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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem

Israeli strikes have not knocked out Iran’s nuclear programme – or its nuclear ambitions

Smoke behind buildings in Tehran
Israel has been conducting strikes across Iran since 13 June, targeting nuclear, military and energy facilities. Photograph: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA

In just a few days of war, Israel has killed more than a dozen of Iran’s top nuclear scientists, taken out much of its top military hierarchy and attacked key parts of its nuclear programme.

It has been a powerful display of Israeli military and intelligence dominance, but has not critically damaged Iran’s widely dispersed and heavily protected nuclear programme, Israeli military commanders and international nuclear proliferation experts agree.

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