Israel (and western ) media have a long history of predicting an impending Iranian nuke. That history goes back at least to 1984 if not before. [...] This archive of old headlines reads like a reign of error (all are from Yediot Achronot): Iran will be capable of producing a nuclear weapon in another seven years. –June 26 1984 Nuclear Expert: Iran will have a nuclear weapon by the end of the decade or in seven to eight years if China, Pakistan and Argentina continue aiding it. –November 15 1991 Within 10 years Syria will have a nuclear weapon. June 15 1992 Iran will have an operational nuclear weapon in the next five to eight years September 20, 1992 Iran will have a nuclear weapon by 2000 December 1 1992 Rabin: Iran has the manpower and will to get a nuclear weapon within ten years. January 21 1993 Iran has in its possession a nuclear weapon ready for immediate deployment January 24, 1993 By year’s end Iran will be a nuclear threat against Israel April 9 1993 Iran may achieve nuclear capability at any moment January 9 1995 Iran wants a nuclear weapon by 2001. December 27 1995 U.S.: Iran will have a nuclear weapon around 2000. June 27 1997 Iran will threaten Israel with a nuclear weapon within four years. July 10 2001 Nuclear weapon for Iran in 2005. August 5 2003 IDF: Preparing for an Iranian atomic bomb in 2005 August 8 2003 Iran announces: we will achieve a nuclear weapon within four years August 20 2004 Israeli intelligence sources: within two years they will have a bomb on the shelf July 8 2005 Entire Middle East will arm itself with nukes. December 2005 Iranian atomic bomb in three years. March 26 2006 Olmert: Within months Iran will be able to assemble a nuclear bomb June 22 2006 U.S.: Iran will have a nuclear weapon in a year or two. June 22 2011 richardsilverstein/2013/11/26/israeli-media-reign-of-error-predicting-iranian-nuke-1984-2013/ (Hat-tip to Jonathan Cook)
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