Nuclear bomb

Iran would use a nuclear weapon if it acquired one, Trump says

Trump told Newsmax that while Iran's military is heavily damaged, only a guarantee against nuclear development will secure a lasting peace, calling for stronger global action.

US President Donald Trump pictured in the Oval Office, April 30, 2026; illustrative.
President Donald Trump mimics firing a gun during a news conference in the White House briefing room about the war in Iran on Monday, April 6, 2026.

Trump warns Iran ships nearing Hormuz blockade will be ‘immediately eliminated’

Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), speaks during the 69th annual International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) general conference on September 15, 2025 in Vienna, Austria; illustrative.

Iran's nuclear enrichment cannot be stopped, US-Israel defeated, Tehran's nuke chief Eslami claims

IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi attends an interview with the Reuters team in Vienna, Austria, September 3, 2025.

IAEA Director General Grossi shares fears over potential for renewed nuclear arms race


Witkoff: Iran openly admitted to having enough 60% enriched uranium to create nuclear material

Iran claims it possesses 460kg of 60% enriched uranium, enough to build nuclear weapons in a few years. Notably, Iran would have needed at least two years to actually make a nuclear bomb. 

 A model of a centrifuge is displayed during the 46th anniversary of the U.S. expulsion from Iran, in Tehran, November 4, 2025

Study finds AIs treat nuclear arms as strategy, not taboo, rejecting surrender and negotiation

In 86% to 95% of scenarios the models escalated, in 95% both parties threatened nuclear strikes, and no model chose 'harmony or withdrawal'.

An illustrative image of nuclear missiles being launched from countries around the Mediterranean region for World War III.

A new nuclear era is taking shape and markets are repricing risk - opinion

As nuclear restraint collapses, a new arms race is erupting and it's reshaping global security and investment reality

photographed on Enewetak, an atoll in the Pacific Ocean, in 1952, by a member of the United States Air Force's Lookout Mountain 1352d Photographic Squadron

US Air Force orders 30,000-pound GBU-57 bunker busters as Iran tensions rise

After using 14 GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators (MOP) during Operation Midnight Hammer against Iranian nuclear facilities, the USAF needs to replenish its arsenal.

B-2 bomber drops a GBU-57 during a test

Turkey could join nuclear arms race if Iran acquires bomb, Hakan Fidan warns

Turkish FM Hakan Fidan also said that the idea that US or Israeli airstrikes on Iran could lead to regime change was "a pipe dream."

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (R) and Iranian Foreign Minster Abbas Araghchi (L) hold a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, January 30, 2026.

Barring last-minute nuclear deal, US and Russia teeter on brink of new arms race

"If the US exceeds New START limits by uploading warheads, Russia will do the same, and China will use it as another excuse to build up their nuclear arsenal,"-Democratic Senator Ed Markey

 Russia's Yars intercontinental ballistic missile system unit drives in Red Square during a military parade on Victory Day, marking the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in central Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2025.

‘All time is unredeemable’: A core, timely message for Israel - opinion

Though Israel lives according to clock time, its jihadi adversaries (state and sub-state terror groups) regard such mechanistic chronology as a theological profanation.

 A satellite view shows an overview of Fordow underground complex, after the US struck the underground nuclear facility, near Qom, Iran June 22, 2025

Trump says Iran has been asking if US sanctions can be lifted

US President Donald Trump reveals Iran has been asking if sanctions can be lifted during recent discussions.

 Donald Trump seen with a model of an Iranian missile (illustrative)

Nuclear testing: Why did it stop, why test and who has nuclear weapons?

Russia held nuclear drills last week and has tested a nuclear-powered cruise missile and a nuclear-powered torpedo but has not tested a nuclear warhead

A mushroom cloud rises with ships below during Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons test on Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands in this 1946 handout provided by the US Library of Congress.

Israel praises UN snapback of sanctions against Iran for nuke violations

Israel’s Foreign Ministry praised the UN move to reinstate sanctions on Iran, calling it vital to stopping Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons.

An illustration of enforcing sanctions on Iran.