NUCLEAR BOMB: IRAN could make enough material for one nuclear bomb in 'about 12 days,' a top US Defense Department official warned

Iran could make enough material for one nuclear bomb in 'about 12 days,' a top US Defense Department official warned on Tuesday, a dramatic fall from the estimated one year it would have taken while the 2015 Iran nuclear deal was in effect.

Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl made the comment to a House of Representatives hearing when asked why US President Joe Biden's administration had sought to revive the the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) deal.

Another defence department official - Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Dana Stroul - described the Islamic Republic as a 'global threat', in particular because of its growing military alliance with Russia, whose armies are currently invading Ukraine.

'We are now at a point where Iranian threats are no longer specific to the Middle East, but a global challenge,' she told reporters on Tesday.

'It is reasonable to expect that the tactics, techniques and procedures that the Iranians are learning and perfecting in Ukraine will one day come back to our partners in the Middle East, which is why we are increasing cooperation now.'

This corporation includes 'intelligence sharing, understanding these networks and increasing our collective defensive capabilities so that we are prepared to counter these threats in the region,' she added.

US officials have repeatedly estimated Iran's breakout time - how long it would take to acquire the fissile material for one bomb if it decided to - at weeks.

None, however, have been as specific as Kahl was on Tuesday.

But while US officials say Iran has grown closer to producing fissile material they do not believe it has mastered the technology to actually build a bomb.

Under the 2015 deal, which then-US President Donald Trump abandoned in 2018, Iran had reined in its nuclear program in return for relief from economic sanctions.

Trump reimposed US sanctions on Iran, leading Tehran to resume previously banned nuclear work and reviving US, European and Israeli fears that Iran may seek an atomic bomb. Iran denies any such ambition.

The currently administration in the White House has tried but failed to revive the pact over the last two years.

Kahl's comments came as a report - seen by the Associated Press on Tuesday - said inspectors from the UN's nuclear watchdog found uranium particles enriched up to 83.7 percent in Iran's underground Fordo nuclear site.

That's even as Tehran already faces internal unrest and Western anger over sending bomb-carrying drones to Russia for its war on Ukraine, and over its brutal crackdown on demonstrations over the death of Mahsa Amini

The IAEA report only speaks about 'particles,' suggesting that Iran isn't building a stockpile of uranium enriched above 60 percent - the level it has been enriching at for some time.

The IAEA report described inspectors discovering on January 21 that two cascades of IR-6 centrifuges at Iran's Fordo facility had been configured in a way 'substantially different' to what had been previously declared.

The IAEA took samples the following day, which showed particles up to 83.7 percent purity, the report said - just short of weapons-grade levels of 90 percent.

'Iran informed the agency that `unintended fluctuations' in enrichment levels may have occurred during the transition period,' the IAEA report said. 'Discussions between the agency and Iran to clarify the matter are ongoing.'

The IAEA report also said that it would 'further increase the frequency and intensity of agency verification activities' at Fordo after the discovery.

Iran's mission to the UN told the AP that Massimo Aparo, a top IAEA official, visited the Islamic Republic last week 'and checked the alleged enrichment rate.'

Jeremiah 49:34-38
The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,

Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.

And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.

For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the Lord; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:

And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the Lord.

mariahAngel:
The US are always acting like they're lord and saviour of the world.
Always quick to accuse other countries, when they themselves are not any better.
Others are bad, but they're the "good" ones.

Righteousness2:
The World is at the verge of fulfilment of Biblical prophecies of old.

Righteousness2:
The World is at the verge of fulfilment of Biblical prophecies of old.

One of such key prophecy is the prophet Jeremiah prophecy of a Strike of Iran power house, which entails a likely strike on Iran's Nuclear facility.



We are living in Biblical days.
Ensure you are living in the Conciousness of your Eternity.
Ensure you are living in preparation of the coming of JESUS CHRIST.

Chidexthebest:

The seat has been empty for eight years sef, the country is just running on its own

Totilopussylick:
Gibberish.


If I may ask, between Nigeria and the united states of America, which one would you choose to spend the remaining days of your life

mariahAngel:
The US are always acting like they're lord and saviour of the world.
Always quick to accuse other countries, when they themselves are not any better.
Who puts them in check?

Others are bad, but they're the "good" ones.

Totilopussylick:
Gibberish.


If I may ask, between Nigeria and the united states of America, which one would you choose to spend the remaining days of your life

LeopardX:
America the fear monger.
I just hope they will not use that excuse to invade Iran one of these days in search of a non existent weapon of mass destruction.

And I hope that Iran will not agree with them that they indeed have such weapons as Arabs typically do to look tough. They are Persians abeg.

And make US sef rest jor.

They block all avenues for their issue with Iran to be resolved with a desire to invade them eventually.