The Unexpected Truth About Iran's Nuclear Weapons

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. Joined that attack on Sunday, dropping 14 bunker-buster bombs on two sites. Iran retaliated with strikes on Israeli and American targets. Israel and Iran have since agreed to a ceasefire. Here’s what we know — and don’t know — about the state of Iran’s nuclear program. 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 latest attacks have come amid growing concern over Iran ’ s nuclear program, prompting questions over what this means for the global non-proliferation regime. The Fordo site contained thousands of Iran’s most advanced centrifuges to enrich uranium, which could be used in a nuclear weapon . In 2023, the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N. According to Gabbard, U.S. Intelligence agencies believe that while Iran has expanded its uranium stockpile, it has not taken steps toward assembling a nuclear weapon . She also noted, that. Iran does not yet have a nuclear weapon , but it has a long history of engaging in secret nuclear weapons research in violation of its international commitments. Western analysts say. Although Iran says its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes, experts have long assessed that Iran was close to having the capability of building nuclear weapons , if it chose to do so. The public debate in Iran over the value of a nuclear deterrent intensified in 2024, when senior Iranian officials suggested that Iran may rethink Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s fatwa prohibiting nuclear weapons if security conditions warranted it. Iran says its nuclear programme is for civilian purposes only.