{"id":641527,"date":"2026-06-16T11:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T11:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/641527\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T11:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T11:43:11","slug":"trump-says-iran-will-never-have-nuclear-weapon-under-deal-and-criticises-israel-over-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/641527\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Iran will ‘never have nuclear weapon’ under deal and criticises Israel over Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iran’s nuclear programme – explainedpublished at 11:23 BST<\/p>\n

11:23 BST<\/p>\n

\"\"Ghoncheh Habibiazad
Senior reporter, BBC Persian<\/p>\n

Iran’s nuclear programme has been the focus of diplomatic talks, sanctions on Iran, and inspections for decades. <\/p>\n

It was often referred to by Donald Trump as the reason the US joined with Israel in launching strikes on the country in late February this year.<\/p>\n

Iran maintains its programme is peaceful. <\/p>\n

The US and Israel have consistently rejected this and say there have been efforts to develop nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n

Under a nuclear deal agreed in 2015, Iran had limited its enrichment to 3.67%, which can be used to produce fuel for commercial nuclear power plants. Weapons-grade uranium is 90% enriched or more.<\/p>\n

Iran began openly escalating its enrichment levels after Donald Trump abandoned the previous agreement in 2018.<\/p>\n

By June last year, Iran was enriching at 60% and had amassed a stockpile of 400kg, according to the International Atomic Energy Organization (IAEA).<\/p>\n

The IAEA said last week it had been able to conduct a “routine inspection” at the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant recently, but it had been almost a year since inspectors had been able to access other nuclear facilities.<\/p>\n

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