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How The United States Forced Iran To Pursue A Nuclear Programme
When American scientists helped install a nuclear reactor in Tehran in the 1960s, they did so under the banner of peace. Decades later, US warplanes bombed Iranian nuclear sites to halt what they now see as a threat.
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How US Gave Iran Its "Starter Kit" For The Nuclear Programme Decades Ago
After two decades of diplomacy and, more recently, airstrikes from Israel and the US, the situation remains unresolved. President Trump's claim that three Iranian nuclear sites were "totally obliterated" during Saturday's bombing is being questioned.
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Post-Strike Images At Fordow Nuclear Site Show Damage After US Bombed Iran
The entire Fordow plant is underneath the mountain site; there are no overt structures or chimneys because the whole nuclear reactor is underground, which is why the United States had to penetrate into it with bunker-buster weaponry.
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Satellite Images Show Massive Damage To Iran's Arak Nuclear Facility
Satellite pictures from Maxar Technologies, dated June 19, confirm that Israel's recent airstrike caused substantial structural damage to Iran's heavy water reactor facility at Arak, also known as Khondab, roughly 250 kilometres southwest of Tehran.
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Iran's Arak Reactor, Hit By Israeli Strike, Was Part Of Tehran's Nuclear Deal
Much of the focus on Iran's nuclear program has been on Tehran's enrichment of uranium, but experts also keep a close watch on the Islamic Republic's Arak heavy water reactor.
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40 Fighter Jets, 100 Bombs: How Israel Struck Iran, Including Key Nuclear Site
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) launched a series of airstrikes deep inside Iranian territory overnight on Wednesday, targeting nuclear infrastructure, missile production sites, and air defence systems.
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Iran Can Enrich Uranium To 90% Purity If Needed: President Hassan Rouhani
Iran said on Wednesday it could enrich uranium up to 90% purity -- weapons grade -- if its nuclear reactors needed it, but added it still sought the revival of a 2015 deal that would limit its atomic activities in return for a lifting of sanctions.
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Iran Says Has Agreed With France To Join Nuclear Fusion Project
Iran said on Tuesday it had reached an agreement with France to take part in a multi-national nuclear fusion project, a year after it struck a deal with six world powers to curb its own atomic programme.
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Lifting Sanctions On Iran: How It Will Work
The United Nations' nuclear watchdog confirmed on Saturday that Iran had curbed its nuclear programme as agreed with world powers, paving the way for most international sanctions against Tehran to be lifted.
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Iran Removes Core Of Arak Heavy Water Nuclear Reactor: Report
Iran has removed the core of its Arak heavy water nuclear reactor and filled it with cement, an informed source told the Fars news agency on Monday.
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Ship With Low-Enriched Uranium Leaves Iran For Russia: US
A ship carrying more than 25,000 pounds (11,000 kg) of low-enriched uranium materials left Iran for Russia on Monday in an Iranian step toward honouring a July 14 nuclear deal with major powers, the United States said.
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Vladimir Putin Removes Ban on Nuclear Cooperation With Iran
President Vladimir Putin today lifted a ban on Russian firms from working on Iranian enrichment sites as he travelled to Tehran for his first visit since 2007.
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Iran to Meet Hassan Rouhani Timetable on Ending Sanctions: Nuclear Chief
Iran will fulfil its commitments under the July nuclear agreement with major powers in time to have sanctions, that have crippled its economy, lifted by the end of the year, its atomic energy chief said today.
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Russia to Build More Nuclear Reactors in Iran
Russia signed a contract Tuesday to build two more nuclear reactors in Iran to be possibly followed by another six, a move intended to cement closer ties between the two nations.
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Iran Scales Down Plutonium Production Plans
Iran is scaling down plutonium production plans at its partially built heavy-water reactor, saying the facility will make significantly smaller amounts of waste plutonium than what is required for the core of a nuclear weapon.
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How The United States Forced Iran To Pursue A Nuclear Programme
When American scientists helped install a nuclear reactor in Tehran in the 1960s, they did so under the banner of peace. Decades later, US warplanes bombed Iranian nuclear sites to halt what they now see as a threat.
-
How US Gave Iran Its "Starter Kit" For The Nuclear Programme Decades Ago
After two decades of diplomacy and, more recently, airstrikes from Israel and the US, the situation remains unresolved. President Trump's claim that three Iranian nuclear sites were "totally obliterated" during Saturday's bombing is being questioned.
-
Post-Strike Images At Fordow Nuclear Site Show Damage After US Bombed Iran
The entire Fordow plant is underneath the mountain site; there are no overt structures or chimneys because the whole nuclear reactor is underground, which is why the United States had to penetrate into it with bunker-buster weaponry.
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Satellite Images Show Massive Damage To Iran's Arak Nuclear Facility
Satellite pictures from Maxar Technologies, dated June 19, confirm that Israel's recent airstrike caused substantial structural damage to Iran's heavy water reactor facility at Arak, also known as Khondab, roughly 250 kilometres southwest of Tehran.
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Iran's Arak Reactor, Hit By Israeli Strike, Was Part Of Tehran's Nuclear Deal
Much of the focus on Iran's nuclear program has been on Tehran's enrichment of uranium, but experts also keep a close watch on the Islamic Republic's Arak heavy water reactor.
-
40 Fighter Jets, 100 Bombs: How Israel Struck Iran, Including Key Nuclear Site
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) launched a series of airstrikes deep inside Iranian territory overnight on Wednesday, targeting nuclear infrastructure, missile production sites, and air defence systems.
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Iran Can Enrich Uranium To 90% Purity If Needed: President Hassan Rouhani
Iran said on Wednesday it could enrich uranium up to 90% purity -- weapons grade -- if its nuclear reactors needed it, but added it still sought the revival of a 2015 deal that would limit its atomic activities in return for a lifting of sanctions.
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Iran Says Has Agreed With France To Join Nuclear Fusion Project
Iran said on Tuesday it had reached an agreement with France to take part in a multi-national nuclear fusion project, a year after it struck a deal with six world powers to curb its own atomic programme.
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Lifting Sanctions On Iran: How It Will Work
The United Nations' nuclear watchdog confirmed on Saturday that Iran had curbed its nuclear programme as agreed with world powers, paving the way for most international sanctions against Tehran to be lifted.
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Iran Removes Core Of Arak Heavy Water Nuclear Reactor: Report
Iran has removed the core of its Arak heavy water nuclear reactor and filled it with cement, an informed source told the Fars news agency on Monday.
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Ship With Low-Enriched Uranium Leaves Iran For Russia: US
A ship carrying more than 25,000 pounds (11,000 kg) of low-enriched uranium materials left Iran for Russia on Monday in an Iranian step toward honouring a July 14 nuclear deal with major powers, the United States said.
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Vladimir Putin Removes Ban on Nuclear Cooperation With Iran
President Vladimir Putin today lifted a ban on Russian firms from working on Iranian enrichment sites as he travelled to Tehran for his first visit since 2007.
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Iran to Meet Hassan Rouhani Timetable on Ending Sanctions: Nuclear Chief
Iran will fulfil its commitments under the July nuclear agreement with major powers in time to have sanctions, that have crippled its economy, lifted by the end of the year, its atomic energy chief said today.
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Russia to Build More Nuclear Reactors in Iran
Russia signed a contract Tuesday to build two more nuclear reactors in Iran to be possibly followed by another six, a move intended to cement closer ties between the two nations.
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Iran Scales Down Plutonium Production Plans
Iran is scaling down plutonium production plans at its partially built heavy-water reactor, saying the facility will make significantly smaller amounts of waste plutonium than what is required for the core of a nuclear weapon.
