Iran’s short breakout time under JCPOA 2.0
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President Obama touted the JCPOA as “purchasing for 13, 14, 15 years assurances that the breakout is at least a year…. And we have those assurances for at least well over a decade.” But a return to the JCPOA’s original terms now would not achieve the same effect.
If the Biden administration reenters the JCPOA, Iran’s breakout time could be between 6.5 and 4.8 months—but only for four years, after which this timeframe would steadily shrink further, to an estimated three months or less when the deal expires in 2030.
Rather than putting Iran’s nuclear program “in a box,” as the administration keeps repeating as its goal, a new deal will be twice as bad as the original JCPOA, delaying Iran’s nuclear program by only half as much, and for only half as long.
The dangers of an Iranian dash to a bomb grow as breakout time—the time needed to produce at least 20 kilograms of 90 percent enriched uranium, the minimum needed for a nuclear weapon—shrinks.
Breakout time depends on four factors: 1) enriched uranium stockpile, 2) enrichment level of that stockpile, the 3) quantity and 4) efficiency of available centrifuges. READ MORE
Iran’s short breakout time under JCPOA 2.0
Iran’s short breakout time under JCPOA 2.0
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