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Israel declares Iran lacks capacity to enrich uranium or build missiles

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on March 19 that the Islamic Republic no longer possesses the capability either to produce enriched nuclear material for a bomb, construct thermonuclear devices with such enrichment levels (60-75%), develop hydrogen bombs capable of destroying cities like Tel Aviv and Haifa in one strike by launching them from Iran's territory or build ballistic missiles.

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    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that Iran no longer possesses the capability to enrich uranium.
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    Netanyahu further claimed on March 19th in multiple statements from Greek and Slovak media outlets, asserting Israel can prevent both nuclear enrichment of Uranium-235 (Uran) or ballistic missile development by Tehran.
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[Mar 19, 20:37 UTC (approx)] "Iran no longer has more capabilities to enrich uranium" - Benjamin Netanjahu via Newsbeast.gr and Teraz.sk.