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How CIA, Mossad Used A Computer Virus To Dismantle Iran's Nuclear Program
The story of Stuxnet's development and deployment began years earlier. The inception of Stuxnet can be traced back to the early 2000s, during a period of heightened tension between Iran and Western nations over Iran's nuclear ambitions.
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Near Bomb-Grade Level Uranium Found in Iran Nuclear Plant, Says UN Agency
Iran has been enriching uranium well over the limits laid down in a landmark 2015 deal with world powers.
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Iran Begins Construction Of New Nuclear Power Plant: Report
Iran has begun the construction of a new nuclear plant in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, the country's atomic energy agency said Saturday.
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Iran Escalated Uranium Enrichment With Advanced Machines: UN Watchdog
Iran has escalated its uranium enrichment further by enriching with advanced machines at its underground Fordow plant that are able to switch more easily between enrichment levels, the U.N. atomic watchdog said in a report.
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Iran Set Up Workshop For Machines That Enrich Uranium: UN Nuclear Body
Iran's new workshop at Natanz for making parts for centrifuges, machines that enrich uranium, has been set up in one of the halls of the underground Fuel Enrichment Plant there, U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said on Thursday.
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Iran Producing "Enriched Uranium" Amid Talks To Save 2015 Deal: Watchdog
Iran has started producing enriched uranium with more efficient advanced centrifuges at its Fordow plant dug into a mountain, the U.N. atomic watchdog said on Wednesday, further eroding the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
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Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant Shut Down Temporarily After "Technical Fault"
Iran's only nuclear power plant has been temporarily shut down over a "technical fault", the country's atomic energy body said in a statement.
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Iran Says 60% Uranium Enrichment To Show Nuclear Prowess, Is Reversible
Iran began enriching uranium to 60% purity in order to show its technical capacity after a sabotage attack at a nuclear plant, and the move is quickly reversible if the United States lifts sanctions, the Iranian government said on Tuesday.
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5.9 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Iran, 5 Injured: Report
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake Sunday hit Iran's southwestern Bushehr province, which houses a nuclear power plant, injuring five people but causing no major damage, state media said.
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Iran Enriching Uranium At Underground Plant: UN Nuclear Watchdog
Iran has started enriching uranium at its underground Natanz plant with a second type of advanced centrifuge, the IR-4, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said in a report reviewed by Reuters on Tuesday, in a further breach of Tehran's deal with major powers.
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Iran Launches New "Advanced" Nuclear Centrifuges After Natanz Plant Explosion
Iran's nuclear body said Tuesday it had launched a new "advanced centrifuges" facility to replace one badly damaged by "sabotage" at its main Natanz nuclear fuel plant in July.
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Magnitude 4.5 Quake Hits Near Iran Nuclear Power Plant
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake on Wednesday rattled an area less than 50 kilometres (30 miles) from Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant near the country's Gulf coast, a US monitor said.
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5.1 Magnitude Earthquake Near Iran Nuclear Power Plant: USGS
A 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck Iran on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, near the Bushehr nuclear power plant in the southwest.
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US Ends Sanction Waivers For Iran's Fordow Nuclear Plant
The United States announced Monday it would halt sanctions waivers for Iran's Fordow plant, ending a key part of a landmark nuclear deal after Tehran said it had resumed enrichment activities.
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Mike Pompeo Calls Iran's Treatment Of Nuke Inspector "Outrageous"
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday slammed Tehran's treatment of an inspector with the UN's nuclear watchdog agency last week as "an outrageous and unwarranted act of intimidation."
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How CIA, Mossad Used A Computer Virus To Dismantle Iran's Nuclear Program
The story of Stuxnet's development and deployment began years earlier. The inception of Stuxnet can be traced back to the early 2000s, during a period of heightened tension between Iran and Western nations over Iran's nuclear ambitions.
-
Near Bomb-Grade Level Uranium Found in Iran Nuclear Plant, Says UN Agency
Iran has been enriching uranium well over the limits laid down in a landmark 2015 deal with world powers.
-
Iran Begins Construction Of New Nuclear Power Plant: Report
Iran has begun the construction of a new nuclear plant in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, the country's atomic energy agency said Saturday.
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Iran Escalated Uranium Enrichment With Advanced Machines: UN Watchdog
Iran has escalated its uranium enrichment further by enriching with advanced machines at its underground Fordow plant that are able to switch more easily between enrichment levels, the U.N. atomic watchdog said in a report.
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Iran Set Up Workshop For Machines That Enrich Uranium: UN Nuclear Body
Iran's new workshop at Natanz for making parts for centrifuges, machines that enrich uranium, has been set up in one of the halls of the underground Fuel Enrichment Plant there, U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said on Thursday.
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Iran Producing "Enriched Uranium" Amid Talks To Save 2015 Deal: Watchdog
Iran has started producing enriched uranium with more efficient advanced centrifuges at its Fordow plant dug into a mountain, the U.N. atomic watchdog said on Wednesday, further eroding the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
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Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant Shut Down Temporarily After "Technical Fault"
Iran's only nuclear power plant has been temporarily shut down over a "technical fault", the country's atomic energy body said in a statement.
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Iran Says 60% Uranium Enrichment To Show Nuclear Prowess, Is Reversible
Iran began enriching uranium to 60% purity in order to show its technical capacity after a sabotage attack at a nuclear plant, and the move is quickly reversible if the United States lifts sanctions, the Iranian government said on Tuesday.
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5.9 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Iran, 5 Injured: Report
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake Sunday hit Iran's southwestern Bushehr province, which houses a nuclear power plant, injuring five people but causing no major damage, state media said.
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Iran Enriching Uranium At Underground Plant: UN Nuclear Watchdog
Iran has started enriching uranium at its underground Natanz plant with a second type of advanced centrifuge, the IR-4, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said in a report reviewed by Reuters on Tuesday, in a further breach of Tehran's deal with major powers.
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Iran Launches New "Advanced" Nuclear Centrifuges After Natanz Plant Explosion
Iran's nuclear body said Tuesday it had launched a new "advanced centrifuges" facility to replace one badly damaged by "sabotage" at its main Natanz nuclear fuel plant in July.
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Magnitude 4.5 Quake Hits Near Iran Nuclear Power Plant
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake on Wednesday rattled an area less than 50 kilometres (30 miles) from Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant near the country's Gulf coast, a US monitor said.
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5.1 Magnitude Earthquake Near Iran Nuclear Power Plant: USGS
A 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck Iran on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, near the Bushehr nuclear power plant in the southwest.
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US Ends Sanction Waivers For Iran's Fordow Nuclear Plant
The United States announced Monday it would halt sanctions waivers for Iran's Fordow plant, ending a key part of a landmark nuclear deal after Tehran said it had resumed enrichment activities.
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Mike Pompeo Calls Iran's Treatment Of Nuke Inspector "Outrageous"
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday slammed Tehran's treatment of an inspector with the UN's nuclear watchdog agency last week as "an outrageous and unwarranted act of intimidation."
