Iran Nuclear

A nuclear Iran is still possible despite US and Israeli strikes on key nuclear sites, a former top UN nuclear official told Eye for Iran, noting that the whereabouts of Tehran's near-weapons grade uranium was unknown.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Thursday acknowledged that US and Israeli strikes had done "serious harm" to its nuclear sites in the most wide-ranging remarks since the end of a 12-day war by Tehran's top diplomat.

A classified intelligence briefing for lawmakers on Thursday failed to bridge a deepening partisan rift over the success of US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, with prominent Democrats still questioning their effectiveness.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei declared victory over Israel and said the United States was dealt a blow during the conflict, in a televised message aired Thursday—his first public remarks since a ceasefire took effect on Tuesday.

US President Donald Trump has rejected a cautious early assessment by his own Pentagon on damage to Iranian nuclear sites and Democrats have doubted the success of air strikes, as Iran policy increasingly divides Washington.

Donald Trump on Wednesday cited an Israeli government assessment to support his earlier remark that US strikes totally obliterated the Islamic Republic’s nuclear facilities, dismissing a conflicting assessment by the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA).

Iranian authorities said they have executed three men accused of smuggling equipment allegedly used in the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a senior figure in Iran's nuclear program who was assassinated in 2020.

Iran’s parliament on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a bill to suspend the country’s cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), less than a day into a tenuous ceasefire with Israel following 12 days of deadly war.

A tense meeting at the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday laid bare the deepening global rift over the Iran-Israel conflict, as member states clashed over the legality of US and Israeli airstrikes and Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

President Trump’s campaign of maximum pressure on Iran took an unexpected turn on Tuesday when he announced on social media that China can now buy Iranian oil.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned of the profoundly alarming risk of further military escalation between Iran and Israel, as the Security Council prepares to meet on Tuesday to review the implementation of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal under Resolution 2231.

Tehran declared it had agreed to a ceasefire twelve days after Israel launched a relentless military campaign against Iran, damaging key nuclear and military sites and killing hundreds of civilians.

US airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities are unlikely to cause serious radioactive fallout, nuclear experts told Iran International despite fears of a nuclear disaster.

The US and Israel may have altered the trajectory of the Mideast with military strikes on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure—but without a broader strategy for internal change, the window of opportunity could quickly close, experts told Iran International.

Iran into Monday had so far held off retaliating against the United States for its surprise attack by submarine missiles and heavy bombers the previous day, as Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei saved his threats for Israel.

United Nations envoys from Russia and China on Sunday expressed strong objections to the US attacks on Iranian nuclear sites, deepening the superpowers' rift with Washington as their mutual friend Iran is bombed.

US President Donald Trump declared the American strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites a spectacular success, warning of far greater attacks to come if Tehran refuses peace.

US lawmakers almost instantly reacted on social media to the US President's shock announcement he had ordered an attack on Iran, with Republican hawks celebrating the move and the other side of the aisle voicing sharp disapproval.