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The Doomsday Clock continues dizzyingly winding down (via Newsmax Insider):

The latest United Nations report on Iran’s nuclear program steps up concerns about its efforts to produce nuclear weapons.

The International Atomic Energy Agency’s November 19 report to its board of governors discloses that Iran’s “heavy water production plant appears to be in operational condition.”

The agency said it made its determination from satellite imagery because no ground inspections have been permitted by the Iranians, according to Newsmax U.N. correspondent Stewart Stogel.

Heavy water contains a larger than normal proportion of deuterium, an isotope of hydrogen, which is a key ingredient for nuclear weapons production.

Iran’s giant Bushehr nuclear power station, expected to go on line next year, uses light water, not heavy water.

It is not clear why Iran insists that it needs its own heavy water facility, other than for so-called “research” purposes, Stogel reports.

If Israel decides to attack Iran, the heavy water facility cited by the IAEA could be a target.

The IAEA report, forwarded to the U.N. Security Council, also stated that Iran has yet to provide access to locations related to the manufacturing of centrifuges, research and development on uranium enrichment, and uranium mining and milling.

The IAEA said, "Iran needs to provide the agency with substantive information to support its statements and provide access to relevant documentation and individuals in this regard. Unless Iran provides such transparency . . . the agency will not be able to provide credible assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran."

Show of hands: Who still believes that Iran gives a frog's fat leg about the IAEA's "credible assurance about [the mullahgarchy's] absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities"?

Put your hand down, Barry, you don't count....