These Iran nuclear sites are the focus of Israel's attacks
Preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons has been the primary goal of U.S. and Israeli policy toward Iran for decades.
The Iranian nuclear program has existed in some form since the 1950s, when Iran was ruled by a U.S.-backed monarchy and Washington supported the development of an Iranian civil nuclear sector. After the 1979 Islamic revolution, the newly formed Islamic Republic of Iran turned toward Russia and China to build its nuclear capabilities. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, Iran openly pursued nuclear weapons research but declared that it would halt its nuclear weapons program in 2003.
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