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Iran exchanges heavy gunfire with Taliban on Afghan border, escalating tensions over water rights
By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press
Sat,05/27/23-4:58AM , 431 Reads
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Taliban and Iran exchanged heavy gunfire Saturday on the Islamic Republic's border with Afghanistan, killing and wounding troops while sharply escalating rising tensions between the two countries amid a dispute over water rights.
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This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows Iran's Natanz nuclear site near Natanz, Iran, on April 14, 2023. A new underground facility at the Natanz enrichment site may put centrifuges beyond the range of a massive so-called “bunker buster” bomb earlier developed by the U.S. military, according experts and satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press in May 2023. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

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After AP report, Iran's nuclear chief says Tehran to cooperate with inspectors on 'new activities'
By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press
Wed,05/24/23-4:06AM , 203 Reads
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The head of Iran's nuclear program insisted Wednesday that his government would cooperate with international inspectors on any “new activities.” His statement followed an exclusive Associated Press report about Tehran's new underground tunnel system near a nuclear enrichment facility.
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In this photo released by the U.S. Air Force on May 2, 2023, airmen look at a GBU-57, or the Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb, at Whiteman Air Base in Missouri. That U.S. bomb, designed to destroy underground sites at the height of concerns a decade ago over Iran's nuclear program, has briefly reappeared amid new tensions with the Islamic Republic. (U.S. Air Force via AP)

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US bomb designed to hit targets like Iran underground nuclear sites briefly reappears amid tensions
By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press
Mon,05/22/23-5:15AM , 176 Reads
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As tensions with Iran have escalated over its nuclear program, the U.S. military this month posted pictures of a powerful bomb designed to penetrate deep into the earth and destroy underground facilities that could be used to enrich uranium.
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This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows construction on a new underground facility at Iran's Natanz nuclear site near Natanz, Iran, on April 14, 2023. A new underground facility at the Natanz enrichment site may put centrifuges beyond the range of a massive so-called "bunker buster" bomb earlier developed by the U.S. military, according to experts and satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

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An Iranian nuclear facility is so deep underground that US airstrikes likely couldn’t reach it
By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press
Mon,05/22/23-5:12AM , 204 Reads
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Near a peak of the Zagros Mountains in central Iran, workers are building a nuclear facility so deep in the earth that it is likely beyond the range of a last-ditch U.S. weapon designed to destroy such sites, according to experts and satellite imagery analyzed by The Associated Press.
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