After decades of threats, Israel launched an audacious attack on Iran, targeting its nuclear sites, scientists and military leaders. Here’s what to know about its controversial nuclear program.

Israel’s airstrikes damaged Iran’s nuclear program but likely fell well short of eliminating it, experts said, presenting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the US with a quandary on what to do next.

The above-ground pilot enrichment plant at Iran's Natanz nuclear site has been destroyed, U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi told a meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Friday on Israel's strikes on Iran.

Iran has warned it will ramp up its nuclear activities after the United Nations nuclear watchdog’s 35-member board of governors adopted a resolution Thursday declaring it in breach of its non-proliferation obligations.

Iran announced Thursday it will launch a new uranium enrichment facility after the United Nation nuclear watchdog determined the country was not in compliance with its nuclear obligations. The

U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said on Friday he was ready to travel to Iran to assess the situation there after Israel carried out widespread military strikes that hit the sprawling nuclear complex at Natanz.

Mossad operatives on Thursday evening assassinated top Iranian scientists and helped launch drones from within the country. CBS News national security contributor Sam Vinograd joins "The Takeout" to evaluate the state of Israeli intelligence inside Iran.

The U.S. military has helped shoot down Iranian missiles that were headed toward Israel, two U.S. officials said on Friday. The officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, did not provide further information,