uranium enrichment

Trump approves nuclear deal that could let Saudi Arabia enrich uranium

President Trump has formally approved a 30-year civilian nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia that could eventually allow the kingdom to enrich uranium on its own soil, according to multiple U.S. officials. The deal, worth tens of billions of dollars,…

IAEA board passes resolution demanding Iran account for uranium stockpile

The International Atomic Energy Agency's Board of Governors on Wednesday passed a U.S.-backed resolution demanding Iran disclose the status of its enriched uranium reserves and grant inspectors access to verify nuclear material at sites bombed during last year's conflict with…

Iran’s Supreme Leader orders enriched uranium to stay in country

A directive from Iran's Supreme Leader that the country's near-weapons-grade enriched uranium must remain on Iranian soil jolted markets on Thursday, erasing much of the optimism that had briefly lifted investor sentiment a day earlier.

Iran’s nuclear timeline unchanged despite war, US intel finds

Two months into a U.S.-led military campaign against Iran, American intelligence assessments indicate that the time Tehran would need to build a nuclear weapon has not shifted since last summer, when a joint U.S.-Israeli strike extended the timeline to roughly…