Key Judgments From a National Intelligence Estimate on Iran’s Nuclear Activity

Published: December 4, 2007

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 — Following are key judgments from a November 2007 National Intelligence Estimate, “Iran: Nuclear Intentions and Capabilities,” as declassified and released Monday by the office of the director of national intelligence. The judgments include the following footnote:
“For the purposes of this Estimate, by ‘nuclear weapons program’ we mean Iran’s nuclear weapon design and weaponization work and covert uranium conversion-related and uranium enrichment-related work; we do not mean Iran’s declared civil work related to uranium conversion and enrichment.”http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/washington/04itext.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&