If a state has the ability to do that (enrich uranium or plutonium), that means that it is only a few months from producing nuclear weapons.
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It's a country in a defiant mode right now, ... The attitude there is if they use their nuclear capability they might get a better negotiating position.Mohamed ElBaradei
I am going to discuss (bringing) Iran in line with the request of the international community, to take confidence- building measures, including suspension of uranium enrichment until outstanding issues are clarified.
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The IAEA board, which includes representatives of 35 nations, is sending a message to North Korea that the international community is not ready to negotiate under blackmail or threat, ... there is a light at the end of the tunnel for them.
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Barring exceptional circumstances and provided there is the sustained, proactive cooperation by Iraq, we should be able in the next few months to provide credible assurance that Iraq has no nuclear weapons program.
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More than 15 years after the end of the Cold War, it is incomprehensible to many that the major nuclear weapon states operate with their arsenals on hair-trigger alert.
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