Special Report: Intel Shows Iran Nuclear Threat Not Imminent

In this Oct. 29, 2011 file photo, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures as he delivers a speech during a meeting with guests of The Press Union of the Islamic World, at the presidency compound, Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

(Reuters) - The United States, European allies and even Israel generally agree on three things about Iran's nuclear program: Tehran does not have a bomb, has not decided to build one, and is probably years away from having a deliverable nuclear warhead.

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Comments

[Genders]

02:24 AM on 04/05/2012

Will we fall for the drums of war again?

[Make love not war]

08:10 PM on 04/01/2012

Intel shows Iran is not a threat to us and is not interested in attacking us. Intel shows that they probably wouldn't mind doing business with us. Intel shows that the 99% do not want war.

[wwoody]

04:38 PM on 03/26/2012

Same soup, different bowl....looking for WMD...Sound so familiar.

[OhioResident101]

12:13 AM on 03/26/2012

Sure, so let's wait until they have one before we do something about these insane leaders. oh wait, maybe then it will be too late.

[muck-raker]

06:18 AM on 03/26/2012

There are many posters like you that have been given incorrect info on this. TWICE negotiators instead of inspectors were sent to the Parchin enrichment site. We all know now that it was Israel that forged incriminating evidence on the the stolen laptop. There are many interested people now clamoring for more WAR its going to take some truth to make its way to the people to stop it...the story:
http://original.antiwar.com/porter/2012/02/29/how-the-media-got-the-iran-iaea-access-story-wrong/

[Badforamerica]

12:03 AM on 03/26/2012

Sure!

[f250lariat46]

12:02 AM on 03/26/2012

Looks like undercover agents from Reuters have better intel than the entire western countries. Its amazing that they have this info. They must have been given a green light to see for themself. We saw no WMD, just like Clinton did in december 1998.
I rather give them a black eye now then them giving us a severed limb. WW III will not happen because of us or any other country going into a middle east country and doing some house cleaning. It didn't happen in Korea, Vietnam, Kosovo, Afgan (2X's), Libya and now Syria. Who ever gets there first, gets to play out the game till its over.
But lets wait to see what happens, we did in 1993 and we all saw what happen in 2001. A half dozen or so vs 275 or so died in these two events. The next incident will happen, thats a given, be it Iran or its terroist branches or Al Qaeda or a American turncoat.

[HaroldS761]

12:36 AM on 03/26/2012

What militia do you belong to?

[f250lariat46]

12:38 AM on 03/26/2012

2753 in 2001

[California Beach Bum]

11:52 PM on 03/25/2012

Tell that to Israel! Let's see what Prime Minister Natanyaho has to say about this new report?

Of course the Obama administration is pleased because they don't have to take any action now.

[HaroldS761]

11:05 PM on 03/25/2012

Intelligence does not compute with the republican party.

[OhioResident101]

12:16 AM on 03/26/2012

If Iran had nothing to hide they would let inspectors in.

[HaroldS761]

12:46 AM on 03/26/2012

Typical right wing secret police loving philosophy.

Why would Iran trust any foreign group when the MI5 and CIA worked together to overthrow their democratically elected government?

[Rod DK]

05:37 AM on 03/26/2012

Iraq let inspectors in, the inspectors found nothing because nothing was to be found, and still Iraq got attacked non the less.

[wizeanne]

10:38 PM on 03/25/2012

"The Soul of the American people is being taken over by the soul less people who believe in endless wars" " Zinn"

[Rocco Rotondo]

10:06 PM on 03/25/2012

If a republican gets elected to president they say that they will pick Bolton for secretary of state.(the warmonger) He says we have to bomb Iran because they have weapons of mass destruction. They find out later after thousands of American troops have been killed there weren't any weapons of mass destructions. Be wise America watch what you wish for. We heard this story before.

