Washington: The United States says that Iran is one or two weeks away from the ability to make a nuclear bomb.
US Secretary of State Tony Blanken said in a speech at a security forum in Colorado that Iran has not yet developed nuclear weapons, but it could produce the materials needed to build a nuclear bomb in a week or two. News about Iran’s nuclear capability comes after the election of a new Iranian president, Masoud Shakian. We’ve seen Iran’s nuclear deal escalate over the past few weeks and months. Responsibility for Iran’s nuclear advance rests with the decision makers who pulled the US out of the nuclear deal.
The US secretary of state refrained from saying anything about what the US strategy would be to prevent Iran from moving towards developing nuclear weapons. A nuclear deal was signed with Iran in 2015 under the leadership of the United States, but the United States withdrew from the agreement in 2018.
