Uranium
The US-Saudi nuclear deal: Don’t settle, renegotiate - opinion
Once Washington greenlights nuclear fuel-making for Saudi Arabia, the spread won’t stop there. Iran will want to follow suit, which could lead to the UAE and Abu Dhabi wanting in on it, too.
For Israel, peace with Saudi Arabia is not worth a nuclear arms race in the Middle East - opinion
Trump: US-Saudi nuclear deal hinges on Riyadh normalizing ties with Israel
Iran moved thousands of uranium centrifuges into fortified Pickaxe Mountain - WSJ
Iran booby traps entrances, collapses tunnels leading to cache of enriched uranium - report
This comes a day after a senior administration official told reporters that the US and Iran are close to a deal requiring Iran to relinquish its uranium, which has been enriched to near-bomb grade.
US ground mission to capture Iran's uranium paused by Trump - report
One source told CNN that the potential mission involved "lots of risk," including potentially severe retaliation from the Islamic Republic.
Israel should have seized Iran's uranium during Operation Roaring Lion, Gallant says
“We should have gone and brought the enriched uranium by force in a military operation during the campaign. That would have uprooted the nuclear program from Iran,” he said.
IAEA chief urges Iran to re-engage on nuclear inspections, clarify enriched uranium status
The IAEA chief said communication with Tehran is “broken,” as the US pushed a resolution demanding answers on Iran’s enriched uranium.
Option to physically remove enriched uranium from Iran exists, fmr. defense minister Gallant says
According to Gallant, such an operation would be dangerous, but "worth paying the price to avoid an existential risk."
US resolution draft for IAEA demands Iran open up on bombed nuclear sites, uranium stockpiles
Top Israeli and US officials have told The Jerusalem Post that they have their eyes fixed directly on Isfahan, Fordow, and Natanz, where huge mounds of rubble have covered the uranium.
US-Iran deal: A decisive victory for generations or another agreement with metastases? - opinion
Critics warn the proposed Iran deal could repeat past mistakes, delaying rather than eliminating strategic danger.
No decision made after Trump's White House meeting on Iran negotiations - report
According to a report by The New York Times, citing US officials, Trump did not make a decision on Iran during the latest security cabinet meeting.
China says it hopes Iran war parties can meet each other halfway
"We hope that the parties concerned can stay committed to pursuing a ceasefire and continue to meet each other halfway," China's Foreign Minister said.
Iran may send near-weapons-grade uranium to China under ceasefire deal
Beijing open to possibility, unclear what safeguards US would require.
