Iran is keeping its nuclear ambitions more closely guarded than ever after last month’s attacks by Israel and the US, introducing additional ambiguity to the Islamic Republic’s diplomatic showdown with Washington.

As part of international safeguards, Iran is required to declare all nuclear material, permit regular inspections and demonstrate that no material is diverted for undeclared activities, especially those related to potential weapons development.

The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog says US strikes on Iran fell short of causing total damage to its nuclear program and that Tehran could restart enriching uranium “in a matter of months,” contradicting President Donald Trump’s claims the US set Tehran’s ambitions back by decades.

Iran's foreign minister spoke with CBS News in his first interview with American television since the 12-day war with Israel began. He talked about Iran's nuclear ambitions, the aftermath of the U.S.

Saeid Iravani, said his country will “never stop” nuclear enrichment, saying it’s an “inalienable right” that Iran plans on exercising. In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” moderator Margaret Brennan pressed the ambassador on whether Iran intends to “reconstitute a nuclear enrichment program on its soil.

People Killed in Israeli Strikes on Iran, Official Says DUBAI (Reuters) -Some 935 people were killed in Iran during the 12-day air war with Israel, based on the latest forensic data, a spokesperson for the Iranian judiciary said on Monday,

Rights activists in Iran fear intensified crackdowns following Israel's air campaign targeting Iran's nuclear program.

Iran said that Israel's strike on Tehran's Evin prison killed at least 71 people, including staff, soldiers, prisoners and members of visiting families.