Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad boasted yesterday that the regime has succeeded in enriching uranium to a level of 20%, and that his country now possessed the ability to enrich it to weapons grade levels.
Although he has also said they do not believe in making nuclear bombs, MEMRI reports that “the conservative daily Kayhan, which is close to [supreme leader Ali] Khamenei, even stated in a February 9 editorial… that the minute Iran enriches uranium to 20%, the West will not be able to stop it from advancing further. At that point, Iran will not agree to stop at 20%, and the negotiations will be over enrichment to a higher level.”
How long could it take to enrich to weapons grade? Enrichment gets exponentially easier the further you go, meaning that once you get to 20%, it’s only a short leap to finish the job.
While it can’t be proven that their goal is WMDs, there are many worrying signs about the actual intent of the program.
Nuclear weapons cannot be allowed into the hands of the largest state sponsor of terror in the world. This cannot afford to be entertained as a legitimate possibility. Among the options currently being pursued to stop the regime are sanctions against the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps which props up the government. Additionally, United Against a Nuclear Iran is directly going after companies that do business with Iran, as another way of pressuring the regime.
