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Iran currently has enough enriched uranium to make four nuclear bombs, Israel's outgoing military chief informed reporters on Friday. "Iran today has enough enriched material to produce four nuclear bombs, three at 20 percent and one at 60 percent," Israeli public broadcaster Kan reported outgoing Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi telling reporters. Kochavi shared that over the last year, the Israeli army prepared three programs to launch an attack in Iran as a retaliatory strike, unrelated to the nuclear program, to destroy nuclear facilities supporting the nuclear project. Regarding targets for the Israeli army in Iran, he shared: "If it comes to entering a major battle, military sites and additional sites will be included in the list of targets." Kochavi added: "We have been engaged in accelerating preparations to attack Iran's nuclear facilities in recent years and many other types of targets." According to Kochavi, the Israeli army has improved its...

Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers hangs as the country prepares to vote on Friday for a new president. The diplomats make efforts to get both the US and Tehran to reenter the accord. This nuclear deal collapsed after former US President Donald Trump took office, leading to a series of attacks and confrontations across the wider Middle East. The deal represents the signature accomplishment of the relatively moderate President Hassan Rouhani’s eight years in office: suspending crushing sanctions in exchange for the strict monitoring and limiting of Iran’s uranium stockpile. Withdrawal of the deal prompted Tehran to enrich uranium to the highest purity levels so far, just shy of weapons-grade levels. As polling suggests that candidates already targeted by US sanctions will win Friday’s vote, hence, the deal may be possible but it likely won’t lead to a further detente between Iran and the West. An election analyst says, that it is certainly not as complex as drafting a deal from scrat...