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\u201cA Weakened Iran Still Has a Major Deterrent: the Nuclear Option,\u201d<\/a> WSJ, 10-8-24.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIn late September, a former head of Iran\u2019s atomic agency, Fereydoun Abbasi, suggested that Tehran could start producing 90% enriched, weapons-grade uranium. U.S. officials have said it would take Iran less than two weeks to convert its current 60% nuclear-fuel stockpile into weapons-grade material. \u2026 While it claims its nuclear program is for purely peaceful purposes, Iran is the only nonnuclear weapons power that produces highly enriched uranium. It currently has enough near-weapons-grade fuel for almost four nuclear weapons, according to the most recent data from the International Atomic Energy Agency. Iran also has been conducting experiments with uranium metal, a key component of a nuclear weapon, and has cut back much of the international oversight granted by the nuclear deal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Again the NYT gets the story wrong.\u00a0 Trump was right to back out of such a bad deal, an agreement that would actually lead to Iran having a nuclear program that produced a nuclear weapon.\u00a0 Think of it this way\u2014just because the U.S. backed out doesn\u2019t mean that Iran had to decide to move toward weapons.\u00a0 That is the definition of blackmail.\u00a0 Or think of it this way\u2014the Obama Administration believed in paying ransoms.\u00a0 That the Trump Administration said no more ransoms was not a bad thing.\u00a0 Or think of it like this\u2014Obama\u2019s JCPOA didn\u2019t restrict Iran\u2019s missiles, the same missiles it has used against the Middle East countries, against U.S. troops, and now against Israel. \u00a0And hey NYT, anytime you rely on Ben Rhodes for foreign policy advice, you\u2019ve got a problem.\u00a0 See \u201cIran Crisis Ignites New Debate About Trump\u2019s Nuclear Deal Exit,\u201d<\/a> NYT, 10-8-24.<\/p>\n

\u201cEx-soldier on trial accused of spying for Iran,\u201d<\/a> BBC, 10-8-24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cA Weakened Iran Still Has a Major Deterrent: the Nuclear Option,\u201d WSJ, 10-8-24.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIn late September, a former head of Iran\u2019s atomic agency, Fereydoun Abbasi, suggested that Tehran could start producing 90% enriched, weapons-grade uranium. U.S. officials have said it would take Iran less than two weeks to convert its current 60% nuclear-fuel stockpile into weapons-grade … <\/p>\n

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