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Nuclear experts warn Iran’s uranium ‘right’ is a myth, say Trump is right to hold firm
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Amid charged exchanges between President Trump and Iran’s fragmented leadership over the regime’s insistence that it retain its nuclear enrichment system, top experts on Iran’s atomic weapons program support the commander in chief’s ironclad goal to dissolve it.
One of the main sticking points during the intense talks between Tehran and Washington centers on Iran’s claim that the rogue regime has a right to enrich and possess weapons-grade uranium, the material required to build an atomic bomb.
The showdown over enriched uranium might be the core deal-breaker issue when and if the next round of talks to reach a nuclear agreement goes ahead in Pakistan.
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Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baqaei, vehemently rejected Trump’s demand last week on state-controlled television.
«Iran’s enriched uranium is not going to be transferred anywhere under any circumstances,» Baqaei declared.
President Donald Trump signs a proclamation to withdraw from the JCPOA Iran nuclear agreement in the Diplomatic Room at the White House in Washington on May 8, 2018. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
Trump claimed Iran had agreed to «give us back the nuclear dust that’s way underground.» The President terms Iran’s 440 kilograms of enriched uranium as «nuclear dust» after sustained U.S. military strikes on Iranian sites that store the country’s stockpile of uranium.
«The United States should insist on a permanent ban of Iranian enrichment and its full dismantlement in negotiations. Iran retaining any enrichment infrastructure in anticipation of the end of a moratorium would allow it to cheat as soon as Trump leaves office and resume its path to nuclear weapons,» Andrea Stricker, deputy director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ nonproliferation program, told Fox News Digital.
Jonathan Ruhe, fellow for American strategy at JINSA, echoed Stricker on the importance of abolishing the Iranian enrichment program. He told Fox News Digital, «An acceptable deal would have to embody many of Trump’s stated redlines from his first administration, and from the run-up to last summer’s 12-Day War.
«This means permanent bans on enrichment, reprocessing and weaponization capability and, equally importantly, full verification of Iran’s compliance with these strictures.»
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Heavy weapons, including ballistic missiles, air defense systems and unmanned aerial vehicles, are displayed during the 44th anniversary of the eight-year war with Iraq, known as Holy Defense Week, at Baharestan Square in Tehran, Iran, Sept. 25, 2024. (Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images)
President Trump withdrew from President Obama’s widely criticized nuclear deal with Iran, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), in 2018.
«In theory, the so-called ‘Iran deal’ was supposed to protect the United States and our allies from the lunacy of an Iranian nuclear bomb, a weapon that will only endanger the survival of the Iranian regime,» Trump said at the time. «In fact, the deal allowed Iran to continue enriching uranium and, over time, reach the brink of a nuclear breakout.»
Ruhe said, «The JCPOA failed to ensure IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency] inspectors could monitor, and account for, the entirety of Iran’s program and its compliance with the deal. This problem has worsened significantly in the decade since, as Iran systematically stonewalled inspectors.
«Iran’s negotiators always drag out talks and avoid giving clear answers. They still think time is on their side, with their blockade hurting the global economy and their missile arsenals being dug out and prepared for renewed conflict. Trump should insist on a definitive response from Tehran and be ready for renewed operations.
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Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, attends a demonstration marking Jerusalem Day in Tehran. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
«As a cautionary tale: The Obama team first entered nuclear talks with stringent redlines, but then they let Iran call their bluffs, ignore their deadlines and wear down their demands until we ended up with the JCPOA,» Ruhe said.
Iran is a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) that obligates it not to enrich uranium for military purposes. However, U.S. and European intelligence reports have documented Iran’s illicit proliferation activities.
Ruhe said, «This regime cynically wants it both ways: They insist the NPT gives the ‘right’ to peaceful enrichment, yet they flout the treaty’s safeguards. By claiming this ‘right,’ they try to make certain core issues non-negotiable. By this logic, they should get to retain enrichment capacity. So, the questions then become how much and what the U.S. has to give in return for this supposed sacrifice by Iran.
