Nation House Intelligence Committee chairman says Iran could declare nuclear weapons
weapons state by the end of the year
WASHINGTON — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Republican Mike Turner said Sunday that Iran could declare itself a nuclear weapons state “by the end of the year,” blaming the Biden administration’s policies, which the U.S. would indicate a large increase by Tried to avoid it for years.
“From what we’re seeing now with this administration, [Iran] could declare itself a nuclear weapons state by the end of this year, with reports coming out that it’s going to be a nuclear weapons state,” Turner said on Sunday. The possibility is there.” Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.”
Brennan asked him if Iran’s “supreme leader has changed his conclusion about the country’s nuclear capability”.
“With the progress that has been made under the policy of the Biden administration, there is a possibility that Iran, reports have come out, that Iran could declare itself a nuclear weapons state by the end of the year, if — and your It wouldn’t have happened,” Turner said.
“But it hasn’t worked out, has it?” Brennan asked.
“No,” Turner replied.
Nation House Intelligence Committee chairman says Iran could declare nuclear weapons
The comments came as Turner, Republican of Ohio, defended recent remarks by former President Donald Trump, who said in recent days that he “doesn’t look bad for Iran” and that the U.S. is committed to the country. Will remain “friendly”. “They can’t have nuclear weapons, and we were ready to make sure they don’t have nuclear weapons,” the former president noted, “because once they do, they “It’s a whole different world,” he said.
The former president pulled the U.S. out of the Obama-era Iran nuclear deal in 2018 after arguing that the deal — a multilateral effort to curb Iran’s nuclear program — allowed Iran to build up a nuclear arsenal. President Biden tried to restore parts of the deal during his first two years in office but failed.
Turner said Trump is “anti-Iran,” while arguing that acknowledging the strength of his opponents “is not weakness on your part.” “Donald Trump has put the most pressure on Iran in any of his administrations, both economically and militarily, by waging a campaign of maximum pressure on Iran,” he added.
“They were on the ropes,” Turner said of Iran. “What we’re seeing now with this administration … they could declare themselves a nuclear weapons state by the end of this year.”
Turner said that would not have been possible under the Trump administration’s “high-pressure campaign,” saying that “the flexibility and freedom he has had under the Biden administration has given him the ability to They both try to influence our election, actively try to start a conspiracy to outwit Donald Trump, and to continue his nuclear weapons and his nuclear enrichment programs.”
Federal investigators are looking into whether Iranian hackers targeted Trump and Biden-Harris campaign associates, CBS News has learned after the Trump campaign was hacked earlier this month. Iranian actors have been suggested to be involved. Earlier this year, US intelligence also detected an Iranian plot against Trump.
Turner said the Biden administration is “not holding Iran accountable for hacking, disinformation, and the alleged attempt on Donald Trump’s life.”
“There is no response that will affect or deter Iran, or hold them accountable,” Turner added. “And of course that results in increased activity and emboldens Iran to interfere in our elections, and I think, you know, put people in our country at risk.”
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