{"id":2222856,"date":"2024-04-16T23:08:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T03:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-closes-nuclear-facilities-over-fears-they-could-be-targeted-in-strike\/"},"modified":"2024-04-16T23:08:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T03:08:56","slug":"iran-closes-nuclear-facilities-over-fears-they-could-be-targeted-in-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-closes-nuclear-facilities-over-fears-they-could-be-targeted-in-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran shuts down nuclear facilities due to concerns of potential attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firan-closes-nuclear-facilities-over-fears-they-could-be-targeted-in-strike%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2222856&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Iran \u2063closed its nuclear facilities due to security \u2063concerns regarding \u2062potential\u200b Israeli \u200cairstrikes following Iran&#8217;s missile attacks. Rafael Grossi, IAEA \u200bchief, expressed ongoing\u2064 worries at a \u2064U.N. Security Council meeting. Inspectors were informed by \u2064the Iranian government that the \u200dfacilities \u200dwould\u2062 remain closed on security grounds. Your provided summary \u2062is concise and effectively captures the key \u200dpoints of the original text.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Islamic Republic of Iran<\/a> temporarily closed its nuclear facilities this week over \u201csecurity considerations\u201d that they could be targeted by Israel in an airstrike in retaliation for Iran\u2019s unprecedented missile and drone barrage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are always concerned about this possibility,\u201d said International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi at a U.N. Security Council meeting. \u201cWhat I can tell you is that our inspectors in Iran were informed by the Iranian government that [Sunday], all the nuclear facilities that we are inspecting every day would remain closed on security considerations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grossi kept inspectors back on Monday over fears that Israel could hit the facilities after Iran launched combined more than 300 missiles and drones at Israel over the weekend \u2014 the first time the country has ever directly attacked Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Several foreign policy and military experts urged Israel to strike Iran\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pm-netanyahu-israel-will-not-allow-iran-to-obtain-a-nuclear-weapon\/\" title=\"PM Netanyahu: Israel will not allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon\">nuclear program<\/a> following the attack, arguing that the window was closing for them to do so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost importantly, I think Israel should be looking at this as an opportunity to destroy Iran\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/evidence-of-undeclared-nuclear-activities-discovered-at-locations-in-iran-that-raise-new-concerns-report\/\" title=\"\u2018Evidence Of Undeclared Nuclear Activities\u2019 Discovered At Locations In Iran That Raise New Concerns: Report\">nuclear weapons program<\/a>, which is the existential threat that Israel faces,\u201d said former Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-got-it-newsmax-reporter-emerald-robinson-national-security-source-confirms-a-piece-of-hardware-has-been-secured-in-germany\/\" title=\"We Got It! - Newsmax Reporter Emerald Robinson: National Security Source Confirms \"A Piece of Hardware Has Been Secured\" in Germany\">national security<\/a> adviser John Bolton.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Dubowitz, CEO of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), a non-partisan institution focusing on national security and foreign policy; Brigadier General (Res.) Professor Jacob Nagel, senior fellow at FDD and a former top Israeli official, said in an article that Israel \u201cmust now shift to neutralizing Iran\u2019s nuclear scientists and their ability to build an actual weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter this weekend, the threat of a nuclear weapon being deployed from inside Iran toward Israel is a step closer to reality,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p>Other experts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/livecoverage\/israel-iran-strikes-live-coverage\/card\/israeli-hit-on-iranian-nuclear-facilities-seen-as-unlikely-for-now-jq336GBNOF0phHVH1oF9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">believe<\/a> that an attack could actually strengthen Iran\u2019s resolve to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-nominee-claims-iran-not-pursuing-nuclear-weapons-contrary-to-evidence\/\" title=\"Biden Nominee Claims Iran Not Pursuing Nuclear Weapons, Contrary to Evidence\">build nuclear weapons<\/a> and lead to \u201cIran\u2019s decision to break out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Experts also believe that the longer that Israel takes to respond to the attacks, the less likely their response is to be significant in scale and impact.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran paused operations at its nuclear sites this week citing security concerns of potential Israeli airstrikes in response to Iran&#8217;s missile attacks. 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