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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Washington - Ali Barada

US Envoy: Iran Is Very Close to Producing Nuclear Weapon

US envoy to Iran, Robert Malley, in Rome in December. (File photo: AP)

US envoy to Iran Robert Malley confirmed that Tehran is "very, very close" to obtaining sufficient quantities of enriched uranium to produce a nuclear weapon.

However, he refused to declare the end of diplomacy in the efforts of President Joe Biden's administration to return to the nuclear agreement, warning that the military option is the "last resort" although it is "very difficult and very dangerous."

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