Iran's Nuke Ambitions: Enough Enriched Uranium for Six Bombs, Says UN Report

JERUSALEM: The U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) dropped a bombshell on Wednesday, revealing that Iran has significantly ramped up its uranium production. We're talking about enough enriched uranium to potentially create six nuclear weapons. And to add insult to injury, Tehran hasn't made any progress on resolving the concerns surrounding its nuclear program.

According to Reuters, the IAEA report stated, "The significantly increased production and accumulation of high enriched uranium by Iran, the only non-nuclear weapon state to produce such nuclear material, is of serious concern." Seriously concerning is an understatement, folks.

Just last week, Iranian regime media outlets quoted IRGC General Ebrahim Jabbari, who ominously declared, "Operation True Promise 3 will be carried out at the right time, with precision, and on a scale sufficient to destroy Israel and raze Tel Aviv and Haifa to the ground." Charming.

Tehran already launched two massive aerial attacks against Israel in 2024, so this isn't just idle chatter.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, once nominated as U.S. ambassador to Israel, didn’t mince words either, warning about Iran’s desire to wipe both Israel and the United States off the map.

Huckabee told Fox News that Iran is "crazy enough to use it"—'it' being an atomic bomb. "When someone keeps telling you they're going to kill you at some point, you better take them seriously, and you better preempt it before they get the shot off."

He added, "The Iranians have to be taken seriously... Israel is the appetizer, but the United States is the entree. They don't want to just annihilate Israel, which they do. Yeah. They want ultimately to annihilate the rest of us as well."

Trump reimposed his maximum pressure economic campaign on Iran to prevent the rogue regime from completing the construction of a nuclear weapon and stop its sponsorship of terrorism across the world. The U.S. State Department has long designated Iran’s regime as a state-sponsor of terrorism.

Huckabee pointed out that Trump's policies had bankrupted Iran, limiting their ability to fund terrorism. "Joe Biden comes in, takes the pressure off. They get money again. They fund terrorism. They fund the building of their bomb. And now we're having to go back. Thank goodness the president has reestablished the pressure on Iran economically. That's a plus." Let's hope it's enough to make a difference this time.

Jason Brodsky, the policy director of United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), emphasized the danger Iran poses to the U.S. and its allies. "One of the pillars of Tehran’s grand strategy is the eradication of Israel and another is anti-Americanism. That won’t change as long as the Islamic Republic remains the Islamic Republic."

He concluded, "This is why weakening the regime and depriving it of resources — through maximum pressure and peace through strength — is necessary."

Reuters contributed to this report.