Iran has allegedly threatened to build nuclear bombs, warning that it has the capability to turn New York into “hellish ruins,” after efforts to reinstate a nuclear deal have stalled.
A 2-minute video was posted Saturday by two Telegram channels with ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Iran vowed to start building nuclear bombs if the “US or Zionist regime make any stupid mistakes,” reported Iran International, a London-based news outlet.
The video says secret underground facilities in Fordow are close to working to turn the Islamic Republic into a nuclear power.
It also warned that its “peaceful nuclear program” could very easily become a weaponized one.
“The nuclear facilities of Fordow have been built deep under mountains of Iran and are protected against trench-busting bombs and even nuclear explosion,” the video says.
“All infrastructures required for nuclear breakout have been prepared in it,” it added.
The video also claims that the Islamic Republic has ballistic missiles capable of “turning New York into hellish ruins”.
While Biden is shown in one clip, the video discusses Iran’s supposed Emad nuclear project, which began in 1989 and was later stopped by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog in 2003, reported the New York Post.
While former President Donald Trump withdrew from a 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, President Joe Biden has suggested returning to the deal.
Iran International reported that the country has now “enriched enough uranium to 60 percent that if further enriched to 90 percent, the fissile material will be sufficient for a nuclear bomb within a few weeks”.
In July, the U.S. and Israel agreed to take a stance against Iran’s nuclear program and prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
“We will not allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon,” Biden told a news conference after signing the pledge.