U.N.: Iran on Path to Build Atomic Weapon

BERLIN (AP) — The head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog has warned that Iran is one of several countries on the path to possessing the ingredients for making a nuclear weapon, according to a German newspaper report Friday. Israel says the Islamic Republic could have enough nuclear material to make its first bomb within a year. The U.S. estimates Tehran is at least two years away from that stage. But some analysts have suggested Iran may be closer. David Albright — whose Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security tracks suspect secret proliferators — said Tehran could reach weapons capacity in as little as six months through uranium enrichment. A recent IAEA report says Tehran has increased the number of centrifuges used to process uranium to nearly 4,000, from 3,000 just a few months ago.