US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday warned Iran can now produce the necessary fissile material for an atomic bomb in as little as a week or two, but has yet to take steps to assemble a weapon.
Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum, Blinken indicated he was not optimistic about the chances for reform in Iran despite the recent election of a relatively more moderate candidate, as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is still the one who “calls the shots.”
Blinken reiterated that the US would not allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon, adding the administration still prefers a diplomatic route to preventing this scenario.
“What we need to see, if Iran is serious about engaging, is actually pulling back on the work that it’s been doing on his program.”
“Second, we have been maximizing pressure on Iran across the board. We’ve imposed more than 600 sanctions on Iranian persons and entities. We haven’t lifted a single sanction,” he asserted.
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Like climate change, Iran has been 1 to 2 weeks away for the last 2 years. In reality Iran is not a friendly nation to western ideals. They certainly are front and center when it comes to causing turmoil in the Middle Eastern sphere. More than likely they all ready have the capability to field a nuclear weapon, but haven’t tested the ability to deliver for fear of an immediate response. They are comfortable with using proxies to wage war rather than bring a war directly within their border. The 1 to 2 week repeated is always after something happens negatively within western politics and needing a way to shift focus the powers at be bring out the “1 to 2 weeks”.
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