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Military experts suggest Iran may declare itself a nuclear power by year's end

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Military experts say Iran could declare itself a nuclear power this year with the U.S. political future uncertain amid a tightly contested presidential election.

"I think that's a real option," said James Carafano , vice president of foreign and defense policy studies for The Heritage Foundation .

"Once you're a nuclear state, there's this kind of perceived, I have a forcefield around me,’ like the Starship Enterprise ," he said.

The Biden administration has warned throughout the past year that Iran is on the brink of achieving a nuclear weapon.

Behnam Ben Taleblu , a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies , said nuclear incrementalism "has given way to significant nuclear advances by Khamenei while Biden has been in office" He speculated that "it’s entirely plausible that these are gains Tehran might want to lock in or immunize should Trump return" "Fundamentally, weaponization is a political decision but composed of a whole series of technical processes," he added.