Natanz

Trump warns Iran ships nearing Hormuz blockade will be ‘immediately eliminated’

Meanwhile, Netanyahu says Israel fully backs Trump’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, rejects claims of a rift with Washington, and stresses US demands to halt Tehran's nuclear enrichment program.

|ByJAMES GENN
President Donald Trump mimics firing a gun during a news conference in the White House briefing room about the war in Iran on Monday, April 6, 2026.
IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi attends an interview with the Reuters team in Vienna, Austria, September 3, 2025.

IAEA Director General Grossi shares fears over potential for renewed nuclear arms race

He said Iran's lack of cooperation “led us to a place or a position where we lost the necessary continuity of knowledge to be able to confirm that everything in Iran was in peaceful use."

|ByASHER SMITH
A satellite image shows a closer view of a destroyed vehicle at the Pickaxe Mountain facility in Natanz, Iran, March 7, 2026.

Iran claims Natanz nuclear facility struck, IDF says 'unaware' of attack

The IDF told The Jerusalem Post that it was not aware of an Israeli strike targeting Natanz.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN, SAM HALPERN
Global antisemitism is spurring some immigration to Israel, but more people left the country in the past two years than arrived.

Lessons from Iran’s brain drain: Expert warns emigration puts Israel’s security at risk

According to Barak Gonen, Tehran lost the technological advantage it once held largely due to emigration, with the number of Iranian students abroad reaching a record high in 2024.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

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