US EditionFrench intelligence chief: no certainty on whereabouts of Iran's uranium stocks
IRAN, JUL 10 – France's intelligence chief reports Iran's nuclear program delayed by months due to US-Israeli strikes but highlights 450 kilograms of enriched uranium still unaccounted for.
- French spy chief Nicolas Lerner stated that the whereabouts of Iran's stockpiles of enriched uranium is unknown.
- Lerner noted that Iran has enough enriched uranium to potentially fuel around 10 bombs if processed further.
- A small part of Iran's enriched uranium stockpile has been destroyed, but most remains with authorities.
- Lerner indicated that Iran's nuclear program has experienced significant delays, possibly many months.
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French intelligence chief: no certainty on whereabouts of Iran's uranium stocks
France's intelligence chief said on Tuesday that all aspects of Iran's nuclear program have been pushed back several months after American and Israeli air strikes, but there is uncertainty over where its highly-enriched uranium stocks are.
The attacks on nuclear facilities in Iran, but also the sanctions against Russia raise the question of how to secure the supply of uranium. However, more of the raw material is available than it seems.
The Iranian nuclear program was delayed “in a few months” by Israeli and American attacks, said in March the head of the French Foreign Information Service (DGSE), Nicolas Lerner, writes AFP.
Iran nuclear programme ’very delayed’ by strikes: intel chief
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