Iran has the capacity to produce enough fissile material for a nuclear device in less than two weeks, according to an assessment by the US.
The US Department of Defence’s 2023 Strategy for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction report states that Iran is a “persistent threat” and that while it has the capacity to build a bomb in two weeks, “it is assessed that Iran is not pursuing a nuclear weapons programme at this time.”
Further, the United States assesses Iran to be “noncompliant with its Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) obligations. For example, Iran has not submitted a complete chemical weapons production facility declaration to comply with CWC processes.
“The US is also concerned that Iran is pursuing dual-use central nervous system-acting chemicals for offensive purposes,” the report concluded.
Iran rapidly advanced its nuclear programme in the past two years.
