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Did you know the US and Israel helped create Iran’s nuclear project? Here’s the story

RT News · · 2654 words · By Russia Today
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21 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“3,000 people killed in Iran, 2,020 killed in Lebanon, 23 in Israel, and more than a dozen in Gulf states after the US launched its war against Iran”
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The specific death tolls (3,000 in Iran, 2,020 in Lebanon, 23 in Israel, and over a dozen in Gulf states) are reported by The Guardian and corroborated by the Wikipedia entry for the '2026 Iran war', which confirms the conflict began on February 28, 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been engaged in a war with Iran and its regional allies. The conflict began when the US and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran targeting milit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Iran–Israel conflict is a long-standing geopolitical and military confrontation between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the State of Israel, involving proxy hostilities since 1985 and direct clas…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Israel_conflict
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iran and Lebanon have diplomatic relations today, with embassies in each country. Historical connections date back to ancient times, when the Achaemenid Empire ruled Phoenicia (modern Lebanon). Lebane…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Lebanon_relations
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“US President Donald Trump said at the White House last week during a state dinner for King Charles”
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Wikipedia confirms that King Charles III and Queen Camilla made a state visit to the United States from April 27 to 30, 2026, hosted by President Donald Trump.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Trumpism is the political ideology behind Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, and his political base. It is often used in close conjunction with the Make America Great Agai…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpism
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From 16 to 18 September 2025, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, made a state visit to the United Kingdom with his wife, the first lady of the United States, Melania Trump. He was recei…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_state_visit_by_Donald_Tru…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — King Charles III of the United Kingdom and his wife Queen Camilla made a state visit to the United States from 27 to 30 April 2026, hosted by President Donald Trump. It was the first state visit by a …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_visit_by_Charles_III_to_…
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“the Trump administration began considering strikes aimed not simply at Iran’s military capacity, but at the faction inside the regime that Washington believed was preventing a deal”
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Wikipedia entries for '2025 United States strikes on Iranian nuclear sites' and '2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations' describe the Trump administration's strategy of using targeted strikes (Operation Midnight Hammer) and negotiations to pressure the regime.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On June 22, 2025, the United States Air Force and Navy attacked three nuclear facilities in Iran as part of the Twelve-Day War, under the code name Operation Midnight Hammer. The Fordow Uranium Enrich…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_strikes_on_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On April 12, 2025, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from US president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader Al…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been engaged in a war with Iran and its regional allies. The conflict began when the US and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran targeting milit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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“General Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, briefed the president on [options for a “short and powerful” wave of strikes]”
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The provided web search results for 'General' are generic definitions of the rank and do not mention a 'General Dan Caine' or a specific briefing to the president regarding strikes on Iran.
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web search NEUTRAL — Since the higher ranks of General of the Army and General of the Air Force have been reserved for significant wartime use only (in modern times were recreated for World War II), the rank of general is…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_(United_States)
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web search NEUTRAL — The meaning of GENERAL is involving, applicable to, or affecting the whole. How to use general in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/general
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web search NEUTRAL — GENERAL meaning: 1. involving or relating to most or all people, things, or places, especially when these are…. Learn more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/gener…
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“Trump has a state visit to China scheduled for mid-May”
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Three independent web search results confirm that President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Beijing for a summit with Xi Jinping on May 14-15, noting the trip was previously postponed due to the Iran war.
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web search NEUTRAL — US president Donald Trump says he will meet Chinese president Xi Jinping in China on 14-15 May, after delaying the landmark trip amid the US-Israel war with Iran. This would be the first visit to ...
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c05dpr1m71go
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web search NEUTRAL — The White House says President Donald Trump will travel to Beijing for a rescheduled summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on May 14 and 15.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-china-trip-iran-war-401c4c3…
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web search NEUTRAL — U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in May during his first visit to China in eight years, a closely watched trip postponed due to the Iran war.
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/trump-visit-china-may-14…
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“Iran’s nuclear program... began under the Shah, when Iran was a close US ally. And it began with direct American assistance.”
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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia and historical analyses, confirm that Iran's nuclear program began under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in the 1950s as part of the U.S. Atoms for Peace initiative.
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran's nuclear program began under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in the 1950s as part of the U.S. Atoms for Peace initiative. In 1967, Iran established the Tehran Nuclear Research Center with a U.S.-supp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_nuclear_program…
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web search NEUTRAL — How the United States Helped Create Iran's Nuclear Program A reactor in Tehran is a monument to the U.S. relationship with Iran when the country was led by a secular, pro-Western monarch.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/us/politics/us-iran-nucle…
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web search NEUTRAL — Origins under the Shah (1957-1979) Iran's nuclear program began during the reign of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, under the auspices of U.S. President Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" initiative. In 1957,…
https://infoiran.org/1929/irans-nuclear-program-a-historical…
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“The Atoms for Peace program, launched by the Eisenhower administration, was designed to export nuclear technology to US allies for peaceful purposes”
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Historical records confirm the Eisenhower administration launched the 'Atoms for Peace' program to export nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
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web search NEUTRAL — Dwight D. Eisenhower ... Dwight David " Ike " Eisenhower[a] (born David Dwight Eisenhower; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was the 34th president of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1961. A …
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower
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web search NEUTRAL — Eisenhower was popular among the general public when he left office, but for a decade or two commentators viewed Eisenhower as a "do-nothing" president who left many of the major decisions to his subo…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Dwight_D._Eise…
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 28, 2026 · Dwight D. Eisenhower was the 34th U.S. president (1953–61), who had been supreme commander of the Allied forces in western Europe during World War II. A republican, as president, he pre…
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dwight-D-Eisenhower
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“in the late 1950s, when Iran and the US signed an agreement on the peaceful use of nuclear energy”
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Although the specific evidence section for claim 7 was empty, the evidence for claim 5 explicitly states that 'In 1957, Iran and the United States signed a civilian nuclear agreement', which confirms the claim of an agreement in the late 1950s.
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“in 1967, the US delivered Iran’s first research reactor”
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The evidence for claim 5 explicitly states: 'In 1967, Iran established the Tehran Nuclear Research Center with a U.S.-supplied 5 MW research reactor'.
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“Specialists from Israel, West Germany, France, and the US agreed to work on the project and started laying the foundation for a reactor at Bushehr in southern Iran and a research reactor in Isfahan”
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No specific evidence was provided in the gathered results to confirm the involvement of specialists from Israel, West Germany, and France in the specific foundations of the Bushehr and Isfahan reactors.
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“Iran signed the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and ratified it in 1970”
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“the ‘White Revolution’ launched in 1963 – a sweeping modernization program”
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“Israel’s role went back even earlier, to May 1958, when David Ben-Gurion received two Iranian nuclear scientists in his office”
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“By the time the Shah fell in 1979, the construction of Iran’s first two nuclear reactors, with German participation, had already entered the final stage”
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“From 1980 to 1988, the Bushehr area was a repeated target of Iraqi air attacks”
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“China signed nuclear cooperation protocols with Iran in 1985 and 1990”
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“in 1992, Moscow and Tehran signed a nuclear cooperation agreement”
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“In 1995, Iran finalized a cooperation protocol with Russia to complete the Bushehr reactor”
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“in 2002... The Iranian opposition group Mujahedin-e Khalq revealed the existence of two previously undeclared nuclear sites: Natanz and Arak”
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“Iran implemented the Additional Protocol to the NPT in 2003”
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“In 2005, the US again accused Iran of violating its commitments and developing a nuclear program, citing intelligence literally found on a stolen Iranian laptop”
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