Former US President Donald Trump confirmed in an interview with “Israel Hayom” newspaper that he will not allow Iran to manufacture a nuclear bomb, if he wins the next presidential elections, considering the period remaining until the US elections to be a long period and similar to “eternity.”
In response to a question about what he would do with Iran, now that it is so close to a nuclear bomb, Trump said: “Well, I don’t want to tell you that. Because I don’t think it’s appropriate to tell you that, but I don’t think you can allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon.” “I don’t think this is my right.” “My position now is to tell you this but I would tell you this – I was so strong about Iran not having a nuclear weapon that they literally had no money.”
He added that Iran was only 35 days away from a nuclear bomb, once the decision was made.
He continued, “They will never have a nuclear weapon. They can have a nuclear weapon in 35 days. I have seven months to take office, and nine months to take office. A lot of bad things can happen in that period. This is a lot. This is a lot. Like an eternity. Seven.” “In this world, especially in the Middle East, where there’s intense, combustible fighting, that’s a long period of time, a lot of bad things can happen. And also, a lot of good things can happen” if that happens. “If we had a real president, if we had a president who knew what he was doing, and could put two sentences together, this problem could be solved very quickly.”
The former US president pointed out that “the Iranian economy collapsed during my presidency due to the sanctions that he imposed on it.”
He added, “I have said to many countries, (47 countries), and I spoke to many of them personally, if you buy oil from Iran, you will not do any business in the United States, and we will impose tariffs on your products.
Earlier in February, an American report issued by the Institute for Science and International Security warned of the “Iranian nuclear threat” and confirmed that Iran has the ability to manufacture 6 nuclear bombs within a month, and 12 bombs in 5 months.
The report was issued on February 5 and published by the Institute on its official page, and stated that the threat posed by the Iranian nuclear program has increased significantly since May 2023, and this threat has worsened, according to the Institute’s report, due to the “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation on October 7, 2023.
The report believes that the tense situation in the region provides Iran with “a unique opportunity and an exaggerated internal justification to build nuclear weapons,” while depleting the resources of the United States and Israel necessary to monitor Iran and deter it from achieving success. The ongoing conflicts also lead to the neglect of the Iranian nuclear threat, in the words of the report, while we face “the real possibility that Iran will choose to enhance its nuclear capabilities and build nuclear weapons.”
These serious and disturbing changes have led the institute to raise the overall “Iranian threat” score from 151 to 180 on the institute’s scale, up from 140 in May 2023, and these risks were assessed as “severe danger,” which is the first time the index has reached that level. the value.
The report claims that if Iran wanted to continue enriching its 60% enriched uranium to up to 90%, which is uranium suitable for use in nuclear weapons, it could do so within one week, using only a small portion of that uranium, and it may be difficult for inspectors. This violation would be detected immediately if Iran took steps to delay the arrival of inspectors.
By using the remainder of its 60% enriched uranium stockpile, as well as its approximately 20% enriched stockpile, Iran can, according to the report, produce enough uranium to make 6 nuclear bombs within a month.
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