Iran Will Not Slow Down It's Nuclear Program After The Assassination Of A Senior Nuclear Scientist

Workers stand in front of Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant in 2010. Reuters file 

NBC: Assassination of Iranian scientist won't halt Iran's nuclear program, experts say 

Past assassinations of other scientists and the head of Iran’s missile program exposed security gaps but didn't halt Iran’s nuclear or missile projects. 

WASHINGTON — The assassination of a senior Iranian nuclear scientist shocked Iran's leadership but will not derail the country's nuclear program, which has been steadily advancing despite President Donald Trump's "maximum pressure" policy, experts say. 

When Joe Biden is sworn in as president on Jan. 20, he will have to contend with the reality that Iran has 12 times the amount of enriched uranium that it did in 2018, and that its estimated "breakout" time to build the bomb has dropped from 12 months to three to four months, according to U.N. inspectors.

The killing of nuclear scientist and senior defense official Mohsen Fakhrizadeh last week exposed security vulnerabilities for Iran, but the country's nuclear work will roll on, said Kelsey Davenport, director for nonproliferation policy at the Arms Control Association think tank. 

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