Iran is only “weeks rather than months” away from possessing enough enriched uranium to build a nuclear bomb, according to Rafael Mariano Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

However, he stressed in an interview with DW (Deutsche Welle) Tuesday that simply having enough materials doesn’t necessarily mean that Iran “has or would have a nuclear weapon in that space of time.

“A functional nuclear warhead requires many other things independently from the production of the fissile material,” Grossi said, while stressing that just having enough is still is a major cause for concern.

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