Latest "Iran uranium enrichment" stories

Sailors perform F/A-18 turnaround inspections Dec. 29, 2020, on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Indian Ocean.

Aircraft carrier Nimitz staying in Mideast as Iran raises uranium enrichment levels, seizes South Korean ship

The acting defense secretary cited Iranian threats against Trump and other U.S. government officials as the reason for the redeployment, without elaborating.

By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press

3 years ago

Iranian proxy ‘likely’ launched strike that killed 2 American troops in Iraq, says US general

A rocket attack in Iraq that killed two American troops and one U.K. service member was “most likely” conducted by a Shia militia group, but the Pentagon is still investigating, the top commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East said.

4 years ago

Iran’s president says ‘no limit’ to nuclear enrichment

Iran’s president said Thursday that there is “no limit” to the country’s enrichment of uranium following its decision to abandon its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal in response to the killing of its top general in a U.S. airstrike.

4 years ago

Iran poised for faster centrifuges as nuclear deal collapses

Iran was poised Thursday to begin work on advanced centrifuges that will enrich uranium faster as the 2015 nuclear deal unravels further and a last-minute French proposal offering a $15 billion line of credit to compensate Iran for not being able to sell its crude oil abroad because of U.S. sanctions looked increasingly unlikely.

By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press

4 years ago

EU works to save unraveling nuclear agreement with Iran

European Union nations threw their diplomatic weight behind the unraveling Iran nuclear deal on Monday, trying to rescue the pact from collapsing under U.S. pressure.

4 years ago

Reports: Iran quadruples production of enriched uranium

Iran quadrupled its uranium-enrichment production capacity amid tensions with the U.S. over Tehran’s atomic program, nuclear officials said Monday, just after President Donald Trump and Iran’s foreign minister traded threats and taunts on Twitter.

By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press

5 years ago

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