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Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/04/10/iran-nuclear-bomb-iaea-fordow/
Iran Edges Close to Nuclear Weapons Capability
(Washington Post) Joby Warrick - International inspectors who visited Iran's Fordow underground nuclear complex in February reported newly installed equipment producing enriched uranium at ever faster speeds, and an expansion underway that could soon double the plant's output. Moreover, Fordow was scaling up production of highly enriched uranium, just shy of weapons grade. Iran now has a supply of highly enriched uranium that could be converted to weapons-grade fuel for at least three bombs in a time frame ranging from a few days to a few weeks. The making of a crude nuclear device could follow in as little as six months, while building a nuclear warhead deliverable by a missile would take perhaps two years or more, officials said. One U.S. official said of Iran, "they are dancing right up to the edge."