Iran can make nuclear weapons — but won’t, says top politician

Damien Pearse
guardian.co.uk
April 7, 2012

Iran has the technological capability to produce nuclear weapons but will never do so, a prominent politician in the Islamic republic has said.

The statement by Gholamreza Mesbahi Moghadam is the first time an Iranian politician has publicly stated that the country has the knowledge and skills to produce a nuclear weapon.

Moghadam, whose views do not represent the government’s policy, said Iran could easily create the highly enriched uranium that is used to build atomic bombs, but it was not Tehran’s policy to go down that route.

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This article was posted: Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 8:16 am

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