Saturday, May 17, 2025

Embargo

Iran could have had a nuclear bomb many years ago but prefers to use the threat as a negotiating tool. The experts say that a facility using 3,000 early-generation centrifuges, starting with natural uranium, could enrich enough material for one nuclear weapon in about four months. Iran has about 7,000 operational IR-1 centrifuges (the first-generation model) and thousands more stored. They are using that threat to get a deal with Trump. The only way a deal is possible is for Iran to agree to get rid of its centrifuges and have open inspections. This is based on the Reagan idea of trust but verify. Iran has promised this in the past but then they refuse inspections. An oil embargo would bring Iran to its heels and may be necessary to get an agreement.

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