
What is known about Iran’s nuclear programme
The Hindu
Israel launches campaign to strike Iran's nuclear targets amid U.S. talks, fearing Iran's nuclear capabilities and potential threat.
On June 13, Israel said it commenced a campaign to strike “dozens” of nuclear and military targets in Iran even as the U.S. and Tehran were engaged in talks for the West Asian country to limit its nuclear programme in exchange for lowering sanctions.
Earlier this year, fears over Iran’s increasing capability to make nuclear weapons prompted Tel Aviv to clarify it won’t hold back from bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities.
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Such a strike was however deemed unlikely should Israel lack U.S. backing. U.S. President Donald Trump had signalled he preferred the path of diplomacy first but also that military action would follow if talks collapsed.
“If it requires military, we’re going to have military,” Mr. Trump had said. “Israel will obviously be very much involved in that — it’ll be the leader of that.”
Israel’s strikes follow the Board of Governors of the U.N. nuclear watchdog resolving by vote on June 12 that Iran’s nuclear programme had breached the terms of a 1974 agreement for the first time since 2006.
Some estimates suggest Iran already has enough uranium to build five to eight nuclear warheads within months, if not sooner.

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