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Source: http://www.weeklystandard.com/is-iran-pushing-the-envelope-on-its-nuclear-deal/article/2007685

Iran's Centrifuge Activity Indicates Nuclear Weapons Ambitions

(Weekly Standard) Jenna Lifhits - Top Iranian officials are boasting that the nuclear deal enabled the country to make progress in developing advanced centrifuges, and broad production of some advanced models has already begun. "The program from a civilian point of view is just a colossal waste of money," David Albright, founder of the Institute for Science and International Security, told the Weekly Standard. "Unless, of course, the ultimate goal is nuclear weapons." The Iranians may be making progress on centrifuges beyond what's allowed under the nuclear deal, in part through a so-called "quality assurance" loophole that Iran is exploiting to test centrifuges, Albright said. "There needs to be a really hard push back," he said. "I'm hoping that the Trump administration will do that, because the Obama administration just refused."

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