Energy secretary: Iran ‘frighteningly close’ to nuclear weapon despite Operation Epic Fury
Chris Wright told senators roughly 1 ton of Iran’s 60% enriched uranium is weeks from weapons-grade level, with 11 tons of 20% material close behind.
- On Wednesday, Energy Secretary Chris Wright warned that Iran is "frighteningly close" to obtaining a nuclear weapon, nearly three months after the United States launched Operation Epic Fury to halt the Islamic Republic's nuclear program.
- Wright told the Senate Armed Services Committee that roughly a ton of Iran's 60% uranium is "only weeks away" from weapons-grade level, with the remaining 11 tons of 20% material just a few weeks behind.
- Intelligence assessments published by The New York Times indicate Iran maintains access to 30 of its 33 missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz, complicating claims that Operation Midnight Hammer destroyed regime capabilities.
- Ibrahim Rezaei, spokesman for the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, threatened "new confrontations with the United States" on Wednesday night, while Vice President JD Vance stated the administration remains confident in its protections.
- Despite enrichment concerns, Matthew Bunn, professor of practice at Harvard University, warned that military strikes cannot "solve the problem" of proliferation, as a months-long weaponization process remains necessary even after reaching weapons-grade purity.
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The Nuclear Clock Is Ticking: Iran Just "Weeks" From Weapons-Grade Uranium - Tampa Free Press
Energy Secretary Chris Wright issued a stark warning to lawmakers on Wednesday, revealing that Iran is now “frighteningly close” to securing the materials needed for a nuclear bomb. This assessment comes nearly three months into a U.S.-led military campaign specifically designed to stop the Islamic Republic from reaching that threshold. Testifying before the Senate Armed […] The Nuclear Clock Is Ticking: Iran Just “Weeks” From Weapons-Grade Uran…
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright told lawmakers on Wednesday that Iran is “close” to building nuclear weapons, insisting that the country is “weeks away” from enriching a ton of uranium to levels suitable for nuclear weapons. “Frighteningly close. It’s weeks, a small number of weeks away from enriching it to weapons-grade uranium,” Wright told the Senate Armed Services Committee in a hearing. “There’s still a weapons process that happens after t…
US warning: Iran is 'frighteningly close' to nuclear weapon
Despite 40 days of intense US-Israeli strikes on Iran, the US energy secretary warned Tehran is 'weeks away' from enriching a ton of uranium to weapons grade; Iran threatened 90% enrichment; Vance said talks are progressing
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