[fmazoman51]

09:50 PM on 03/25/2012

those 13,000 centrifuges that are currently running are just for elec gen? If this is the case, why are they burying them underground? Plutonium has to be at 90% for a nuke. Should we just wait for them to get it to 10-20% and hope they quit, and just make electricity? Why hide technology and keep inspectors out if that's all they're doing. And N. Korea wants to launch a rocket for a satellite, what dupes we are.

[TeeSC]

10:07 AM on 03/26/2012

Well who do you think started this whole mess?  The US was the very first country to develop a nuke.  AND we used it.  But boy o'boy... we sure don't want anyone else having one.

Not that I support an Islamic Iran having nuclear weapons.  I do not.  But a democratic Iran has just as much right as anyone else.  Well, technically even Iran has the right... I just don't want the hardliners having the capability.

[bdunlap52]

01:36 PM on 03/26/2012

We used it to end a war that we did not start, and to save American and Japanese lives. We did not use it for any other reason.

[kesac]

09:39 PM on 03/25/2012

Boy, that story changes every week doesn't it? "The United States, Europe, Israel and our Allies all agree that Iran has no intention of building a bomb?"
Are you sure our author quoted Reuters correctly? That would be newsworthy in itself, if it were ever to happen.

[muck-raker]

08:42 PM on 03/25/2012

Breaking News: Ratting the Cage: Obama's albatross Israel’s fearless leader just showed the president who’s boss, didn’t he? But where will this showdown leave America in the Middle East? With that Salute to Judea and Samaria he just staged in Washington, our wise and fearless leader just screwed American policy in the Middle East, turned Israel into an albatross around the neck of the president of the United States, made Western Europe ashamed to be associated with us, waved a red flag at the Palestinians and the entire Muslim world, and I don’t know what else.

Way to go, Bibi.

The US, Western Europe and the rest of the democratic world that we supposedly want to be a part of wants very much to get on the right side of this Arab Spring that’s changing the Middle East, and, by extension, the globe. They want to “build relationships” with the emerging Arab nations and try to influence their direction.

And look who’s tagging along – Mr. AIPAC, Mr. Right- Wing Congress,

He just showed Obama who’s boss, didn’t he? He had 10,000 American Jews cheering and standing up for him every two minutes at AIPAC, he had Republicans and Democrats doing the same thing in Congress, and what was his message?

Israel is right and the Arabs are wrong, thank you and God bless America.

Standing ovation.

do NOT miss the ending: http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=222219

[wizeanne]

09:49 PM on 03/25/2012

You are right on point! Thanks for the site, What obtuse "BS!" Americans, Iranians and the Israeli PEOPLE don't want a war. You'd think these war mongers would learn after the these last two endless wars in Iraq, based on lies and still ongoing disasterous war in Afghanistan. If the US is drug into this war it will end in WW III! That is just not acceptable! Enough of our soldiers dying and innocent people killed and destroying countries infrastructure. Our elected officials need to focus on problems Americans are dealing with in OUR COUNTRY...the economy is still in the toilet, unemployment still too high and in debt in the trillions. We're sick of the Congress ignoring what their citizens want and need at home!

[wizeanne]

10:41 PM on 03/25/2012

Israeli people do not want a war with Iran, nor the Iranians with Israel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYjuUoEivbE

[fmazoman51]

09:52 PM on 03/25/2012

Who was threatening to "wipe a nation from the earth"? maybe if you move to the west side of Israel, you might rethink your position.

[HaroldS761]

10:43 PM on 03/25/2012

Israel's survival is irrelevant to America's well being. Financial and political gains for a tiny few will surely get more soldiers killed and cost us $trillions.

[muck-raker]

07:59 PM on 03/26/2012

take some advice read more,post less

[stryyder56]

08:42 PM on 03/25/2012

Sounds again like WMD, they have it, we cannot find it, lets destroy it, but we do not know what to destroy, lets go to war over it, Still cannot find WMD....................on, and on.................

[New York Woman]

08:40 PM on 03/25/2012

Israel's sabre rattling didn't work this time. Thank goodness.

[TeeSC]

10:10 AM on 03/26/2012

Nor has Iran's.  Be doubly thankful.