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Old 05-09-2026 | 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by ThumbsUp
There is no peaceful purpose to enrich uranium beyond 20%.
This is true, nobody in their right mind thinks IR is spending billions (a large % of GDP) on peaceful civilian nuclear power when they're sitting on vast reserves on natural gas. Maybe Team Iran will claim they're worried about global warming 🤣


Originally Posted by ThumbsUp
The IAEA had already detected them enriching beyond 80%. Any agreement with them is a waste of time.
Any agreement needs to be enforceable and verifiable, which of course has been problematic in the past.

Fortunately they don't seem to have gotten to 90%+, which is the real threshold for highly capable and flexible weapons.
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