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AFP: Iran bomb-grade uranium not expected before 2013

Iran bomb-grade uranium not expected before 2013: State Dept
Google News 11 August 09 (AFP)  WASHINGTON
— The State Department’s intelligence bureau has concluded that Iran will not be technically capable of producing weapons grade uranium for nuclear weapons before 2013, the US intelligence director has told Congress.The assessment by the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research was included in written responses to questions submitted to Congress by the Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair.Even though Iran has made significant progress in enriching uranium, the State Department bureau “continues to assess it is unlikely that Iran will have the technical capability to produce HEU (highly enriched uranium) before 2013,” Blair said……………..

The US intelligence community “has no evidence that Iran has yet made the decision to produce highly enriched uranium, and INR assesses that Iran is unlikely to make such a decision for at least as long as international pressure and scrutiny persist,” the document said.

AFP: Iran bomb-grade uranium not expected before 2013: State Dept

August 11, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1