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Netanyahu said Iran is building a nuclear bomb! CNN Analysis: How accurate are the Israeli Prime Minister's claims?
2025-06-14 16:20:17 / BOTA
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed that Iran has produced enough enriched uranium for nine nuclear weapons. But Tehran has repeatedly insisted it is not building a bomb.
It's not clear how close Iran might be to building a nuclear bomb, but the country has made significant progress in producing the key element: highly enriched uranium, CNN writes.
In a report sent to member states on May 31, the UN nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, had said that Iran possessed a quantity of uranium enriched to 60% purity - not yet suitable for weapons, but enough to eventually produce nine nuclear weapons if further enriched to 90%.
"Iran could produce a nuclear weapon in a very short time. It could be a year. It could be within a few months," Netanyahu said Friday when announcing the bold "Rising Lion" operation.
"This is a clear and present danger to the survival of Israel," he added.
Iran has significantly increased its uranium enrichment program since Donald Trump withdrew from the nuclear deal in 2018. It started with about 150 kg of uranium enriched to 3.6% – which is enough for nuclear reactors and a peaceful nuclear program – and now has 50 times the 2018 level.
In 2023, the IAEA said that uranium particles enriched to 83.7% purity – close to bomb-grade levels – were found at an Iranian nuclear facility.
Its stockpile of uranium enriched to 60% had also increased to 128.3 kilograms, the highest level documented at the time.
The IAEA has long accused Iran of violating non-proliferation obligations, but on Thursday – for the first time in almost 20 years – its board adopted a resolution formally declaring that Iran has violated these obligations.
Meanwhile, Iran, for its part, promised to respond by escalating its nuclear activities.
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