Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant

June 23, 2025 | Ryan Brobst, Bradley Bowman

U.S. Strikes Nuclear Sites, Iran Retaliates With Ballistic Missiles

By Ryan Brobst and Bradley Bowman Iran attacked U.S. forces in Qatar with ballistic missiles on June 23, two days after U.S. precision strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran inflicted serious damage...

June 23, 2025 | Andrea Stricker |

Location of Iran’s Highly Enriched Uranium Uncertain — but It Likely Cannot Build Nuclear Weapons Now

Iran may have relocated its highly enriched uranium (HEU) — key stocks for fueling a nuclear weapon — to secret sites prior to U.S. or Israeli airstrikes targeting its nuclear facilities. While recovering...

June 23, 2025 | Bill Roggio, Joe Truzman

Iran launches missile attack on US base in Qatar

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) conducted a missile attack on the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the largest American military facility in the Middle East and the forward headquarters...

June 23, 2025 | |

Extensive IDF Strikes Target Iranian Regime Sites, Evin Prison, Fordow Entrances

Prison Gate and Doomsday Clock: The Israeli Air Force carried out extensive airstrikes against Iranian regime targets in Tehran on June 23, reportedly eliminating hundreds of Islamic...

June 23, 2025 | Janatan Sayeh |

Trump announces ceasefire, Israel strikes Iranian regime’s repression apparatus (June 23 updates)

After nearly two weeks of high-intensity conflict, US President Donald Trump announced on June 23 that Israel and Iran had reached a ceasefire agreement that is set to begin roughly six hours after the announcement.

June 22, 2025 | |

Iran Launches Dozens of Missiles at Israeli Civilians After U.S. Strikes on Nuclear Facilities

Iran Retaliates After American Attack: Iran launched a ballistic missile attack on Israeli civilian population centers on June 22 following the United States’ overnight strikes...

June 22, 2025 | Mark Dubowitz, Ben Cohen

US dealt Iran’s nukes a major blow — but here’s why the cheers may be premature

One of the most profound threats to global security for the last thirty years or more has suffered a historic setback that will resonate for decades. In a ruse worthy of World War II’s “Operation...

June 22, 2025 | Bill Roggio |

US strike inflicts “severe damage and destruction” on 3 Iranian nuclear facilities, CJCS Caine states

Three Iranian nuclear facilities that were struck by the US military last night have “sustained extremely severe damage and destruction,” according to preliminary US intelligence estimates, Chairman...

June 22, 2025 | David Daoud, Ahmad Sharawi

Iranian drone and missile attacks against Israel: June 22, 2025

Iran launched four attacks against Israel on June 22, 2025: three drone attacks and one ballistic missile barrage, in two waves, consisting of 35 missiles. These attacks came in the wake of Operation Midnight...

June 22, 2025 | Janatan Sayeh |

How might Iran retaliate against the US?

Few Iranian officials have responded publicly to the US strikes on three of Iran’s nuclear sites on June 21—an understandable silence, given that many leaders have either been eliminated by...

June 22, 2025 | Bridget Toomey |

Houthis repeat threats against US over strikes against Iran

Yemen’s Houthis threatened to attack American forces in the Red Sea following US attacks on the Iranian nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan on June 21. The US military struck...

June 21, 2025 | |

‘Completely and Totally Obliterated’: U.S. Strikes Iranian Nuclear Facilities, Including Underground Fordow Enrichment Site

U.S. Bombs Iran: The United States bombed three key Iranian nuclear facilities on June 21, including the heavily fortified, underground nuclear enrichment facility at Fordow, the...

June 21, 2025 | Bill Roggio |

US strikes Iranian nuclear facilities

The US struck three Iranian nuclear facilities, including the hardened Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant that is built inside of a mountain, on June 21. The US executed the strike just two days after President...

June 19, 2025 | |

Trump Says He Will Make Decision on U.S. Intervention in Israel-Iran Conflict ‘Within The Next Two Weeks’

Decision to be Made: U.S. President Donald Trump “will make [his] decision whether or not” to intervene in the ongoing Israel-Iran conflict “within the next two weeks,”...

June 18, 2025 | |

Centrifuge Factory and Police Headquarters Destroyed in Ongoing Israeli Strikes on Iran

Centrifuge Factory Destroyed: Israeli fighter jets struck a centrifuge production facility in Tehran on June 17-18 during ongoing strikes on military targets inside Iran. The IDF...

June 17, 2025 | |

Israel ‘1 to 2’ Weeks Away From Achieving Military Objectives Against Iranian Nuclear Program, IDF Says

IDF Progress Report: Israel said on June 17 that it is “one to two weeks” away from eliminating the “existential threat” posed by Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile...

June 16, 2025 | |

Natanz ‘May Have Imploded’: Israel Inflicts Damage on Key Iranian Nuclear Facilities

IAEA Confirms Significant Damage at Natanz Enrichment Site: Rafael Grossi, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), confirmed that Israel inflicted significant damage on Iran’s main uranium enrichment facility at Natanz.

June 15, 2025 | Andrea Stricker |

Israel May Need U.S. Help to Take Out Key Iranian Nuclear Site Before Disaster Strikes

Iran is relocating its enriched uranium stocks for protection against Israeli strikes and will not tell the UN’s nuclear watchdog where, the nation’s deputy foreign minister said Saturday. The move...

June 14, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Ben Cohen

Iran’s lies about its nuclear plans finally at an end

Iran’s nuclear weapons strategy lies in tatters in the wake of this week’s extensive, and ongoing, targeted Israeli strikes.  Ever since the Islamic Regime’s clandestine program to obtain...

June 13, 2025 | Reuel Marc Gerecht, Ray Takeyh

Israel’s Strike Changes Everything in Iran

We don’t know exactly how successful the raid was, but the era of diplomatic nonproliferation is over.