Iran not likely to make nuclear arsenals by 2013: US

The State Department's intelligence bureau has concluded that Iran will not be technically capable of producing weapons grade uranium for nuclear weapons before 2013, the US intelligence director has told Congress. According to the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research Iran has made significant progress in enriching uranium but it is unlikely that Iran will have the technical capability to produce HEU (highly enriched uranium) before 2013. Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair said this in his written replies to the Congress questions. Earlier he has said Iran could have enough highly enriched uranium for a bomb as early as 2010 or as late as 2015.