Atom program - US Secretary of State assured: Iran could have nuclear weapons material in a few weeks
The Iran is estimated by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to be "shortly before obtaining the capability to produce fissile material for a nuclear weapon." Due to the nuclear deal with Iran being unveiled, the Iranians are "probably only a week or two away," Blinken stated at the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado. Although Iran has not yet produced a nuclear weapon, the US is closely monitoring developments there.
"When you put these two things together - the fissile material and a warhead - then you have a nuclear weapon," Blinken continued. In the last few weeks and months, one has seen that Iran is making progress with its nuclear program. The country is making strides in terms of its capacity to produce fissile material. Now, one is observing what it is doing in terms of weapons.
Nuclear deal "one of the biggest mistakes"
Ideally, the USA and their partners should try to get a handle on the situation with diplomatic means, Blinken said. However, the unveiling of the nuclear deal has made this difficult. For him, this unveiling was "one of the biggest mistakes we have made in the last few years."
Iran committed to significantly limiting its nuclear program in the 2015 Vienna Nuclear Deal. In May 2018, then-US President Donald Trump announced the cancellation of the pact, which was designed to prevent Iran from building nuclear bombs. In response, Tehran significantly increased uranium enrichment and reduced IAEA inspections.
New Iranian President: Defense doctrine does not include nuclear weapons
The newly elected Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi emphasized in the past week that his country is not building nuclear weapons. "I would like to emphasize that the defense doctrine of Iran does not include nuclear weapons," the President wrote in the presentation of his foreign policy course in the "Tehran Times." The USA should come to terms with this reality and abandon further accusations.
- The United States of America, under former President Donald Trump, cancelled the 2015 nuclear deal, which was aimed at preventing Iran from developing Atomic Weapons.
- Despite the Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's assertion that their defense doctrine does not include Atomic Weapons, the United States of America, as stated by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, believes Iran is getting closer to obtaining the capability to produce fissile material for an Atomic Weapon.
- Blinken, at the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado, stated that Iran, under the current situation, is probably only a week or two away from having the capability to produce fissile material for an Atomic Weapon.
- The progress that Iran has made in its Atom program over the last few weeks and months has raised concerns in the United States of America, with Blinken noting the country's advancements in terms of its capacity to produce fissile material and its work on weapons.
- The cancellation of the nuclear deal by the United States of America under Trump led to Iran significantly increasing uranium enrichment and reducing IAEA inspections, which has contributed to the current state of the Atom arrival situation.
- Tony Blinken, in his remarks, urged diplomatic means to handle the situation, but he expressed his belief that the unveiling of the nuclear deal was a "biggest mistake we have made in the last few years."
