▁a ▁nuclear ▁bomb , ▁they ▁would ▁need ▁" between ▁another ▁three ▁and ▁eight ▁years ▁to ▁succeed ". ▁He ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁note ▁that ▁" all ▁the ▁intelligence ▁services " ▁agree ▁with ▁this ▁assess ment ▁and ▁that ▁he ▁wanted ▁to ▁" get ▁people ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁idea ▁that ▁Iran ▁will ▁be ▁a ▁threat ▁from ▁tom orrow , ▁and ▁that ▁we ▁are ▁faced ▁right ▁now ▁with ▁the ▁issue ▁of ▁whether ▁Iran ▁should ▁be ▁bom bed ▁or ▁allowed ▁to ▁have ▁the ▁bomb ". ▁ ▁In ▁late ▁October ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁International ▁Her ald ▁Trib une , ▁the ▁former ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁I AE A , ▁Moh amed ▁El Bar ade i , ▁stated ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁seen ▁" no ▁evidence " ▁of ▁Iran ▁developing ▁nuclear ▁weapons . ▁The ▁I HT ▁quoted ▁El B are de i ▁as ▁stating ▁that , ▁" We ▁have ▁information ▁that ▁there ▁has ▁been ▁maybe ▁some ▁studies ▁about ▁possible ▁weapon ization ," ▁said ▁Moh amed ▁El Bar ade i , ▁who ▁led ▁the ▁International ▁At omic ▁Energy ▁Agency . ▁" That ' s ▁why ▁we ▁have ▁said ▁that ▁we ▁cannot ▁give ▁Iran ▁a ▁pass ▁right ▁now , ▁because ▁there ▁is ▁still ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁question ▁marks ." ▁ ▁" But ▁have ▁we ▁seen ▁Iran ▁having ▁the ▁nuclear ▁material ▁that ▁can ▁readily ▁be ▁used ▁into ▁a ▁weapon ? ▁No . ▁Have ▁we ▁seen ▁an ▁active ▁weapon ization ▁program ? ▁No ." ▁ ▁The ▁I HT ▁report ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁say ▁that ▁" El Bar ade i ▁said