US EditionIran may turn to North Korea to help build nuke at 'secret facility' warns expert
IRAN, JUN 24 – Experts say Iran retains nuclear bomb-building materials and centrifuges despite US and Israeli strikes that heavily damaged known sites, with the IAEA estimating enough uranium for up to 10 bombs.
- Iran retains the capability to build a nuclear bomb and may have hidden thousands of centrifuges.
- Despite claims from President Donald Trump that US attacks on Iran's nuclear sites were a military success, reports indicate that the facilities have merely been degraded.
- Iran's leadership plans to continue their nuclear program and may seek assistance from North Korea in developing weapons, as they possess significant amounts of highly enriched uranium.
- The Iranian parliament has approved a bill to fully suspend cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, marking a significant shift in Iran's nuclear strategy.
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Western official: Iran may still have a large number of nuclear enrichment centrifuges
Despite 12 days of aerial strikes, the Islamic Republic has the material, means and lack of oversight to work on a nuclear bomb, a Western official tells Haaretz – to some extent, Iran believes they won this round of fighting
After 12 days of bombing launched by the United States and Israel, Iran could change its plans for the acquisition of a nuclear weapon, and the example it could follow is North Korea. Even after the devastating attacks...
Why Iran may go the North Korea route to develop its nuclear weapons
US and Israeli strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities may strengthen Tehran's resolve to pursue a nuclear bomb and could lead to its withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. In 2003, North Korea withdrew from the treaty and went on to develop a nuclear arsenal. It is now estimated to have up to 50 warheads
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