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Caller next week, Israeli Ambassador
to the United States Michael Oren told TheDC that despite reports that
Iran’s nuclear program has experienced serious setbacks, the Islamic
Republic remains a pressing threat.

When asked whether the comment reportedly made this month by lionized
outgoing Mossad chief Meir Dagan that the “soonest Iran will have a
nuclear device is 2015, if that,” means Iran is no longer the immediate
threat it was once thought to be, Oren said Dagan’s view is just one
assessment of the situation.

“I have great regard for Meir Dagan,” Oren told TheDC in an interview conducted at the Israeli Embassy in Northwest Washington.
“His assessment is one assessment of one person. It’s not an assessment
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