TURNING TO US?
Iran Offers Nuclear Concessions If US Won’t Join Attack: Dudi Kogan, Israel Hayom, June 16, 2025 — Iran has transmitted “urgent” communications through Arab nations to the United States and Israel, expressing keen interest in swiftly concluding the military exchange with Israel and restarting nuclear discussions, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday, based on European and American sources.
Israel Looks to US to Hit Iran’s Fordow Nuclear Facility: Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, June 16, 2025 — Israeli forces have struck many of Iran’s nuclear sites, but will likely need U.S. assistance to destroy Iran’s most hardened facility.
Air Force’s Bunker-Buster Bomb Could Take Out Iran Nuclear Facility, But Israel Hints at Other Options: Richard Sisk, Military.com, June 16, 2025 — The entire Israeli campaign to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons will be considered a failure if the spinning centrifuges deep underground at the Fordow enrichment facility south of Tehran are left untouched, the former head of U.S. Central Command said Monday.
The Fordow Imperative—for Trump and Israel: Editorial Board, WSJ, June 15, 2025
The Fordow Paradox: Where Do Iran and Israel Go from Here?: Peter Wildeford, The Power Law, June 13, 2025
Israel Hands America an Opportunity in the Mideast: Seth Cropsey, WSJ, June 16, 2025
Israel Is Not Afraid of Victory: Noah Rothman, National Review, June 13, 2025
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For Further Reference:
Israel’s Ambition: Destroy the Heart of Iran’s Nuclear Program: David E. Sanger, NY Times, June 12, 2025 — When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday evening that Israel had struck “Iran’s main enrichment facility in Natanz,” he was signaling the scope of his country’s ambitions in the largest strike it had ever aimed at Iran.
Effects of Nuclear Earth Penetrators and Other Weapons (2005): National Academies
Centrifuges at Iran’s Natanz Site Likely Destroyed, Nuclear Watchdog Says: David Gritten, BBC, June 16, 2025 — Centrifuges at Iran’s underground uranium enrichment plant at Natanz were likely to have been “severely damaged if not destroyed altogether” following Israeli strikes on Friday, the head of the global nuclear watchdog has told the BBC.
Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant: Iran Watch — A gas centrifuge plant for the enrichment of uranium hexafluoride (UF6) developed and managed by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI).
Inside Iran’s Fordow Nuclear Site – A Fortress in the Mountains Israel Likely Needs the US and ‘Bunker Buster’ Bombs to Topple: Ronny Reyes, NY Post, June 16, 2025 — Iran’s Fordow fuel enrichment plant is a fortress built deep within the mountains — up to 300 feet underground.
Explosions Rock Iran’s Fordow Nuclear Site Amid Israeli Strikes, Trigger Earthquake Curated by Ashesh Mallick, News18, June 17, 2025 — As fighting continued between Israel and Iran for the fourth consecutive night, several loud explosions were heard near the Fordow nuclear site in Iran, with noticeable ground tremors, according to reports on Monday morning.