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Iran on brink of making the Bomb, says Mossad
Times of India | January 25 2005
JERUSALEM: The chief of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency said on Monday arch-foe Iran was on the brink of enriching uranium, a process key to building a nuclear bomb.
"The assessment is that by the end of 2005 the Iranians will reach the point of no-return from the technological perspective of creating a uranium-enrichment capability," Mossad head Meir Dagan told parliament's foreign affairs and defence committee.
Iran, which says its nuclear programme is for energy needs only, agreed in November to suspend uranium enrichment under a European Union-brokered deal. Israel and the United States suspect Iran of buying time while it covertly seeks the bomb.
"The Iranians are striving to secure from the Europeans an agreement that would allow them to continue enriching uranium, even on an intensified level, under supervision and with guarantees," Dagan said.
"The moment that you have the technology for enrichment, you are home free," he said, adding that from that point it would take Iran around two years to manufacture nuclear weapons.
Israel has hinted it could hit Iran militarily to stop it getting the bomb.