When Israel launched its series of strikes against Iran last week, it also issued a number of dire warnings about the country’s nuclear program, suggesting Iran was fast approaching a point of no return in its quest to obtain nuclear weapons and that the strikes were necessary to preempt that outcome.

Tulsi Gabbard left no doubt when she testified to Congress about Iran’s nuclear program earlier this year.The country was not building a nuclear weapon, the national intelligence director told lawmakers,

The status of Iran's nuclear capability is surrounded by mystery even as in that is a central question in the Iran-Isreal conflict.