Iran touts peaceful nuclear program after G7 call out, but Islamic Republic is enriching uranium to levels with no civilian uses.
“grave concern” about the growing security threat posed by Iran’s escalation of its nuclear program and its destabilizing role in the region and beyond.
The Institute for Science and International Security , a Washington D.C.-based think tank, said that rather than possessing “a traditional nuclear weapons program,” Iran’s previous nuclear weapons program readied it to make nuclear weapons “on demand.” Iran responded by removing 27 IAEA cameras monitoring its nuclear activity and saying the cameras would stay off until the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, under which Tehran agreed to curtail much of its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief, was restored.
“Back in 2018, when the previous administration decided to leave the [Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action], it would have taken Iran about 12 months to produce one bomb's worth of fissile material. Now it would take about 12 days," Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin KahlWhile U.S.
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