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WikiLeaks cables: Iran has cleared biggest hurdle to nuclear weapons


US officials believe Iran now has the “technical ability” to make highly enriched uranium, an essential step towards building a nuclear bomb, according to a leaked US diplomatic cable. At a meeting of international nuclear experts in Vienna, a US representative said that “Iran had now demonstrated centrifuge operations such that it had the technical ability to produce highly enriched uranium (HEU) if it so chose”. The meeting in April 2009 was hosted by Britain’s ambassador to Austria, Simon Smith.  Read more.

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