The site of Fordo probably is probably the most spied on place on the planet. Western intelligence first went public in 2009 that it was home to a secret nuclear facility and now understanding the damage done by US strikes will be vital in determining where the conflict goes next. A leaked Defence Intelligence Agency … Read more
Iran’s parliament approved a bill on Wednesday to suspend co-operation with the UN nuclear watchdog, state-affiliated outlet Nournews reported. The move, which needs the final approval of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council to be enforced, according to Nournews, follows an air war with Israel in which its longtime enemy said it wanted to prevent Tehran developing … Read more
A new U.S. intelligence report found that Iran’s nuclear program has been set back by only a few months after a U.S. strike, and was not “completely and fully obliterated” as U.S. President Donald Trump has said, according to two people familiar with the early assessment. The early intelligence report issued by the U.S. Defence … Read more
Video shows air defences over Qatar as Iran attacks US base Sean Seddon & Gabriela Pomeroy BBC News Iran launched missiles at a US military base in Qatar on Monday, in what it said was retaliation for American strikes against its nuclear sites over the weekend. Witnesses reported hearing loud bangs in the sky above … Read more
But Jeffrey Lewis, an American expert in nuclear nonproliferation and a professor at the California-based James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, said on X that he was “unimpressed” by both the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran because they “failed to target significant elements of Iran’s nuclear materials and production infrastructure.” Iran’s highly enriched uranium … Read more
An 18-hour flight each way, multiple mid-air refuelings, and a series of decoys – this is how the mission to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities played out, according to four-star General Dan Caine, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest-ranking officer in the US military. Although the full impact of what the US … Read more
Cargo ships sail in the Gulf off the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas, which is the main base of the Islamic republic’s navy and has a strategic position on the Strait of Hormuz, on April 29, 2019. ATTA KENARE | AFP | Getty Images Iran may be threatening to close the Strait of Hormuz … Read more
A satellite image shows the Fordo nuclear facility in Iran in this handout image dated June 14, 2025. Maxar Technologies | Via Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday disputed Iranian attempts to downplay the strikes on its nuclear facilities, stressing that “obliteration” was an accurate description, even though the full extent of the damage … Read more
The United States is bracing for Iran’s response after President Donald Trump launched punishing strikes on Iranian nuclear energy sites Saturday. It was the first time the U.S. has directly bombed the Islamic Republic. The U.S. struck Iranian nuclear facilities, including the key Fordo site, with 14 GBU-57s, 30,000-pound “bunker buster bombs,” according to the … Read more
US Vice President JD Vance speaks during a discussion at the Munich Leaders meeting hosted by the Munich Security Conference at the Willard Hotel in Washington, DC, May 7, 2025. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images Vice President JD Vance insisted Sunday that the United States is not at war with Iran, but with … Read more