Is This the End? Iran's Nuclear Threat Explained

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. Iran’s threat to retaliate by withdrawing from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) will only further escalate the crisis and increase the risk of military strikes against the country’s nuclear infrastructure, a situation that could drive Iran to formally decide to develop nuclear weapons. In retaliation for the U.S. Departure and for deadly attacks on prominent Iranians in 2020, including one by the United States, Iran has resumed its nuclear activities. Sources: Nuclear Threat Initiative; Google Earth (terrain) The Fordo site contained thousands of Iran’s most advanced centrifuges to enrich uranium, which could be used in a nuclear weapon. From the start of Israel’s unprecedented strikes on Iranian targets earlier this month, the aims of the operation were made perfectly clear. Donald Trump pulled the US out of a previous nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers in 2018, and reinstated economic sanctions, angering Iran . The US president has warned of military. 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 United States attacked three key nuclear installations in Iran on Sunday morning (June 22), with President Donald Trump claiming that all the three facilities had been “completely and totally obliterated.”. Following the U.S. Bombing of Iranian nuclear sites, Iran will adjust its strategy, not its strategic objective. Tehran still wants to acquire nuclear weapons, destroy Israel, and dominate the Middle East. How it will truly respond to the strikes is an open question. The bombing of three Iranian nuclear facilities on June 21 by American B-2 aircraft damaged the sites and set back Iran's nuclear enrichment program, but didn't completely destroy the sites or.