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About 10 million barrels of oil per day have slipped past the Iranian blockade utilizing the secret route.
UN inspectors this week visited several undeclared Assad-era Syrian nuclear sites for the first time — including some used to store nuclear material. Why it matters: The inspections by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi and his team came after diplomatic efforts by the Trump administration, first reported by Axios , that produced understandings with both Syria and Israel. - It marked the first time the IAEA was given full access to suspicious nuclear sites in Syria. Flashback: The Assad regime had developed a secret nuclear program centered on the clandestine Al-Kibar reactor. - After Israel bombed the reactor in 2007, the Syrian nuclear program was mostly destroyed. But several…
The recent U.S.-Saudi nuclear deal, which will allow Riyadh to build nuclear power reactors and enrich uranium for reactor fuel, represents President Trump’s leadership in […] Source
Tehran’s reliance on the Houthis complicates relations with Riyadh. The post Without a U.S. Deal, Iran May Wind up a Mideast Outcast appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Without a U.S. Deal, Iran May Wind up a Mideast Outcast Tehran’s reliance on the Houthis complicates relations with Riyadh. “Trump will not reach an agreement with us. We will put up with him until his term ends.” That recent quote was from Majid Shakeri, an advisor to Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. Tehran is signaling that it is not waiting for a better offer. It is waiting for January 20, 2029. While that posture is understandable, Iran may find that such a policy comes with unexpected downsides as other regional actors figure out their own relations with Iran. Shakeri’s quote and the broader signaling by Iran are hardly surprising. They confirms what many, including The American…Open
Federal efforts to revive uranium mining in the West and decrease reliance on Russian uranium raise concerns about drinking water for tribal communities reckoning with the industry's deadly legacy.
A covert agreement involving the U.S., Israel, and Syria aims to extract nuclear material from a secret site in Syria, averting an Israeli military intervention.
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Trump administration successfully negotiated an agreement with Syria, Israel, and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to extract nuclear material from a secret site in Syria. This deal was reached after months of behind-the-scenes diplomacy and threats from Israel to take military action if the material remained. DETAIL: The nuclear material, reportedly stored at a facility known as “Site 99,” included yellowcake uranium and residues from the former Syrian regime’s Al-Kibar reactor project, which was largely destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in 2007. The material, while not suitable for nuclear weapons, could potentially be used to create a radiological “dirty bomb.” Israel had closely…Open
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will soon remove nuclear material stored at a clandestine site in Syria after the Trump administration reached understandings with Syria and Israel, according to Israeli and U.S. officials. Why it matters: The Trump administration and IAEA scrambled to reach a diplomatic agreement to secure the material and prevent an escalation involving Israel, Syria and possibly even Turkey over the sensitive site. - U.S. officials say the episode validates President Trump's approach to Syria and shows how the U.S. used its close relations with the new Syrian government to neutralize a potential crisis. - The dramatic, behind-the-scenes exchange of threats and diplomacy over the secret site — which…
President Donald Trump’s campaign against Iran has inflicted major damage on Tehran’s nuclear infrastructure, even as questions remain about how much enriched uranium survived the strikes. Evidence of progress comes from Iran’s three principal nuclear sites. At Isfahan, facilities used to convert or enrich uranium remain significantly damaged after U.S. and Israeli attacks. At Natanz, […] The post Trump’s Iran Campaign Delivers Major Nuclear Setback appeared first on StoneZone .
President Donald Trump’s campaign against Iran has inflicted major damage on Tehran’s nuclear infrastructure, even as questions remain about how much enriched uranium survived the strikes. Evidence of progress comes from Iran’s three principal nuclear sites. At Isfahan, facilities used to convert or enrich uranium remain significantly damaged after U.S. and Israeli attacks. At Natanz, the aboveground plant was severely damaged, while entrances to its underground enrichment complex were struck and potentially buried. Fordo, once Iran’s most protected and advanced enrichment facility, was hit by 12 massive bombs and has been rendered inoperable. Even Rafael Grossi, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, acknowledged that…Open
The Uranium One scandal was a 2010 controversy in which the Obama administration approved the takeover of Uranium One—a Canadian company with significant uranium mining […] Source
A new nonproliferation standard for Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the Middle East nuclear fuel cycle
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The United States faces two nuclear questions in the Middle East that have quietly fused into one. The first is whether Iran, after years of escalation, concealment, and enrichment far beyond any civilian need, will be permitted to retain a domestic enrichment capability under a negotiated ceiling. The second is whether Saudi Arabia will receive American civil-nuclear cooperation on terms that permit — or leave the door open to — sovereign enrichment and reprocessing. These are not separate files. Iran sets the precedent; Saudi Arabia is the test case; the rest of the region is watching. The proper American position is not simply no bomb. It is no sovereign fuel-cycle pathway —no domestic enrichment and no domestic…Open