Iran 2 years away from nuclear bomb: MI6 chief
July 13, 2012  19:30
Iran is just two years away from acquiring atomic weapons, even as British spies foiled Tehran's plan to go nuclear as early as 2008, British intelligence chief has said.

John Sawers, the MI6 chief said that it was now likely they would achieve their goal by 2014, making a military strike from the US and Israel increasingly likely, the Daily Telegraph reported.

Sawers gave a secret briefing to the Cabinet in March about Iran's growing military threat but this is the first time his views on the issue have been made public. 

He made the remarks at a meeting of around 100 senior civil servants in London last week in only his second public speech since he was appointed to the post in 2009.

Speaking at the Civil Service Live event in Olympia he said that Iran was now "two years away" from becoming a "nuclear weapons state".
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