Current Events > ISIS says Iran could be nuclear 'in a week'

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https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-785373

A new report from the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) is sounding the alarm on Irans closeness to going nuclear, upgrading its threat level to Extreme Danger, the highest of its six ratings, for the first time since the group began following the Iranian nuclear program in the 1990s.

Since 2022, the report says, Irans breakout time has been zero that is to say, Iran has more than enough highly enriched uranium (HEU) to directly fashion a nuclear explosive. Uranium itself is not the only component required to fashion a nuclear weapon, though it is by far the hardest to come by. If Iran wanted to further enrich its 60 percent enriched uranium up to 90 percent weapon-grade uranium (WGU)... it could do so quickly, the report says.

[Iran] can break out and produce enough weapon-grade enriched uranium for a nuclear weapon in a week, it goes on, using only a fraction of its 60 percent enriched uranium. This breakout could be difficult for inspectors to detect promptly, if Iran took steps to delay inspectors access.

Moreover, using its remaining stock of enriched uranium, the country could have in total enough weapon-grade uranium for six weapons in one month, and after five months of producing weapon-grade uranium, it could have enough for twelve.

Although manufacturing the delivery system for the weapon itself could take longer, an accelerated program to develop a simple warhead delivered by ship or truck could be accomplished in about six months, signaling Irans nuclearization either dramatically via an underground nuclear test or stealthily via leaks about its accomplishment.

Moreover, Iran has been uncooperative with international nuclear inspectors for the last several years, the report noted, making it less likely that the world would notice such activity in time to prevent its success.

Doubt

Shocked Israel hasnt gone after more targets in Iran they usually do

Bio1590 posted...

A new report from the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

Oh, that ISIS. It was funnier thinking the terrorists were declaring this.

Bass posted...

Oh, that ISIS. It was funnier thinking the terrorists were declaring this.

yeah, i thoguht this was terrorists making a threath

Not the ISIS I expected

From what I've read, Iran has spent years intentionally staying "one step" from enriching uranium enough to make nuclear weapons to simultaneously not draw attacks from NATO while also using the threat of doing it as a deterrent to attacking them.
But Iran lately seems to have stopped giving a fuck about anything and is just doing as much shit as they can get away with, so I wouldn't be surprised if they actually go for nuclear weapon development now.
Yet another reason Biden needs to attack them. I'd have thought a dozen or so dead Americans would draw a military response, but apparently Iran has to kill more of us before we stop giving them 1 week advance notice of where we're striking and we start striking in Iran.

inb4 the typical echo chamber of tankies say Iran's been "provoked" into this, when Biden's spent his entire presidency bending over backwards to placate them

Sounds like the united states shouldn't have backed out of their deal with Iran

ClayGuida posted...

Sounds like the united states shouldn't have backed out of their deal with Iran

More thank you on Trump's America.

If Iran starts making obvious attempts at nuclear weapons NATO will have to react. I dont know what Irans end goal with all of this shit lately is.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/bafacac6.jpg

ssb_yunglink2 posted...

If Iran starts making obvious attempts at nuclear weapons NATO will have to react. I dont know what Irans end goal with all of this shit lately is.

The world of Shin Megami Tensei. Check your phones if you suddenly got some demon summoning app installed out of nowhere.

Tankies: "Iran's doing this because Trump left the nuclear deal!"

Then why did they do nothing his entire term then waited for Biden to come into office and attempt to go back to the deal and unfreeze Iranian banking assets, to start wars all over the Middle East, murder a bunch of Americans, and pursue nuclear weapons?

Tankies: "...."

ssb_yunglink2 posted...

If Iran starts making obvious attempts at nuclear weapons NATO will have to react. I dont know what Irans end goal with all of this shit lately is.

They're run by religious extremist nutjobs. Expecting them to behave sane or logically is even more pointless than expecting it from Putin.

streamofthesky posted...

Tankies: "Iran's doing this because Trump left the nuclear deal!"

Then why did they do nothing his entire term then waited for Biden to come into office and attempt to go back to the deal and unfreeze Iranian banking assets, to start wars all over the Middle East, murder a bunch of Americans, and pursue nuclear weapons?

Tankies: "...."

They're run by religious extremist nutjobs. Expecting them to behave sane or logically is even more pointless than expecting it from Putin.

Why would Iran back a deal with the US again?

streamofthesky posted...

Tankies: "Iran's doing this because Trump left the nuclear deal!"

Then why did they do nothing his entire term then waited for Biden to come into office and attempt to go back to the deal and unfreeze Iranian banking assets, to start wars all over the Middle East, murder a bunch of Americans, and pursue nuclear weapons?

