Reported claim
“The U.S. intelligence community has assessed that Iran is not on the verge of building nuclear weapons, consistently from the George W. Bush administration onwards.”
Reported by 16 sources.
Sources
L'analisi del National Intelligence Council, lo stesso che nel marzo 2025 (tre mesi prima dello scatenamento della Guerra dei 12 Giorni da parte di Israele e della contestuale Operazione Midnight Hammer statunitense) aveva confermato la refrattarietà dell'Iran a dotarsi dell'arma nucleare2026-03-27
According to Kent, intelligence assessments suggested the Iranians were always "several months, a year, two years" away from having the nuclear capabilities to attack, but there was "no intelligence" to indicate they were in the process of actually developing these capabilities.2026-03-25
Last week, US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard also told Congress that Iran was not in a position to make an atomic bomb.2026-03-25
The UN nuclear watchdog and most observers have not supported the finding of an imminent nuclear bomb by Iran2026-03-20
The UN nuclear watchdog and most observers have not supported the finding of an imminent nuclear bomb by Iran2026-03-20
Of course, U.S. intelligence said Iran was not developing a nuclear weapon and was no imminent threat to the U.S.2026-03-20
CIA Director William Burns and other top administration officials insisted in a series of statements that there are no indications that Iran seeks a nuclear arsenal2026-03-20
ההערכה האמריקנית הייתה שאיראן נמצאת במרחק של "כמה חודשים, שנה, אולי שנתיים" מיכולת לפתח נשק כזה, אבל "הם לא עשו את זה״2026-03-20
لم تكن لدينا أي معلومات استخباراتية تشير إلى أن إيران تعمل على تطوير قنبلة نووية2026-03-20
Nuclear and arms monitors have maintained that even if Tehran were seeking a nuclear weapon, it did not represent a short- or medium-term threat.2026-03-20
لم تكن لدينا أي معلومات استخباراتية تشير إلى أن إيران تعمل على تطوير قنبلة نووية2026-03-19
לא היה בידי קהילת המודיעין האמריקנית מידע שלפיו איראן עמדה על סף פיתוח נשק גרעיני2026-03-19
she declined to directly answer whether the intelligence community had likewise assessed that Iran's nuclear system presented an imminent risk to the United States2026-03-18
The UN nuclear watchdog and most observers have not supported the finding of an imminent nuclear bomb by Iran2026-03-18
last week, CIA Director William Burns and other top administration officials insisted in a series of statements that there are no indications that Iran seeks a nuclear arsenal2024-10-13
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