Attacking Iran’s nuclear programme could drive it towards a bomb, experts warn

The Guardian World

by Julian Borger

March 4, 2026

Fears US-Israeli onslaught could 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 nuclear weapon. However, since two undeclared sites, for uranium enrichment and heavy water plutonium production, were discovered in 2002, the programme has been treated with intense suspicion. Continue reading...

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Originally published on The Guardian World on 3/4/2026