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Iran Split on Nuclear Program, Say U.S. Spies

IN THIS ISSUE: Iran split on nuclear program, NK has completed missile facility, three states challenge Federal policy on storing nuclear waste, GE Hitachi and Lockheed in nuclear security tie, Pakistan's nuclear bayonet, Turkey to help negotiate new 'Road Map' for Iran.

Published on February 17, 2011
 
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U.S. Spies: Iran Split on Nuclear Program

Adam Entous | The Wall Street Journal

Iran's Parliament

A new classified U.S. intelligence assessment concludes that Iran's leaders are locked in an increasingly heated debate over whether to move further toward developing nuclear weapons, saying the bite of international sanctions may be sowing discord.

The new national intelligence estimate, or NIE, says Tehran likely has resumed work on nuclear-weapons research in addition to expanding its program to enrich uranium - updating a contested 2007 estimate that concluded the arms program had all but halted in 2003.

But it doesn't conclude that Iran has relaunched a full-blown program to try to build bombs. According to the assessment, Iran's debate over whether to do so suggests international sanctions may be causing divisions in Tehran, U.S. officials said.     Full Article
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