Former UN nuclear chief calls Iran's program a 'threat'

Iran has enough low-enriched uranium to produce one to two nuclear weapons, but it would not be logical for it to cross the bomb-making threshold, said former UN chief of nuclear inspections Olli Heinonen in an interview with Le Monde Thursday, reported on by Reuters.
Heinonen called Iran@@@s nuclear program a "threat" in a rare public interview, given shortly before he stepped down from his position as deputy director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Heinonen was head of the IAEA@@@s nuclear safeguards arm, which monitors countries@@@ nuclear programs to make sure they are intended for peaceful use. Heinonen left the post in August for personal reasons.
The Finnish former director-general was an expert on Iran@@@s nuclear program, Reuters said. Iran is suspected of creating the program with intent to develop a weapon, although Teheran insists the program is peaceful.
Heinonen said Iran has three tons of low-enriched uranium, which if refined much further could fuel a bomb. "In theory, it is enough to make one or two nuclear arms," he told Le Monde. "But to reach the final step, when one only has just enough material for two weapons, does not make sense." He was interviewed just before he left office.
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