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A US defence official said the US military had not carried out any strikes on Iran in the previous several hours.
WHY THIS MATTERS · This matters because with inspectors locked out of Fordow and Natanz, the world no longer knows how much enriched uranium Iran actually has, shrinking the warning time before a possible weapon and raising the odds of a preemptive Israeli or US strike based on guesswork.
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today.az — Today . Az - Explosions rock southern Iran near Bushehr as US denies fresh strik
"A US defence official told the media that the US military had not carried out any strikes on Iran in the last several hours, casting uncertainty over the cause of the reported blasts."
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