“They are a small number of weeks away to enrich that to weapons-grade uranium. There’s still a weaponization process that happens after that, but they’re quite close,” he told the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Secretary Wright made the claims in a Senate hearing. AFP via Getty ImagesA Khorramshahr-4 missile is launched at an undisclosed location in Iran on May 25, 2023. AP
“They have some 20% enriched uranium, and that’s several more weeks behind [the] 60%,” he added. “It’s a long process to get it to weapons-grade. But when you’re at 60%, you are, although the numbers don’t sound that way, you’re way [closer to] 90% of the way there for the enrichment necessary for weapons-grade uranium.
