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Head of UN nuclear watchdog says Iran has dramatically increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to 60%
Following the dramatic developments in Syria, the intelligence communities of Israel, the United States and other Western countries are concerned that Iran may break out – that is, produce enough weapons grade material for a nuclear weapon – and assemble such weapons. Such a scenario may be the direct result of the fall of President Bashar Assad‘s regime in Syria and Israel’s trouncing of Hezbollah, both of which greatly weakened Iran and dealt a blow to its ambition to surround itself with a ring of Shi’ite proxies across the Middle East.