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Wherever you get your podcasts. casts. of the senior fellow for the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy up to date

several days passed the attack on Israel by Iran. Bloomberg, Iran said it may

review its nuclear policies if Israel threatens to attack the country's

atomic sites and Iran vowed to respond in kind to any such strike by the

Jewish state. Benham, this is in many instances more threats from Tehran about their suspect nuclear

weapons program.

I speak with your colleagues routinely Andrea Stricker and Richard Goldberg about the program.

It is days, hours, weeks, I never remember tumbling around me to build a bomb. The question of miniaturization of that

bomb has ever been answered. You can't use it on a missile unless you get it small enough.

I don't know if they have that capability. If they keep talking

about a bomb and it comes back to me I thought when I first heard of the

attack what if they had an atomic weapon we'd be in a different universe right now

his threat will go and build a bomb fast if you attack us how do you hear it Benham

it's part of a trend. Unfortunately, there's that we have to connect the dots and I'm trying to chew the fat with you as I speak on an article,

not now but potentially in the medium term on this issue.

Iran has been dropping hints since 2018.

That the more pressure it receives, the more it will go towards the nuclear issue.

That's akin to somebody, you know, running towards the nuclear issue. That's akin to somebody you know running towards the cliff and then

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