WASHINGTON—A new classified U.S. intelligence assessment concludes that Iran's leaders are locked in a heated debate over whether to develop nuclear weapons, even as they enhance their capacity to do so.
The new national intelligence estimate, or NIE, says Tehran likely has resumed work on nuclear-weapons research in addition to expanding its program to enrich uranium—updating a contested 2007 estimate that concluded the arms program had all but halted in 2003.
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Update: US sees Iran's leaders split on nukes -- AP
My Comment: I have doubts that there is a split within the Iranian leadership on what direction Iran's nuclear program should take.Their intent has always been the same .... get enough enrich uranium so that they will have the option of developing a nuclear weapon. If intelligence reports are correct, that option will not be too far away.