TEHRAN, April 23 -- Iran is "weeks rather than months" away from having enough enriched uranium to develop a nuclear bomb, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi told DW.

"But that does not mean that Iran has or would have a nuclear weapon in that space of time," he added.

He said while enrichment at near-military levels is a cause for alarm, one cannot draw the direct conclusion that Iran now has a nuclear weapon.

"A functional nuclear warhead requires many other things independently from the production of the fissile material, in this case, the uranium, including perhaps being tested," Grossi said.

He also said Iran's objectives are "a matter of speculation."

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