The Iranian nuclear program is an ongoing initiative currently under international scrutiny due to concerns regarding its potential weaponization. Amidst recent military tensions, analysts suggest the nation's supreme leader may be evaluating the pursuit of nuclear armaments. The program remains a central point of geopolitical friction and a primary focus for regional security policy.
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Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, nor will it have the ability to threaten the United States of America.
“Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, nor will it have the ability to threaten the United States of America.”
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Iran is run by lunatics, religious fanatic lunatics. They have an ambition to have nuclear weapons.
“Iran is run by lunatics, religious fanatic lunatics. They have an ambition to have nuclear weapons.”
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The Iranians still saying we have absolutely no interest in any sort of a ceasefire deal.
“The Iranians still saying we have absolutely no interest in any sort of a ceasefire deal.”
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EVERYONE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT YOU CANNOT HAVE A ROGUE STATE LIKE IRAN GETTING CONTROL OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
“EVERYONE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT YOU CANNOT HAVE A ROGUE STATE LIKE IRAN GETTING CONTROL OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS.”
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Iran was a threat. Every country realized what a threat Iran was.
“Iran was a threat. Every country realized what a threat Iran was.”
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THIS IS A MILITARY PROGRAM... THERE'S NO LEGITIMATE CIVILIAN USE FOR 60% HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM.
“THIS IS A MILITARY PROGRAM... THERE'S NO LEGITIMATE CIVILIAN USE FOR 60% HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM.”
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They built 100,000 attack drones and 10,000 ballistic missiles, all hidden underground.
“They built 100,000 attack drones and 10,000 ballistic missiles, all hidden underground.”
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Iran was a tremendous threat and virtually every NATO nation and this is the thing if they told me it wasn't a threat and therefore they don't want to help.
“Iran was a tremendous threat and virtually every NATO nation and this is the thing if they told me it wasn't a threat and therefore they don't want to help.”
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You can't let the most violent, vicious country in the last 50 years have a nuclear weapon because the Middle East will be gone.
“You can't let the most violent, vicious country in the last 50 years have a nuclear weapon because the Middle East will be gone.”
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60% ENRICHED URANIUM WOULD TAKE A WEEK, MAYBE TEN DAYS AT THE OUTSIDE TO BRING UP TO 90% WEAPONS GRADE. SO IT WAS A CLEAR THREAT.
“60% ENRICHED URANIUM WOULD TAKE A WEEK, MAYBE TEN DAYS AT THE OUTSIDE TO BRING UP TO 90% WEAPONS GRADE. SO IT WAS A CLEAR THREAT.”
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As the Iranian foreign minister recently said that negotiation at this point is not on the agenda. We are not going to offer, we're not going to accept any offer for ceasefire.
“As the Iranian foreign minister recently said that negotiation at this point is not on the agenda. We are not going to offer, we're not going to accept any offer for ceasefire.”
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Iran did not have nuclear weapons. Number one, literally days before the war started.
“Iran did not have nuclear weapons. Number one, literally days before the war started.”
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Actually, I wouldn't be surprised that they're already building a nuclear weapon now.
“Actually, I wouldn't be surprised that they're already building a nuclear weapon now.”
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What the president said consistently going back to 2015, and I agreed with him, is that Iran should not have a nuclear weapon.
“What the president said consistently going back to 2015, and I agreed with him, is that Iran should not have a nuclear weapon.”
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Meanwhile, Iran, far from collapsing, has elected a new supreme leader, kept its IRGC fighting, and refused negotiation.
“Meanwhile, Iran, far from collapsing, has elected a new supreme leader, kept its IRGC fighting, and refused negotiation.”
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I think the critical question will be will Iran still be able to pose a significant threat to shipping in the straight of Hormuz.
“I think the critical question will be will Iran still be able to pose a significant threat to shipping in the straight of Hormuz.”
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I think the takeaway will be tripling down on trying to get a nuclear weapon.
“I think the takeaway will be tripling down on trying to get a nuclear weapon.”
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Iran's position right there on the edge of the straight gives it an enormous strategic advantage.
“Iran's position right there on the edge of the straight gives it an enormous strategic advantage.”
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they know that they're teetering on a knife's edge... this is one of the reasons that they're so absolutely gung-ho to get a nuclear weapon.
“they know that they're teetering on a knife's edge... this is one of the reasons that they're so absolutely gung-ho to get a nuclear weapon.”
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It's the only way for them to be the big dog in that region to back everybody down to become like North Korea where once you have a nuclear weapon, then you know the US isn't going to [__] with you.
