Hiding key Iranian nuclear facilities deep under a mountain made them that much harder for U.S. and Israeli weapons to reach. It will also make it more difficult to assess just how successful the historic U.S. strikes against them overnight Saturday were and more challenging to predict Iran’s next steps. In his statement moments after the U.S. attack … Read more
Sofia Ferreira Santos BBC News Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images The director of national intelligence had previously said Iran was not building nuclear weapons Tulsi Gabbard says Iran could produce nuclear weapons “within weeks”, months after she testified before Congress that the country was not building them. The US Director of National Intelligence said … Read more
This time, Israel’s fears over Iran’s intention to build a nuclear bomb really may be valid. Or not. And for better or worse, it will be U.S. President Donald Trump making the decision about what facts to accept or to reject. For most of his nearly 20 years leading Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been stoking … Read more