Dimming hope for new diplomacy, US Secretary of State Tony Blinken accused Iran of reaching enough material for an atomic bomb in a matter of weeks “if Tehran further violates restrictions it agreed to under the 2015 nuclear deal.”
This is broadly incorrect and wildly misleading. The accusation is based, superficially, on the idea that Iran has a substantial stockpile of low-enriched uranium, and they are figuring at what level that stockpile could be enough for a single bomb.
Yet weapons grade uranium is 90% or higher enriched. Iran is presently enriching mostly to 3.5% with some to 20%. They have never attempted to go meaningfully higher than 20%, and further enrichment, though conceivably possible, is an untested road for them.
Even then, Iran would have to convert the uranium that it doesn’t really have into a single bomb, a very non-trivial process. At this point, the allegations fall apart entirely, because if Iran did all of this, and conducted a test explosion to prove it had a weapon, they’d use up all of their uranium in the test, and would be back to square one on making usable weapons.
This makes the whole allegation unrealistic, but gave Iranian FM Javad Zarif the chance to reject the accusation, and reiterate that Iran is not seeking a nuclear weapon in the first place.
We’ve been misleading the world, our public, & even ourselves for almost a generation when it comes to Iran. let’s face it, we’re just angry with the Mullahs for refusing to become a client-state; and, only an all-out war would calm us down.
Remember when we sold the Shah nuclear reactors and used it to brag “nuclear power is so safe look, heres a chap sitting atop an ocean of oil and he’s buying these fine GE and Westinghouse products to generate electricity!” I do.
Which Iran could do. Iran signed the NPT in 1968, ratified it in 1970. Iran can enrich for peaceful purposes. The last trip representatives from the IAEA confirmed Iran enriching within its rights to do so. Inspections were done.
Either Blinken is being willfully ignorant or he’s….nope, just willfully ignorant. Or maybe we should be like the Trumpsters and claim good cop/bad cop…nope, he’s being willfully ignorant.
If Blinken does not speak with the approval of President Biden there is something terribly wrong in US-Denmark.
Which makes Biden equally willfully ignorant.
Afraid to do anything that might offend Israel.
The question i would ask Blinken is this ,where you born an idiot or just practiced for a long time.
He is not ignorant, and he knows just where is allegiance lies. It ain’t the U.S. Israel first. Always.
Blinken is just adding a little drama to the reconciliation efforts.
Brainless Blinken…! If Iran can build a bomb in a matter of weeks, then that is the First in the World….! Should go to the Guinness Book of Records…! Lol..!
A test would then be required. Most important is the creation of a delivery system.
Israel has that in spades. Years ago Modecai Vanunu confirmed Israel having the bomb, or rather, bombs.
The problem is the majority of people haven`t a clue as to the complexaties of developing a Nuclear weapon so Blinken /isrealis ect can say anything and people believe it.
Also a major step for a bomb is converting the enriched uranium gas to a metal. Iran has never done that. They are starting to do it now, which has triggered a statement from the E-3 losers that Iran should halt this work (no mention of halting sanctions). . . .here
Misleading is what these zionists do-it is the agenda and narrative.