Gantz: Iran 10 weeks away from amassing enough weapons-grade material for nuke
Iran is ten weeks away from acquiring enough enriched uranium to build a nuclear bomb, Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Wednesday.
“Iran has violated all of the guidelines set in the JCPOA and is only around 10 weeks away from acquiring weapons-grade materials necessary for a nuclear weapon,” Gantz told ambassadors from countries on the United Nations Security Council during a briefing at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem.
“Now is the time for deeds – words are not enough,” he added. “It is time for diplomatic, economic and even military deeds, otherwise the attacks will continue.”
Gantz’s remarks came amid rising tensions around the Gulf of Oman, where a ship was boarded by hijackers Tuesday evening and an Israeli-linked ship was struck by UAVs last week. Iran has been blamed for both attacks.
Our free booklet The King of the South explains how Iran’s belligerence is prophesied in your Bible. Regarding Iran’s nuclear program, the booklet states:
One of the most worrying aspects of Iran’s growing power is its flirtation with nuclear weaponry. Iran has had a nuclear program of its own for many years. Information leaks have shown that Iran, while publicly stating that its program is purely for energy use, actually wants other nations to know it could be a nuclear threat. In May 2011, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported that Iran had worked on developing a trigger for a nuclear bomb. Yet the U.S. “superpower” has not only allowed Iran to continue sponsoring violent terrorism, it has, through a nuclear accord negotiated in 2015, virtually guaranteed that Iran will become a nuclear-armed state!
January 16, 2016, marked the implementation of the nuclear deal with Iran. The U.S. and the European Union lifted sanctions on Iran, released over $100 billion in frozen assets, and welcomed Iran into a whole rush of economic deals. And they received nothing in return.
Iran changed nothing in its policies of aggression, subversion and sponsoring terrorism. It didn’t even say it would reform in any of these areas! Without giving in on anything, Iran was given all it needed in order to greatly accelerate its race toward getting the nuclear bomb.
This deal did not make the world safer—it was a disaster for the world! There is abundant evidence that diplomacy with a maniacal nation like Iran will never succeed.
On the very day the sanctions were lifted, Iran announced the purchase of 114 Airbus planes from European nations.
Why was Iran so eager to jump into major business deals with Europe? Because it wants to get so involved in the global economy that nobody would dare try to push it back out. It rushed into the Airbus deal because it is rushing to build the bomb at the same time! And it doesn’t want anyone hindering its progress, as happened before with the sanctions regimes.
The Obama administration has said it will implement “snapback sanctions” if it finds that the Iranians are cheating on the deal. But with Iran having instantly become so intertwined with the economies of nations in Europe and elsewhere, it would be virtually impossible for America to “snap back” any sanctions.
Will Iran cheat? History says yes. When has it not cheated after making a significant agreement with the West?
Anybody with common sense knows you should not negotiate with nations that yearn for your destruction. America negotiated with the worst terrorist-sponsoring nation on Earth, and invited it into the community of nations. Is this leading to peace? Read Matthew 24:21-22 to see where it is leading. Nuclear bombs and weapons of mass destruction are about to be put to use on a scale this world has never seen!
To learn more about where Iran’s aggression is leading, read our free booklet The King of the South.
