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Israel and U.S. Smashed Iran Nuclear Site That Grew After Trump Quit 2015 Accord

ByWilliam J. Broad and Ronen Bergman

Nuclear experts say the president’s rejection of the restrictive deal forced him to neutralize an Iranian threat of his own making.

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Israel and U.S. Smashed Iran Nuclear Site That Grew After Trump Quit 2015 Accord

ByWilliam J. Broad and Ronen Bergman

Nuclear experts say the president’s rejection of the restrictive deal forced him to neutralize an Iranian threat of his own making.

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Centrifuges at Iran’s Fordo ‘No Longer Operational’ After U.S. Strikes, Nuclear Watchdog Says

ByAurelien Breeden

The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency said that there was “no escaping significant physical damage” after a U.S. strike on the Iranian facility.

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Centrifuges at Fordo ‘No Longer Operational,’ U.N. Nuclear Watchdog Head Says

ByAurelien Breeden

Rafael Grossi told French radio that there was “no escaping significant physical damage” after the U.S. dropped bunker-buster bombs on the Iranian facility.

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Rubio Fleshes Out Trump’s Case That Iran Nuclear Capacity Was Eliminated

ByDavid E. Sanger

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said U.S. strikes had destroyed a facility that is key to turning highly enriched nuclear fuel into a working bomb. He railed against a less optimistic U.S. intelligence report.

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U.S. Spy Agencies Assess Iran Remains Undecided on Building a Bomb

ByJulian E. Barnes

U.S. intelligence officials said Iran was likely to pivot toward producing a nuclear weapon if the U.S. attacked a main uranium enrichment site, or if Israel killed its supreme leader.

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Underground Halls at Iran’s Natanz Nuclear Site Suffered ‘Direct Impacts’ From Israel Strikes, U.N. Atomic Watchdog Says

ByMatthew Mpoke Bigg

The International Atomic Energy Agency had initially said that the Friday attack had destroyed the aboveground part of the Natanz fuel enrichment plant, but its latest statement indicates more significant damage.

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Trump’s Choice on Israel-Iran: Help Destroy Nuclear Facility or Continue to Negotiate

ByDavid E. Sanger and Jonathan Swan

Iranian officials have warned that U.S. participation in an attack on its facilities will imperil any chance of the nuclear disarmament deal the president insists he is still interested in pursuing.