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Fears rise over Iran’s partially enriched uranium pile falling into wrong hands as war deepens 

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A satellite image shows damaged buildings at Isfahan military garrison after reported airstrikes, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Isfahan, Isfahan Province, Iran, March 8, 2026. Vantor/Handout via REUTERS    THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT. MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO.

A satellite image shows damaged buildings at Isfahan military garrison after reported air strikes, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Iran's Isfahan province on March 8.

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The blockaded Strait of Hormuz and escalated attacks on energy infrastructure across the Middle East may be generating all the headlines, but a quieter and potentially graver threat could arise from within Iran, posed by its partially enriched stockpile of nuclear materials.

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