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Strike near UAE reactor revives concerns over nuclear plant safety in wartime
ByDan Sabbagh Defence and security editor May 19, 2026

Attack marks first time military action has forced a fully operating nuclear power plant to rely on backup generators• Middle East crisis – live updatesA drone strike that cut off external power to a nuclear reactor in the United Arab Emirates this wee…

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UAE blames Iran or proxies for strike near nuclear plant, as Trump tells Tehran ‘clock is ticking’
ByJulian Borger in Jerusalem May 17, 2026May 18, 2026

Abu Dhabi denounces ‘dangerous escalation’ as Iran war ceasefire grows more precarious, and US president voices impatience at stalemateThe United Arab Emirates has blamed a fire near its nuclear power plant on a drone launched by Iran or one of its pro…

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‘Deeply ideological’: the rationale behind Iran’s insistence on uranium enrichment
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor January 30, 2026

Tehran’s nuclear ambitions date back to the shah and the 1970s and remains undimmed despite the damage caused by sanctionsA desperate effort to avert war between the US and Iran is once again under way, but trying to locate common ground between the tw…

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Why is Iran’s nuclear programme so essential to its identity?
ByPatrick Wintour June 23, 2025

Why does a country with large oil reserves feel such a need to have home-grown civil nuclear energy?Middle East crisis – live updatesIn October 1978, two leaders of the Iranian opposition to the British-backed shah of Iran met in the Paris suburbs of N…

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