The 12-day conflict was marked by a flurry of propaganda, disinformation and covert operations aided by artificial intelligence and spread by social media.
The withdrawal of international inspectors comes amid heightened concerns that Iran, battered by Israeli and U.S. strikes, may be driven to try to build a nuclear bomb.
Reza Najafi, Iran’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks to journalists shortly after an extraordinary I.A.E.A. board of governors meeting at the agency’s headquarters in Vienna last month.
The withdrawal of international inspectors comes amid heightened concerns that Iran, battered by Israeli and U.S. strikes, may be driven to try to build a nuclear bomb.
Reza Najafi, Iran’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks to journalists shortly after an extraordinary I.A.E.A. board of governors meeting at the agency’s headquarters in Vienna last month.
The decision means that international inspectors will not be able to oversee sites. Experts have warned that Tehran could revive plans to build a bomb.
Iranian officials criticized Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, for saying that there was no evidence of a systematic effort to build nuclear bombs only after Israel began its military attacks.
President Trump signed an executive order this week lifting most sanctions on Syria. Ahead of that action, U.S. officials laid out expectations from the new government in Damascus.
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