What About Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Reactor?

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A security official talks to journalists in front of the Bushehr main nuclear reactor in 2010.(Raheb Homavandi/Reuters)

The facility is a major complication.

On Saturday night, as we’ve detailed, President Donald Trump ordered military strikes that, he says, “obliterated” Iran’s key nuclear enrichment sites at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. When the news broke, I had half-written a post about whether the past week’s “should he or shouldn’t he?” debate was missing something. Specifically, What is the state of play regarding Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant?

My question stems from a news story that flew under the radar during the past week as our debate centered on Fordow, the deep underground enrichment facility buried in the mountains outside Qom. On Thursday, several media outlets reported ...