Keir Simmons

3 days ago | nbcnews.com | Keir Simmons

Israel hailed its offensive against Iran as a success on Tuesday as it thanked its closest ally, the United States, for its role in "eliminating" the Iranian nuclear threat. But experts say those celebrations are likely premature, with an accurate picture of the impact of U.S. and Israeli strikes targeting Iran's nuclear program unclear, and hundreds of pounds of enriched uranium still unaccounted for.

4 days ago | yahoo.com | Keir Simmons

ERBIL, Iraq — Hailing the American strikes on Iran as a success, President Donald Trump said late Saturday that the Islamic Republic’s key nuclear sites were “completely and fully obliterated.”But despite his bullish claims, the extent of the damage to the deeply buried facility at Fordo, as well as sites at Isfahan and Natanz, is unclear and almost 400 kilograms, or 880 pounds, of uranium enriched to 60% is publicly unaccounted for.

5 days ago | share.google | Frederick Clayton |Dan De Luce |Kevin Collier |Keir Simmons

June 22, 2025, 10:21 AM EDT / Updated June 22, 2025, 6:13 PM EDTThe United States, the Middle East and world oil markets are bracing for Iran’s response after President Donald Trump launched punishing strikes on Iranian nuclear energy sites overnight, plunging the region into an unprecedented new phase of a decades-old conflict. The U.S. struck Iranian nuclear facilities, including the key Fordo site, with 14 GBU-57s, 30,000-pound “bunker buster bombs,” according to the U.S. military.

5 days ago | nbcnews.com | Keir Simmons

The United States, the Middle East and world oil markets are bracing for Iran's response after President Donald Trump launched punishing strikes on Iranian nuclear energy sites overnight, plunging the region into an unprecedented new phase of a decades-old conflict. The U.S. struck Iranian nuclear facilities, including the key Fordo site, with 14 GBU 57s, 30,000-pound "bunker buster bombs," according to the U.S. military.

1 week ago | aol.com | Keir Simmons

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has suggested that targeting Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and overthrowing his government could be a way to end the war that erupted when Israel launched airstrikes at the Islamic Republic last week. “We are doing what we need to do,” Netanyahu told ABC News on Monday night when asked if he plans on targeting Khamenei.