A Pentagon official said the time has gone down from 12 months in 2018 when then-President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear agreement.
The Pentagon is seen from Air Force One as it flies over Washington, March 2, 2022.Last week, the International Atomic Energy Agency said its monitors had detected that Iran now had the capability of enriching uranium to close to 84%.
On Tuesday, the IAEA said the capability had actually reached 83.7 percent, which is on the verge of making weapons-grade uranium. In response to a question from Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Ukraine, Colin Kahl, the Pentagon's top policy official, was asked to describe Iran's nuclear progress since then-President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA.
Kahl said he still thinks going back to the deal is better than not having any deal because he said it could "put constraints" on Iran. At the same, he acknowledged that isn't likely, given that efforts to go back to the deal are "on ice" since"Of course, Iran's behavior has changed since then, not the least of which there's support for Russia and Ukraine, which is the subject of the conversation here today," he told lawmakers.
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