- Iran enriches that amount of existing uranium to only a 3% composition level for nuclear power
- Iran would have to enrich the uranium it uses for nuclear power to a level 30 times higher if it intended it to be for weapons grade use
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Iran does enrich about three hundred pounds of
uranium annually to just over 20% for use in a medical reactor that produces radioisotopes to treat cancer,
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Iran would need ten times the amount of 20% enriched
uranium enriched almost five times
greater to produce a nuclear weapon
For years, the IAEA has supervised Iran's nuclear activities, which are often announced publicly in advance. Prior to the invasion of Iraq on March 19, 2003, the IAEA exposed the forged Nigerian "yellowcake" acquisition documents that were used by western sources to make false nuclear claims against Iraq. Several key members, such as Mohamed ElBaradei, have since left the IAEA and have been replaced by sources more favorable to western powers. Although they produced a November 2011 report that was critical of Iran in several areas, the report still acknowledged salient facts about Iran's uranium enrichment program and weapons delivery mechanisms. The IAEA report found no evidence of Iran attempting to enrich large quantities of uranium past the 20% level needed for their medical reactor. It concluded about this key Natanz facility that: "The facility has operated as declared by Iran in the DIQ". In regards to the Fordow Fuel Enrichment plant (FFEP) it concluded that: "the results of environmental samples taken at FFEP up until April 27, 2011 did not indicate the presence of enriched uranium". The report also went on to indicate that Iran has no delivery mechanism for a nuclear warhead even if they had the capability to produce one. It mentioned that Iran has not worked on such a delivery mechanism since 2003. Therefore, although Iran is a sovereign nation that has a right to do so, independent worldwide teams on the ground state flatly that Iran is not attempting to develop nuclear weaponry at this time.
IAEA Report: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2011/nov/09/iran-nuclear-programme-iaea-report
Israeli
Intelligence: "They are misleading the
public on the Iran issue"
But perhaps the most stunning developments are recent comments from former and current top officials in the Israel Defense Force (IDF), Israeli Secret Service (Shin Bet) and Israeli Mossad intelligence agency. They have all spoken out to essentially corroborate the U.S. Intelligence and IAEA accounts.
In a December 29, 2011, Haartz interview, Current Mossad chief, Tamir Pardo, stated that Iran did not pose an existential threat to Israel. He added: "The term existential threat is used too freely". But during the past few months, his counterparts have gone much further:
In an April 12, 2012 Haarertz
interview, Israel Defense Force (IDF)
Lieutenant General, Benny Gantz, stated: "Iran
is going step by step to the place where it will be able to decide whether to
manufacture a nuclear bomb. It hasn't yet decided whether to go the extra
mile." --I don't think he
[Ayatollah Ali Khamenei] will want to go the extra mile. I think the Iranian
leadership is composed of very rational people." http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/idf-chief-to-haaretz-i-do-not-believe-iran-will-decide-to-develop-nuclear-weapons-1.426389
In a
March 8, 2012 CBS interview, former Israeli Mossad spy chief, Meir Dagan stated: "The regime in Iran is a very rational
regime" and that: "No doubt that the Iranian regime is maybe not exactly
rational based on what I call Western thinking, but no doubt they are
considering all the implications of their actions." He also confirmed that he
was quoted correctly when he said previously that an attack on Iran is: "the
stupidest idea I've ever heard". http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57394904/the-spymaster-meir-dagan-on-irans-threat/
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