Natanz

Iran mirrors Trump’s playbook, sending mixed signals for nuclear talks - opinion

Iran has learned from Trump’s 2025 tactics, using contradictory signals to control nuclear talks and keep the US off balance.

|ByAVIRAM BELLAISHE
US President Donald Trump gestures after returning early from the G7 Leaders' Summit in Canada, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, June 17, 2025
A satellite image shows airstrike craters covered with dirt at the Natanz Enrichment Facility, following US airstrikes, in Natanz County, Iran, June 24, 2025

Iran rushes to protect Natanz, its most crucial nuclear site, from potential US strike

Tehran may have used the delay in the US's potential strike to make the beneath-mountain facility nearly untouchable.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
New roofs appear on buildings at Iran's Natanz facility, January 2026.

Satellite photos track Iranian efforts to conceal nuke program's status during threat of US attack

Satellite images show Iran covering and rebuilding parts of Natanz, Isfahan, and Parchin as Washington weighs possible military action.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
An IDF infographic indicating the layout of Iran's Natanz nuclear facility, June 13, 2025.

Iran's near-bomb-grade uranium stock grew before Israeli attack, IAEA says

A UN watchdog report revealed Iran had 440.9 kg of uranium enriched to 60% before Israeli and US strikes, enough for 10 bombs if further refined.

|ByREUTERS

US pressuring Israel to stop commenting on Iran - report

According to the report, the Biden administration feels 'uneasy' regarding the recent Israeli operation in Natanz.

APRIL 17, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
US President Joe Biden speaks as he announces executive actions on gun violence prevention in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, US, April 8, 2021

Netanyahu is beating war drums for personal gain - opinion

Netanyahu does not want war, he wants Smotrich and others to join his government.

APRIL 15, 2021ByYAAKOV KATZ
Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in April 2008, shortly before its centrifuges were destroyed by the Stuxnet virus. Why is responsibility now being taken for attacks and involvement being admitted with bluster and bravado?

Is the Israel-Iran shadow war coming into the light?

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: Is timing everything regarding this week’s attack on Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility?

APRIL 15, 2021ByLAHAV HARKOV
US DEFENSE SECRETARY Lloyd Austin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrive to give a statement after their meeting in Jerusalem on Monday.

My Word: Positive nuclear exposure and fallout

The destruction of the Natanz plant was widely attributed to Israel and certain Israeli leaders did not make an effort to deny the allegations.

APRIL 15, 2021ByLIAT COLLINS
Missiles are displayed during Iran’s National Army Day parade in Tehran in September 2019.

Iran, world powers resume nuclear talks amid enrichment, Natanz attack

"We will have to see how in the coming days we address these violations with the will to press ahead in the talks."

APRIL 15, 2021ByREUTERS
The Iranian flag waves in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters, before the beginning of a board of governors meeting, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Vienna, Austria, March 1, 2021.

Iran has begun 60% uranium enrichment - chief nuclear negotiator

Araqchi also announced that Iran will introduce 1,000 more centrifuges at the Natanz nuclear facility.

APRIL 14, 2021ByLAHAV HARKOV, YONAH JEREMY BOB
A view of the water nuclear reactor at Arak, Iran December 23, 2019. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Day 3 after Natanz: Iran reiterates 'right' to retaliate

This “reserves the right” story about retaliation appears to be a dialing back of Iran’s claims it would retaliate.

APRIL 13, 2021BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei surrounded by military officials