News about Iran

According to the IAEA, Iran had stockpiled over 400 kg of uranium enriched to 60 percent, and, according to General Michael Kurilla of the U.S. Central Command, “it is estimated that current stockpiles and the available centrifuges across several enrichment plants are sufficient to produce its first 25 kg of weapons- ...

Since 1985, Iran and Israel have been engaged in a proxy conflict that has greatly affected the geopolitics of the Middle East. The turn from cold peace to open hostility began in the early 1990s, shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the defeat of Iraq in the Gulf War.

Natanz. The nuclear complex, about 250 kilometers (150 miles) south of the capital Tehran, is considered Iran's largest uranium enrichment facility. Analysts say it is used to develop and assemble centrifuges for uranium enrichment, a key technology that turns uranium into nuclear fuel.