Experts warn Iran could have a nuclear bomb before the next president takes office

Iran is closer to becoming a nuclear-armed power than much of the world realizes, according to a nonpartisan research group’s new report.

The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) claims Iran could have a nuclear bomb before the presidential election, and suggests U.S. troops need to be deployed to the region immediately to counter such an outcome.

The FDD published a strategic plan, "Deterring Iran's Dash to a Nuclear Bomb," with two dozen specific recommendations they say the Biden administration needs to quickly change the tides on Iran’s nuclear capabilities.

"Unless the Biden-Harris administration takes robust steps now to deter and hinder those advances, Iran could complete a crude nuclear bomb before the next U.S. president is inaugurated," the plan’s co-author, Orde Kittrie, said.

The report demanded the Biden administration declassify all intelligence assessments related to Iran’s nuclear program to build up domestic and international pressure to deter Iran.

It also called for putting U.S. boots on the ground, "at least on a temporary basis," to send a message that the U.S. is prepared to stop an Iranian nuclear breakout if necessary.

The group warned that while most U.S. officials are monitoring Iran’s capacity to enrich uranium to 90%, the regime is taking other, covert steps toward a nuclear weapon, like taking measures toward building a nuclear explosive device that would make quick work of putting a bomb together.

"It's undertaking other advances which would make an eventual sprint to cross that line faster and much harder to stop," Kittrie said.

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On July 19, Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned that it would take "one to two weeks" to produce