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International Pressure Delayed Iran's Nuclear Program


(Ha'aretz) Aluf Benn - Iran's nuclear program has been delayed by at least a year because of international pressure for more transparency in its nuclear affairs. However, new intelligence assessments suggest that if Iran successfully continues the program, by the beginning of next year it will be able to operate centrifuges to enrich uranium and from there, it would take a year and a half to two years to make enough fissionable material for a Hiroshima-sized bomb. Iran was forced to separate its military nuclear program from the civilian one - the two had previously been managed together. The Iranians also devoted much effort to hiding a site where the nuclear device's mechanism is suspected of being built.
2004-05-18 00:00:00
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