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Iran needs 'one week' to build nuclear weapon, official claims
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https://www.newsweek.com/iran-nuclear-weapon-week-1894164
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A senior Iranian lawmaker has warned Tehran could make a nuclear weapon within days, adding to concerns about the consequences of escalating tensions in the Middle East.
Javad Karimi-Ghodousi, a former military commander and member of Iran’s national security commission, said in a video on X, formerly Twitter, that his country is technically able to enrich uranium to 90 percent purity “for warheads” in “half a day or let’s say, one week” and that the IAEA is “aware” of Tehran’s capabilities.
Karimi-Ghodousi also said that if the EU and the U.S. “will not bow before regime demands” not only will Iran "acquire nuclear arms, "the Islamic Republic will increase its “missile range to above 10,000 km (6,200 miles)” to target European countries, according to Isfahani’s post.
Iran launched 300 drones and missiles on Israel earlier this month in response to an Israeli strike in Syria that killed two Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp. commanders.
The comments by such a high-ranking Iranian official as Haghtalab “are a source of concern,” IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said Wednesday, according to Bloomberg.
Iran’s stock of enriched uranium, which was capped at 202.8 kg under the 2015 deal, was 5.5 tonnes as of February, according to the IAEA’s latest quarterly report.
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