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Obama: Iran a year away from building nuke weapon

  •   Sun, Oct 06 2013 10:20:48 AM

Washington, Oct 6 (IANS): US President Barack Obama said Saturday that Iran is still "a year or more" away from building a nuclear weapon.

Obama made the remarks citing US intelligence assessments in an interview released by the Associated Press Saturday, Xinhua reported.

He admitted that these assessments are "more conservative" than the Israelis, who claim Iran is just months away from acquiring nuclear capability.

Obama added that the world must test whether Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is sincere about seeking a diplomatic solution to the nuclear standoff.

Obama and Rouhani held a phone talk Sep 27 after the Iranian President attended the UN General Assembly in New York, during which he called for solving Iran's nuclear issue in a diplomatic way. This was the first communication between the two countries' leaders in more than 30 years.

However, during a meeting with Obama at the White House Sep 30, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed deep mistrust toward Rouhani's conciliatory overture. And he urged the US to keep economic sanctions on Iran in place.
  

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  • Robert George, Mangalore

    Mon, Oct 07 2013

    Arguably, the Israeli estimate is correct given the life and death import it has to the Jewish nation. If a country seeks to acquire the nukes, the world community can prevent it from doing so only for a limited period. It’s my conjecture that Iran will successfully test a nuclear weapon sooner than most want to believe.

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