Tankies: "...."

They're run by religious extremist nutjobs. Expecting them to behave sane or logically is even more pointless than expecting it from Putin.

Do you even know what a tankie is?

ssb_yunglink2 posted...

If Iran starts making obvious attempts at nuclear weapons NATO will have to react. I dont know what Irans end goal with all of this shit lately is.

Nato doesnt react it only defends if a nato member enacts article 5

Sheiky-Baby posted...

The world of Shin Megami Tensei. Check your phones if you suddenly got some demon summoning app installed out of nowhere.

Does this mean Biden is Thorman lmao

CADE_FOSTER posted...

Nato doesnt react it only defends if a nato member enacts article 5

I just meant NATO countries, not an actual NATO strike. I dont think any country wants modern day Iran with nukes

ClayGuida posted...

Sounds like the united states shouldn't have backed out of their deal with Iran

It's funny watching certain Dems like Doom_Art now shit on the deal lol

Why didnt they change their acronym?

ClayGuida posted...

Why would Iran back a deal with the US again?

Honestly don't blame them for not wanting a new deal when the next R will just toss it out again.
I 100% blame them for pursuing nuclear weapons (if they are), b/c even w/ no deal it doesn't just mean they have the right to obtain them and threaten the world with them. Also while US backed out, Europe did not, so the deal was still semi- in place.
I also 100% blame them for lashing out so much during the term of a president that tried to make peace w/ them after being quiet little lambs during the term of the president that was bellicose towards them, and in doing so may help return him to power.

Bass posted...

Do you even know what a tankie is?

Well, a lefty who has "lolAmerica" as his sig is probably a start

streamofthesky posted...

Tankies: "Iran's doing this because Trump left the nuclear deal!"

Then why did they do nothing his entire term then waited for Biden to come into office and attempt to go back to the deal and unfreeze Iranian banking assets, to start wars all over the Middle East, murder a bunch of Americans, and pursue nuclear weapons?

Tankies: "...."

What in the heck are going on about. Ever since we dropped out of the agreement that they were following. Iraq has been making waves.

streamofthesky posted...

Well, a lefty who has "lolAmerica" as his sig is probably a start

Just say "no, I don't know what a tankie is. I was using vocabulary I don't understand in order to sound smarter than I really am."

streamofthesky posted...

Tankies: "Iran's doing this because Trump left the nuclear deal!"

Then why did they do nothing his entire term then waited for Biden to come into office and attempt to go back to the deal and unfreeze Iranian banking assets, to start wars all over the Middle East, murder a bunch of Americans, and pursue nuclear weapons?

Tankies: "...."

They're run by religious extremist nutjobs. Expecting them to behave sane or logically is even more pointless than expecting it from Putin.

What an embarrassing post.

streamofthesky posted...

Honestly don't blame them for not wanting a new deal when the next R will just toss it out again.
I 100% blame them for pursuing nuclear weapons (if they are), b/c even w/ no deal it doesn't just mean they have the right to obtain them and threaten the world with them. Also while US backed out, Europe did not, so the deal was still semi- in place.
I also 100% blame them for lashing out so much during the term of a president that tried to make peace w/ them after being quiet little lambs during the term of the president that was bellicose towards them, and in doing so may help return him to power.

Well, a lefty who has "lolAmerica" as his sig is probably a start

You don't sound very smart. Who is Iran threatening right now with Nukes? North Korea and Russia are the two threatening the world with nukes. Iran isn't saying shit.

Bass posted...

Oh, that ISIS. It was funnier thinking the terrorists were declaring this.

I was about to come in wondering how the terrorist organization based out of Iraq knows the deepest inner workings of the Iranian government.

k

all that means is the usa can't bully them.

Ubergeneral3 posted...

k

all that means is the usa can't bully them.

I'm not sure that will be the case in this case.

Hornezz posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/bafacac6.jpg

That's kind of their whole strategy. Always be a few months away from an actual bomb, but don't build one until there's an intent to use it ("use" in this context could also mean a public test rather than an actual attack).

They're not the only ones who do it either. South Korea and Japan are both thought to be in a similar position (but of course, get a lot less criticism for it). It's a thing, "nuclear latency".

Hilarious clickbait (not being sarcastic, I don't even mind it) but I would actually find it believable if ISIS announced this given how much they hate Iran and Shias.

ClayGuida posted...

Sounds like the united states shouldn't have backed out of their deal with Iran

they would have started trying to make them again as soon as we failed to stop Russia's invasion of Ukraine