Iran can make nuclear weapons - but won't, says top politician

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Source: The Guardian

Iran can make nuclear weapons - but won't, says top politician

Statement is first time an Iranian politician has admitted country
has capability to produce nuclear arms

Damien Pearse and agencies
guardian.co.uk, Saturday 7 April 2012 17.42 BST

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.

Moghadam told the parliament's news website, icana.ir: "Iran has the scientific and technological capability to produce [a] nuclear weapon, but will never choose this path."

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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/07/iran-can-produce-nuclear-weapons-politician

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1. jeez, Iranian politicians are stupider than ours.

they just admitted they can build a bomb, but won't? Do they WANT Israel and the US to bomb them?