The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/natanz/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:48:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Natanz | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/natanz/ 32 32 US op to seize Iran’s uranium would take weeks, require building a runway — report https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-op-to-seize-irans-uranium-would-take-weeks-require-building-a-runway-report/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:57:50 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?post_type=liveblog_entry&p=3793371 Trump reportedly briefed on risky plan, which could require airlift of thousands of troops and heavy equipment to extract buried material, all while forces would be exposed to fire

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]]> In the war’s fourth week, the hunt for Iran’s enriched uranium takes center stage https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-the-wars-fourth-week-the-hunt-for-irans-enriched-uranium-takes-center-stage/ Sun, 22 Mar 2026 11:12:43 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3784200 With the Revolutionary Guards now calling the shots in Tehran, the US and Israel know ending the conflict without removing Iran’s near-weapons-grade stockpile invites disaster

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]]> US said to strike Iran’s Natanz enrichment site, IDF hits missile production sites https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-said-to-strike-irans-natanz-enrichment-site-idf-hits-missile-production-sites/ Sat, 21 Mar 2026 16:30:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?post_type=liveblog_entry&p=3783642 Report claims American forces used bunker busters to bomb nuclear facility; Iran fires missile at Israeli fighter jet, no damage reported

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]]> Seizing Iran’s uranium could take ‘largest special forces operation in history’ – WSJ https://www.timesofisrael.com/seizing-irans-uranium-could-take-largest-special-forces-operation-in-history-wsj/ Mon, 16 Mar 2026 08:35:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3779013 Upward of 1,000 personnel could be required on-site to secure Isfahan facility, dig through rubble for near-weapons grade nuclear material, amid Iranian missile and drone fire

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]]> IDF hits Iran’s ‘leadership complex’ in Tehran; 12 Israelis hurt in Iran missile strikes https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-says-it-hit-irans-leadership-complex-in-tehran-overnight/ Tue, 03 Mar 2026 14:43:27 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?post_type=liveblog_entry&p=3767655 Iranian retaliatory strikes damage US embassy in Riyadh and other sites in Gulf; satellite images show Natanz nuclear site hit by recent strikes, IAEA confirms

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]]> France ready to ‘take part’ in defense of Gulf countries and Jordan against Iran https://www.timesofisrael.com/france-ready-to-take-part-in-defense-of-gulf-countries-and-jordan-against-iran/ Mon, 02 Mar 2026 12:09:33 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3766409 Germany says it won't join US-Israeli offensive despite reports it's mulling action; IAEA says no sign Iranian nuclear sites bombed, Iranian official contradicts, says Natanz hit

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]]> Satellite images show Iran repairing and fortifying sites amid tensions with US https://www.timesofisrael.com/satellite-images-show-iran-repairing-and-fortifying-sites-amid-tensions-with-us/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:29:44 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3757182 Islamic Republic has buried tunnel entrances at a nuclear site bombed by the US in June war, fortified tunnel entrances near another, and worked on and obscured missile bases

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]]> Satellite images indicate Iran working to salvage nuclear materials from damaged sites https://www.timesofisrael.com/satellite-images-indicate-iran-working-to-salvage-nuclear-materials-from-damaged-sites/ Fri, 30 Jan 2026 23:07:04 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3745122 Experts say new roofs at Isfahan, Natanz likely part of effort 'to assess whether key assets, such as limited stocks of highly enriched uranium, survived the strikes' by Israel and US

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]]> UN nuclear watchdog demands full cooperation from Iran on sites bombed in 12-day war https://www.timesofisrael.com/un-nuclear-watchdog-demands-full-cooperation-from-iran-on-sites-bombed-in-12-day-war/ Thu, 20 Nov 2025 14:20:17 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3693292 IAEA says that accounting for Iran's enriched uranium stock, which includes material close to bomb-grade, is 'long overdue'; Iran calls resolution 'counterproductive'

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]]> Iran must ‘seriously improve’ nuclear cooperation, says IAEA chief https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-must-seriously-improve-nuclear-cooperation-says-iaea-chief/ Wed, 05 Nov 2025 07:27:21 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3681505 Grossi says UN agency has not been given access to Fordo, Natanz, Isfahan since June war; reiterates belief that most, if not all, enriched uranium survived and is at damaged sites

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]]> Report: Of 3 nuke sites hit by US, only Fordo was badly set back; Trump rejected wider op https://www.timesofisrael.com/trumps-iran-strikes-only-set-back-fordo-but-us-israel-mulling-resuming-job-report/ Thu, 17 Jul 2025 11:39:40 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?post_type=liveblog_entry&p=3600165 US intel assessment cited by NBC News indicates less extensive damage at Natanz and Isfahan; Trump said to have eschewed weeks-long campaign targeting 6 sites

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]]> Iran could resume uranium enrichment in ‘matter of months,’ IAEA chief says https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-could-resume-uranium-enrichment-in-matter-of-months-iaea-chief-says/ Sun, 29 Jun 2025 01:43:25 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3586806 UN nuclear watchdog doesn't know where Iran's enriched uranium stockpiles are being kept or how much was destroyed in attacks, Grossi tells CBS News

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]]> IDF assesses Iran’s nuclear program set back years, but ‘too early’ to know for sure https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-assesses-irans-nuclear-program-set-back-years-but-too-early-to-know-for-sure/ Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:11:36 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3584254 Trump says US intelligence 'very inconclusive' about strikes, but 'it could've been very severe'; IAEA says working to inspect, as Iran's parliament votes to quit cooperating with UN watchdog

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]]> Witkoff: US, Iran seeking ‘peace deal,’ strikes set Tehran’s nuke program back years https://www.timesofisrael.com/witkoff-us-iran-seeking-peace-deal-strikes-set-tehrans-nuke-program-back-years/ Wed, 25 Jun 2025 06:19:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3584095 Trump's envoy tells Fox News that reporting the US may not have destroyed Iran's underground nuclear sites is 'preposterous,' says IAEA chief Rafael Grossi agrees with his assessment

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]]> Satellite images indicate severe damage to Fordo in US strikes, but doubts remain https://www.timesofisrael.com/satellite-images-indicate-severe-damage-to-fordo-in-us-strikes-but-doubts-remain/ Mon, 23 Jun 2025 02:29:24 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3581640 6 holes seen punched into mountain above Iran's deep nuclear plant, after series of bunker-busting bombs dropped; experts worry that nuclear material was moved prior to the attack

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