The current increase in tensions between Israel, the United States, and Iran has once again placed the matter of preemptive military strikes in the limelight, most especially concerning the Iranian nuclear program.

The new assessment helps create a clearer picture of what the combined Israeli and U.S. strikes on Iran achieved. The bombings deeply damaged Fordo — considered by the Iranians to be their best-protected and most advanced nuclear enrichment site — probably crippling Iran’s ability to make nuclear fuel for years to come.

A new assessment is raising questions about the claimed effectiveness of last month’s U.S. airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities. NBC News Senior National Security Correspondent Courtney Kube explains the latest assessment and how soon Iran could resume enrichment.

While no radiation leaks have been confirmed following the US strikes on nuclear enrichment facilities in Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan, the extent of the damage remains uncertain.Even a month after the US attacks on three major nuclear sites inside Iran,

The Israeli assessment also holds that Iran's stockpiles were spread across Isfahan, Fordo, and Natanz, and had not been moved.

President Donald Trump rejected a military plan for more comprehensive strikes on Iran’s nuclear program that would have lasted weeks, NBC News has also learned.

Satellite Imagery Shows Iran at Work at Fordo Nuclear Site Amid competing assessments of how badly the enrichment facility was damaged in U.S. strikes, Iran appears to be making its own inspection.

Hammer included seven B-2 Spirit bombers, 125 total aircraft and more than 75 precision-guided weapons, the Joint Chiefs chairman said.

Joshua Rovner, American University (THE CONVERSATION) The U.S. Air Force dropped a dozen ground-penetrating bombs, each weighing 30,000 pounds (13,607 kilograms), in a raid on Iran’s nuclear site at Fordo on June 21, 2025. The attack was an attempt to ...