INR: IRAN STILL ISN'T AN IMMEDIATE THREAT

Despite all the neo-con hysteria, Iran still seems to be several years away from getting a bomb. The Germans came to the same conclusion.

Iran Years From Fuel For Bomb, Report Says
By Walter Pincus
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, August 7, 2009

Despite Iran's progress since 2007 toward producing enriched uranium, the State Department's intelligence analysts continue to think that Tehran will not be able to produce weapons-grade material before 2013, according to a newly disclosed congressional document.

The updated assessment, by the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research, emphasizes that the analysis is based on Iran's technical capability and is not a judgment about "when Iran might make any political decision" to produce highly enriched uranium.