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This photo released on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran shows centrifuge machines in Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran. Iran announced on Monday that had started gas injection into a 30-machine cascade of advanced IR-6 centrifuges in Natanz complex

14:55 GMT 11 April 2021 / updated: 16:01 GMT Middle East

Natanz Plant Incident Caused by 'Act of Nuclear Terrorism', Iran's Vice-President Says

US Hawks Worry as Biden Mulls Appointing Russia Sanctions Critic as Adviser, Report Says

In this July 7, 2019, file photo, spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Behrouz Kamalvandi speaks in a press briefing in Tehran, Iran. Iran has begun injecting uranium gas into advanced centrifuges in violation of its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, Kamalvandi said Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019

Atomic Energy Organization Spokesman Reportedly 'Had an Accident' When Visiting Natanz After Morning 'Act of Nuclear Terrorism'

Unaccompanied child migrants are seen at the site of a former oil field workers camp which is being used as a temporary housing facility in Midland County, Texas, U.S. April 8, 2021

Texas Governor Says Both Republicans and Democrats in State Denounce Biden Immigration Policy

Los Angeles Police investigate the scene of a crime at an apartment complex in Reseda, Calif., Saturday, April 10, 2021. A woman discovered her three grandchildren, all under the age of 5, slain inside a Los Angeles apartment Saturday morning and their mother gone, police said. The mother of three children — all under the age of 5 — found slain inside a Los Angeles apartment Saturday morning has been arrested, police said.

'She Has Been Unwell': Father of Three Toddlers Murdered in LA 'Devastated' as Cousin Knew Mother 'Needed Help'

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