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Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-to-slap-sanctions-on-over-two-dozen-targets-tied-to-iran-arms-idUSKCN26B0QE

U.S.: Iran Will Have Enough Fissile Material for Nuclear Bomb by Year's End

(Reuters) Steve Holland and Arshad Mohammed - The U.S. on Monday will sanction more than two dozen people and entities involved in Iran's nuclear, missile and conventional arms programs, a senior U.S. official said. The official said Iran could have enough fissile material for a nuclear weapon by the end of the year and that Tehran has resumed long-range missile cooperation with nuclear-armed North Korea. "Iran is clearly doing everything it can to keep in existence a virtual turnkey capability to get back into the [nuclear] weaponization business at a moment's notice," the official said.

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