The iaea, rafael grossi, who s been a guest on this show several times, he has now said that he believes iran has amassed enough nuclear material for several nuclear weapons, notjust one. and he s talking about that 60% enriched uranium which, of course, can then very quickly be converted into fissile material. so, do you agree with him? yeah, i think what he says is accurate, yes. right. you also, i guess, agree with him and others who point out that things have changed because the enrichment activity that iran is undertaking is now by and large, most of it, it seems, focused on this underground facility in fordow, inside a mountain, which we know is much harder to contemplate attacking if we get to this military option. how concerned are you that iran has now developed this enrichment capability, and maybe the weaponization capability, in a way which makes it much harder for you to imagine attacking it? so, not the weaponization capability, at least, our best assessment is that they
Has now developed this enrichment capability, and maybe the weaponisation capability, in a way which makes it much harder for you to imagine attacking it? so, not the weaponisation capability, at least, our best assessment is that they ve not resumed that. but i don t want to underestimate the issue you raised, it is very concerning. and that s why we have tried hard to resolve it diplomatically, and why we will prepare other options if that fails. but of course, we re concerned at the levels of enrichment, which have absolutely no civilian justification. i think you ve made that point with some of your iranian guests in the past. no justification other than to, you know, threaten the world and perhaps, at some point, decide to acquire a nuclear weapon, which is something that president biden won t allow. so, yes, we re concerned, and that s why we ll do everything it takes to stop it. right, so let s talk a little more about the military option, because nothing else is working right n
Enrichment capability, and maybe the weaponization capability, in a way which makes it much harder for you to imagine attacking it? so, not the weaponization capability, at least, our best assessment is that they ve not resumed that. but i don t want to underestimate the issue you raised, it is very concerning. and that s why we have tried hard to resolve it diplomatically, and why we will prepare other options if that fails. but of course, we re concerned at the levels of enrichment, which have absolutely no civilian justification. i think you ve made that point with some of your iranian guests in the past. no justification other than to, you know, threaten the world and perhaps, at some point, decide to acquire a nuclear weapon, which is something that president biden won t allow. so, yes, we re concerned, and that s why we ll do everything it takes to stop it. right, so let s talk a little more about the military option, because nothing else is working right now. sanctions have been
Amassed enough nuclear material for several nuclear weapons, notjust one. and he s talking about that 60% enriched uranium which, of course, can then very quickly be converted into fissile material. so, do you agree with him? yeah, i think what he says is accurate, yes. right. you also, i guess, agree with him and others who point out that things have changed because the enrichment activity that iran is undertaking is now by and large, most of it, it seems, focused on this underground facility in fordow, inside a mountain, which we know is much harder to contemplate attacking if we get to this military option. how concerned are you that iran has now developed this enrichment capability, and maybe the weaponization capability, in a way which makes it much harder for you to imagine attacking it?
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