Iran Is 'Basically' a Nuclear Power, Experts Say

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, visits an exhibition of the country's nuclear achievements, at his office compound in Tehran, Iran, June 11. (AP)

By    |   Tuesday, 07 November 2023 07:05 AM EST ET

The House of Representatives last week passed a bipartisan resolution declaring that the U.S. will not back a nuclear Iran and will use "all means necessary" to prevent the Islamic Republic from obtaining a nuclear weapon – but nuclear deterrence experts fear that Tehran is already a "nuclear power."

While the 2023 U.S. Intelligence Community Annual Threat found that "Iran is not currently undertaking the key nuclear weapons-development activities that would be necessary to produce a testable nuclear device," experts contend that the regime already has the elements it needs for a nuclear weapon.

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