nuclear bomb
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Upon the plane’s return to the U.S., its “suitcase nuke” triggered the Geiger counters at an airport in Maine, convincing a customs agent that a nuclear bomb was about to strike America.
“While I believe that it is not in America’s interest for Iran to get a nuclear bomb, it is also fundamentally not in our interest for us to become embroiled in yet another major conflict,” Mr. Caldwell said.
"If the ultimate objective is to ensure forever that Iran cannot have a nuclear bomb, I think we have cracked that problem through these negotiations," the foreign minister said.
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The United States last test detonated a nuclear bomb in 1992.
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The warnings were issued days after the US and Iran held a second round of Omani-mediated talks, this time in Geneva, with the US seeking to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear bomb, something it says it is not pursuing, and Iran seeking relief from US sanctions.
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