Trump administration accused of overlooking Iran's plutonium ambitions
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Updated · The Wall Street Journal · May 7
Trump administration accused of overlooking Iran's plutonium ambitions
4 articles · Updated · The Wall Street Journal · May 7
In a Wall Street Journal opinion letter, Bill Stocks cited the Bushehr reactor as a parallel route to a nuclear weapon beyond uranium enrichment.
He argued Washington is too focused on enrichment levels and risks leaving its Iran strategy incomplete by neglecting plutonium production pathways.
The piece echoed John Bolton's earlier warning that negotiations alone will not end Iran's nuclear threat, saying technical hurdles to plutonium-based devices should not be underestimated.
As U.S. diplomacy targets uranium, is a 'plutonium back door' quietly leaving Iran a path to 200 nuclear bombs?
Why is the U.S. spending billions on new plutonium weapons while ignoring Iran's own growing plutonium stockpile?