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Nuclear watchdog chief: Iran could start enriching uranium for a bomb within months
Iran could start enriching uranium for a nuclear bomb within months, a watchdog chief has warned.
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi told CBS News that Tehran would not be far from getting its nuclear programme back on its feet after US and Israeli strikes.
In an interview filmed on 27 June but aired today, Grossi said: "The capacities they [Iran] have are there.
"They can have, you know, in a matter of months, I would say, a few cascades of centrifuges spinning and producing enriched uranium, or less than that.
"But as I said, frankly speaking, one cannot claim that everything has disappeared and there is nothing there."
For context: Last weekend, Donald Trump waded into the 12-day war, sending US B-2 bombers halfway around the world to strike Iranian nuclear sites.
Washington's bunker buster bombs targeted sites like Fordow - which is built into a mountainside.
In the aftermath, Donald Trump and senior members of his team were quick to claim they had "obliterated" Tehran's nuclear infrastructure.
Defence secretary Pete Hegseth even went as far as holding a press conference with one of the most senior military officials, Dan Caine, where he lambasted journalists for what he claimed was "fake news".
After all that, the IAEA chief's words likely won't be overly welcome in Washington.
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