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Israel’s Defence Minister: Iran only two months away from nuclear bomb

Israel’s Defence Minister: Iran only two months away from nuclear bomb
posted onAugust 25, 2021
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Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz Tehran warned that Iran is two months away from nuclear weapons capacity, The Jerusalem Post reported on Wednesday.  

Gantz has called for the international community to create a new prevention plan that did not involve reviving the 2015 Iran deal.

“Iran is only two months away from acquiring the materials necessary for a nuclear weapon," Gantz told a gathering of 60 ambassadors in Tel Aviv.

The remarks came as Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is scheduled to present such an alternative plan to US President Joe Biden at the White House on Thursday.

Last week, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) also submitted a new report on Iran, in which it found the country has made progress in its work on enriched uranium metal. 

Uranium metal can be used to build the core of a nuclear bomb.