Iran inches closer to nuclear weapons via RIANOVOSTI

Iran has acknowledged that it possesses new technologies that could bring it closer to developing nuclear weapons and more advanced missiles. The international community is finding it more and more difficult to restrain Tehran, and increasing the country’s political and technological isolation could have dire consequences.

Smuggling to evade sanctions

Iran is now capable of producing carbon-plastic composite materials in violation of UN sanctions. Iran’s Defense Minister Ahmad Wahidi said his country is among ten nations in the world that can manufacture them. Associated Press quoted Wahidi as saying that this new capability will eliminate a bottleneck in Iran’s production of modern military systems.

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