Iran could make nuclear bomb

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

IRAN could have enough uranium to produce a nuclear bomb by 2012, experts warned yesterday.

The International Atomic Energy Authority believes Iran will start enriching uranium at a former top secret plant in two years’ time, according to sources.

Iran denies it wants a nuclear weapons programme, saying it is creating only nuclear fuel.

President Barack Obama this week said Iran was running out of time to agree a UN-brokered plan to send its low-enriched enriched uranium out of the country to enrich it to a higher level.

This story appeared in the printed version of the Irish Examiner Tuesday, November 17, 2009