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Theodore Postol: Iran Can Now Build 10-20 Nuclear Weapons - U.S. Must Negotiate

2026-05-17 People & Blogs
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MIT Professor and Pentagon advisor Ted Postol explains that Iran can build 10-20 nuclear weapons immediately, and why this is a reason to negotiate with Iran rather than threatening its existence with more attacks. Follow Prof. Glenn Diesen: Substack: https://glenndiesen.substack.com/ X/Twitter: https://x.com/Glenn_Diesen Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glenndiesen Support the research by Prof. Glenn Diesen: PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/glenndiesen Buy me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/gdieseng Go Fund Me: https://gofund.me/09ea012f Books by Prof. Glenn Diesen: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B09FPQ4MDL

Top Comments (10)

@elysianfields1671 2026-05-17

Iran should have gotten nuclear weapons long ago. Look at North Korea. No one messes with them. Unfortunately the nuclear no proliferation treaty is useless while Israel exists, and USA keeps pretending they are the sheriffs of the world.

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@mirshafie 2026-05-17

I'm an Iranian that is opposed to WMDs, as most Iranians are. But I can see why many are changing tune. Israel is forcing Iran's hand and it is genuinely depressing. The world needs to dismantle WMDs and focus on fixing the planet, not making schemes for domination and genocide.

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@Punande 2026-05-17

America never recovered from the Kennedy assassination.

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@Caroline-yv5om 2026-05-17

A diplomatic solution needs diplomats. The US does not have any. The US only has realtors, and proxies for israel

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@sonjavonstetten1306 2026-05-17

Ted Postol is someone who pushes me to think critically by separating political narrative from technical reality. Thank you.

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@MA-nn8oo 2026-05-17

سكوت العالم وخاصة امريكا عن الجرائم التي ترتكبها اسرائيل جعلها تتمادى اكثر فاكثر دون رادع عندما ابادت غزه والكل يتفرج وامريكا ترسل المزيد من القنابل وما تزال تقصف لبنان وامريكا توافق هذا اوصلنا الى هذه النتيجه مع ايران اصبحت الجرائم والاباده شيء سهل عند اسرائيل ما دامت امريكا تساندهم

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@BlackWolfWarrior777 2026-05-17

" Forget Russia, the greatest threat to America comes from Israel and the Israel Lobby " ( AIPAC ) -- Julian Assange

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@tatilresort2444 2026-05-18

If you want to protect yourself any attact. you must have nucleer wepon s

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@Xiliustorm 2026-05-18

Very well said! Thanks for having Dr. Postol on the show. Such a logical, intelligent, informed and moral man. May God bless and keep you both. 👍🏽🍉🪶👏🏼

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@cioran1754 2026-05-19

Thanks Ted for speaking out

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