US EditionCornered and Wounded, Will Iran Now Go for a Nuclear Bomb?
Iran’s large stockpile of uranium enriched to 60% and over 400 kg of highly enriched uranium lowers technical barriers for a crude nuclear device, experts say.
- Speculation is mounting regarding Iran's nuclear doctrine under new supreme leader Mojtaba, as technical barriers to building a weapon appear lower despite no official announcement of a bomb program.
- Recent Israeli military operations and President Donald Trump's strikes on nuclear sites last year emboldened the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to challenge Iran's long-standing doctrine of 'strategic patience.'
- Iran retains a large stockpile of Uranium enriched to 60%, with more than 400 kilograms available, enough to produce several nuclear weapons if leadership reverses the previous fatwa.
- Analyst Sina Azodi argues that possessing 50 nuclear warheads would fail to deter a country with 5,000 nuclear weapons, suggesting any device would serve primarily political demonstration purposes.
- Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed warned eight years ago that if Iran developed a nuclear bomb, Saudi Arabia would follow suit, while officials await clarity on the new leadership's nuclear stance.
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Why Iran’s Nuclear Program Is Back at the Center of Global Concern
A new analysis is raising fresh questions about how close Iran may be to having the option to build a nuclear weapon. The concern is not that a bomb has been announced, but that the technical barriers appear lower than they were before, even after repeated strikes on parts of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. Recent assessments from international monitors and regional security analysts say Iran still has a large stockpile of uranium enriched to 60%…
By Mostafa Salem and Leila Gharagozlou, CNN. When Iran’s covert nuclear program attracted international attention more than two decades ago, Tehran insisted its intentions were peaceful and that it had no plans to develop weapons. The country’s then-supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, even issued a fatwa, or legal ruling under Islamic law, forbidding them. But his death at the hands of the United States and Israel last month could pave the w…
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