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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.
2020-09-21 00:00:00
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