Senior Iranian Lawmaker: 'Iran Able To Build A Nuclear Bomb In Two Weeks'

Iranian Cleric: ‘Having A Nuclear Bomb Is Necessary To Put Down Israel’ -- Washington Free Beacon

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A top Iranian lawmaker and cleric said that the country’s uranium enrichment program could allow it to build a nuclear weapon “in two weeks” in order to “put down Israel,” according to multiple reports in the Farsi language press.

Iranian lawmaker and cleric Muhammad Nabavian said on Friday that Iran would be able to build a nuclear bomb in “two weeks” if it gets “access to 270 kilograms of 20 percent [enriched uranium], 10 tons of 5 percent, and 20 thousand centrifuges,” according to reports on Iran’s Radio Farda and in Fararu.

“We are not looking for a nuclear bomb, but having a nuclear bomb is necessary to put down Israel,” Nabavian said, according to an independent translation of his remarks provided to the Washington Free Beacon.

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My Comment: A lot of revelations from this Iranian lawmaker .... from President Obama reaching out to his Iranian counterpart on at least five separate occasions, John Kerry mocking Israeli PM Netanyahu, and to the far more important story that Iran can build a nuclear weapon within two weeks.