Iran Nuclear NewsUK says it foiled Iran nuke weapon drive

UK says it foiled Iran nuke weapon drive

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Daily Telegraph: Britain’s foreign intelligence chief believes his agents delayed an attempt by Iran to acquire nuclear weapons but the pariah state will become armed within two years, the Daily Telegraph reports. The Daily Telegraph

BRITAIN’S foreign intelligence chief believes his agents delayed an attempt by Iran to acquire nuclear weapons but the pariah state will become armed within two years, the Daily Telegraph reports.

In a rare public speech, MI6 boss John Sawers told a meeting of around 100 senior civil servants in London that British agents had foiled Iran’s attempts to produce a nuclear weapon as long as four years ago, the Telegraph reported on Friday.

“You’d have Iran as a nuclear weapons state in 2008 rather than still being two years away in 2012,” the report quoted Sawers as saying last week.

When Iran does finally acquire nuclear status, the intelligence chief warned that Israel and the United States “would face huge dangers”.

“I think it will be very tough for any prime minister of Israel or president of the United States to accept a nuclear-armed Iran,” he said.

The US unleashed a fresh wave of sanctions against Iran on Thursday, ratcheting up pressure to convince Tehran to take seriously concerns about its suspected nuclear weapons program.
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The actions impose additional sanctions on Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile proliferation networks and identify Iranian “front” companies and banks, the Treasury Department said.

“The Treasury and State Department actions target more than 50 entities tied to Iran’s procurement, petroleum, and shipping networks,” the Treasury said.

Iran has been subject to severe international economic sanctions over its controversial nuclear program, which Western powers believe masks an atomic weapons drive despite repeated denials by Tehran.

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