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14. ISIS report: Iran won't pursue a nuclear weapon program in 2012
Thu Jan 26, 2012, 06:52 PM
Jan 2012

Report by Institute for Science and International Security says 'Iran is unlikely to decide to dash toward making nuclear weapons as long as its uranium enrichment capability remains as limited as it is today.'

By Reuters

Iran is unlikely to move toward building a nuclear weapon this year because it does not yet have the capability to produce enough weapon-grade uranium, a draft report by the Institute for Science and International Security said on Wednesday.

The report by the institute founded by nuclear expert David Albright offered a more temperate view of Iran's nuclear program than some of the heated rhetoric that has surfaced since the United States and its allies stepped up sanctions on Tehran.

"Iran is unlikely to decide to dash toward making nuclear weapons as long as its uranium enrichment capability remains as limited as it is today," the report said.

The United States and Iran are engaged in a war of words over sanctions, with Iran threatening to retaliate by blocking oil shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. The United States said it would not allow that to happen.

in full: http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/isis-report-iran-won-t-pursue-a-nuclear-weapon-program-in-2012-1.409264

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