Iran’s deputy foreign minister Saeed Khatibzadeh has described his country’s nuclear program as still “intact” despite admitting that US and Israeli strikes badly damaged facilities earlier this year.

The U.S. targeted the Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear facilities in an operation dubbed Midnight Hammer. B-2 bombers dropping "bunker buster" bombs were among the collection of aircraft involved in attacking the sites after Israeli attacks took out much of Iran's air defense systems. Israel had previously struck part of the sites.

Following U.S. strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites, Iran has accelerated construction of a heavily fortified underground complex near Natanz, shifting its nuclear strategy toward secrecy and survival.

Kaveh Madani of the United Nations University warns Iran's severe water crisis threatens regime stability and could impact the country's nuclear ambitions.

With no negotiations, no oversight and no clarity about Iran’s stock of nuclear material, many in the region fear another war with Israel is inevitable.

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An NBC News film crew was given exclusive access to the National Aerospace Park on Wednesday, a rarity for a foreign news organization.

Despite UN sanctions, Iran’s ballistic missile activity appears to be expanding. While a temporary ceasefire between Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran continues to hold, Tehran is not masking its missile production expansion agenda.