Nuclear bomb

Iran's nuclear enrichment cannot be stopped, US-Israel defeated, Tehran's nuke chief Eslami claims

The US and Israel have reached a "stage of desperation," and a "request for a ceasefire indicates their defeat," Iran's nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami said.

Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), speaks during the 69th annual International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) general conference on September 15, 2025 in Vienna, Austria; illustrative.
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

 A model of a centrifuge is displayed during the 46th anniversary of the U.S. expulsion from Iran, in Tehran, November 4, 2025

Witkoff: Iran openly admitted to having enough 60% enriched uranium to create nuclear material

An illustrative image of nuclear missiles being launched from countries around the Mediterranean region for World War III.

Study finds AIs treat nuclear arms as strategy, not taboo, rejecting surrender and negotiation


Iran closer than ever to weaponizing uranium, building nuclear bomb - report

Moreover, using its remaining stock of enriched uranium, the country could have in total enough weapon-grade uranium for six weapons in one month.

 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei views a model of a nuclear facility, in Tehran, Iran June 11, 2023

Iran has almost enough uranium for nuclear bomb, US expert reports

American physicist David Albright stated that “Iran could also immediately start preparatory work on transforming the weapon-grade uranium into nuclear weapon components.

 A number of new generation Iranian centrifuges are seen on display during Iran's National Nuclear Energy Day in Tehran, Iran April 10, 2021

Doomsday clock warns world of catastrophe in 2024

The Doomsday Clock, which measures the chances of the annihilation of the human race, is now at 90 seconds before midnight - the hour that marks the end of the world.

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Amichai Eliyahu has got to go - editorial

It didn’t take long for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to condemn Eliyahu’s remark and later announce that the minister would be suspended.

 Minister of Heritage Amichai Eliyahu attends a government conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on January 8, 2023.

Russia's parliament to consider revoking ratification of nuclear test ban treaty - speaker

Top lawmaker says "we will definitely discuss the issue" at the next meeting of the State Duma Council

 Russian President Vladimir Putin and State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin attend a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia July 31, 2023.

Israel to IAEA: No doubt Iran conducting military nuclear program

“Iran is still the spearhead of regional instability, and is a threat to peace and security worldwide,” Israel Atomic Energy Commission head Moshe Edri said at the IAEA conference.

 Moshe Edri, head of Israel's Atomic Energy Commission, is seen speaking at the 67th annual International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) conference, on September 26, 2023.

Iran says uranium enrichment continues based on domestic law

After Washington ditched the nuclear deal in 2018 and reimposed sanctions, Tehran began to violate the nuclear curbs set out in the pact.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C) visits the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, 350 km (217 miles) south of Tehran, April 8, 2008

We must get rid of all nuclear weapons before it's too late - opinion

The record of close calls over the decades shows just how near the world was to a nuclear catastrophe. The time to eliminate the man-made threat of nuclear weapons is now.

 A 23 -kiloton tower shot called BADGER, fired on April 18, 1953, at the Nevada Test Site, as part of the Operation Upshot–Knothole nuclear test series. (Photo courtesy of National Nuclear Security Administration/Nevada Site Office)

Voices from the Arab press: Isn’t it time for real peace?

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

 SAUDI ARABIA’S Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman greets Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last month.

'Oppenheimer': How Jewish refugees beat the Nazis to the atomic bomb - opinion

Many Jewish scientists who fled Nazi Germany would work on the Manhattan Project. They knew how important it was to beat Hitler to getting nuclear bombs first.

 The mushroom cloud of the first test of a hydrogen bomb, "Ivy Mike", as photographed on Enewetak, an atoll in the Pacific Ocean, in 1952, by a member of the United States Air Force's Lookout Mountain.