Experts: Iran About To Have Nukes - Country Has 18x More Enriched Uranium That Deal Allowed

Experts: Iran About to Have Nukes, Country Has 18x More Enriched Uranium Than Obama Deal Allowed

Samantha Chang

Iran is on the cusp of having all the materials to build its first nuclear weapon, thanks in large part to the disastrous 2015 Iran nuclear deal negotiated by then-President Barack Obama and then-Vice President Joe Biden.

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz sounded the alarm during a May 17 speech at the Institute of Policy and Strategy at Reichman University in Israel.

“It stands just a few weeks away from accumulating fissile material that will be sufficient for a first bomb, holds 60 kg of enriched material at 60%, produces metallic uranium at the enrichment level of 20%, and prevents the [International Atomic Energy Agency] from accessing its facilities,” Gantz said, as reported by the Times of Israel.

The Islamic republic is also trying to “complete the production and installation of 1,000 advanced IR6 centrifuges at its nuclear facilities” and is building a new underground lab near its Natanz nuclear enrichment complex, Gantz warned.

These assertions contradict the repeated claims by Iran — the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism — that it never had any intention of developing nuclear weapons.

According to the IAEA, Iran has accumulated a stockpile of enriched uranium that is 18 times over the limit stipulated in the 2015 nuclear deal, Fox News reported Tuesday.

In the lopsided Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, Obama lifted economic sanctions that had crippled Iran financially for decades, unfroze $150 billion in assets and gave Iran $400 million in cash.

Now, in addition to being on the verge of becoming a nuclear power, it appears Iran has been lying to the international community about its intentions and activities.