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Former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen speaks at a Shurat HaDin conference in New York City, October 27, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
August 11, 2026, 5:08 pm
Ex-Mossad chief says ‘we toured’ Iran’s Fordo nuclear site ‘many times’
In remarks at forum in Safed, Yossi Cohen says US bombing of site in 2025 was ‘the fulfillment of all my dreams,’ suggests that 60% uranium enrichment ‘is still far from a bomb’
By ToI Staff
This handout satellite image courtesy of Vantor shows an overview of the Pickaxe Mountain tunnel complex adjacent to the Natanz Nuclear Facility near Natanz, Isfahan province, in central Iran on March 7, 2026. (Satellite image ©2026 Vantor / AFP)
July 5, 2026, 1:18 am
Satellite images show construction near Iranian nuclear site, in apparent MOU violation
US-based think tank says workers appear to be reinforcing tunnel entrances at secretive ‘Pickaxe Mountain’ site near Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, which itself remains inaccessible
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from an interview with an Iranian Mossad agent, which aired on January 29, 2026. (Uvda/Channel 12)
January 30, 2026, 1:57 am
Iranian Mossad agent details role in internal attacks on regime during 12-day war
Unnamed operative tells Israeli TV that he led a team that used smuggled weapons to carry out preemptive strike; PM’s office: Fordo attack plans were drawn up but shelved because of Oct. 7
By ToI Staff
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee is seen during an interview in Jerusalem, August 20, 2025. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)
December 22, 2025, 7:27 pm
Huckabee: Iran ‘didn’t get the full message’ when US bombed its nuclear sites
US ambassador addresses reports the Islamic Republic is rebuilding its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, worrying Jerusalem; Tehran says missiles are nonnegotiable
By Nava Freiberg, Agencies and ToI Staff
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi (left) attends the IAEA's Board of Governors meeting at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on November 19, 2025. (Joe Klamar / AFP)
November 20, 2025, 4:20 pm
UN nuclear watchdog demands full cooperation from Iran on sites bombed in 12-day war
IAEA says that accounting for Iran’s enriched uranium stock, which includes material close to bomb-grade, is ‘long overdue’; Iran calls resolution ‘counterproductive’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Women stand next to model missiles and a nuclear enrichment centrifuge during a rally outside the former US embassy in Tehran as Iranians mark the 46th anniversary of the start of the Iran hostage crisis, on November 4, 2025 (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
November 5, 2025, 9:27 am
Iran must ‘seriously improve’ nuclear cooperation, says IAEA chief
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
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Defense Minister Israel Katz, center right, meets with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, center left, and members of the military's top brass ahead of the Israeli operation against Iran's nuclear program, June 13, 2025. (Defense Ministry)
September 15, 2025, 10:41 am
‘A historic moment’: Leaked transcripts reveal secret deliberations at start of Iran war
Quotes reveal existential fears that pushed Israel to strike, plans to kill Khamenei, efforts to get Trump to bomb fortified nuclear site and disputes over targeting oil refineries
By Michael Bachner
This handout satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies and dated July 1, 2025, shows an overview of the Fordo Fuel Enrichment Plant complex in central Iran after US airstrikes. (Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies / AFP)
July 17, 2025, 2:39 pm
Report: Of 3 nuke sites hit by US, only Fordo was badly set back; Trump rejected wider op
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
By ToI Staff
This handout satellite picture provided by Maxar Technologies and taken on June 16, 2025, shows the Isfahan nuclear enrichment facility in central Iran. (Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies / AFP)
July 10, 2025, 3:06 pm
Senior Israeli official: Intel shows enriched uranium was at Iran sites when bombed
Official says Isfahan stockpile may still be accessible, but with difficulty; Netanyahu says Israel ‘didn’t deal with’ Iran’s enriched uranium during war: ‘We think we know where it is’
By Agencies, Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in an interview broadcast on June 30, 2025 (Screen grab/CBS)
July 2, 2025, 10:37 am
US strikes ‘seriously damaged’ Fordo nuclear site, Iran’s FM says
Aragchi says ‘no one exactly knows what has transpired’ at key facility but Tehran ‘able to make up for lost time’ if a decision is made to renew uranium enrichment
By ToI Staff and Agencies
US President Donald Trump speaks to Fox News's Maria Bartoromo in an interview aired June 29, 2025. (Screen capture via YouTube)
June 29, 2025, 9:54 pm
Trump: Iran’s nuclear program is over, bombs penetrated Fordo ‘like it was butter’
US president says more countries will normalize relations with Israel, Iran was chief obstacle to doing so
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, at the IAEA's Board of Governors meeting at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria on June 16, 2025. (Joe Klamar / AFP)
June 29, 2025, 4:43 am
Iran could resume uranium enrichment in ‘matter of months,’ IAEA chief says
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
By AFP and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump speaks at the end of the NATO summit, flanked by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in The Hague, Netherlands, on June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
June 26, 2025, 10:03 pm
Trump says no enriched uranium moved out of Fordo, as debate over strikes’ impact goes on
US defense chief also says he’s seen no intel that stockpile was removed, contrary to claims by European officials; UN atomic agency head: Fordo centrifuges ‘no longer operational’
By Ben Sales and Agencies
US President Donald Trump addresses a press conference during a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Heads of State and Government summit in The Hague on June 25, 2025. (NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP)
June 25, 2025, 10:10 pm
Trump says US will meet with Iran next week, asserts nuke deal ‘no longer necessary’
‘We may sign an agreement, I don’t know,’ Trump tells NATO conference, claiming US and Israel destroyed Iran’s nuclear program and ‘I don’t care if I have an agreement or not’
By Lazar Berman, Nava Freiberg, Jacob Magid, AP and ToI Staff
This handout satellite picture provided by Maxar Technologies and taken on June 22, 2025, shows a crater after US strikes on Iran's Natanz nuclear enrichment facility in central Iran. (Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies / AFP)
June 25, 2025, 5:06 pm
Iran says nuclear sites ‘badly damaged’ amid conflicting reports on strikes’ success
White House publishes Israel Atomic Energy Commission report saying Fordo is inoperable, while Israeli sources told ABC News that the success of the strikes is ‘really not good’
By AP, Nava Freiberg and Lazar Berman
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