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‘Iran Delays Nuke Program, Stalling Moment Of Truth’
Barak tells ‘Daily Telegraph’ Tehran’s decision to use uranium for civilian purposes postponed military nuclear program.
Photo: Ricardo Mallaco
Iran used over a third of its medium-enriched uranium for civilian purposes earlier this year, and with that delayed its military nuclear program, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said in an interview with The Daily Telegraph on Tuesday.
Barak told The Daily Telegraph that without this delay, the conflict with Iran would have escalated before the US presidential election.
The defense minister added he did not believe sanctions and diplomacy would succeed in resolving the situation. He predicted Israel and the US would likely have to face “the moment of truth” – the decision of whether or not to launch a military strike against the Islamic Republic’s nuclear facilities – in eight to ten months.
Barak mulled possible reasons behind the delay in Iran’s nuclear program, purporting that there could be a minimum of three explanations: “One is the public discourse about a possible Israeli or American operation deterred them from trying to come closer.”
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