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Iran: Dealing all the way to the bomb

Iran could still field a nuclear weapon even if an agreement is reached.

Iran nuclear talks in Istanbul
Photo by: REUTERS/Tolga Adanali/Pool
If leaks from Washington are to believed, then it would seem that the first round of nuclear talks with Iran have gone so well that all that is left are the sides’ signatures on the dotted lines.

For instance, David Ignatius, a frequent recipient of the Obama administration’s information giveaways, wrote in the Washington Post on April 19,"The mechanics of an eventual settlement are clear enough after [the] first session in Istanbul: Iran would agree to stop enriching uranium to the 20 percent level, and would halt work at [the Fordow] underground facility… built for higher enrichment. Iran would export its stockpile of highly enriched uranium for final processing to 20 percent, for use in medical isotopes.”

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