Iran's Uranium Reserves Could Fuel 10 Nuclear Weapons as US Inspectors Face Restrictions

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Current assessments indicate that Iran possesses sufficient highly enriched uranium to develop up to 10 nuclear weapons, while United Nations nuclear inspectors are being denied entry to the nation's bombed nuclear facilities. Iran stands alone globally in enriching uranium to a purity of 60 percent without confirming a weapons program. The 60-day timeframe set by the June 17 agreement for nuclear discussions is in effect, with the speaker of Iran's parliament asserting that IAEA access is not permissible under any conditions. On July 1, Vice President Vance expressed US concerns regarding the nuclear situation as technical negotiations persist in Doha.

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00:00Here is the most dangerous fact in the world right now.

00:03Iran is believed to hold enough enriched uranium to build up to 10 nuclear weapons,

00:08and the inspectors who are supposed to verify that stockpile are blocked.

00:12Iran is the only country on Earth enriching uranium to 60% purity without an acknowledged weapons program.

00:19That level of enrichment puts a bomb just one additional step away.

00:24The IAEA has been blocked from Iran's nuclear sites since the U.S., and Israel bombed them in 2025.

00:30The June 17 deal was supposed to change that.

00:33But Iran's parliament speaker declared this week that inspectors will not be permitted entry under any circumstances.

00:40Vice President Vance acknowledged the U.S. is worried about the nuclear issue.

00:45The 60-day deal window is running right now.

00:47And every day without inspectors is a day the world cannot account for one of the most dangerous stockpiles of

00:54nuclear material in history.

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