Iranian parliamentarians are preparing a bill that could push Tehran toward exiting the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the foreign ministry said on Monday, while reiterating Tehran's official stance against developing nuclear weapons.

The map is based on a hypothetical strike that targets nuclear silo sites in Montana, North Dakota, and Nebraska.

Satellite images reveal that Russia has expanded and modernized at least five nuclear-related facilities near European borders in recent years, Swedish broadcaster SVT reported on June 16, citing new imagery obtained from Planet Labs.

An Iranian official claims Pakistan has promised to retaliate with nuclear weapons if Israel attacks Iran using nukes. While Pakistan supports Iran diplomatically, it has not officially confirmed any nuclear strike intent.

China had no comment on a think tank's report about nuclear weapons which said China had the fastest-growing nuclear arsenals, a spokesperson for the country's foreign ministry said on Monday.

The Israeli military said it killed nine senior scientists and experts who played a role in Iran’s nuclear program in strikes Friday. Israel says Iran intends to build a nuclear weapon, and is quite close to being able to.

It is currently unknown where exactly the barrels are located, whether they are alone or in groups, and whether they are still intact.

The era of nuclear disarmament is coming to an end while new technologies push the risk of nuclear conflict higher, SIPRI warned on Monday. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) stressed in its annual assessment of the state of armaments,