News about Iran

The NPT, which Iran ratified in 1970, guarantees countries the right to pursue civilian nuclear power in return for requiring them to forego atomic weapons and cooperate with the U.N. nuclear watchdog, the IAEA.

Estimates of Israel's stockpile range between 90 and 400 nuclear warheads, and the country is believed to possess a nuclear triad of delivery options: by F-15 and F-16 fighters, by Dolphin-class submarine-launched cruise missiles, and by the Jericho series of intermediate to intercontinental range ballistic missiles.

Status of Fordow Fordow is believed to be central to Iran's nuclear activities. It is buried deep underground in a mountain, and its primary function is uranium enrichment using 6 cascades of older IR-1 centrifuges, along with the 10 cascades of more advanced IR-6 centrifuges.