Overview

• Operation Rising Lion has destroyed critical buildings at Natanz and Isfahan and killed at least 14 Iranian nuclear scientists.
• The Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant remains undamaged and continues enriching uranium to up to 60 percent purity.
• An IAEA report confirms Iran has stockpiled enough 60 percent enriched uranium to potentially produce nine nuclear weapons.
• Israel lacks the deep-penetration munitions needed to reach Fordow and is seeking U.S. bunker busters that Washington has been reluctant to deploy.
• Iran has started constructing an even more deeply fortified enrichment facility near Natanz, raising long-term challenges for curbing its nuclear ambitions.