How Iran’s response to U.S. strikes signaled a desire to de-escalate

And he said that Iran was — quote — now "incapable" of building a nuclear weapon with the equipment that it had because the U.S. had destroyed it and — quote — "obliterated it." But what he is talking about is the U.S. claim or assessment right now that the Iranian program that uses centrifuges to spin fuel, to create highly enriched uranium, which has created 60 percent uranium, which is one step below 90 percent weapons-grade, they no longer have either the access to those centrifuges or those centrifuges have been broken beyond repair. Why that is important is that, if Iran were to use what it has now to try and create a nuclear bomb, it would need that 60 percent highly enriched uranium.

Author: Nick Schifrin

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