TEHRAN, April 27 (UPI) -- A U.S. intelligence report on Iran's nuclear program said Tehran might be able to produce a nuclear weapon in less than three years, CBS News reported.
The report said Iran has overcome technical difficulties in its uranium enrichment program and could have enough material to produce one weapon by 2010 but only if it makes more technical progress. The United States is holding to its official estimate that Iran will produce a nuclear weapon in 2015, CBS said.
"I think Iran can get enough highly enriched uranium for a nuclear weapon sooner than that," expert David Albright told CBS. "I think the 2015 number reflects too much skepticism about Iran's technical capabilities and they are making progress."
Israel is seen as the country most at threatened by the potential of Iranian nuclear weapons.
"The Israelis have long believed that Iran is closer than U.S. intelligence believes it is," former CIA officer Bruce Riedel told CBS. "If they now hear that the Americans think it's getting closer as well, it puts pressure on Israel to take its own action."
