the probable heart of its covert atomic weapons effort. Israel lacks the bunker-busting capability to neutralize Fordow, leaving the United States as the only country with
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Israel's recent airstrikes on Iran have sparked concerns about the country's nuclear capabilities and the potential for further conflict in the region. Israel claims that its airstrikes targeted nuclear scientists and facilities, but Iran denies that it is developing a nuclear bomb. The question remains whether
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US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testified to Congress in March that Iran was not building a nuclear weapon and that Supreme Leader Khomeini had not authorized a nuclear weapons program since suspending it in 2003. President Trump, however, disagreed, saying he believed Iran was close to developing a
