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Iran Enriches Uranium to Weapons Grade

The Warcast
March 1, 2023

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Episode Notes:

The Islamic Republic of Iran failed to inform the International Atomic Energy Agency about a design change to its centrifuge cascade at the Fordow Enrichment Facility, following stalled negotiations with the P5+1 to return to the JCPOA. In a subsequent IAEA inspection of the site, the Agency detected uranium enriched to 84 percent, which is weapons grade. To discuss these issues, Henry Rome, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy joined the WarCast.

[:36] The latest about Iran's nuclear program

[3:46] Time needed to build a bomb

[6:21] U.S. options

[8:38] A diplomatic solution?