«As the Non-Proliferation Treaty’s name indicates, it’s an agreement to prevent proliferation, not to promote nuclear development.»
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Stricker said Rafael Grossi, the head of the IAEA, recently said, «It’s fiction that the NPT specifically mentions ‘enrichment’ in its peaceful uses clause. Moreover, the prevailing legal demand from the U.N. Security Council is that Iran stop enriching and come back into compliance with its nonproliferation obligations.
For nearly 25 years, the IAEA has been unable to conclude that all of Iran’s nuclear material and activities are devoted to peaceful uses.»
She added that «Iran’s enrichment program began through illicit procurements and covert facilities, under a nuclear weapons program that planned to use enriched uranium as fuel. Iran was clearly stockpiling material for an apparent nuclear weapons breakout.»
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En Panamá 10 nuevos pacientes por semana se suman a quienes ya reciben terapia de hemodiálisis
Unos 10 nuevos pacientes por semana se están sumando a los 338 que actualmente reciben terapia de hemodiálisis en la Caja de Seguro Social.
Esta situación ha llevado a la entidad ha tener cinco turnos diarios de hemodiálisis, mediante ajustes operativos que permiten sostener la cobertura del servicio, lo que supera la capacidad de tres a cuatro turnos, que según fuentes de salud “es lo ideal».
Cerca de 150,000 personas en el país presentan algún grado de enfermedad renal crónica, y de este grupo alrededor del 14% padece la variante no tradicional, que afecta sobre todo a trabajadores agrícolas, de la construcción y minería expuestos a condiciones climáticas extremas.
Las provincias de Coclé, Herrera, Los Santos y Veraguas concentran la mayor proporción de casos de enfermedad renal crónica no tradicional.
La enfermedad renal crónica tradicional está vinculada a enfermedades como la hipertensión y la diabetes, mientras que la enfermedad renal crónica no tradicional, también conocida como Nefropatía Endémica Mesoamericana, se asocia a factores ambientales y ocupacionales, como el calor extremo, la deshidratación y la exposición a agroquímicos, de acuerdo con el Ministerio de Salud.
La enfermedad renal crónica tradicional se manifiesta con síntomas de evolución lenta, entre los que se encuentran fatiga, problemas para orinar y debilidad.
En el caso de la enfermedad renal crónica no tradicional, los signos suelen aparecer en etapas avanzadas, lo que hace que la prevención sea fundamental.
Panamá, en conjunto con países de Centroamérica y República Dominicana, desarrolla estrategias conjuntas para enfrentar estas enfermedades, enfocadas en reforzar la docencia comunitaria, la prevención y la detección temprana.
La detección de ambas enfermedades renales se realiza principalmente a través de pruebas de laboratorio, como análisis de sangre y orina, para evaluar la función renal. También se utilizan pruebas de imagen, como el ultrasonido renal, para visualizar los riñones y detectar anomalías; al no presentar síntomas en sus etapas iniciales, la detección temprana a través de pruebas de rutina es crucial.
De acuerdo con los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC), la enfermedad renal crónica suele avanzar lentamente y con pocos síntomas, lo que dificulta su detección temprana. Muchas personas no descubren que la padecen hasta fases avanzadas, cuando requieren diálisis o un trasplante de riñón para sobrevivir.
El Ministerio de Salud detectó un incremento significativo de la enfermedad renal crónica, especialmente en su forma no tradicional, como consecuencia directa de las altas temperaturas y el estrés térmico.
Durante mayo de este año la temperatura promedio en Panamá alcanzó los 37°C (98,6°F), con sensaciones térmicas superiores a 40°C (104°F), según reportes del Instituto de Meteorología e Hidrología de Panamá (IMHPA).
Estas condiciones incrementan el riesgo de insolación, deshidratación y golpes de calor, especialmente entre quienes realizan actividades al aire libre por periodos prolongados.
