Israel Matzav

Dagan: Iran won't be nuclear before 2015

Stuxnet must have been quite effective.

On Thursday, outgoing Mossad chief Meir Dagan told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that as a result of 'setbacks,' Iran is not likely to have a nuclear weapon before 2015. Dagan was previously among the strongest proponents of taking (lots of non-military) action to stop Iran.

The former Mossad chief had said on various occasions in the past that Israel should go to war only if attacked, or if in immediate danger of survival.

Dagan concluded his term saying Iran was still far from being capable of producing nuclear weapons and that a series of malfunctions had put off its nuclear goal for several years. Therefore, he said, Iran will not get hold of the bomb before 2015 approximately.

According to a Wikileaks report, Dagan told a senior American official that it would take a series of coordinated moves to stop the Iranian nuclear program. He reportedly suggested increasing the economic sanctions against Iran, preventing the export of products required for the nuclear project to Iran, covert warfare, and encouraging minority and opposition groups to topple the Iranian regime.

Hmmm.

Labels: Iranian nuclear program, Meir Dagan, Stuxnet

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 7:32 PM