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The US has shown its upmost confidence in Iran's ability to whip up the materials needed to make a nuclear bomb in a mere two months. US Secretary of State John Kerry explained during a Senate hearing yesterday that Iran is very much able to make fissile material essential for a nuclear bomb in just two short months if Iran made the choice to do so. Though, a burning question that is left unanswered is why America has become very confident in the two-month time period.

"I think it's public knowledge today that we're operating with a time period for a so-called 'break-out' of about two months. That's been in the public domain," Kerry said in comments reported by Reuters. The "break-out" duration is the amount of time that would be needed to create fissile material for just a single nuclear weapon in the Islamic Republic of Iran. If the nation decided to produce weapons of mass destruction, Kerry seems confident that it would not take the country too long to execute.


Comment: Public knowledge??? This sounds more like Kerry is trying to please Israel and ramp up the war rhetoric. Either that or he got connected with the teleprompter from Netanyahu instead of his own.


Perhaps the US Secretary of State, among other top officials in Washington, are not just confident but certain that Iran could pull this off, as the US may be assisting them behind closed doors. If the US is handing off the proper types of tools and funding to Iran, then this could be the reason why Iran would be able to pull off producing the materials in a quick two months, as well as why America is assuring that it could happen in that time frame.

During the hearing in Washington, Kerry voiced the West's concerns involving Iran's nuclear plans. Britain, France, and the US, among other countries, are in negotiation talks with Iran. They are trying to convince the nation to reduce its program to the extent that it would take a lot longer to create fuel for a bomb if it chose to take that route.

Securing an extension to this proposed timeline, the top leaders would like for Iran to limit the number of centrifuges it works on to refine uranium, including the quantity of enriched uranium it makes. Limiting research on new technologies and surprise inspections from the United Nation's nuclear watchdog sector are the other requests being asked for Iran to fulfill, according to an article from Al Arabiya News.

Iran claims that its nuclear projects are only used for peaceful reasons and would like for the West to do away with the economic sanctions that have only left its nation in turmoil. Western powers have discussed with Iran in multiple meetings about the specifics of Iran's uranium enrichment program and how its nuclear plants have been operating.