Netanyahu Says Iran Could Produce a Nuclear Weapon 'in a Very Short Time'

Most Israelis view a nuclear Iran as an existential threat

Already speculation that a successful outcome for Israel could prompt Binyamin Netanyahu to call early election

Netanyahu gives statement on Israeli airstrikes against Iran

Israel has launched airstrikes on Iran's capital Tehran. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a statement about the strikes, saying, "If not stopped, Iran could produce a nuclear weapon in a very short time." CBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan reports.

Netanyahu has used nuclear weapons as an excuse to attack Iran – for more than 30 years

Here are a few of those occasions Israeli forces bombed Iranian capital Tehran and other locations throughout Iran last night, with at least a dozen explosions in the capital and around a hundred more around the country. The Iranian Revoluntionary Guard’s most senior commander and a number of other senior military officers were assassinated in the strikes, in what even US Democrats have condemned as a ‘reckless escalation’ by Israel. Israeli PM …

Netanyahu says Iran could produce a nuclear weapon 'in a very short time'

In an address, the Israeli prime minister said Iran had taken steps to weaponize enriched uranium and was on the cusp of developing a nuclear weapon.

Netanyahu's Nuclear Warnings: A Decades-Long Pattern of Failed Predictions

Last Updated on June 12, 2025 Benjamin Netanyahu’s Iran nuclear predictions stretch back decades. Since 1992, he predicted Iran was 3-5 years from a bomb, a claim repeated through 2025’s assertion of days away. The Intercept notes his 1996 Congress speech raised similar alarms, yet no weapon has appeared. Recent Times of Israel reports reveal a secret Iranian site for nuclear experiments, while a retaliatory strike targeted a nuclear component. …

Iran has enriched uranium for 10 nuclear bombs, continues production

Despite ongoing nuclear talks with the United States, Iran has continued enriching uranium at a pace sufficient to yield enough material for one nuclear bomb per month, according to The Wall Street Journal, which cited an IAEA document circulated to member states. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office issued a statement in response: "The report shows that Iran's nuclear program is not for peaceful purposes. Iran is determined to complete th…