Since June’s 12-day war with Israel and the United States, Iran has been navigating a period of both external pressure and internal challenges, a situation officials privately characterize as a convergence of threat and fragility. This moment echoes patterns seen in other authoritarian states, most notably the Soviet Union in 1956 following Nikita Khrushchev’s denunciation … Read more
Iran asserts it has reached a point of significant advancement in nuclear capabilities, with a claim from Behrouz Kamalvandi that constructing a nuclear bomb is “the simplest task” compared to building a nuclear power plant. Nuclear Program Developments Kamalvandi stated on Saturday that a nuclear bomb requires no “fuel control” and “explodes at once,” contrasting … Read more
Intelligence assessments indicate Iranian scientists have been researching a “fourth-generation” nuclear weapon based on pure fusion, a technology that has not yet been successfully developed by any nation. The research, first reported on Friday, suggests exploration of multiple nuclear weapon paths, alongside continued work on more conventional fission-based devices. Fusion Research: A Complex Pursuit The … Read more