Fresh off of reports that the Iran nuclear talks may be back on, Israel is back to vilifying them with misleading claims of Iran’s breakout capabilities. Defense Minister Benny Gantz is once again taking charge of this narrative.
Gantz claimed that Iran is “just a few weeks” away from having enough fissile material to build a single nuclear bomb. The claim is built around imagining Iran’s low-enriched uranium was at some higher enrichment level that would be usable for a weapon.
Iran’s lower enrichment levels are well-documented, and their stockpile is artificially large right now because the nuclear deal is stalled, and shipment abroad for reprocessing is also stalled by that.
Weapons-grade uranium is in excess of 90% enriched, of which Iran has none, nor has ever attempted to produce. The 60% uranium, the highest they’ve ever attempted to produce, is only about a 60 kg stockpile, far from the amount needed for a weapon even with further processing.
Israel’s claims that Iran is near some nuclear metric is always based on over-stated claims of what Iran has, and suppositions that the large steps between a civilian program and a weapon could be overcome in an instant.
In reality, Iran is nowhere near producing a weapon, and there is no evidence Iran is even attempting to do so. Repetition of the allegations is the only reason anyone treats the claims with any credibility, and even then it’s just repetition of years of lies.
Even if Iran wants to enririch at 100%, they can do it while being still fully compliant to the NPT, JCPOA or not, nuclear is a dual use technology, they should focus more on Brazil for instance where they are enriching at 90% for nuclear subs.
“Weeks away from a bomb” is becoming a meme at this point, how Israel is forcing to have an US-Iran war based on the nuclear weapon fearmongering is becoming hilarious and pathetic at the same time.
40 years of trying to overthrow Iran govt by any manner hidden behind excuses
Will be taken as fact in the NY times and repeated as an established fact that everybody knows on the television.
Israeli DM Claims Sky Is Falling, Again
Well said.
I’ll believe the sky is falling when it hits them on their heads… Maybe inflicting some common sense…
I was wondering when Israel was going to start jumping up and down for attention again now that the focus is off of them and on Ukraine. I’ll bet Tel Aviv is jealous as hell of Kiev for the latter getting megatons of free military hardware from all over the world.
Yes. Ten years worth to Ukraine already. They’ll be jumping up and down for a boost to their yearly siphoning of our taxpayer’s money.
If some had the time and inkling to do such, you could make a great piece on how many of israeli leaders have said this for decades. Hundreds? Hilarious. Yep, if iran doesnt get genocided any sec now, she;; get the bomb in 30 minutes and kill us all..arghhh
“The Samson Option” only works for Israel if they are the only country in the region that has the ability to use it.
Now the Russia is warning them to stop invading Syrian airspace, Israel might be getting nervous.
Gantz lives on lies… If he doesn’t lie for longer than a month he would go crazy and needs hospitalization…!
Crying wolf, again, again, again and … again.
There are bigger crises going on today. Needs to scream louder to be heard.
Hope it`s true , all tho i doubt it.