Diplomats say that the escalation is not as big as feared, and involves installation of clusters of centrifuges, the machines that enrich uranium, at both its underground enrichment sites.
In recent months, multiple top Iranian officials have threatened the West that it might publicly decide that nuclear weapons are not prohibited by Islam.
Retaliation causing millions of Iranian deaths may not deter the ayatollahs.
The country's actions, emboldened by lack of international regulation and its alliance with Russia, have left it closer to nuclear weapons capability than ever before, the Washington Post reported.
On Monday, the IAEA reported that Iran had reduced its stockpile of 60 percent enriched uranium by 6.8 kilograms (kg), after having grown this stockpile almost continuously since early 2021.
Israel has developed unique capabilities to face the existential threat posed by Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Sooner rather than later, the country must eliminate Iran's means of mass destruction.
The threat is no longer “just” possibly one Iranian nuclear weapon, but rather a potential arsenal of nuclear weapons.
Iran's Supreme Leader likely wants to exploit the world's focus on Gaza to finally build a nuclear warhead. Israel must not allow him to.
"Our friendship goes back over 40 years and can take us a long way," Netanyahu told the US president.
National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi stated there "would not be any choice” but to act if Iran enriches uranium at above 60%.
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