3/26/26 Dan Vergano: Iran was Nowhere Close to a Nuclear Bomb

3/26/26 Dan Vergano: Iran was Nowhere Close to a Nuclear Bomb

March 29, 2026 · 26 min

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Scott Horton interviews Dan Vergano about the misconceptions surrounding Iran's nuclear capabilities.

Download Audio. Scott interviews Dan Vergano of Scientific American about an article he wrote exposing how scientifically absurd the claim that Iran was close to even having the ability to fully weaponize the enriched Uranium they possessed was when Washington and Tel Aviv launched this war. Discussed on the show: “Iran was nowhere close to a nuclear bomb, experts say” ( Scientific American ) Dan Vergano is senior editor , Washington, D.C., at Scientific American . He has previously written for Grid News, BuzzFeed News, National Geographic and USA Today. He is chair of the New Horizons committee for the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing and a journalism award judge for both the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Audio cleaned up with the Podsworth app: https://podsworth.com Use code HORTON50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Scott Horton Show! For more on Scott’s work: Check out The Libertarian Institute: https://www.libertarianinstitute.org Check out Scott’s other show, Provoked…

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