Iran continues to refuse proposal it join regional consortium for enriched uranium as officials prepare for meetings with Russia, China and European nations amid nuclear tensions

Iran will not abandon its nuclear programme despite “severe” damage caused by US and Israeli air strikes, its foreign minister said.

Iran tested one of its satellite carrying rockets with a suborbital flight on Monday, state media reported, the first such test since a ceasefire was reached after a 12-day war waged by Israel against Iran in June,

But the quake, which appeared to leave the fortified plant intact, has renewed agonizing questions about the intersection of natural disasters, military tactics, and the remarkable engineering that characterizes Iran’s subterranean nuclear facilities.

The United States has assessed that only one of Iran’s three principal nuclear facilities was destroyed in U.S. strikes last month, officials and people familiar with ongoing assessments said, prompting renewed questions about President Donald Trump’s claim that Tehran’s nuclear program had been “totally obliterated.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei warns of harsher retaliation as pressure mounts from the US and Europe to revive the nuclear deal. Talks stall ahead of looming snapback sanctions.

A recent assessment suggests Iran would be able to resume nuclear enrichment within months, sources say. The Senate passes a spending cuts package that pulls funding for public news outlets NPR and PBS. And a surrogate speaks out after she found out the couple she bore a child for had 21 kids.

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