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State refutes ‘secret document’ showing Iran’s path to a bomb

By Pete Kasperowicz
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State refutes ‘secret document’ showing Iran’s path to a bomb

The State Department on Monday downplayed a new report that secret documents from the Iran nuclear deal show that Iran will be able to assemble a nuclear weapon in a little more than a decade under the current terms of the deal.

The Associated Press reported Monday afternoon that according to a classified document it obtained, Iran would be able to replace its 5,060 older centrifuges with “3,500 advanced machines” in 11 to 13 years from now.

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