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No Evidence Iran Is Building Nuclear Bomb, Says UN Atomic Energy Chief (novaramedia.com)

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[–] jaykrown@lemmy.world 0 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Thanks for proving my point. From the article you linked:

Most worryingly for the international community, Iran had by last summer produced a stockpile of just over 440kg of highly enriched uranium (HEU), of 60% purity. In terms of technical difficulty, once at 60%, it is a relatively easy step to reach 90% – weapons-grade uranium that can be used to make a compact warhead.

You don't need HEU for civilian nuclear power operations.

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 hours ago

You ignored the main part though

Despite that uncertainty, the IAEA director general, Rafael Grossi, said on Monday that “we don’t see a structured programme to manufacture nuclear weapons”.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 hours ago

Did you ignore the part of there being no evidence Iran was developing a nuclear bomb?