Attempt to destroy Iran’s nuclear programme could backfire and drive regime towards a bomb, experts warn

Attempt to destroy Iran’s nuclear programme could backfire and drive regime towards a bomb, experts warn

US-Israeli onslaught may lead regime to push for bomb or embolden other groups to steal uranium stockpile Middle East crisis – live updates The US-Israeli onslaught against Iran is intended to resolve a 24-year standoff over Tehran’s nuclear programme, but it runs the risk of backfiring and driving the regime towards making a secret bomb, proliferation experts have warned. The regime in Tehran has long insisted that the programme is for civilian purposes and it has no intention of making a ...

By Julian Borger