'Iran Able To Build A Nuclear Bomb In Two Weeks' Says Senior Iranian Lawmaker (Video)

A top Iranian lawmaker and cleric said that the country’s uranium enrichment program could allow it to build a nuclear weapon “in two weeks” in order to “put down Israel,” according to multiple reports in the Farsi language press.

Iranian lawmaker and cleric Muhammad Nabavian said on Friday that Iran would be able to build a nuclear bomb in “two weeks” if it gets “access to 270 kilograms of 20 percent [enriched uranium], 10 tons of 5 percent, and 20 thousand centrifuges,” according to reports on Iran’s Radio Farda and in Fararu.

“We are not looking for a nuclear bomb, but having a nuclear bomb is necessary to put down Israel,” Nabavian said, according to an independent translation of his remarks provided to the Washington Free Beacon.

If true, it would mark a major escalation point in middle eastern conflict.  Then youcan havenodoubts the Saudis will purchasenuclear weapons from Pakistan to counter Iran.  In the time it takes the Saudis to do that,Iran will probably get bold and attack Saudia Arabia through proxies in Yemen and Iraq as well as escalate attacks in Syria.  All in all, this is bad news, nuclear proliferation is just plain stupid and suicidal.  Nobody needs them and it was a damn stupid idea.  -Mort