Iran Will Have Enough Enriched Uranium for Nuke
Jan 15, 2020 3:31:51 GMT -5
Post by Berean on Jan 15, 2020 3:31:51 GMT -5
Israeli Intel: Iran Will Have Enough Enriched Uranium for Nuke by Year's End
However, Israeli army does not believe Iran possesses missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead at this time
Jan 14, 2020 7:40 PM
Members of the media and officials tour the water nuclear reactor at Arak, Iran, December 23, 2019. Wana News Agency/Reuters
Iran will have a sufficient amount of enriched uranium to produce one nuclear bomb by the end of the year, according to Israeli army intelligence estimates for 2020.
However, the Israeli army believes that at this stage, Tehran does not posses a missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, and would need at least two years to develop such capabilities.
The United States' exit from the nuclear agreement signed in 2015 brings intelligence officials to estimate that Iran's nuclear program is running again after years of not violating the agreement. Israel's security establishment has assessed that by the end of 2020, Iran will have the required amount of enriched uranium to produce one nuclear bomb.
On June 17, Iran said that it would surpass the deal's 300-kilogram limit on low-enriched uranium, and quadrupled its production. It also threatened to raise enrichment closer to weapons-grade levels on July 7 if the three European countries that still support the 2015 agreement didn't offer a new deal.
Under the 2015 agreement, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, Iran agreed to limit its enrichment of uranium and submit to UN inspections in exchange for lifting economic sanctions. But U.S. President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the accord in May 2018, and has imposed increasingly tough U.S. sanctions to pressure Iran to negotiate a better deal, and the United States has threatened sanctions against countries that trade with Iran.
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However, Israeli army does not believe Iran possesses missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead at this time
Jan 14, 2020 7:40 PM
Members of the media and officials tour the water nuclear reactor at Arak, Iran, December 23, 2019. Wana News Agency/Reuters
Iran will have a sufficient amount of enriched uranium to produce one nuclear bomb by the end of the year, according to Israeli army intelligence estimates for 2020.
However, the Israeli army believes that at this stage, Tehran does not posses a missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, and would need at least two years to develop such capabilities.
The United States' exit from the nuclear agreement signed in 2015 brings intelligence officials to estimate that Iran's nuclear program is running again after years of not violating the agreement. Israel's security establishment has assessed that by the end of 2020, Iran will have the required amount of enriched uranium to produce one nuclear bomb.
On June 17, Iran said that it would surpass the deal's 300-kilogram limit on low-enriched uranium, and quadrupled its production. It also threatened to raise enrichment closer to weapons-grade levels on July 7 if the three European countries that still support the 2015 agreement didn't offer a new deal.
Under the 2015 agreement, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, Iran agreed to limit its enrichment of uranium and submit to UN inspections in exchange for lifting economic sanctions. But U.S. President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the accord in May 2018, and has imposed increasingly tough U.S. sanctions to pressure Iran to negotiate a better deal, and the United States has threatened sanctions against countries that trade with Iran.
Story continues at link