But the quake, which appeared to leave the fortified plant intact, has renewed agonizing questions about the intersection of natural disasters, military tactics, and the remarkable engineering that characterizes Iran’s subterranean nuclear facilities.

Weeks after his country was battered by waves of Israeli strikes and the US bombed three of its prized nuclear facilities, Iran’s foreign minister came to a gathering of regional diplomats in China this week with a simple ask.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei warns of harsher retaliation as pressure mounts from the US and Europe to revive the nuclear deal. Talks stall ahead of looming snapback sanctions.

A recent assessment suggests Iran would be able to resume nuclear enrichment within months, sources say. The Senate passes a spending cuts package that pulls funding for public news outlets NPR and PBS. And a surrogate speaks out after she found out the couple she bore a child for had 21 kids.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the foreign ministers of France, Germany and the UK agreed in a phone call on Monday to set the end of August as the de facto deadline for reaching a nuclear deal with Iran,