US says Iran moving forward on a key aspect of developing a nuclear bomb

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US says Iran moving forward on a key aspect of developing a nuclear *****

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Iran is talking more about getting a nuclear ***** and has made strides in developing a key aspect of a ******* since about April, when ******* and its allies overpowered a barrage of Iranian airstrikes targeting *******, two top Biden administration officials said Friday.

Secretary of State

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and national security adviser Jake Sullivan, speaking separately at a security forum in Colorado, said the ******* States was watching closely for any signs that Iran had made a decision to pursue actual weaponization of its nuclear program.

However, Sullivan said, “I have not seen a decision by Iran to move” in a way that signals it has decided to actually develop a nuclear ***** right now.

“If they start moving down that road, they’ll find a real problem with the ******* States,” Sullivan told reporters at the Aspen Security Forum, which draws U.S. policymakers, journalists and others.

Iran resumed progress on its nuclear program after the

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that gave Iran relief from sanctions in return for allowing tougher oversight of the program.

Iran says its nuclear program is for civilian purposes. The U.S. and others in the international community believe Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei long has held off from giving any final go-ahead for Iranian scientists to develop a nuclear *******.

But Iran’s poor performance with conventional weapons on April 13, when it launched its

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as part of a dayslong exchange of strikes, has had observers watching for any increased Iranian interest in pushing forward with a nuclear *******.

At the time, ******* said it, the ******* States and other allies shot down 99% of about 300 missiles and drones launched by Iran following an alleged ******** strike that *******

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“What we’ve seen in the past weeks and months is Iran is actually moving forward” on developing fissile material, Blinken said Friday during a panel talk. Fissile material could be used to fuel a *****.

He blamed the decision by the Trump administration to pull out of the nuclear agreement. Trump called the deal “defective at its core” when he ended U.S. participation in 2019.

“Instead of being at least a year away from having breakout capacity to produce fissile material for a nuclear *******, they’re probably one or two weeks away from doing that,” Blinken said, adding that “where we are now is not a good place.”

“Now, they haven’t produced a ******* itself, but … you put those things together, fissile material, an explosive device, and you have a nuclear *******,” he said.

The ******* States was watching “very, very carefully” for any sign that Iran was working on the ******* side of producing a *****, he said. The U.S. is also working on the diplomatic side to contain any further effort, Blinken said.

Meanwhile, Sullivan said, the U.S. has noted “an uptick of public commentary from Iranian officials musing about that possibility” since the April attacks and counterattacks between Iran and ******* and its allies.

“That was new. That was something that got our attention,” he said.

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