Trump confirms U.S. and Israel launching military strikes on Iran...

Iran's nuclear program has vexed presidents from both parties for decades. As of mid-June 2025, shortly before the U.S. struck three Iranian nuclear facilities, Iran had enriched some 972 pounds of uranium up to 60% purity, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency. That's a significant increase from the 605.8 pounds reported in February 2025. That material is just a short step away from weapons-grade 90%-enriched uranium. One U.S. intelligence summary from June found that Iran could potentially make a nuclear weapon within three to eight months. What's not clear, however, is whether Iran has made the decision to build a nuclear weapon. Iran is believed to have halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003, and the U.S. intelligence community assessed last spring that the country was not building a weapon at the time. It's also unclear how extensively the nuclear program was impacted by last June's airstrikes. Mr. Trump has long said the operation "obliterated" the three sites that were struck, setting back the program by "basically decades." IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi said in mid-February that Iran's nuclear material was "still there, in large quantities" despite the U.S. strikes, though "some of it may be less accessible." Iran is not currently enriching uranium, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters on Feb. 25, though he alleged that "they're trying to get to the point where they ultimately can." Iran, the U.S. and several other global powers struck a deal in 2015 to cap Iran's uranium stockpiles and enrichment capacity for a set period of time in exchange for sanctions relief. Mr. Trump withdrew from that Obama-era deal during his first term, and efforts by the Biden administration to revive it were unsuccessful. Iran, for its part, has long insisted that its nuclear program is entirely peaceful — though its stockpile includes uranium enriched far beyond the level needed for most non-military uses. Read more here.