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How Close Is Iran to the Bomb?
Iranian missiles at a rally in western Tehran marking the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in February 2024. (Photo by SAMAN/Middle East Images via Getty Images)
Documents translated by The Free Press reveal the Islamic Republic could be closer to that day than many experts understand. Jay Solomon reports.
By Jay Solomon
09.04.24 — International
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If Iran ever builds a nuclear bomb, then we’ll be living in a drastically more dangerous world. For more than two decades, avoiding that reality has motivated American foreign policy, with decidedly mixed results. Now, recent activities at a secretive office inside Tehran’s Ministry of Defense is stoking fears that we’re far closer to that day than many…

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Jay Solomon
Jay Solomon is the executive director of investigations at the Program on Extremism at George Washington University and a contributing writer at The Free Press.
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