Uranium

Israel's open secret: Why is Dimona at the center of Israel’s nuclear weapon ambiguity? - explainer

In the 1960s, then prime minister Levi Eshkol vowed that “Israel will not be the first state to introduce nuclear weapons into the region.” The sentiment has been repeated by Israeli officials since.

 A view of the Israeli nuclear facility in the Negev desert outside Dimona, now called the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center.
A satellite image shows a closer view of a destroyed vehicle at the Pickaxe Mountain facility in Natanz, Iran, March 7, 2026.

Iran claims Natanz nuclear facility struck, IDF says 'unaware' of attack

A SATELLITE image shows a closer view of the Natanz Nuclear Facility with new building damage, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, near Natanz, Iran, March 2, 2026.

No war can destroy Iran's nuclear ambitions, IAEA director says

A US Marine Corps crew works on a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter on the tarmac at Mercedita Airport in Ponce, Puerto Rico, on January 15, 2026.

Reported US plan to invade Iran, seize Iran’s 60% enriched uranium ‘overblown’ - exclusive


Iran starts enriching uranium with advanced IR-6 machines at Natanz

Iran is using the cascade of up to 174 machines to enrich uranium to up to 5% purity.

 A number of new generation Iranian centrifuges are seen on display during Iran's National Nuclear Energy Day in Tehran, Iran April 10, 2021

Iran deal: Israel urges France not to cave to Tehran on terms

Tehran has demanded that the International Atomic Energy Agency end its investigation into uranium traces found in places of undeclared nuclear activity.

A general view of the Bushehr main nuclear reactor, Iran

As nuclear deal deadline reached, Iran threatens with ‘plan B’

Tehran faces the EU's unofficial deadline to accept the final draft of the 2015 nuclear deal. What will their final response be?

 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani reviews Iran's new nuclear achievements during Iran's National Nuclear Energy Day in Tehran, Iran April 10, 2021.

New centrifuges may bring Iran within a month of nuclear breakout

The announcement comes just hours after the US announced new sanctions against Iran's petroleum trade.

 A number of new generation Iranian centrifuges are seen on display during Iran's National Nuclear Energy Day in Tehran, Iran April 10, 2021

Iran's nuclear program is 'galloping ahead,' IAEA chief says

Western powers warn Iran is getting closer to being able to sprint towards making a nuclear bomb. Iran denies wanting to.

 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi attends a news conference in Vienna, Austria, March 7, 2022.

What is the current state of the Iranian threat against Israel?

MILITARY AFFAIRS: Ex-IDF intel chief Heyman: Iran wants Israel to feel threatened, but wants to maintain nuclear opacity.

 THEN-MILITARY INTELLIGENCE chief Maj.-Gen. Tamir Heyman speaks at a conference in Tel Aviv in 2019.

Iran’s fabricated ‘fatwa’ excuse - opinion

The fatwa in question against the creation of nuclear bombs, which Iran yammered about for years until supposedly publishing its text in 2010, is a hoax.

 The Iranian flag waves in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Vienna, Austria May 23, 2021.

Could Iran do a nuke test with existing 60% enriched uranium? - analysis

“A common fallacy is Iran would require 90% HEU, more commonly called weapon-grade uranium, to build nuclear explosives," said the president of the Institute for Science and International Security .

Iranian technicians work at a uranium processing site in Isfahan.

With the Iran deal delayed, will ayatollahs weaponize their uranium? - analysis

If Tehran took this step, it would force Israel to make a new unprecedented kind of choice.

A general view of the Bushehr main nuclear reactor, Iran

What will Israel do if Iran deal falls through?

Let’s say Khamenei gives the decisive order to weaponize Iran's uranium. What does Isreal do?

Former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu draws a red line on an illustration describing Iran's ability to create a nuclear weapon as he addresses the 67th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. Headquarters in New York, September 27, 2012.