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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 646

David Albright

This image grab taken from footage broadcast by Iran's IRINN news on June 13, 2025 shows what the television described as smoke billowing from explosions in Natanz after Israel announced it had carried out strikes on Iranian nuclear and military sites. (IRINN / AFP)
June 14, 2025, 3:02 am
Damage to Iranian nuclear sites so far doesn’t appear significant, say experts
They note there is no visible evidence yet that Israel has hit underground facilities; head of UN atomic watchdog reports above-ground enrichment plant at Natanz was blown up
By David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina
Various centrifuge machines line a hall at the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility, Iran on April 17, 2021. (Screenshot/Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting-IRIB, via AP)
June 2, 2022, 11:19 am
Ex-UN nuclear inspector claims Iran already has enough enriched uranium for weapon
David Albright, who worked for the IAEA in the 1990s, says he believes breakout time is zero but it’s still unclear how long it would take for Tehran to build a nuclear weapon
By ToI Staff
Various centrifuge machines line a hall at the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility, Iran on April 17, 2021. (Screenshot/Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting-IRIB, via AP)
September 14, 2021, 8:31 am
Iran could have enough enriched uranium for a nuke in a month – report
But experts say Tehran would still need more time before actually creating a deliverable weapon; estimate comes with talks stalled between US and Iran over new nuclear deal
By Judah Ari Gross and AFP
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., left, speaks with the committee's ranking member Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y. during a hearing on Iran before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
October 11, 2017, 10:46 pm
With Trump set to decertify Iran deal, experts tell Congress to stick to accord
In House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, a top critic of the nuke agreement, Rep. Ed Royce, insists ‘we must now enforce the hell out of it’
By Eric Cortellessa
Hundreds of people protesting against the Iran nuclear deal on July 26, 2015, in Los Angeles, California. (Peter Duke)
September 3, 2016, 2:35 am
Trump, Clinton talk tough on Iran following controversial report
Obama administration denies claim that Tehran received exemptions to compliance with nuclear deal
By Ron Kampeas
The Nuclear Research Center NEGEV, located in Dimona. (screen capture: YouTube, via Channel 10)
November 21, 2015, 4:44 am
Israel has 115 nuclear weapons, says US think tank
New report alleges Israel produced some 660 kg of plutonium at Dimona nuclear facility over past 50 years
By ToI Staff
Barack Obama speaks during an event at the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building August 6, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)
August 21, 2015, 3:44 pm
Obama administration played Catch-22 on Iran deal, fumes Israeli arms control expert
US team ignored all advice, says Emily Landau, created situation where you couldn’t criticize deal before it was done, and can’t criticize it now either
By Eric Cortellessa
A satellite image of Iran's Fordo uranium enrichment facility. (AP/DigitalGlobe)
March 26, 2015, 6:34 pm
Deal may let Iran keep centrifuges at fortified site
Tehran could be allowed to maintain Fordo facility, as long as it allows inspection and doesn’t pursue an atomic bomb
By George Jahn and Matthew Lee
Illustrative: North Korea's Unha-3 rocket lifts off from the Sohae launch pad in Tongchang-ri, North Korea, in 2012. (AP/KCNA, File)
April 9, 2013, 10:24 am
Japan increasingly nervous about North Korea nukes
Tokyo reportedly deploys destroyers with missile interception systems
By Eric Talmadge
An anti-aircraft gun guarding the uranium-enrichment facility at Natanz in Iran in 2007. (photo credit: AP/Hasan Sarbakhshian/File)
January 31, 2013, 11:14 pm
White House: Iran’s centrifuge upgrade represents ‘further escalation’
‘While the world is discussing where and when the next meeting with Iran will be, Iran is rapidly advancing toward a nuclear bomb,’ says Israeli official
By AP and ToI Staff
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits the Natanz enrichment facility in 2008 (photo credit: www.president.ir)
January 31, 2013, 10:48 pm
Diplomats: Iran preparing to accelerate nuclear program
Major technological upgrade of regime’s uranium enrichment process will also allow faster access to reactor fuel
Illustrative photo of a nuclear material sign (photo credit: Flickr/bburky CC BY-SA 2.0)
From the WebJanuary 9, 2013, 8:43 am
Fears raised over Syria uranium stockpile
The Financial Times: An estimated 50 tons of nuclear material is unaccounted for, and activity spotted at a secret facility in Marj al-Sultan may mean Iran is trying to get its hands on it
Herman Nackaerts of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Safeguards, speaks to the press before his flight to Iran, at Vienna's Schwechat airport, Austria, Wednesday, Dec. 12 (photo credit: AP/Ronald Zak)
December 13, 2012, 4:18 am
New UN, EU efforts to engage Iran over nuclear concerns
While Europeans try to renew talks, IAEA seeks evidence of weapons work on the ground
By George Jahn
From the WebMay 16, 2012, 4:49 am
US nuclear expert: Iran’s foreign minister linked to past program
Reuters: Communications from the early 1990s show Ali Akbar Salehi was likely involved in efforts to establish a weapons program
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