Iran Nuclear Threat: What the Government Isn't Telling You

Both experts say Iran has skillfully exploited gray areas in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the 2015 nuclear deal, the JCPOA. Simulations run by NPEC predicted this kind of scenario: inspectors delayed, sites hidden, and uranium quietly moved before attacks. The latest attacks have come amid growing concern over Iran ’s nuclear program, prompting questions over what this means for the global non-proliferation regime. Several disclosures and claims by U.S. And United Nations officials, along with satellite images taken after the U.S. And Israeli airstrikes, have shed some light on the situation in Iran : A. President Donald Trump is insisting the U.S. Bombs that struck Iran 's nuclear sites set the country's weapon program back decades — but Defense Department experts disagree. Here's what to know. The intelligence community’s assessments on Iran ’s nuclear program are often subjective and downplay the immediate threat . However, the evidence suggests that Iran is closer to building a nuclear bomb than ever before. After decades of threats , Israel launched an audacious attack on Iran , targeting its nuclear sites, scientists and military leaders. Here’s what to know about its controversial nuclear program. Iran says its nuclear programme is for civilian purposes only. It insists it is not trying to develop nuclear weapons, but many countries - as well as the global nuclear watchdog, the. There are emerging indicators about what U.S. Intelligence officials knew about Iran ' s nukes while maintaining that Tehran wasn't actively building a nuke . The heads of two key American intelligence agencies issued statements Wednesday on what they said was "new" intelligence on the damage resulting from the recent U.S. Strikes on Iran 's nuclear. Experts say the attack on Iran ’ s nuclear facilities did not destroy its stockpile of enriched uranium and may increase the political will to build a bomb.