(Jerusalem Post) Ariel Ben Solomon - Iran's shipment of low-enriched uranium to Russia on Monday is not very significant in the big picture, experts say. "Iran has achieved a major victory by trading away easily-reversible nuclear concessions like enriched uranium and first-generation centrifuges that all can be easily reconstituted," Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington, told the Jerusalem Post. "Rather than permanently blocking Iran's nuclear weapons pathways, the deal opens a patient path to a nuclear weapon. Tehran simply has to follow the deal to emerge in 10 to 15 years as a much more dangerous adversary with a massive nuclear program, an advanced centrifuge-powered rapid path to a bomb, intercontinental ballistic missiles, regional dominance and its economy immunized against future sanctions." Emily Landau, director of the Arms Control and Regional Security Program at the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University, told the Post that "the deal allows Iran to continue research and development of advanced centrifuges, which down the road could enable the country to replenish its enriched uranium at a faster pace."
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