Washington: The Defense Secretary of US Leon Panetta has said that a nuclear Iran will not be accepted at any cost, while the US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey has said that Pentagon is planning to target the atomic installations of Tehran.
In an interview with a US TV channel Leon Panetta has said that the Iranian leaders would make nuclear weapons within a year, adding that if Iran had got the capacity of uranium enrichment they Iran will speed up the construction of nuclear weapons.
He said that the nuclear program of Iran is threat for US and Israel, adding that if Iran would speed up steps for the preparation of nuclear atom bomb then US would conduct every possible step including military operation against the nuclear installations of Iran.
On the other hand the US Army Chief General Martin Dempsey said that every possible step would be taken to stop Iran for the achievement of nuclear weapons, adding that Israel will also support US in this attack.