Iran was moving towards producing nukes, Kerry claims
US Secretary of State John Kerry has once again accused Iran of moving towards producing nuclear weapons before Tehran reached a nuclear deal with P5+1 group of countries.
Kerry said on Thursday because of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), all pathways for Iran to make nuclear bombs are blocked.
"Iran was hurtling towards an unaccounted for, uninspected, full-fledged nuclear program with high levels of enrichment where they had enough enriched material to make 10 to 12 bombs," Kerry told CNBC's "Squawk Box" at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
"Now, frankly, at Iran's consent and agreement, they have rolled that back."
Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council – the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China – plus Germany (P5+1), finalized the JCPOA in Vienna, on July 14, 2015.
Under the JCPOA, limits are put on Iran’s nuclear activities in exchange for the removal of sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
The top US diplomat described Tehran’s nuclear program before the implementation of the deal a source of danger in the Middle East.
Iran “was moving towards a nuclear weapon, and moving at a rate that was extremely disturbing," he said.
Kerry however noted that the issue could only be resolved through diplomacy. "President [Barack] Obama decided the first way to deal with it, before you start dropping bombs or going to war, is to see if you can find a diplomatic solution."
Iran has frequently said its nuclear energy program has been purely peaceful and has rejected Western claims that it was pursuing nuclear weapons.
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