▁inspect ors ▁from ▁the ▁country . ▁George ▁Fried man , ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁global ▁intelligence ▁company ▁Str at for , ▁has ▁said ▁Iran ▁is ▁" dec ades ▁away " ▁from ▁developing ▁any ▁cred ible ▁nuclear - ar ms ▁capacity . ▁ ▁On ▁ 1 2 ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁US ▁think ▁tank ▁expert ▁David ▁Al br ight , ▁the ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁Institute ▁for ▁Science ▁and ▁International ▁Security , ▁said ▁in ▁a ▁report ▁that ▁Iran ▁was ▁seeking ▁to ▁" make ▁sufficient ▁weapons - grade ▁u ran ium ". ▁ ▁His ▁claim ▁was ▁critic ized ▁by ▁former ▁chief ▁U . N . ▁weapons ▁inspect or ▁Scott ▁Ritter . ▁ ▁An ▁I AE A ▁report ▁issued ▁ 8 ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁provided ▁detailed ▁information ▁out lin ing ▁the ▁I AE A ' s ▁concerns ▁about ▁the ▁possible ▁military ▁dimensions ▁of ▁Iran ' s ▁nuclear ▁program , ▁not ing ▁that ▁Iran ▁had ▁purs ued ▁a ▁struct ured ▁program ▁or ▁activities ▁relevant ▁to ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁nuclear ▁weapons . ▁ ▁On ▁ 3 0 ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁Isra eli ▁Prime ▁Minister ▁B iny amin ▁Net any ahu ▁revealed ▁thousands ▁of ▁files ▁he ▁said ▁were ▁copied ▁from ▁a ▁" high ly ▁secret ▁location " ▁in ▁Te her an ▁which ▁show ▁an ▁Iran ian ▁effort ▁to ▁develop ▁nuclear ▁weapons ▁between ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 3 . ▁ ▁On ▁ 1 ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁the ▁I AE A ▁re iter ated ▁its