
UN Watchdog: Expect “Very Serious” Surge in North Korean Nuke Production
United Nations nuclear officials have confirmed that Pyongyang’s weapons program is entering a more aggressive, high-capacity phase.

United Nations nuclear officials have confirmed that Pyongyang’s weapons program is entering a more aggressive, high-capacity phase.

The International Atomic Energy Agency reports that satellite imagery shows severe damage at the Khondab heavy water production site.

The shell covering the nuclear power plant has lost protective capabilities, the agency said.

Top diplomat calls IAEA pact obsolete after sanctions, but says diplomacy is still possible.

“There will continue to be maximum economic pressure on Iran until they change course,” the U.S. Secretary of State said.

Enshrining its doomsday weapons in law, Pyongyang will “firmly oppose and reject any attempt to alter the current status of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and, as a responsible nuclear–armed state.”

Despite compromises made so far, the International Atomic Energy Agency is asserting its right to inspect nuclear sites inside the Islamic Republic.

The 12-day war saw Israeli and U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, which the IAEA has not been able to access since.

The meeting will mark the second since Iran’s 12-day conflict with Israel in mid-June, during which the U.S. struck Iranian nuclear sites.

The Iranian foreign minister also said Iran’s cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency “will take on a new form.”