An alarming problem looms once more: \n",
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" Iran\n",
" GPE\n",
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" Al-Monitor\n",
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"\n",
", a publication that covers \n",
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"\n",
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"\n",
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"\n",
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"\n",
", encapsulated thus: `an \n",
"\n",
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"\n",
" bomb or the bombing of \n",
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"'. \n",
"\n",
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" doesn't yet have a nuclear weapon. But the situation is in many ways worse than in the past. The country is closer than ever to being able to make a nuke. \n",
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" CARDINAL\n",
"\n",
" expert, \n",
"\n",
" David Albright\n",
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"\n",
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"\n",
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"\n",
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"\n",
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"\n",
" years\n",
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"\n",
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"\n",
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"\n",
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"\n",
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"\n",
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"\n",
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"\n",
" Iran\n",
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" doesn’t seem to be interested. \n",
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" Robert Malley\n",
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", \n",
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"\n",
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"\n",
" Iran\n",
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"\n",
", discusses the impasse in a recent interview. \n",
"\n",
" Iran\n",
" GPE\n",
"\n",
" claims it seeks nuclear energy only for civilian purposes. The trouble is that the technology used to make low-enriched uranium fuel for nuclear power stations is also used to make highly-enriched uranium for weapons. Whatever its ultimate aim, \n",
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"\n",
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"\n",
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"\n",
" William Burns\n",
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"\n",
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"\n",
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