Iran is now capable of producing a nuclear bomb.
Iran is technically capable of producing a nuclear bomb but has not decided whether to build one, a senior adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday.
Kamal Kharrazi spoke a day after US President Joe Biden wrapped up his four-day trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia, pledging to stop Iran from “getting a nuclear weapon”.
Kharrazi’s comments were a rare hint that Iran may have an interest in nuclear weapons, which it has long denied it seeks.
“Within a few days we were able to enrich uranium up to 60 percent and we can easily produce 90 percent enriched uranium … Iran has the technical means to produce a nuclear bomb, but there has been no decision by Iran to do so.” build one”, Kharrazi said.
Iran is already increasing uranium enrichment to 60 percent, well above the 3.67 percent limit under Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
Uranium enriched up to 90 percent is suitable for a nuclear bomb.
