US energy secretary says Iran is “frighteningly close” to constructing nuclear weapons

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright told lawmakers Wednesday that Iran is “frighteningly close” to constructing nuclear weapons, insisting that the country is “weeks away” from enriching one ton of its uranium to weapons-grade levels. “Frighteningly close. They are weeks, a small number of weeks away to enrich that to weapons-grade uranium,” Wright told the Senate … The post US energy secretary says Iran is “frighteningly close” to constructing nuclear weapons appeared first on Egypt Independent .

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