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Former CIA chief: â€œIran will achieve nuclear-weapons capability no earlier than 2013 or 2014â€

04 September 2012 12:47 (UTC +04:00)

He said the U.S. would be better equipped to launch a military operation against the Islamic Republic than Israel.

"I do not underestimate the Israeli talent, but geometry and physics tell us that Iran’s nuclear program would pose a difficult challenge to any military, as it is not a raid, and Israel’s resources are more limited than those of the U.S.," Hayden said. "There is no absolute certainty that all targets are known," he added. "They will have to be revisited - which only the U.S. Air Force would be able to do - and the operation will only set the Iranians back some time and actually push them to do that which it is supposed to prevent, getting nuclear weapons."

"While it is probably true that the so-called ’window’ regarding effective action is closing, there is still some time, as real decisions are to be made in 2013 or 2014."

US President Barack Obama tries to impede Israelâ€™s military intervention in Iran before the November 6 presidential elections. Therefore CIA chief David Petraeus is expected to visit Israel following Turkey and to call on Israeli officials â€œnot to attack Iran before the US electionsâ€. Obama is reportedly preparing a plan to prevent Israelâ€™s attack and to force Iran to accept the talks seriously. According to The New York Times, more than 25 countries led by the United States will hold one of the largest military exercises in Gulf of Basra at the end of September.

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Former CIA chief: â€œIran will achieve nuclear-weapons capability no earlier than 2013 or 2014â€