“It's the only way for them to be the big dog in that region to back everybody down to become like North Korea where once you have a nuclear weapon, then you know the US isn't going to [__] with you.”
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You're hearing, 'This is a quagmire. There's no strategy. Oil spikes. Iran is going to win.' None of that is true.
“You're hearing, 'This is a quagmire. There's no strategy. Oil spikes. Iran is going to win.' None of that is true.”
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The end state of this is much more likely that Iran is going to acquire a nuclear weapon.
“The end state of this is much more likely that Iran is going to acquire a nuclear weapon.”
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What the president said consistently going back to 2015, and I agreed with him, is that Iran should not have a nuclear weapon.
“What the president said consistently going back to 2015, and I agreed with him, is that Iran should not have a nuclear weapon.”
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Iran still possesses 970 lbs of nearbombgrade uranium.
“Iran still possesses 970 lbs of nearbombgrade uranium.”
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I just do think you have to be honest that there is no imminent nuclear threat. It's not one that's that's months or even over a year away, right? It's buried under the ground. There is no imminent threat to the US from uh Iran's ballistic missiles.
“I just do think you have to be honest that there is no imminent nuclear threat. It's not one that's that's months or even over a year away, right? It's buried under the ground. There is no imminent threat to the US from uh Iran's ballistic missiles.”
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There absolutely was an imminent threat and the imminent threat was that we knew that if Iran was attacked and we believed they would be attacked that they would immediately come after us and we were not going to sit sit there and absorb a blow before we responded.
“There absolutely was an imminent threat and the imminent threat was that we knew that if Iran was attacked and we believed they would be attacked that they would immediately come after us and we were not going to sit sit there and absorb a blow before we responded.”
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By one Iranian official’s own estimate, Iran’s nuclear program cost the country $2 trillion. Let that sink in for a moment. $2 trillion.
“By one Iranian official’s own estimate, Iran’s nuclear program cost the country $2 trillion. Let that sink in for a moment. $2 trillion.”
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By one Iranian official’s own estimate, Iran’s nuclear program cost the country $2 trillion. Let that sink in for a moment. $2 trillion.
“By one Iranian official’s own estimate, Iran’s nuclear program cost the country $2 trillion. Let that sink in for a moment. $2 trillion.”
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The Iranian nuclear program has never been used as a tool of ensuring Iranian national survival by developing a weapon. The number one reason for the Iranian nuclear program has been as leverage to negotiate their economic reintegration with the West.
“The Iranian nuclear program has never been used as a tool of ensuring Iranian national survival by developing a weapon. The number one reason for the Iranian nuclear program has been as leverage to negotiate their economic reintegration with the West.”
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The Iranian nuclear program has never been used as a tool of ensuring Iranian national survival by developing a weapon. The number one reason for the Iranian nuclear program has been as leverage to negotiate their economic reintegration with the West.
“The Iranian nuclear program has never been used as a tool of ensuring Iranian national survival by developing a weapon. The number one reason for the Iranian nuclear program has been as leverage to negotiate their economic reintegration with the West.”
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in fact, last summer, they really did essentially obliterate Iran's nuclear program. They took the Fordo, Natans, and Isvahan facilities completely offline... So Trump and Netanyahu, they really did call the Ayatollah bluff last June and and essentially decimate his program.
“in fact, last summer, they really did essentially obliterate Iran's nuclear program. They took the Fordo, Natans, and Isvahan facilities completely offline... So Trump and Netanyahu, they really did call the Ayatollah bluff last June and and essentially decimate his program.”
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What what I mean in fairness though, they did have 500 kilos of that missing highlyenriched uranium after, you know, we we were inspecting that and watching that before our B2 bomber strike last summer, June or July.
“What what I mean in fairness though, they did have 500 kilos of that missing highlyenriched uranium after, you know, we we were inspecting that and watching that before our B2 bomber strike last summer, June or July.”
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But when you say we want to enrich and we want to enrich deep underground... that doesn’t sound to me like someone who’s a country that’s not interested in building weapons. So it’s not just the rhetorical; it’s the actions to back the rhetoric.
“But when you say we want to enrich and we want to enrich deep underground... that doesn’t sound to me like someone who’s a country that’s not interested in building weapons. So it’s not just the rhetorical; it’s the actions to back the rhetoric.”
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the assessment of the intelligence community is that Iran's nuclear enrichment program was obliterated by last summer's air strikes.
“the assessment of the intelligence community is that Iran's nuclear enrichment program was obliterated by last summer's air strikes.”