Is Iran Close To Build Nuclear Weapon?

New intelligence suggests Iran closer to building nuclear weapon 

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has received new intelligence that Iran has moved further toward building a nuclear weapon. Here, the reactor building of Iran's nuclear power plant is seen, at Bushehr. Source: AP

 

THE UN atomic agency has received new and significant intelligence over the past month that Iran has moved further toward the ability to build a nuclear weapon, diplomats tell The Associated Press.

They say the intelligence shows that Iran has advanced its work on calculating the destructive power of an atomic warhead through a series of computer models that it ran sometime within the past three years.

The diplomats say the information comes from Israel, the United States and at least two other Western countries. The time-frame is significant because if the International Atomic Energy Agency decides that the intelligence is credible, it would strengthen its concerns that Iran has continued weapons work into the recent past - and may be continuing to do so.

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