[CNN] Iran likely has enough material to make a nuclear weapon, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Adm. Mike Mullen told CNN on Sunday. "We think they do, quite frankly," Mullen said. "Iran having a nuclear weapon, I believe, for a long time, is a very, very bad outcome for the region and for the world." In February the Institute for Science and International Security released a report concluding that Iran has reached "nuclear weapons breakout capability," based on an analysis of data from the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN nuclear watchdog agency. However, an IAEA official cautioned that Iran's stock of low-enriched uranium would have to be turned into highly enriched uranium to qualify as weapons-grade material. That hasn't been done, the official said.
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