Por su parte, la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) describe la enfermedad renal crónica como una pérdida gradual de la función renal que no tiene cura, pero cuyo tratamiento busca controlar síntomas, reducir complicaciones y retrasar la progresión de la enfermedad.
Asimismo, el Programa Subregional de la OPS para Centroamérica y República Dominicana (CAM) ha señalado que la enfermedad renal crónica no tradicional es un tema prioritario dentro de la cooperación en salud, promoviendo acciones para mejorar las condiciones laborales, fortalecer la detección temprana, la vigilancia en salud y garantizar una atención integral a las personas afectadas.
Entre los factores de riesgo señalados por las autoridades destacan el trabajo físico intenso en ambientes de calor extremo, la exposición continua al sol, la deshidratación prolongada sin reposición suficiente de líquidos, el consumo excesivo de analgésicos y antiinflamatorios que pueden afectar los riñones, y pertenecer al grupo de adultos jóvenes.
La enfermedad renal crónica no tradicional se presenta de manera progresiva y silenciosa, lo que refuerza la importancia de la prevención.
La OPS incluyó la enfermedad renal crónica no tradicional como tema prioritario en su programa subregional para Centroamérica.
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Republican Steve Hilton has won one of the two tickets to the November California gubernatorial election in the race to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in steering the nation’s most populous state and the world’s fourth-largest economy.
Hilton, a one-time British political strategist turned American conservative commentator and former Fox News Channel host who is backed by President Donald Trump, will advance to the general election, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday.
Democrat-dominated California holds what’s known as a jungle primary in which all candidates, regardless of party affiliation, appear on the same ballot, with the top two finishers advancing to the general election.
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Former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate, speaks during a roundtable discussion with representatives from Child Guidance Center in Santa Ana on Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)
The big question is who Hilton will face in November.
His top two rivals heading into primary day were Xavier Becerra, a former California attorney general who later served as a Cabinet secretary in former President Biden’s administration and would make history as California’s first Latino governor in modern history, and Tom Steyer, a billionaire hedge fund founder turned environmental activist who unsuccessfully ran for his party’s 2020 presidential nomination and who has shelled out over $200 million of his own money in his bid for governor.
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a Republican, as well as Democratic candidates former Democratic Rep. Katie Porter, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, were among the whopping 61 candidates on the ballot.
Hilton is hoping to become the first California Republican to win a gubernatorial election since then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 2006 re-election two decades ago.
Steve Hilton, a Republican gubernatorial candidate in California, details during a Fox News Digital interview his plan to set up a commission to investigate fraud in the Golden State, on June 1, 2026, in Los Angeles (Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
Former Vice President Kamala Harris and Sen. Alex Padilla mulled launching Democratic bids for governor, but both last year announced they would take a pass. That resulted in the lack of a clear Golden State gubernatorial frontrunner for the first time in more than a quarter century.
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And the race was overshadowed for much of last year, as the devastation from the Los Angeles-area wildfires and President Donald Trump’s immigration raids grabbed headlines in California.
But the showdown for governor entered the spotlight earlier this year when one of the leading candidates, Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, dropped out of the race and then resigned from Congress following a political implosion after facing multiple allegations of sexual assault and misconduct that he continues to deny.
Matt Mahan, Xavier Becerra, Chad Bianco, Steve Hilton, Tom Steyer and Katie Porter appear during a gubernatorial debate at KRON Studios in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. California will hold its primary election on June 2, where the top two finishers advance to the general election in November regardless of party affiliation. (Jason Henry/Nexstar/Bloomberg – Pool/Getty Images)
Swalwell’s exit from the race opened the door for first Steyer and then Becerra to rise in the polls.
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Steyer, who unsuccessfully ran for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, spent more than $200 million of his own money to blanket the airwaves and the internet with ads. Meanwhile, more than $80 million in outside money has also been spent on the race.
Bianco, who launched his campaign for governor in April of last year, was among the top contenders in the race until Trump’s endorsement of Hilton in early April blunted his momentum.
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