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The massive gamble to destroy Iran’s nukes
Israel’s actions could buy time to forestall Iran crashing the nuclear club – or trigger a cascade of new bomb seekers.
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The Natanz nuclear facility, which represents a cornerstone of Iran’s nuclear programme, pictured on June 14, a day after it was hit by Israeli strikes.
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Of all that will be parsed from Iran’s public statements in the coming days, it’s especially worth scrutinising what Tehran says about the global non-proliferation regime.
Throughout its chequered history of dubious nuclear activities and its civilian nuclear energy programme, the Islamic republic has periodically threatened to quit the near-universal Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), which it ratified in 1970.
